Comment of the Week: A primer on parking
“Great cities require vibrant urban spaces that are human scaled, and car storage is antithetical to that goal.”— Andrew
4/25: Hello readers and friends. I'm still recovering from a surgery I had on 4/11, so I'm unable to attend events and do typical coverage. See this post for the latest update. I'll work as I can and I'm improving every day! Thanks for all your support 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
“Great cities require vibrant urban spaces that are human scaled, and car storage is antithetical to that goal.”— Andrew
“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
“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
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”