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It also merits a separate column or even series with everything that’s happened.Īs for all of the connections I agree that the lanes on Capitol Hwy are somewhere between bad and horrific. The Rose Lane project proposed in the area would be a marked improvement and represents a vexing stance by SW Trails as they staunchly oppose it. To address some of the comments here I agree with a lot of what has been said here. Looks like you copy/pasted the same link twice. PS your link to Lisa’s report actually leads to the City’s page. It’s a terrible disappointment that the SW Trails folks have opposed the chance to improve this area somewhat with the Rose Lane project after they helped get the REB built. Beautiful, but tiny projects like the REB that lead into painted gutters with recessed drains along high-speed auto corridors, and few places to park a bike.

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I’m afraid Hillsdale and the REB is just a microcosm for cycling in the SW outside of Downtown and the South Waterfront (the Willamette Greenway can be rather unpleasant to bike on unless you have a full suspension bike and very narrow handlebars). (It’s unlikely that anybody who’s ever tried to park a bike in Hillsdale is surprised that the local businesses are opposed to the Rose Lane project.) It never fails to surprise me that even the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market isn’t very bike friendly. To add insult to injury: the bike racks at all those businesses in your photos are also terrible. The two are a great contrast, imho, and I think it’s appropriate to highlight that contrast. My first thought when I saw the proposal for the REB was that it would lead to desperately needed changes along that strip. If you’ll forgive me for taking this opportunity to rant a bit: I’m glad you highlighted the problems with the infrastructure in Hillsdale. While I live fairly close by in South Burlingame, the bridge doesn’t really lead anywhere I want/need to go. 😀 I haven’t had a chance to check it out yet personally. Great video and article, JM! It’s so awesome to see this new infrastructure getting a lot of use already. But that’s a conversation for another post. If PBOT wants to get the full return on their $4.7 million bridge investment and get more people cycling and walking, they must reduce driving space on that section of Capitol Highway and add more space for bike riders and other types of non-car users. As you can see in the photos below, there are five lanes of roaring car traffic and just tiny, unprotected bike lanes made even worse by storm drain grates and wide driveways. As I rode home on SW Capitol Highway through the Hillsdale shopping center, I was shocked at how terrible that street is. Hopefully this bridge creates momentum for further changes in the nearby commercial district.

As we’ve chronicled, there has been slow-but-steady progress in taming Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway, the major arterial at the new bridge’s northern end.

The value of this bridge is also amplified because it is just one of many steady improvements in the active transportation network made by PBOT in the nearby area.

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