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Carfree streets, EVs for all, smarter funding: Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty shares her ‘smart transit’ vision
“I believe life will be radically different post-Covid and our planning should reflect our new reality.” — Jo Ann Hardesty, city commissioner At a city council work session Thursday, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and the four other commissioners had an informal and wide-ranging discussion about how to respond to the multiple crises facing our city. … Read more
PSU moves toward permanent car ban on SW Montgomery
Pretty much every time people are treated to urban space that’s free from motor vehicles, they embrace it and want to make it last forever. That appears to be what’s happening on Southwest Montgomery between 6th and Broadway.
Opinion: Too many cars, not enough leadership
As this week’s cover story in the Willamette Week makes clear, we aren’t doing enough to make our streets safe for everyone. On Wednesday we had the 36th fatality on Portland roads, two more than all of 2018. While those who work at PBOT and City Hall struggle to make progress on Vision Zero goals, … Read more
Time to weigh in on future carfree bridge between Oak Grove and Lake Oswego
The bridge would give bicycle users their only Willamette crossing between Sellwood and Oregon City.
Meet Skip Spitzer; a carfree, climate-change-fighting, single dad
Part of our ongoing series of Family Biking column reader profiles.
Oregonian: Alder Street food cart pod could move to North Park Blocks
In case you hadn’t heard, Portland’s most famous food cart pod was recently evicted from its space on Southwest Alder Street to make way for a new hotel. The Oregonian reported this morning that Commissioner Chloe Eudaly’s office wants to move the carts to the North Park Blocks: