Note: I'm currently on a family trip and not working normal hours. Email and message responses will be delayed and story and posting volumes here and on our social media accounts will not be at their usual levels until I return to Portland September 4th. Thanks for your patience and understanding. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
The saying better late than never definitely applies to PBOT’s new Healthy Blocks program. During the pandemic, PBOT prioritized business permits for outdoor dining and paused popular programs like block parties, street paintings, Sunday Parkways and Play Streets. Now PBOT has reimagined their permit process for street closures and has made it easier for Portlanders … Read more
Unlike our Oregon Department of Transportation whose seems to be carrying out a policy to rid their highways of everything but people in cars, the Washington Department of Transportation announced yesterday that it’s getting on the open streets train. Imagine that. A state DOT voluntarily banning automobile users from lanes and even complete roadways all … Read more
Greshamites will walk and bike on open streets next month.
It covers open streets events like Sunday Parkways and tactical urbanism like Better Block.
It could be great if we make it so.
The city is giving us our streets back.
A ride in the most famous open streets event in the world — Bogotá’s ciclovía — inspires a Portlander to dream of an expansion of Sunday Parkways.
A new video and an upcoming presentation will get you informed and inspired about open street events.
Comment of the Week: Gratitude for N/NE Broadway project