Portlanders say street parking is getting worse, but their neighborhoods are getting better
It looks as if the people have spoken.
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Two years after Portland’s auto parking wars, apartment garages aren’t filling up
What happens when you build a garage that nobody wants?
After city balks at neighbors’ request for bike lane, 34th Ave resident goes public
The people who live on SE 34th Avenue between Clinton and Division just can’t seem to persuade the city to add a bike lane in front of their houses.
City will add ‘no parking’ signs along 52nd Ave bike lanes
After many complaints, “no parking” signs will go into the commercial node north of Woodward.
Tech will make central-city parking spaces pointless, Gabe Klein tells Portland crowd
The author of the transportation reinventions in Washington DC and Chicago offered some advice to Portland-area developers Thursday: start building for parking-free cities.
Pioneer Square parking lot and thoughts on a parking reform renaissance
Pre-1984 view of Pioneer Square! (photo via @pdxdevelopment) #pdx pic.twitter.com/bcV0CIdFOU — Supportland (@supportland) July 18, 2014 Prior to 1984, the public plaza known as “Portland’s living room,” was full of cars. Believe it or not, Pioneer Courthouse Square used to be a parking lot (and before that it was a regal hotel). That fact isn’t … Read more
Backyard homes are almost as car-lite as apartments on transit lines, study finds
When it comes to cars, accessory units in backyards and basements are nearly as low-impact as big apartment buildings next to bus lines.
After 28th Ave businesses hear from customers, a few backpedal from bike-lane opposition
Many readers have contacted those businesses to let them know they disagree with the decision.
Parking power prevails (for now): PBOT pulls plug on 28th Ave bike lanes
The Portland Bureau of Transportation on Thursday backed off from its proposal to replace about 100 auto parking spaces on 28th Avenue near Burnside with a buffered bike lane.
Are parking permits a solution to neighborhood parking wars?
As the city’s transportation director hints that Portland should stop giving away so much of its on-street parking space for free, a local parking expert is floating one way to do it.
Miracle on 34th? Neighbors ask city to improve bike access by removing auto parking
A group of homeowners is asking the City of Portland to please remove a row of auto parking spaces from their street.
NE 28th Avenue business owners split on bike access and parking, interviews show
If there’s one thing this project doesn’t have, it’s consensus – not among the bike community (whatever that is) and not among the business community (whatever that is).