Comment of the Week: In defense of youth activists
“Asking kids… to chill out and make an incremental change that may be realized 30 to 40 years from now is ignoring the reality that they face.”— SD
Lisa Caballero (Contributor)
BikePortland Articles by Lisa Caballero (Contributor)
Comment of the Week: Behind the scenes of Better Naito
“Better Naito is a success story on a number of fronts: accessible government, tactical urbanism as a way of urban planning, partnerships, data, and imagination.”— Timur Ender
Comment of the Week: Metro Prez Lynn Peterson and the power of “no”
“Just because she thinks a compromise is the best that can get done doesn’t mean we have to accept it. We can and should still say “no” if we aren’t satisfied.”
Comment of the Week: GHG and drunken sailors
“The idea that Portland, a city that produces little and consumes like a drunken sailor, should base its emission targets on the ‘production’ metrics used in the above report is pure bull feces.”
Comment of the Week: On being judged just for walking
“A close acquaintance asked me if I was on ‘hard times’ or wondered if I needed any financial assistance because I was frequently seen walking.”
Comment of the Week: The Elk will reveal what we stand for
“I’d appreciate if our electeds [would] say something like: the elk is an important symbol for Portland. It’d be good to restore it in its entirety. The world has also shifted… if it literally stands in the way of climate progress then it risks becoming an impediment to our vision for Portland.”
Opinion: Let’s make it easier to create safer ‘narrow residential roadways’
(SW 19th Ave in the Markham neighborhood is a showcase for narrow residential roadway treatment. Photos: Lisa Caballero/BikePortland)