Portland Bicycle Master Plan - PDX BMP

Submitted Wed, 10/21/2009 - 8:26pm by TomArcher

Several NWTA members participated in the first ever of-road cycling subcommittee for the PDX Master Plan revisions.  This is new territory for the Advisory Committee - traditionally much of the funding comes from transportation sources and so natural surface trails aren't emphasized or even considered. There is now a section in the BMP dedicated to off-road cycling.  Please refer to Section 3.6 of the BMP.  Please pay particular attention to the recommendations.  Personally, I wish they were stronger.  How about a 50 by 15 campaign - 50 miles of singletrack in the city by 2015?    

Please send comments to the planning commission.  Curiously, I do not see any way to provide comment by email or letter.  I will post here if I find out.
And please consider copying your message to the planning commission here, so others may view them.
Ride On!
Tom Archer

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Comments via email or online form

by Mark Pickett - 2009-10-21 21:15

Comments may be submitted by E-mail to:

bicyclemasterplan@pdxtrans.org

 

Comments may be submitted through the online form:

Portland Bicycle Plan Comment Form

Note from Ellen Vanderslice

by Mark Pickett - 2009-10-22 08:08
The Portland Planning Commission will take public testimony regarding the draft Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030 at a hearing on Tuesday, October 27, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.  The hearing will be held in Room 2500A at 1900 SW 4th Avenue in Portland.  Members of the public may sign up to testify for three minutes at the hearing by filling out a testimony card.  Written testimony can be submitted to the address below, whether or not you plan to testify in person:
Planning Commission
c/o Bureau of Planning
1900 SW 4th Ave., Suite 7100
Portland, OR 97201-5380
 
503-823-7700
Fax: 503-823-7800
The public comment draft of the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030 is available for download online at http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/bicyclemasterplan/
 
(If anyone visited the site and had trouble with large file sizes, please check the site again as we've been able to reduce some file sizes and provide more options for downloading portions of the plan.)
 
If you received a print copy of the plan or downloaded the plan documents before October 19, please be aware that we have corrected two substantive errors that made it past our proofreaders!  Corrected pages 53 and A-34 can be downloaded from the errata page linked to the above URL.
 
We will be accepting public comments on the plan through November 8.  You may submit comments by e-mail to bicyclemasterplan@pdxtrans.org, or in writing to the address below.  We also have now added an online comment form for your convenience. You will find a link to the form on the download page.
 
Thank you,
-Ellen
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Ellen Vanderslice, AIA
Project Manager, Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030
Portland Bureau of Transportation
1120 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 800
Portland OR 97204
503-823-4638

Why is the project manager

by Jonno - 2009-10-23 10:54

Why is the project manager an architect?

Planning commission

by TomArcher - 2009-10-23 11:04

I'm not sure who you are referring to.  The direct manager of this project is Ellen Vanderslice, with PBOT.  Several members of the planning commission are architects, as is often the case, if that's what you're referring to.

AIA

by toowacky - 2009-10-23 12:09

Ellen Vanderslice appears to be an architect; but as you've mentioned, Tom, this is not out of the ordinary for members of the planning commission.

http://ellenvanderslice.com/architect/index.htm

Just wanted to clarify my

by Jonno - 2009-10-23 13:10

Just wanted to clarify my previous point, that architecture is different than planning. Not to say that this doesn't make her a good project manager, but architecture, like engineering, is generally not a profession that truly values public involvement in the design process (ie. listening to mountain bikers). But as public involvement is built into the plan, this is really a moot point.