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ODOT won’t commit to healthy air quality for Harriet Tubman Middle School students
“‘Improve’ [air quality] is not the standard we want… You could have technically an improvement, but it could be immaterial and the air is still not safe for and healthy for children.” — Julia Brim-Edwards, Portland Public Schools Board member Even though drivers on Interstate 5 through north Portland already emit unhealthy levels of toxic … Read more
Mayoral candidate Sarah Iannarone addresses off-street path safety concerns
During a live, online conversation with a supporter Monday evening, mayoral candidate Sarah Iannarone was asked how she’d address safety concerns and homeless camping on the Springwater Corridor path — an issue that has challenged Portland leaders for nearly a decade. The interview was with Portland-based attorney Alan Kessler. Kessler asked Iannarone to repeat an … Read more
First ‘Bike the Vote’ ride set for Tuesday
This election has many of us on edge. And what better activity to help our moods than a bike ride? Especially one that combines our election enthusiasm with cycling. Portlander and creative bike activist extraordinaire Kiel Johnson is organizing a ‘Bike the Vote’ ride that will be a combination get-out-the-vote and political advertising campaign. Riders … Read more
SW Portland’s top priority, $26 million project clears final hurdle
(Existing conditions on the left, future conditions on the right.)
Portland is rebuilding a neighborhood destroyed by highways and racist land-use policies
“When you drive by today you might not even realize there’s a neighborhood there.”
