Five year prison sentence handed down in hit and run that killed Dustin Finney
Go inside the courtroom as Finney’s grieving mother stared down the man who hit her son.
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PCC Cascade’s parking garage plans go underground
Architect’s rendering of underground parking lot. The street on the lower right is N. Killingsworth. Back in October we shared the news that Portland Community College’s Cascade campus was planning to build a $9 million, four-story parking garage at the corner of N. Michigan and Killingsworth. Now there’s a new option on the table: an … Read more
First Look: ODOT’s new I-5/Delta Park bikeway signage
ODOT has installed 36 new signs to help make it easier for bike traffic to navigate the shared-use path between Delta Park, the Marine Drive interchange, and the I-5 Bridge. As promised, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has installed 36 new signs on the bike path between Delta Park and the I-5 bridge. I … Read more
Study: Health benefits outweigh costs of ciclovia events
Worth every penny.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland.org) Ciclovias, the global term for what we call Sunday Parkways here in Portland, are nothing short of a revolution. Started in Latin America in the 1960s and made widely known by Bogota, Colombia, the events have spread like wildfire across North America in the last decade. But with city … Read more
CRC project announces $4.2 million “construction techniques test”
Artists rendering.(Graphic: CRC) Columbia River Crossing project staff announced today that they’ve awarded a $4.22 million contract to begin “pre-construction” of the estimated $3.5 billion project. The contract will go to a Washington-based firm (Max J Kuney Company). In a press release, the CRC project said the firm will, “conduct a construction techniques test project … Read more
Metro’s latest ‘Opt In’ transportation survey draws ire
Jobs and the economy need to be our focus, even if the environment suffers.— Choice on a Metro Opt In survey A Metro survey aimed at the 8,000 members of their Opt In Panel drew swift and critical reaction from active transportation advocates yesterday. The survey was introduced as “some questions about infrastructure projects and … Read more
Q & A with Polly Trottenberg, Asst Sec of Transportation Policy at the USDOT
Last week I sat down with Polly Trottenberg, the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Asst. Sec. Trottenberg was in town to deliver a $17.7 million check for the Sellwood Bridge Project. I caught up with her at Clever Cycles on SE Hawthorne Blvd. We talked about the role of … Read more
A visit to Co-Motion Cycles in Eugene
Tandems on display at Co-Motion Cycles in west Eugene(Photos: Will Vanlue) During my time in Eugene, in addition to seeing the city’s new cycle track, I stopped by Co-Motion Cycles for a tour of their facilities. My initial plan was to take a look at some of the interesting facts about the production of their … Read more
The Monday Roundup
The NTSB wants to see far fewer of these in cars on U.S. roads.(Photo: Will Vanlue) Here’s the news that caught our eyes this past week… – Oregon’s ban on cellphones use by motor vehicle operators may have been controversial at first, but now even the National Transportation Safety Board says that distracted driving is … Read more
PBOT rolls out new bikeway markings in Lloyd District
A woman waits for the light at NE Lloyd in the new bike lane just installed on NE 12th Ave in the Lloyd District.
Smiles all around as Sellwood Bridge project breaks ground
Multnomah County Commissioner Deborah Kafoury (L) smiles as she poses with a check from USDOT Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy Polly Trottenberg at the ground breaking event in Sellwood Riverfront Park this morning.
Is it still a bikeway if you can’t find it? The importance of good signage
I can find the Park & Ride,but where’s the bike route?!?(Photos: Will Vanlue) Twice in the last few weeks I’ve ridden my bike along an unfamiliar route. Both rides were enjoyable; but the key difference was how difficult it was to find my way. On the first ride, through an area where I’ve lived and … Read more