The transportation upsides of Governor Kotek’s Central City Task Force recommendations
Transportation didn’t really rate among top priorities; but it will loom large no matter what happens next.
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Alta Planning moves into major downtown office building
A company that can help save downtown, just moved there.
New Keller Auditorium plans include carfree 3rd Avenue plaza
This would be a perfect place for a plaza and should be a no-brainer.
Portland transportation director readies plan to roll back key downtown protected bike lane
It would be an unprecedented reversal of a protected bike facility.
A ‘living streets’ plan for downtown Portland
It lays out a vivid picture of what downtown Portland currently looks like and where its potential lies.
Downtown Portland’s O’Bryant Square poised for demolition, rebirth
O’Bryant Square has been fenced-off for five years due to its structurally unsound parking facility.
Downtown pedestrian counts up 64% in ‘tremendous rebound’
Despite years of terrible headlines and a persistent narrative from many people that Portland is “dying,” new data from the Portland Business Alliance shows that our downtown core is showing major signs of life. According to numbers gleaned from annual counts compiled by Downtown Clean & Safe, a 213-block business improvement district managed by the … Read more
First Look: New ‘Elk Lane’ on SW Main
The Portland Bureau of Transportation made some long-awaited changes to SW Main Street between 3rd and 4th Aves in downtown Portland last weekend. This stretch of Main is known for housing the Thompson Elk Fountain – a bronze elk statue perched atop a large fountain base – for more than 100 years before the city … Read more
Biking through downtown Portland’s network of social services
Most of the Bike Loud PDX Portland ‘policy rides’ Cathy Tuttle has led so far this year have focused specifically on bike or transportation policy. Last month, for instance, Tuttle recruited Portland Bureau of Transportation’s signals manager Peter Koonce to lead a tour of Central City traffic signals, and the month before, the Parking Reform … Read more
Long-term plan for central-city bikeways moves toward council approval
Some recent updates to a map of future bikeways in Portland’s central city have advocates talking.
Nowhere to park your bike at Pine Street Market? Help is on the way
This is an odd situation in Portland.
City proposes shifting future downtown bikeway from Alder to Taylor/Salmon
The city says there’s no room for future bike lanes on Alder.
Comment of the Week: Gratitude for N/NE Broadway project