Comment of the Week: Living in the ‘dead zone’
Why people live where they do.
Note: I'm currently on a family trip and not working normal hours. Email and message responses will be delayed and story and posting volumes here and on our social media accounts will not be at their usual levels until I return to Portland September 4th. Thanks for your patience and understanding. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
Why people live where they do.
The most notable stories our community came across in the past seven days.
Risser’s grief has become a personal campaign to help others turn loss into activism for change.
A fresh batch of great bike jobs.
One my favorite things about moving to Portland has been getting to know the places around me as I fill in my mental map.
It’s not everyday that plans for a new street come across my desk.
Big questions and big potential deserve a big task force.
This is as much a story about our continued struggle to house all Portlanders, as it is about a traffic crash.
This will make Delaware an even better connection in the north Portland bike network.
The new bike lanes will share the space with four lanes of car drivers on one of the city’s deadliest (st)roads.
A fight avoided means no one comes away empty.
Dangerous driving, unsafe road design, and a sprawling homeless camp made this location a ticking time bomb.
Comment of the Week: Gratitude for N/NE Broadway project