Highway amendment fails, Metro committee adopts spending plan
Some progress for Safe Routes at Metro.
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After delay, Metro again faces vote that pits Safe Routes money against highways
Metro continues to consider an increase in money for road widening rather than for safety improvements near schools.
Metro proposal rejects Safe Routes to School, spends more on freight routes
A few weeks ago, five of Metro’s seven councilors said they almost certainly wouldn’t support more freight spending.
Counting votes at Metro: Will the region invest in walking and biking near schools?
We called all the elected councilors to ask.
For Every Kid coalition takes $15 million ‘safe routes’ funding push straight to regional leaders
A fight for school safey funding is in Metro’s hands.
Driving to school hits a new low in Portland after 15 years of ‘Safe Routes’
Walking, biking and rolling passed driving in popularity around 2010.
New BTA policy looks to make its biking advocacy more racially equitable
“Our organization and our movement have not done enough to listen to the concerns and priorities of communities of color.”
Safe routes to school coalition takes message to east county tonight
Safe streets movement is expanding.
Safe routes coalition: Too many kids unable to join Walk and Bike to School Day
A coalition that wants more funding for safe routes to school shares an inconvenient truth.
Legislators’ letter urges Metro to fund regional Safe Routes to School program
A regional program would be available throughout the metro area, not just in Portland.
PBOT: School relocation will mean more auto traffic on North Flint
Avoid Flint near Harriet Tubman school for the next two years.
Milwaukie and Tigard call for regional Safe Routes to School funding
This fall, Metro Councilors will have the opportunity to allocate funding to make safe routes to school for every student in the Metro area.