2023 Legislative Session
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Drivers will be required to slow down before passing and be confident they can cross the centerline to do so.
State legal office says civil disorder bill would not apply to bicycle corkers
Corking is not a crime.
Governor Kotek just gave all Oregon cities permission to install speed cameras
The cameras work. Now they’ll be installed statewide.
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“Bikes have the right of way AT ALL TIMES” Is that why I rarely see bikes stop for pedestrians at…
One of the big lies of market urbanism is that there is a large population of people who choose to…
Imagine if we had a protected bike network like Amsterdam or even Montreal. I can’t imagine this. This city has…
I try to avoid driving on this road because it feels so unsafe. I can’t imagine biking on it. Any…
Discussion Forums
- Well in my travels around Portland it’s usually drivers (not cyclists) behaving badly but here’s an example that it can go both ways. nextdoor.com To the woman riding her bike eastbound on Dekum around 11:25 am today that… I used my horn to alert you as you were clearly not […]
- Portland is a great place to start a cross country or down the coast bike adventure. We will fly in to Portland and put our bikes together at the bike build station at the airport and ride east on the bike trail to get to the river then ride west […]
- Homeless and lacking identification, Katy Lyda lay unconscious in a Legacy Emanuel Medical Center bed for 12 days before hospital staff learned who she was. Last year, 63 people died in traffic-related crashes in Portland. That’s the most in at least 30 years. Of them, 28 were pedestrians, also the […]
- A biting Jack Sparrow. Can’t make this stuff up. Yet another example of why no one wants to ride transit in Portland. But oh Portland supports transit and climate goals. No it doesn’t. KATU – 18 May 23 'Captain Jack Sparrow' tries to bite police in Portland No, it was […]
Comment of the Week: Neighborhood associations, oh my!