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“Portland’s streets are killing fields.” That’s the opening salvo in a Willamette Week cover story that tries to make the case that the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s Vision Zero efforts are failing. Blindsided is a photo essay and reporting effort that will likely have a big impact on local transportation discussions for weeks and months … Read more
The first-year councilor looks to put her stamp on transportation policy.
The Portland Bureau of Transportation is making steady progress on their march toward safer streets. They’ve queued up an impressive slate of capital projects, worked the legislature to gain authority for speed limits and enforcement cameras, and have passed important plans with the policy backbone that enables them to do things like remove auto parking … Read more
Pilot program funded by cannabis tax could be expanded to 40 intersections.
Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty wants the transportation bureau to do more about distracted walking.
Every bit helps. This street is a beast.
Fill them faster and tally their victims.
We have seven years to end traffic violence.
Public access to crash information is a piece to the Vision Zero puzzle.
To reach zero deaths, we can’t keep blaming only ourselves.
Not surprising as culture shifts.
She told them exactly what they needed to hear.
Comment of the Week: Gratitude for N/NE Broadway project