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School’s back in session and for some folks the reminder came in the form of a traffic citation.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) During a two-week period that coincided with the start of the school year, the Portland Police Bureau issued well over 1,100 citations to people who violated traffic laws in school zones. According to PPB … Read more
New PBOT Director Leah Treat said in an interview last week that upon joining the department, she personally rewrote the hiring description to fit her goal of finding “an unconventional person” for the role.
The ways people talk about active transportation seems to be changing in Portland, both inside and outside of government.
TriMet released this image of the man who was hit and the operator who came to his aid. A man posted on Reddit this morning about his harrowing experience of being struck by a MAX train. He said it happened at a station somewhere near the northeast Portland/Gresham border and that his use of headphones … Read more
“When it comes to cycle planning and policy, all parties involved (politicians, policy-makers, practitioners, advocates, etc) should remember that they are providing for “cycling”, not “cyclists””.— Glen Koorey, University of Canterbury Reader John Lieswyn (an associate at Alta Planning + Design) emailed me a link to an amazing bit of research this morning. A 2007 … Read more
Portlander Emily Finch en route to the Oregon Coast.(Photos by Sarah Gilbert and Emily Finch) This guest article was written by Portland writer and Stealing Time magazine founder/editor Sarah Gilbert. “The Portland’s been strained outta him.” This was a regular at a coffee shop in Vernonia. The coffee shop in Vernonia, maybe. “Him,” the guy … Read more
Portland ranked #1 in the transportation category. The City of Portland has earned a #2 ranking in the first-ever “City Energy Efficiency Scorecard” released yesterday by the American Council For An Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). We came in behind Boston, but ahead of major cities like San Francisco, New York and Seattle (a total of 34 … Read more
The presence of streetcar tracks on the MLK/Grand couplet has degraded the bicycle network on the central eastside. That’s one of many reasons we need smarter planning in this area.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) One of the most important neighborhoods in Portland, the central eastside industrial area, is changing fast and the City of Portland is … Read more
A stop sign at Ladd Circle.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Portland Police Bureau is all set to do a targeted enforcement mission at Ladd Circle today. The action comes after they received complaints from area residents about people rolling through the stop signs. As regular readers of this site know, this issue has plagued road … Read more
Screenshot of new interactive visualization of SE Foster Road by Spencer Boomhower. Portland resident, citizen activist, and animation expert Spencer Boomhower is at it again. You might remember Spencer’s fantastic animation work that deftly explained the “Idaho Stop” law, or his video for PBOT explaining cycle tracks and buffered bike lanes. Spencer also aided the … Read more
“One of my goals in this job is to drive home just how expensive cars are… and just how much of a boon bikes are.”— Portland City Commissioner Steve Novick At an event held last night in OHSU’s Kohler Pavillion to mark the end of the first phase of the Green Lane Project, City Transportation … Read more
It takes just two minutes for this thief to decide to steal the bike, then snip it with a pair of small bolt cutters.