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Hubris and icy streets: a cautionary tale

I’m not particularly worried about traveling in cold and icy weather. But that didn’t stop me from completely wiping out on black ice while biking the other day.

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December 6, 2022

Taylor Griggs (Staff Writer)

25 Comments


Guest Article: Despite bike lane, Vancouver Ave is designed for cars. Our children deserve better

It’s unacceptable these blocks are designed for car throughput above all else.

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October 21, 2022

Guest Contributor

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Legislator’s ODOT donation bill shows how desperate people are for safer roads

Please make the deaths and injuries stop. Just tell us where to send the checks!

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March 30, 2017

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

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Portland steps up safety resolve following a deadly December on Division

Reactions were swift and strong after two people died on Division last month.

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January 4, 2017

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

79 Comments


City of Portland will deploy ‘Be Seen Be Safe’ street teams as dark season begins

Check your headlights, slow down, wear brighter colors.

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November 7, 2016

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

158 Comments


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Portland area teenagers to learn safe driving skills at Ford-sponsored event

If they have to drive they might as well learn how to do it.

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September 8, 2016

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

46 Comments


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Portland ‘Transformation’ bureau unveils a new trick: ’20 is Plenty’ signs

The signs look legal, but aren’t.

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March 24, 2016

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

48 Comments


At City Hall rally, demonstrators demand action for safer streets

“As I sit here asking you to make safe routes a priority, I am not a special interest.”

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June 24, 2015

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

41 Comments


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What makes people stop at red lights? Other people, study finds

It might be peer pressure. It might be geometry.

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October 31, 2014

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

60 Comments


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For less than $500,000, 3 Portland road diets are preventing 37 crashes every year

One of the least-understood tricks in traffic engineering has a big payoff.

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October 10, 2014

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

47 Comments


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New ‘Bikeology’ curriculum guides spell out bike skills for grades 6-12

When the basics of biking are often essentially passed on as folk wisdom from one individual to another, is there any wonder so many of us fail to pick up the best practices?

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March 18, 2014

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

13 Comments


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94% of bike riders wait at red lights, study finds

A new study suggests that speeding in a car on local streets is at least six times more common than running a red light on a bike.

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June 25, 2013

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

117 Comments


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