PBOT will use little-known “emergency” law to rein in speeding drivers
It’s PBOT’s latest move to tame traffic on outer SE Division Street.
speed limits
This simple bill will make it easier for cities across Oregon to lower speed limits
Taking lower speed limits into our own hands (sort of).
Despite safety rhetoric, ODOT looks into raising highway truck speeds
After a bill passed in 2015, lawmakers want to expand higher highway speed limits.
Seattle just passed a citywide 20 mph speed limit, and Portland could be next
The new policy will impact 2,400 miles of streets.
City’s first speed camera already having major impact
Gotcha! You speeding miscreant.
Portland about to win another major battle in its quest to lower speed limits
Controlling our own speeds will mean safer streets.
Portland ‘Transformation’ bureau unveils a new trick: ’20 is Plenty’ signs
The signs look legal, but aren’t.
‘Aggro’ driving on neighborhood greenways annoys Portlanders in cars too
“I just drove at the speed of the bikes which was around 18 mph. The car that passed me nearly took out a cyclist trying to get back in our lane to avoid a head on collision.”
Speeding is common on most neighborhood greenways in Portland, study finds
The streets’ speed limit is 20 mph, but numerous stretches see large amounts of traffic moving at 26 mph and above.
City engaged in battle against speeding epidemic
More cameras, lower speed limits. At least that’s the hope.
New signs help raise visibility of ‘neighborhood greenways’
Each sign costs about $50, including installation.
State’s anti-speeding photo radar bill flips ‘scofflaw’ narrative
The real promise of speed-detection cameras isn’t that they’d bring in money, or even that they’d impose legal penalties.