Here’s how PBOT will take advantage of new speed limit setting authority (and how you can too)
Arm yourself for the war on speeding.
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A 13-year effort to gain local control of speed limits is over
Portland’s long-awaited dream to manage its own speed limits has finally come true.
Portland Vision Zero speed study shows limited results
Vision Zero and speed limit reduction were the topics of presentations at a Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) Friday Transportation Seminar at Portland State University last week. Clay Veka, Portland Bureau of Transportation Vision Zero program coordinator introduced the bureau’s “Safe Systems” approach to speed management, and Portland State University Research Associate and Adjunct … Read more
PBOT will hand out 1,000 free yard signs to promote neighborhood greenways
Portlanders love yard signs and neighborhood greenways and a new initiative from the Bureau of Transportation wants to take full of advantage of it. About 25,000 people who live on our 110-mile network of neighborhood greenways citywide received a postcard in the mail this week that exclaims: “You Live on a Neighborhood Greenway!” The postcard … Read more
Opinion: Let’s make it easier to create safer ‘narrow residential roadways’
(SW 19th Ave in the Markham neighborhood is a showcase for narrow residential roadway treatment. Photos: Lisa Caballero/BikePortland)
The outdated and dangerous 85th percentile rule is dead in Oregon
On May 1st, traffic engineers in the state of Oregon will no longer rely on an outdated and dangerous method for setting speed limits. Thanks to new rules adopted by the Oregon Transportation Commission last month, the process for for designating speeds has changed dramatically and now goes way beyond the traditional 85 percentile method. … Read more