Brooklyn Neighborhood

Brooklyn bicyclists who attended last years General Meeting about our bike future will recall that the neighborhood was on the cusp of winning a big grant for bike improvements in our northern portal. We did win the grant and the City will be ramping up for improvement soon. On May 14th the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PDOT) will host a key open house for Brooklyn’s bicyclistsFocusing on the Clinton Street Bike Boulevard the open house will be a tremendous opportunity for cyclists from Brooklyn to weigh in on our needs. The grant we were awarded along with the Hosford Abernathy neighborhood calls for a signalized crossing of 11th/12th at the far western end of the Clinton Bike Boulevard. Additionally, there are plans for striping the 11th/12th/MIlwaukie/Powell interchange to make bike lanes and other safety features.

These changes are critical for us and it’s important for any with an interest in our bike future to try and stop by and make your opinions known. Nothing speaks to the City like active participation. Below is the information the Brooklyn Action Corps received from the City.

** UPCOMING CLINTON STREET OPEN HOUSE! **

What: CLINTON STREET BICYCLE BOULEVARD
ENHANCEMENT PROJECT OPEN HOUSE

When: Wednesday, May 14th 2008

Time: 4:30 – 7:30pm – drop by anytime!

Where: St Philip Neri Parish Church – Carvlin Hall
2408 SE 16th Avenue – near SE 18th & Division
(Opposite & a few blocks down from New Seasons @ 7 Corners)

About the Open House…
Drop by to learn more about this new PDOT enhanced traffic safety markings
and signage project planned for the city’s Clinton Street Bicycle
Boulevard! The Open House is an opportunity for all interested community
members to find out more information. More importantly, the Open House
will enable attendees to provide valuable input to the City regarding the
types of potential markings and signage designs the community would like
to see along the bicycle boulevard. PDOT will be working with a project
artist team in order to develop all signage – drop by to meet the artists
and provide input on what you might like to see!

What is the Clinton Street Bicycle Boulevard Enhancement Project?
The Clinton Street Bike Boulevard Enhancement Project will aim to let all
users of the corridor know that they are on a street prioritized for use
by cyclists and, by association, other non-motorized users. PDOT hopes to
use creative communicative design and art features, such as bold street
signage and on-street markings, to communicate the message that the street
is a bicycle boulevard to all users of the street – cyclists, pedestrians,
and particularly motorists. The outcome should be to make Portland’s
most well-utilized bicycle boulevard a more pleasant, safe place to live,
bicycle & walk. See the attached two-pager handout for more project
information.

Want More Information?
For more information, please contact Kirsty Hall at 503-823-6981 or
Kirsty.Hall@trans.ci.portland.or.us. Or alternatively, to find out more,
or to take the project survey, visit the project website.