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Northbound Naito Parkway will have one lane for cars forever
Updated Aug 8, 6:18 PM; Posted Aug 8, 2:12 PM
By Andrew Theen | The Oregonian/OregonLive

Ever since Portland first experimented with a protected two-way bike and walking path on Naito Parkway in 2015, crews removed the physical barriers and returned northbound traffic to two lanes for motorists come fall.

Never again.

Transportation officials confirmed this week that they won’t remove the plastic bollards on Naito Parkway between the Hawthorne and Steel bridges along Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront Park at the end of September this year.

That means northbound travel lanes will continue to be shared: One lane for cars and trucks, and a separate protected lane for bikes, scooters and pedestrians.

In some ways, the city has already prepared travelers for the new normal on Naito.

Crews installed Better Naito, the name for the no-longer-seasonal path, in late January this year rather than the customary May opening to give cyclists and pedestrians another route because of the months-long closure of the Eastbank Esplanade.

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