Taylor Griggs
Stories by Taylor Griggs
New bike lanes coming to SW 35th Ave
Southwest Portland is getting some new bike infrastructure. The Portland Bureau of Transportation will be completing the SW 35th Ave Bike Lane project this month, re-striping SW 35th Ave to install bike lanes from SW Ridge Drive to SW Arnold Street, as well as adding some pedestrian facilities and crosswalk upgrades. These bike lanes, first … Read more
Safe Routes to School says: ‘Take the keys out of the ignition’
Gentlepeople, stop your engines. The Beaverton School District’s (BSD) Safe Routes to School program is promoting an anti-idling campaign, encouraging students and parents to lead efforts against car idling during student drop-off and pick-up time. Safe Routes to School, a national initiative to make it safe and fun for kids to walk and bike to … Read more
$412 million in federal funding shouldn’t focus on freeways, transportation commission says
“When gas prices are high like this, people start making different modal choices, and they never go back.” — Julie Brown, OTC member
