At today's Metro Sustainability Committee, Metro CEO Art Leahy mentioned that he had visited Portland, Oregon. While there, he saw an "interesting treatment" for low volume streets making them better for bicycling. Leahy stated that cars hadn't been removed from the streets, but that they were diverted in some places. He said that these low volume streets carry hundreds of bicyclists every day.
Congratulations, CEO Leahy, you discovered Portland's Bicycle Boulevards.
These sorts of facilities would be great for solving Metro's first/last mile puzzle. If only there were a consistent regional funding source for getting them implemented around here...
The recently installed 1.25-mile long bikeway spans Lincoln Park Avenue, Flora Avenue, and Sierra Street - it's arguably the first new bike facility of the Measure HLA era