The Monday Roundup: A ‘heat map’, street fee criticism, suing the victim and more
Another week full of great bike links, all rounded up here for your convenience.
Michael Andersen (Contributor)
BikePortland Articles by Michael Andersen (Contributor)
Startup by former Alta executives scores Philadelphia bike share contract
A bike share operations startup founded by five ex-Alta Bicycle Share employees, three of them based in Portland, scored a major new contract Thursday.
Parking power prevails (for now): PBOT pulls plug on 28th Ave bike lanes
The Portland Bureau of Transportation on Thursday backed off from its proposal to replace about 100 auto parking spaces on 28th Avenue near Burnside with a buffered bike lane.
State’s $1.9 million gift says it: flashing beacons are the safety tool of the moment
Two state legislators’ announcement this week that $1.9 million from the state’s general fund would pay for 18 new flashing beacons at East Portland crosswalks communicated two things about Portland streets.
Washington County commissioner says adjacent landowners should help pay for sidewalks, bikeways
It would be a big change in the way street safety projects are paid for.
Lessons for Portland transportation from the Beijing subway
How easy is Portland’s transportation system to use, really?
Maybe this is why you can’t afford to rent in the central city
In two-thirds of Portland’s central seven miles, it’s illegal to build a multi-family building.
As a low-car generation rises, youth organizers step up transportation activism
Few Portlanders rely more on low-car transportation than teens. Some are getting more sophisticated in advocating for better public transit, biking and walking.
Are parking permits a solution to neighborhood parking wars?
As the city’s transportation director hints that Portland should stop giving away so much of its on-street parking space for free, a local parking expert is floating one way to do it.
The Monday Roundup: Stolen bike statistics, glowing road paint & more
Eight facts about bike theft that you’ll actually find interesting, and other great bike links of the week.
Activist and radio show host trashes Tilikum Crossing, calls it ‘Auto-ban’ bridge
Not allowing cars to cross it is not only insane, but it’s a symbol of dysfunction.
Novick wants $1 million from general fund for beacons at 15 crosswalks
The City of Portland’s general fund has a few million dollars to spare, and Commissioner Steve Novick is mounting an unusual campaign to spend some of it on safer street crossings.