Video: Transforming Our Streets: Parklets in Portland


Local livable streets activist Steve Bozzone has just published a new short video titled, Transforming Our Streets: Parklets in Portland. The film chronicles the efforts of Re-thinking the Right of Way, a fledgling local group working to establish permanent “PedPlazas” in parking spaces throughout the city (we reported on their efforts back in August).

You can stay in touch with Steve’s insights, projects, and documentation of livable streets issues via Twitter.

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Steph Routh, WPC
13 years ago

Way to go, ReTROW and Steve B! This video made my day.

janis
janis
13 years ago

I love the idea. Keep up the great work.
Yea Rebecca!

Red Five
Red Five
13 years ago

Another reason to avoid N.Mississippi. It’s a congested mad house no matter what your mode of transportation.

jim
jim
13 years ago

should have made it into a truck zone so we don’t have to try and get around the trucks stoped in the middle of the road

Bill Stites
13 years ago

Excellent, we need a lot more of this kind of thinking.
The amount of PUBLIC space we continue to give over to exclusive car use is astounding and ludicrous.

Thanks Rebecca and crew!

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

Great work, Rebecca/ReTROW, and great video, Steve.

Ted Buehler
13 years ago

I stumbled upon the Parklet that day while shopping at The Rebuilding Center — it looked great and worked great — we sat in a church pew for a couple minutes, protected from the rain by a canopy.

It was a great vibe to be on the street, protected, sitting, and chilling.

Ted Buehler