Long-term plan for central-city bikeways moves toward council approval
Some recent updates to a map of future bikeways in Portland’s central city have advocates talking.
BikeLoud PDX
BikeLoud, Livable Streets Action will ride to Salem July 16 for transportation reform
796 people died in Oregon road collisions in the last two years, a 42 percent increase.
BikeLoudPDX hits Active Transportation Summit with “not-so-cool infrastructure” flyer
A bit of humility injected into the event.
Bike Loud PDX is getting louder
Portland’s rising bike advocacy group is putting meat on its bones.
Vigil at ODOT headquarters draws attention to 409 deaths this year
A group is demanding changes atop ODOT and safer streets now.
PBOT draws lines for first Clinton diverter while neighborhood resistance percolates
Change is finally coming to Southeast Clinton Street, and so are the heated emotions that often follow.
City proposes traffic diverters on SE Clinton at 17th and 29th
The city cited fresh evidence that Clinton Street has accidentally become a significant route for rush-hour car traffic.
Council vote today would allow more diverters on neighborhood greenways
Traffic diverters: back by popular demand.
City council will weigh new neighborhood greenway guidelines Wednesday
The guidelines would, in some ways, enshrine modern neighborhood greenways into city practices for the first time.
With new ‘Livable Streets’ subgroup, BikeLoud will commemorate road deaths by all modes
The Facebook page for the new “subgroup”Livable Streets Action. A new group called Livable Streets Action is taking the tactics that have won a string of victories for local biking this spring and summer and applying them to other modes, too. Organizer Dan Kaufman, a videographer and longtime local social justice advocate who has helped … Read more
Traffic diversion debate shifts to north Portland with open house tonight
PBOT says an existing diverter, hailed by activists, is too onerous for some residents.
City says diverters possible on SE Clinton Street this summer
City spokesman Dylan Rivera said the experimental project “may involve some diverters, speed bumps and signage.”
Comment of the Week: Gratitude for N/NE Broadway project