Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Q & A with Polly Trottenberg, Asst Sec of Transportation Policy at the USDOT

Last week I sat down with Polly Trottenberg, the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Asst. Sec. Trottenberg was in town to deliver a $17.7 million check for the Sellwood Bridge Project. I caught up with her at Clever Cycles on SE Hawthorne Blvd. We talked about the role of … Read more


Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Portland’s bikeway signage “wasteful” says GOP Senator

[Via KGW-TV] Tom Coburn Oklahoma’s Republican Senator Tom Coburn has published a list of 100 federally funded projects that he deems, “the most wasteful government spending of 2010.” On that list is a $900,000 stimulus grant recently received by the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation to pay for bikeway markings and signage. Sen. Coburn … Read more