With pilot project, City will turn Naito Parkway into public space for all
Finally. Great news from PBOT and Commissioner Novick.
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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.
Touting ‘Platinum’ status, Commisioner Novick proclaims Active Transportation Week
City Hall is talking about bikes. Finally.
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.
Novick says PBOT will use state study to address speeding, lack of bikeway on Barbur
Acknowledging the problem is the first step.
Safety advocate to Novick: Where’s the Barbur study you requested?
When is a traffic study not a traffic study?
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
Novick, Treat will trumpet transportation needs on van tour tomorrow
Novick to hit the streets.(Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland) Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick and PBOT Director Leah Treat want to hear from you about neighborhood transportation needs. They also wants to draw attention to existing problems they’d like to fix with your money. Novick and Treat are in the middle of a major effort to pass … 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
Novick wants $1 million from general fund for beacons at 15 crosswalks
The City of Portland’s general fund has a few million dollars to spare, and Commissioner Steve Novick is mounting an unusual campaign to spend some of it on safer street crossings.
PBOT director says new action plan will include ‘Vision Zero’ commitment
Portland will follow in the steps of Chicago and New York City by setting a schedule to completely eliminate traffic fatalities or serious injuries no matter the cost, the city’s transportation director said in a new interview.