Portland, Ore. – Bicycle Boulevards
Bicycle Boulevards in Portland are a thing of beauty, safety, and tranquility. They are also wonderful streets to live on. Mia Birk, former manager of City of Portland's Bicycle Program (1993-99), and Mark Lear of the Portland Office of Transportation explain a few of the many strategies employed to keep thru traffic off the boulevards and to make the riders using them safe.
[...] Streetfilms explains bike boulevards and traffic diverters: Bicycle Boulevards in Portland are a thing of beauty, safety, and tranquility. They are also wonderful streets to live on. Mia Birk, former manager of City of Portland’s Bicycle Program (1993-99), and Mark Lear of the Portland Office of Transportation explain a few of the many strategies employed to keep thru traffic off the boulevards and to make the riders using them safe. [...]
[...] what’s a bicycle boulevard? If you’ve never heard of them, then I recommend watching this video to give you a feel for what bike boulevards are. Bike boulevards are relatively quiet streets that are shared by bicycles and bicycles (and, of [...]
[...] new bike plan is problematic. Though it adds worthwhile bike boulevards/routes (which it calls “bike friendly streets,”) the current draft removes about 100 [...]
[...] new bike plan is problematic. Though it adds worthwhile bike boulevards/routes (which it calls “bike friendly streets,”) the current draft removes about 100 [...]
Portland loves looking so good on Streefilms!
[...] amenities. One of the best examples of positive implementation of a network of boulevards is in Portland, OR. Berkeley, CA also has an extensive network of bicycle [...]
[...] This week, on Tuesday February 23rd, the city of Pasadena hosted a public meeting to unveil its draft Bicycle Master Plan and to receive public input. The plan includes listings of facilities, programs and policies that the city plans to implement over the next 10 years. The public input at the meeting included overwhelming support for implementing more facilities and programs to make Pasadena even more bike-friendly, though a few commenters expressed concern over the city’s plan for “emphasized bikeways” (which is what Pasadena is calling what other cities call “bike boulevards.”) [...]
[...] Next step: widespread bicycle boulevards! [...]
[...] They’re shared roadways, usually in residential areas; Streetsblog Portland has a video about a bike boulevard where the “traffic calming” measures include speed bumps, [...]
[...] April 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment A friend in Chicago brought this to my attention. I’m not sure if this means they have no bike lanes in Chicago, which I doubt but will have to confirm with my friend. And of course they reference Portland as an example of how these work. [...]
[...] Portland, Ore., USA [...]
[...] Saturday, explore 4th Street – and learn about plans for it to become a “bicycle boulevard.” There’s an easy bike ride and a short walk, all designed to make folks more aware of [...]
[...] no means thoughtlessly, like a handful of other streets in ER, Oak Grove Drive could easily become a bicycle boulevard. It would be an especially convenient bike boulevard at that as students walking or biking to Eagle [...]
The Netherlands have been doing this for decades and many other places in Europe do similar.
[...] boulevard, you ask? Hmm, I wonder if StreetFilms has an excellent video on the subject… aha! Of course they do (actually, they have [...]