Near-Term Corridor Improvement Projects

Recommended Corridor Improvements

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What do the Corridor Improvement Projects accomplish? 

This collection of projects invests in much needed safety improvements on the busier neighborhood streets in North Portland. These investments focus on safety and connectivity for people walking and biking, designing streets for safer speeds, improving access to transit, and improving multimodal access across barriers and between neighborhoods.

Specific elements vary by project, but generally achieve the following outcomes:

• Build new pedestrian crossings and traffic calming. 
• Expand and improve the bikeway network by filling major gaps in the network. 
• Invest in critical connections for people walking and biking over major barriers. 

These investments compliment a robust expansion of the neighborhood greenway network as well as longer-term investments in larger scale projects on major corridors like N Lombard St, N Willamette Blvd, and N Columbia Blvd. 

Project Elements 

• Crossing Improvements
  Enhanced crossings include elements like ADA-accessible ramps, median islands, curb extensions, vision-clearance, and high-visibility crosswalk markings. These investments improve safety and connectivity for people walking.
• Upgraded Bike Lanes
  Buffered and protected bike lanes feature in many Corridor Improvement projects, providing access to destinations on busier streets. Routes that cross major barriers including the railroad cut and Interstate-5 are prioritized for higher-quality bike facilities.
• Bus Stop Improvements
  On recommended projects on streets with transit service, PBOT will partner with TriMet to refine and optimize bus stop locations and make accessibility improvements.
• Sidewalk infill
  Some projects include elements like close critical gaps in the sidewalk network on busy streets in North Portland.
• Traffic Calming
  These projects all include an emphasis on safer slower speeds and utilize tools such as speed bumps and right-sizing travel lanes to reduce speeds and improve safety.

Corridor Improvements Projects

The following projects are Tier 1 Corridor Improvement projects recommended by North Portland in Motion for near-term implementation.

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• CI.1 - N Smith St: This project would improve and enhance existing pedestrian crossings at new Neighborhood Greenways, update existing all-way stops and median island crossings with improved crosswalks, and make minor changes to improve the existing buffered bike lanes. This project recommends continued investment in traffic calming to reduce speeds, monitoring, and evaluation. 
• CI.2 - Cathedral Park Access Improvements: This collection of projects would invest in basic safety investments to improve access for people walking and biking between the waterfront area of Cathedral Park and Downtown St Johns.
• CI.3 - N Willamette Blvd: This project would implement lower-cost elements of the federally funded Willamette Blvd Active Transportation Corridor scheduled for construction in 2025-2026. These near-term improvements would include new marked crosswalks, improved
  bus stops, and new buffered bike lanes from N Alma Ave to N Richmond Ave and is expected to be delivered in the summer of 2024.
• CI.4 - N Macrum Ave (St Johns): This project would add on-street parking, street trees, and high-quality buffered bike lanes connecting to bike routes on N Fessenden St and N Columbia Way. Additionally, this project would add a new crossings at N Columbia Way and N Fessenden St and include safety improvements at the existing signalized intersection of N Columbia Blvd.
• CI.5 - N Fessenden St: This project would add additional crossings, make safety improvements to the wide intersection at N Wall Ave, and reconfigure the roadway to provide a protected bike lane connecting St Johns and Portsmouth.
• CI.6 - N Portsmouth Ave: This project would add traffic calming and speed reader boards to reduce speeds on the corridor. It would also improve existing crossings and add new median island pedestrian crossings to help people get across the street, and upgrade the existing narrow striped bike lane to a buffered and/or protected bike lane.
• CI.7 - N Willis Blvd: This project would fill in the remaining sidewalks gaps, improve ADA access, improve existing crossings, add new speed bumps, and add additional safe pedestrian crossings. This corridor serves both TriMet Line 4 and Line 35 buses and PBOT will work with TriMet on bus stop improvements at higher ridership locations.
• CI.8 - N Woolsey Ave: This project would add traffic calming and new crossings to improve safety for people walking and biking and encourage slow, safe vehicles speeds. Though not intended to meet neighborhood greenway standards, these improvements would improve safety and comfort of people biking on this street.
• CI.9 - N Alberta St: This project redesigns the layout of N Alberta St to provide a separated, comfortable bike lane connection between N Interstate Ave and the N Michigan Ave Neighborhood Greenway. Furthermore, this project would add bike boxes and no-turn-on-red at the signalized intersection at N Interstate Ave to reduce conflicts and improve pedestrian and bike safety.

Tier 2 Recommended Projects

These project locations and types have been identified and will be included in the North Portland in Motion Plan. A brief description of each project will be included in the public review draft for North Portland in Motion. 

Tier 2 Corridor Improvements:

• N Ida Avenue Corridor Improvements
• N Chautauqua Boulevard Corridor Improvements
• N Peninsular Avenue Corridor Improvements
• N Greeley Avenue Corridor Improvements
• N Denver Avenue Corridor Improvements
• N Killingsworth Street Corridor Improvements

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