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SW Broadway Cycle Track & SW Stark/Oak Street Buffered Bike Lanes

Principal Investigator:

Christopher Monsere, Portland State University

Co-Investigators:

  • Jennifer Dill, Portland State University

Summary:

Two innovative bicycle facilities installed in late summer and early fall 2009 in downtown Portland by the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) were evaluated to understand how they are functioning on multiple levels. All of these facilities involved removing a motor vehicle lane by restriping to provide additional roadway space to bicyclists. The facilities include: • A cycle track... Two innovative bicycle facilities installed in late summer and early fall 2009 in downtown Portland by the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) were evaluated to understand how they are functioning on multiple levels. All of these facilities involved removing a motor vehicle lane by restriping to provide additional roadway space to bicyclists. The facilities include: • A cycle track (a seven-foot bike lane separated from motor vehicle traffic by a row of parked cars and a painted three-foot pedestrian buffer), on SW Broadway from SW Clay to SW Jackson through the Portland State University campus, and • A couplet of buffered bike lanes (six-foot bike lanes with a two-foot painted buffer on either side separating them from motor vehicle traffic) on eastbound SW Stark Street and westbound SW Oak Street from SW Naito Parkway to West Burnside. The facilities were evaluated after they had been in place for approximately one year. Data collected to support this evaluation consisted of surveys of multiple user groups for each facility type, and video data was collected by PBOT at intersections along each of the routes to understand the facilities’ impact on traffic flow, operations and user interactions. See More

Project Details

Project Type: Research
Project Status: Completed
End Date: December 31, 2011

Downloadable Products

  • Evaluation of Innovative Bicycle Facilities: SW Broadway Cycle Track & SW Stark/Oak Street Buffered Bike Lanes (FINAL_REPORT)
  • PSU Report: Cycle track, buffered bike lanes working well, could be improved (PUBLICATION)
  • Portland State study says cycle track on Southwest Broadway is working -- in most ways (PUBLICATION)
  • Portland's Cycle Track and Buffered Bike Lanes: Are They Working? (PRESENTATION)

 

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