Portland tends to be a very walkable place, with its quaint brick sidewalks and compact downtown. However, there are a number of exceptions to Portland's walker-friendly vibe, places where you suddenly find yourself without a sidewalk and faced with three choices: Retreat, walk on the road or travel along a dirt "goat path." One of these sidewalk-free zones used to be Fox Street, adjacent to the notoriously pedestrian UN-friendly Franklin Arterial and across from the Whole Foods.

But here's what I spotted yesterday when I was cruising through the area: Sidewalk construction underway on Fox Street!

This is just one of the many sidewalk additions/extensions that the Public Works crews have undertaken this year. The sidewalk added to the west side of Franklin was a particularly sweet victory for local pedestrian advocates. Here's hoping we'll see many more projects like this in the near future.