Broadway plans made for Commissioner Mapps weeks ago, but he says he’s never seen them
“Doing nothing is not an option,” Williams wrote.
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Podcast: Mingus Mapps on the Broadway Bike Lane Scandal
Mapps maintains he never signed-off on a specific plan and that his PBOT Director was merely starting a conversation.
PBOT director’s email contradicts statements from bureau and Commissioner Mapps
Mapps’ claims don’t stand up to scrutiny.
Portland transportation director readies plan to roll back key downtown protected bike lane
It would be an unprecedented reversal of a protected bike facility.
Three of Portland’s five city council members rode a bike in Sunday Parkways
Whether it translates into support to fund the program, remains to be seen.
Sunday Parkways returns to southwest, and PBOT leaders mark the occasion
Two members of city council biked at the event — and they saw everything Parkways is so beloved for.
Opinion: Mapps needs new approach if he wants to change traffic culture
Mapps is right to focus on it, but he’s off to a bad start.
Protestors shout down officials at road safety press conference
Anger and frustration about Portland deadly roadways — and a feeling that local officials have not done enough in response to it — has been simmering (and at times boiling over) for months. At a press conference Monday morning at City Hall, that anger revealed itself in the voices and actions of several protestors who … Read more
A revealing exchange about funding from city council work session
How we pay for sidewalks, roads and sewers matters.
Commissioner Mapps’ office makes statement on traffic deaths
“The most effective immediate intervention is enforcement, penalties and public awareness regarding breaking traffic laws.”
PBOT budget advisors strategize as Mapps leans in for help
Mapps’ biggest bureau is in freefall and he hasn’t found a parachute.
PBOT leaders lobby Congress on Metro-funded trip to D.C.
Meetings with Oregon lawmakers and a trip to US DOT headquarters were on the agenda.
Comment of the Week: It’s about safety, not ‘cyclists’