Opinion: The missed opportunity on SW Gibbs
The lack of safe, climate-friendly travel options built into this project are an illustration that PBOT’s approach to development in southwest is not working.
Nowhere to Walk on SW Gibbs
Gibbs, the Governor, or how I haven’t yet learned to love variances
The contradictions between the city’s aspirational policy and the reality of what gets built is frustrating.
Early decisions in PBOT process baked-in SW Gibbs sidewalk fate
Latest in a series on how City of Portland systematically discourages sidewalk construction in SW Portland.
How Portland development rules perpetuate car use
A loophole Portland is driving cars through.
Traffic impact studies: shouldn’t pedestrians and cyclists count?
It is difficult to understand why the fate of transportation infrastructure near this economic engine depends on conversations between a PBOT middle-manager and a neighborhood volunteer.
A dispatch from SW Gibbs, where development doesn’t come with sidewalks
I already had the story written in my head. All I needed to do was make an early morning run over to OHSU for some more photos and I was good to go. Another southwest development going in without a sidewalk—43 units this time! Area stakeholders not happy. I know this story like the back … Read more