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City of Portland will pay $395,000 settlement in case of teen killed crossing Hawthorne
The family of a 15-year-old Cleveland High School student who was killed while crossing Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard in 2016 will be paid $395,000 by the City of Portland. The settlement comes from a lawsuit filed by the Estate of Fallon Smart. The suit alleged wrongful death and negligence from the Portland Bureau of Transportation based … Read more
Becky Jo’s Carfree Life: Insurance (Part 2) and Economics
The insurance post regarding cars, uninsured motorists, and cyclists was fine and all, but what about a kayak? Yes. A kayak. The husbeast hits the loop around Smith & Bybee Lakes on weekends. He’s pulling even longer days now that we’re all in an economic slide, trying to keep his team employed. So he heads … Read more
Guest Opinion: We need Measure 26-209 to fix our streets, especially in east Portland
Steph Routh is campaign manager of the Fix Our Streets campaign.
Beaverton-based Bicycle Safety Council dissolves after 25 years
In 1995 Bruce Buffington organized the first-ever Beaverton Bicycle Safety Fair, an event inspired by his own fall where his un-helmeted head hit the pavement. That first year the fair lasted a week and included a criterium race, group rides, a bike safety rodeo for the kids, free bike registrations, a legal clinic, and more. … Read more
Portland City Council candidate Mingus Mapps wants to ‘reclaim our streets’
Locked in a heated race against incumbent City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly and former Portland Mayor Sam Adams, Mingus Mapps has jumped into the Covid-19 open streets discussion. Eudaly, who’s in charge of the Portland Bureau of Transportation, doubled down on her decision to not adapt our streets to realities of the virus outbreak last week. … Read more
Grassroots push emerges for ‘quick and cheap’ bike lanes on SE Hawthorne
“With just cones and a touch of paint, we can quickly and cheaply build a much safer, healthier, and happier Hawthorne,” reads the text of a website at HealthierHawthorne.com that just launched yesterday.
City of Portland phasing out bike lockers in favor of rooms
PBOT bike lockers inside Smart Park garages. (Photos: J. Maus/BikePortland)
