A man died while riding his bike on the St Johns Bridge today.
Here’s the police statement:
On Saturday October 29, 2016, at 11:25 a.m., North Precinct and Traffic Division officers responded to the West end of the St. Johns Bridge on the report of a crash involving a bicycle rider and a driver.
Officers and medical personnel arrived and located a male adult bicycle rider critically injured. Medical efforts were not successful and he died at the scene.
The involved driver has remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators.
The Traffic Division’s Major Crash Team is responding to conduct an investigation.
This hits home for me because I ride at that location at least a few times a week.
The St Johns Bridge is a vital connection point to Forest Park, Sauvie Island, the West Side, and more. Unfortunately it’s a very auto-centric place where biking is high-stress and can be dangerous.
ODOT had a chance to reconfigure tre lanes on the bridge about a decade ago, but they decided against bike lanes. Years later they added sharrows; but those are hard to see and most people in cars and trucks go so fast it doesn’t feel safe to use them.
I’ll update this post as I learn more.
— Jonathan Maus, (503) 706-8804 – jonathan@bikeportland.org
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