Bikes gain breathing room on Hawthorne Bridge.

Jonathan, over at Bikeportland.org reports on the upcoming change to the bike lanes on the uphill approach to the Hawthorne Bridge. Great photos Jonathan. The picture of the TriMet bus whizzing by just a few feet away illustrates the close quarters in which bikes and vehicles operate. In this uphill section, it is very helpful to have a little more room for bicycles to operate. This bridge gets a great deal of bike traffic and there are many times when faster cyclists overtake slower ones. When cycling, it is often a dangerous situation when bikes begin to clog up, and as the lane is currently configured, there is no room to pass without entering the danger areas of the speeding vehicular lanes. This is one more project aided by the work of the Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee.

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