Turnover of top traffic engineers will shake up city and county
Two people whose judgment calls have shaped Portland’s streets for years are stepping into jobs elsewhere.
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State’s anti-speeding photo radar bill flips ‘scofflaw’ narrative
The real promise of speed-detection cameras isn’t that they’d bring in money, or even that they’d impose legal penalties.
Bill in Salem would let safety cameras nab speeders on high-crash streets
Portland’s 10 high-crash corridors would be dotted with radar cameras.
City’s new 2-year transportation ‘workplan’ steps up to Vision Zero
This is PBOT’s biggest Vision Zero commitment to date.(Detail from PBOT’s Portland Progress: A 2-Year Workplan. The City of Portland has released a new plan aimed at re-energizing their Bureau of Transportation.
City preps to cut speed limit on four mid-sized streets
Three of the four have recently been redesigned to be more neighborhood-friendly.
Now one of few large U.S. cities without bike sharing, Portland sets a new date
Of the 25 largest U.S. metro areas, only four are likely to not have bike sharing by the end of 2015: Los Angeles, Detroit, St. Louis and Portland.
A sneak peek at PBOT’s upcoming two-year action plan
It’s a step to make PBOT more accountable and focused on short-term goals.
PBOT director details two major goals for 2015: Parking reform and Vision Zero
City Transportation Director Leah Treat at a press conference in April of last year.(Photo: J. Maus/BikePortland) Portland’s transportation revenue plans may be stalled, but its top appointed transportation official is moving ahead with a two-pronged policy agenda that can be pursued without much new money — and might even help create its own. “We have … Read more
City of Portland will take ‘deep dive’ into data to assess neighborhood greenway system
Urged (in part) by recent activism around neighborhood greenways, PBOT has set out to take a closer look at all of them.
Portland legislators launch effort to put 82nd Ave under PBOT control
(Photo: Elly Blue) It’s looking as if the 2015 legislative session could bring a change that Portland transportation advocates have dreamed of, without much hope, for years.
PBOT, via blog comments, responds to “difficulties” of Williams project
Who says blog comment sections are worthless? Not PBOT Director Leah Treat.
New bike lane on SW Salmon improves bike access to Naito Parkway
SW Salmon leading to Naito Parkway is much nicer for cycling thanks to changes made by PBOT.