10 weeks after fatal collision, ODOT installs new pedestrian signals along Powell Blvd
Sarah Pliner might have gotten across alive if this were installed sooner.
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City will reroute freight truck traffic away from deadly SE 26th Ave intersection
The change comes in response to a high-profile death on Powell Blvd.
Top transportation brass get earful at forum on Powell Blvd safety
It’s not small thing that an event of this magnitude came together just 16 days after Sarah Pliner’s death.
New school zone first of many changes after fatal collision outside Cleveland High School
City of Portland has worked quickly on a raft of changes, and ODOT has been a willing partner.
Commissioner Hardesty asks ODOT to create ‘school speed zone’ outside Cleveland High (UPDATED)
The resolution adds to the urgency for change on eve of a Community Safety Forum.
Human-protected bike lane protest draws attention to deadly intersection
Nearly 200 people literally put their bodies on the line to make a point.
Trucks, turns, and the tragedy on Powell Blvd
A retired ODOT freight expert and a freight company owner weigh in.
Human protected bike lane, safety forum planned as response to SE Powell Blvd tragedy
Portland-based nonprofit Bike Loud PDX is not taking the death of Sarah Pliner lightly. The group has been working nonstop since last Tuesday’s tragic collision to make sure something is done to make the intersection where she died safer. On Wednesday, they are asking everyone to join them for a demonstration on SE 26th and … Read more
Southeast neighborhood coalition comes out against 26th Avenue bike lane removal
They want PBOT to put their plans on hold.
Consultants to ODOT in 2014: Widen the bike lanes on SE 26th at Powell
The bike lanes aren’t gone yet.
Protestors make show of force against ODOT’s ‘unnecessary’ removal of 26th Avenue bike lanes
The lack of justification from ODOT is strange.
Advocates will rally to save bike lanes on SE 26th Avenue tonight
Threat of bike lane removal leads to a rally and call for new leadership at ODOT.