Metro candidate Mary Nolan’s record on freeway expansion projects
“I trust ODOT to deliver the plan… They’ve made compromises. And I think we should move on.”— Mary Nolan on I-5 Rose Quarter project (5/5/20)
election 2020
Transportation advocates rally around Commissioner Eudaly as challenger gains momentum
Portland Commissioner Chloe Eudaly is in trouble. As Willamette Week reported today, she’s well behind challenger Mingus Mapps in both polling and fundraising and there’s a very real possibility she won’t earn a second term on council. This reality has set off alarm bells within Portland’s transportation reform circles. As the commissioner-in-charge of the transportation … Read more
Dan Ryan wins seat on Portland City Council
Dan Ryan earned a seat on Portland City Council by nabbing 51% of ballots cast in the race against Loretta Smith for position 2. Ryan has a lead of about 4,500 votes with just 3,474 uncounted ballots remaining. Ryan will fill Nick Fish’s seat when he moves into City Hall next month. Ryan is a … Read more
Candidates on Bikes: Mingus Mapps, Chloe Eudaly, Seth Woolley, Keith Wilson and Sam Adams
It’s been a tough pill for me to swallow, but the truth is cycling just doesn’t command the same attention in local political circles that it used to. With so many people struggling to put a roof over their head and all the systemic injustice and inequality that has become even more glaring in recent … Read more
Guest Opinion: We need Measure 26-209 to fix our streets, especially in east Portland
Steph Routh is campaign manager of the Fix Our Streets campaign.
Portland City Council candidate Mingus Mapps wants to ‘reclaim our streets’
Locked in a heated race against incumbent City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly and former Portland Mayor Sam Adams, Mingus Mapps has jumped into the Covid-19 open streets discussion. Eudaly, who’s in charge of the Portland Bureau of Transportation, doubled down on her decision to not adapt our streets to realities of the virus outbreak last week. … Read more