City of Portland annual bike counts will include scooter riders for first time ever
The counts could help scooters and skaters form a more powerful political bloc.
cory poole
Skateboarding advocate wants seat at active transportation table
As Portland’s transportation thinkers look to a new post-pandemic mobility paradigm, there’s one type of vehicle that just can’t seem to break into the conversation: skateboards. Despite sharing many of the same benefits as bicycling and walking, there are no skateboard advocates on the city’s various modal committees. PBOT has advisory committees devoted to bicycle … Read more
City preps to cut speed limit on four mid-sized streets
Three of the four have recently been redesigned to be more neighborhood-friendly.
Portland just completed what may be the world’s first citywide skateboard count
As bike advocates learned long ago, you can’t start improving things until you start measuring them.
Comment of the Week: Winning over a palm tree skeptic