Join me March 19th for a ‘Policy Talks’ panel on safe streets
Should be a great conversation. Hope you’ll tune in!
Note: I'm currently on a family trip and not working normal hours. Email and message responses will be delayed and story and posting volumes here and on our social media accounts will not be at their usual levels until I return to Portland September 4th. Thanks for your patience and understanding. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
Should be a great conversation. Hope you’ll tune in!
A few dozen Portlanders sat and stood in the crisp, cold night in a plaza on a public street for an interview with a candidate for local elected office.
Routh says east Portland is, “the home of my birth and the home of my heart.”
“I can’t afford to already have the deck stacked against me and then contribute to that by showing up to work disheveled.”
“I think of myself as having a personal board of directors whom I consult at various times for a variety of career and personal reasons.”
“I love to ride in the city, and don’t want to just ride bike trails.”
Steph Routh in November 2012.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Oregon Walks, a non-profit advocacy group that works to improve walking conditions around the state, has announced that Executive Director Steph Routh will resign in October. Routh became the organization’s first full-time staffer when she was named to the position in May 2009. In the ensuing years, … Read more
Willamette Pedestrian Coalition Executive Director Stephanie Routh speaking at a 2009 event.(Photo © J. Maus) On the heels of recent media attention on the need for safer streets and news of an 80% increase in walking-involved fatalities and injury crashes in Oregon this year, the non-profit Willamette Pedestrian Coalition (WPC) unveiled their Getting Around on … Read more
Moving by bike is one thing… but by foot?!(Photo © J. Maus) Bike moves are old hat in Portland. A quick check of the BikePortland archives shows that I first wrote about them way back in April of 2005. Since then there have been hundreds of bike moves in this town, so many that they’ve … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Steph Routh Willamette Pedestrian Coalition Office: (503) 223-1597 steph@wpcwalks.org PEDESTRIAN ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION CALLS FOR CAUTION, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS A Number of Recent Crashes Involving Pedestrians Indicate the Need for Immediate Response and Change PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 5, 2009 – It has been a deeply troubling week . On Saturday morning, Oct. 31, Benjamin … Read more
A woman crossing SE Foster at 80th. (Still taken from Oregonian video — watch it below). Responding to a week where several Portlanders were injured and one woman was killed while walking across SE Foster Blvd, Portland Mayor Sam Adams visited the site this morning. His visit comes on the eve of an awareness action … Read more
Did you know Portland had an advocacy group devoted to pedestrians? Portland is renown for its bike scene and the strong, vibrant advocacy movement that exists around it. But what about our non-motorized friends who use their feet to get around? Where is Portland’s ‘pedestrian community’? The Willamette Pedestrian Coalition wants to find out. The … Read more
Comment of the Week: Gratitude for N/NE Broadway project