Opinion: Mapps’ version of Broadway ‘debacle’ is a disservice to the city he wants to lead
Commissioner Mapps’ recent comments at a town hall meeting require that I set the record straight.
Commissioner Mapps’ recent comments at a town hall meeting require that I set the record straight.
Quick Build program funding was not used to build the Broadway bike lanes.
“Doing nothing is not an option,” Williams wrote.
Mapps maintains he never signed-off on a specific plan and that his PBOT Director was merely starting a conversation.
Mapps’ claims don’t stand up to scrutiny.
It would be an unprecedented reversal of a protected bike facility.
Whether it translates into support to fund the program, remains to be seen.
Two members of city council biked at the event — and they saw everything Parkways is so beloved for.
Mapps is right to focus on it, but he’s off to a bad start.
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
How we pay for sidewalks, roads and sewers matters.
“The most effective immediate intervention is enforcement, penalties and public awareness regarding breaking traffic laws.”