Portland will launch an effort to evaluate and improve its influential neighborhood greenway system of bike friendly residential corridors.
"A team of experts in [Portland's] transportation bureau will spend part of their time in the next few months looking closely at trends in how people use the [neighborhood greenway] system while biking, walking and driving," reports Michael Andersen. The study will produce a report in early 2015 intended to inform improvements to the greenway system.
Andersen reported in February of 2014 that the city had ceased expansions of the neighborhood greenways by eliminating dedicated funding for the network. The current proposal for the Portland Street Fund, an ongoing, controversial issue, would devote three percent of revenue to the neighborhood greenway network.
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