If elected mayor, Ted Wheeler says he’d overhaul transportation bureau
If he wins, Wheeler says he’d take over the transportation bureau and rewrite its budget from scratch.
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Highlighting support from BTA, Novick will put local gas tax on May 2016 ballot
Portland is getting serious about a local gas tax.
Comment of the Week: One more Portland bike user for better pavement
North Michigan Avenue: tighten your bolts.
Commissioner Novick responds to ‘Day of Protests’ with diverter promise
“In reference to Neighborhood Greenways, I hear you.”
City’s $8 million for 122nd Avenue will aid crossings and trigger new frequent bus line
TriMet is preparing to improve its No. 71 bus to run every 15 minutes or better almost all day, every day.
Mayor Hales, Commissioner Novick call ‘urgent meeting’ in wake of collisions
Coming to the table.(Photo J. Maus/BikePortland) Portland Mayor Charlie Hales and City Commissioner Steve Novick have just announced an “urgent meeting” that will take place next week at City Hall to discuss bike safety following a spate of collisions that has sparked widespread concerns. Novick is the commissioner in charge of the transportation bureau, which … Read more
With pilot project, City will turn Naito Parkway into public space for all
Finally. Great news from PBOT and Commissioner Novick.
Support builds for walking and biking improvements on east side of Naito Parkway (updated)
Even where it isn’t blocked, Naito’s existing goatpath often spills over during festivals.(Photo: M.Andersen/BikePortland) A week after Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick’s office called out Naito Parkway for failing to provide “a minimum level of safety for the traveling public” along Waterfront Park, other central-city institutions are weighing in.
As festival season begins, Naito’s bike lanes are walkers’ only refuge
Though the problem isn’t new, more people seem to be wondering this spring if something could be done about it.
The Friday Profile: Steve Novick, the accidental Southwest Portlander
When Portland’s transportation commissioner arrived in town, he was almost a caricature of a newcomer to the Northwest.
Comment of the Week: Commissioner Steve Novick on the virtues of taxes
Steve Novick at a Bike Walk Votecandidate party in 2012.(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland) With friends like Joe Cortright, Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick doesn’t need enemies. That’s the case Novick made this morning in a sharp response in the comments beneath a widely circulated column we published by Cortright, a local urban economist. Cortright, who like Novick comes … Read more
At Employers Bike Summit, Novick praises health benefits of bike investments
Commissioner Steve Novick speaks Friday atRegence headquarters.(Photo: M.Andersen/BikePortland) Portland should be proud of its 6.1 percent bike commuting share, the highest of any large city, Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick said at a summit Friday that gave local employers advice on supporting bike commuters. “We beat Madison,” the city council member said. “We beat Minneapolis.” The … Read more