Ankeny during a carfree event in 2006.(Photo © J. Maus) Last month we shared the news that the City of Portland, with full support from adjacent businesses, planned to move forward with a pilot program to make SW Ankeny Street carfree between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. The City plans to re-program the space by prohibiting … Read more
One block of SW Ankeny will be carfree for four months starting in June.(Photo © J. Maus) The Oregonian reported yesterday that the Portland Bureau of Transportation has worked with business owners to negotiate a permit that will make SW Ankeny Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues carfree from June 21st to October 21st. This … Read more
Carfree SW Ankeny, as seen during a special event in 2006.(Photo © J. Maus) Director of PBOT Tom Miller told us today that he supports making a block of SW Ankeny Street carfree. Miller said he met with business owner Dustin Knox yesterday and the two, “sketched out a potential pathway to success.” Knox owns … Read more
Business owners want this to be the norm on SW Ankeny Street, shown here during an event in 2006.(Photo © J. Maus)