Neighborhood
Greenways Outreach Project
In
the spring and summer of 2012, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT)
will be promoting select Neighborhood Greenways – Portland’s best streets for
walking and bicycling – in North and Northeast Portland.
The
outreach campaign will focus on the Going Street and N Michigan Avenue
Neighborhood Greenways and the surrounding neighborhoods and business
districts. As part of the campaign, artistic
street sign toppers of bicycles and people walking will be installed. These signs will help people identify that
they are on a Neighborhood Greenway and add a little art to the streets! This marks the second time that PBOT will
install street sign toppers; the first installation occurred in Southeast
Portland on Clinton Street (www.portlandonline.com/transportation/clinton
for more details).
In
addition to installing street sign toppers, PBOT will be hosting community
events on the Going Street and Michigan Avenue Neighborhood Greenways and
offering promotional incentives to residents and businesses near the
streets. For more information visit, www.NeighborhoodGreenways.org
and click on the “Going to the River” link.
Funding
for the Neighborhood Greenway outreach project comes from a grant awarded by
the Oregon Department of Transportation.
The grant project, called “Going to the River,” funds bicycle and
pedestrian improvements in North and Northeast Portland, including Swan Island.
For
more information, you may also contact Scott Cohen at (503) 823-5345 or
scott.cohen@portlandoregon.gov
