This type of collision is far too common, and given the extent of the injuries and other factors, this one only made the news because the person who was hit happened to be an important elected official.
There are no warning signs to tell westbound bike riders they should expect people cycling toward them.
As his family struggles to adjust to a new reality, one of the pieces still missing is the person responsible for it.
Baker had a wide web of friends thanks to his carpentry business and a love of surfing.
“The car accelerated and left his body about 100 feet from the original impact.”
The driver of the van didn’t slow down, despite having a red signal.
A 47-year-old woman is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries
The family of a Portland high school student says their daughter was severely injured by a driver while walking in the Piedmont neighborhood. It happened Tuesday night October 11th around 6:30 pm near the intersection of North Commercial and Killingsworth. This location is on the same block as Jefferson High School and a Multnomah County … Read more
Southeast Portlander Nicole Funke has walked across SE Hawthorne Blvd countless times. As a pedestrian and transit advocate who travels around Portland without a car, Funke knows about the dangers cars and their drivers pose, and she does everything she can to keep herself safe while getting around. But after a recent run-of-the-mill grocery trip … Read more
Tuesday was another day that illustrated how Portland has a long way to go to make its streets — even one with a much-heralded recent investment — safe for people not inside cars. Even on Southeast Hawthorne, where the Portland Bureau of Transportation recently completed a major project billed by Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty as … Read more
