I also bicycle on that section of Marshall quite a bit. I’m usually coming west off 9th after crossing the Broadway bridge, or going to Safeway or down 13th. I always thought that the strips that preserved most of the cobbles while allowing bicycles to use the street represented a very good compromise.
To add to this, when coming off the Broadway Bridge, jogging one street north on 9th and continuing on Marshall, as you've just described, is the intended and most obvious route for all cyclists and micromobility riders continuing westward on our side of the river. Lovejoy becomes a one-way street heading east at 10th and would force you to Marshall (or further north), anyway, but with the added hazard of the Streetcar tracks.
I use the Marshall Street greenway all the time on a scooter between 9th and 22nd, whether it’s to get to Safeway, the Amazon Locker at the Astro on 21st, physical therapy at Good Sam, or various other errands. It’s by far the best route for bicycles and micromobility devices doing travel east or west through the north Pearl District, especially with the “Do Not Enter (Except for Bicycles)” infrastructure between 10th and 11th and at I-405, as well as the low car traffic west of there. There are BIKETOWN stations along the route at Tanner Creek Park and 13th. Couldn’t live without it. Glad it’s there.
I also bicycle on that section of Marshall quite a bit. I’m usually coming west off 9th after crossing the Broadway bridge, or going to Safeway or down 13th. I always thought that the strips that preserved most of the cobbles while allowing bicycles to use the street represented a very good compromise.
To add to this, when coming off the Broadway Bridge, jogging one street north on 9th and continuing on Marshall, as you've just described, is the intended and most obvious route for all cyclists and micromobility riders continuing westward on our side of the river. Lovejoy becomes a one-way street heading east at 10th and would force you to Marshall (or further north), anyway, but with the added hazard of the Streetcar tracks.
I use the Marshall Street greenway all the time on a scooter between 9th and 22nd, whether it’s to get to Safeway, the Amazon Locker at the Astro on 21st, physical therapy at Good Sam, or various other errands. It’s by far the best route for bicycles and micromobility devices doing travel east or west through the north Pearl District, especially with the “Do Not Enter (Except for Bicycles)” infrastructure between 10th and 11th and at I-405, as well as the low car traffic west of there. There are BIKETOWN stations along the route at Tanner Creek Park and 13th. Couldn’t live without it. Glad it’s there.