PBOT ad campaign: ‘This is why drivers should slow down’
PBOT has a new walking safety campaign to educate Portlanders about the perils of driving too fast.
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PBOT hires Margi Bradway as new Active Transpo Division Manager
Meet the new leader of PBOT’s Active Transportation Division: Margi Bradway.
PBOT offers bikers a ‘Quick Fix’ of donuts, coffee and conversation
PBOT hosted a busy free breakfast stop on N Willamette Blvd this morning and I stopped by to check it out.
Five ideas from NYC’s ‘Vision Zero’ plan that Portland could steal
Cutting Portland street fatalities is likely to require some help from the police. Will that happen in Portland?
City contest offers rewards for sharing winter rides
PBOT recently joined a special Breakfast on theBridge event to promote winter biking.(Photo by PBOT) Though those scurvy (and yeah, OK, pretty badass) vikings in Minneapolis might not understand the concept of biking in the winter actually being fun, a new city promotion is looking to spread the word to more Portlanders. “The fresh air, … Read more
PBOT looks to get back on track with PR moves and new ‘vision’
Dylan Rivera (on the left) is now PBOT’s Communications Manager and a member of the Director’s Team.(Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland) Two recent moves by the Portland Bureau of Transportation show that the agency wants to fix its past PR woes, tighten up its communications strategy and set a clear(er) course for the future. On Tuesday, … Read more
Portland takes note as NACTO releases ‘Urban Street Design Guide’
Screenshot from NACTO website. The National Asssociation of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) released their Urban Street Design Guide yesterday. The new guide is being hailed by its creators as, “a blueprint for the 21st century streetscape” and it couldn’t come at a better time for Portland.
Two PBOT job openings will shape our transportation vision
New PBOT Director Leah Treat said in an interview last week that upon joining the department, she personally rewrote the hiring description to fit her goal of finding “an unconventional person” for the role.
City will celebrate one year, one million bike trips over Hawthorne Bridge
Bike trips are worth celebrating.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) plans on making some noise about the success of cycling on the Hawthorne Bridge. To toast the upcoming one-year anniversary of the automated bicycle counter and the 1 millionth trip of 2013, PBOT is hosting a special “Breakfast on the Bridges” … Read more
City introduces Leah Treat, new Director of Transportation
Leah Treat is now calling the shots at PBOT.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Job interview Q & A with new PBOT Director Leah Treat
“I do believe that Portland has started stagnating in terms of progressive transportation.”— Leah Treat, incoming Director of PBOT Last month I accepted an invitation from the Mayor’s office to be involved in the selection process for a new director of the Bureau of Transportation. The event was billed as a “meet and greet” and … Read more
Chicago’s Leah Treat named as new PBOT Director
Leah Treat.(Photo: PBOT) The City of Portland has selected Leah Treat to be the new Director of the Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). Treat is currently the Managing Deputy Commissioner at the Chicago Department of Transportation where she serves under Chicago’s Transportation Commissioner Gabe Klein. In a statement released this morning, PBOT Commissioner Steve Novick said, … Read more