Car, freight, bike and transit advocates agree to back Oregon gas tax or fee hike in 2015
The state’s key transportation lobbyists struck a grand bargain last Thursday.
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Portland legislators launch effort to put 82nd Ave under PBOT control
(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.
Arrest made in hit-and-run on SE 82nd in Clackamas County
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
Legislator says effort to improve 82nd Avenue is ‘really picking up steam’
State Sen. Michael Dembrow says a window of opportunity is opening for the state to make Portland’s 82nd Avenue a better place.
What we could learn from the Walmart parking lot at 82nd and Holgate
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 Hales floats city takeover of Powell, Barbur, 82nd, Lombard
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.
‘The Lumberyard’ indoor bike park finds a home on NE 82nd Ave
Work has begun on the Lumberyard at 2700 NE 82nd Ave.(Photos © J. Maus)
People’s DOT issues call to action for 82nd Avenue event
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
New activist group highlights ODOT’s “Berlin Wall” on 82nd
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
82nd Ave photos show other side of Portland
With an extensive bus and bike network, light rail, streetcars and even an aerial tram, Portland is frequently lauded for its transportation system (there’s even been a movie made about it). But conditions outside the central city and close-in neighborhoods are much different. Roads in outer southeast Portland — especially busy SE 82nd Avenue — … Read more