TriMet details $558 million in bus rapid transit projects included in Measure 26-218
Month: October 2020
SW Portland’s top priority, $26 million project clears final hurdle
Portland is rebuilding a neighborhood destroyed by highways and racist land-use policies
(Source: Portland Bureau of Planning & Sustainability)
Traffic signal finally coming to Going Street greenway at Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
(Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
Frog Ferry takes step forward with release of feasibility report
Serious injury right-hook at Vancouver and Columbia underscores known hazards
(Photo: Jason P.)
Fate of old Biketown bikes now in state hands
These are dark times for the old Biketown bikes. Once celebrated, they’ve been relegated to a cold corner of a city-owned storage area. While the new electric-assist bikes gather attention and adoring fans, the 1,000 or so old bikes just gather dust.
While they weren’t integrated into the new system, the old bikes have lots of mileage left in them and it would be a shame (and a PR debacle) if they ended up in a scrap heap. If the City of Portland has their way, the bikes will see action again someday.
Back in August we wondered what their future would be. Now we’ve heard a bit of an update.
Multnomah County offering ‘Black Transportation Academy’
A federally funded program within Multnomah County’s health department is laser-focused on reducing health disparities between Black and white Portlanders. Among their offerings is a ‘Black Transportation Academy,’ a workshop that aims to get more of the county’s African-American and African immigrant/refugee populations involved in local and regional planning.
Instead of asking for feedback once transportation policies and projects are half-baked, the county wants more Black Portlanders involved in the cooking.
Election open thread: Sarah Iannarone or Ted Wheeler for Portland Mayor?
Portland files suit against U.S. government, crews move fence out of downtown bike lane
(Photo: Iain Mackenzie)