Commissioner Rubio wants to cut bike parking requirements to boost housing production
Less bike parking, more (and cheaper) housing?
carmen rubio
Developers say bike parking rules are biggest reason for housing delays
Is it really about bike racks?
Clean Energy Fund update (finally) gives transportation its due
Projects that encourage bicycling are now perfectly suited for PCEF grants.
Revamped Clean Energy Fund would give $100 million to transportation projects
“We have the opportunity to complete big projects that help to reduce carbon from our two largest sources of emissions – transportation and housing.” – Carmen Rubio, city commisisoner Despite its outsized contribution to local and statewide greenhouse gas emissions, the transportation sector has never been a key area of focus for the Portland Clean … Read more
Mayor Wheeler, Commissioner Rubio announce $2.4 million climate change investment
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Carmen Rubio are calling a plan to spend $2.4 million an on climate change-related work an “unprecedented investment” that will enable them to “take accelerated, aggressive climate action rooted in racial justice.” Rubio, who oversees the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, said in a press release this morning … Read more
