The enforcement action was one of the few that the city has conducted at unmarked crosswalks.(Image: Google Street View) In Oregon and Washington as in many states, every corner is a legal crosswalk, and all vehicles are supposed to stop for someone trying to use it. But good luck getting people to stop for you … Read more
Barbur Boulevard, Powell Boulevard, Tualatin Valley Highway, Lombard Street, 82nd Avenue and Macadam Avenue could all be lined up for handoff.
The man had reportedly been banging on the back of the bus before his death.
The state’s key transportation lobbyists struck a grand bargain last Thursday.
(Photo: Elly Blue) It’s looking as if the 2015 legislative session could bring a change that Portland transportation advocates have dreamed of, without much hope, for years.
The Clackamas County Sheriff’s office arrested a man today after a hit-and-run on SE 82nd just south of King Road (about 12 miles southeast of Portland). Here’s the story so far from the CCSO: On August 26, 2014 at approximately 3:00 p.m., Robert B. Hyer, age 30, was riding a bicycle in the bike lane … Read more
State Sen. Michael Dembrow says a window of opportunity is opening for the state to make Portland’s 82nd Avenue a better place.
Most Americans drive through areas that are models for traffic calming almost every day of their lives. But we don’t call them greenways or woonerfs or home zones.
Mayor Charlie Hales seems to be advancing an idea that’s been on advocates’ wish list for years: putting the City of Portland, not state government, in charge of the city’s biggest streets.
Work has begun on the Lumberyard at 2700 NE 82nd Ave.(Photos © J. Maus)
People’s DOT logo. – Watch video below – As a follow-up to their video and reporting on a new wall erected by the Oregon Department of Transportation on 82nd Avenue in Northeast Portland, fledgling activist group The People’s Department of Transportation has issued a “call to action” and recruitment video (watch it below) to garner … Read more
Elly Blue on the mic.(Screenshot) A new Portland-based transportation activism group, the People’s Department of Transportation (as in PDOT, not to be confused with the Portland Bureau of Transportation, PBOT), has released their first video and press release. I’ve heard murmurs about this group coming together but now it’s official (read their introductory blog post … Read more