Rubio plan includes $112 million lifeline for PBOT and major boost to bicycling
The funding could stave off layoffs at the agency, save Sunday Parkways, and a lot more
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PBOT paints bleak picture as council considers budget crisis fix
Let the budget negotiations begin!
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.
What’s worth paying for? Take PBOT’s budget survey and let them know
How mad would you be if they stopped doing Sunday Parkways? Let ’em know!
A revealing exchange about funding from city council work session
How we pay for sidewalks, roads and sewers matters.
As traffic deaths pile up, frustration at PBOT boils over
Portlanders are reeling over a spate of traffic deaths (again), and there’s no clear plan or leader to turn the tide.
PBOT budget advisors strategize as Mapps leans in for help
Mapps’ biggest bureau is in freefall and he hasn’t found a parachute.
Labor union calls Wheeler’s budget move a ‘political stunt’
Just months after resolving a strike, they say recent labor agreement is in peril.
Fireworks over fees at City Council as Mapps fights for funding
Commissioner Mapps faced an assault from Mayor Wheeler on the budgets of his three bureaus to tune of $18.7 million.
PBOT’s already approved 40-cent parking meter increase in political pressure cooker
Mayor Wheeler would imperil PBOT’s budget if he puts parking meter increase on ice.
Portland city budget director ‘hopes’ people start driving and parking again
Yes PBOT’s budget is in peril, but do we really need to make a deal with the devil to fix it?
City of Portland shares idea for transportation utility fee that could raise $54 million
Current proposal is an $8 fee on single family residents and $5.60 for multifamily.