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Novick, Oregon Walks, and The Oregonian weigh in on transportation spending priorities

Steve Novick is setting the stage for the upcoming debate about transportation spending. (Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland) If The Oregonian’s opinion pages are any indication, the City’s campaign to persuade Portlanders to help fund transportation investments is heating up. On New Year’s Day, the leader of a local walking advocacy group called on Transportation Commissioner … Read more


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Novick issues ‘A message to Barbur road dieters’ – UPDATED

“… The idea of a Barbur road diet is obviously not something all our regional partners have signed off on. We hope they will not be perturbed by the prospect of a study of a road diet…”— Steve Novick, City of Portland Transportation Commissioner At tomorrow’s City Council meeting, Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick had the … Read more


ODOT region 1 manager lays out Barbur road diet position in letter to Commissioner Novick

ODOT Region 1 Manager Jason Tell.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The most powerful Oregon Department of Transportation employee in the area, Region 1 Manager Jason Tell, has now officially weighed in on the debate about a road diet on SW Barbur Blvd. Over the weekend, we obtained a letter (PDF) Tell sent to City of Portland … Read more


Commissioner Novick, PBOT respond to SW Barbur hit-and-run

Portland Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick wants to hear from “suburban car commuters” before proposing a road diet on SW Barbur Blvd.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) After yet another tragedy on SW Barbur Blvd last week, people are once again trying to push officials to make it safer. So far, most of the attention has been focused … Read more


PBOT, Police stepping up enforcement of traffic laws

To improve safety, the police are on high alert.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Last week we told you that Portland Mayor Charlie Hales was rolling up his sleeves to improve road safety. Today he and Commissioner Steve Novick teamed up with the Portland Police Bureau to launch a key component of that effort. Hales and Novick … Read more


PBOT Commissioner Steve Novick visits Breakfast on the Bridges

Commissioner Steve Novick (blue shirt) mixed it up with the crowd on the Hawthorne Bridge this morning.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) City of Portland Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick showed once again this morning that he’s a hands-on leader. In the past few months (even before Mayor Hales gave him the PBOT portfolio), Novick has shown up … Read more


Commissioner Steve Novick gets PBOT bureau assignment

Portland’s new Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Mayor Charlie Hales has just announced the city bureau assignments and he’s given the Bureau of Transportation to Commissioner Steve Novick. Another bureau shake-up that impacts bicycling is Portland Parks & Recreation now being in the office of Commissioner Amanda Fritz instead of Nick Fish. Hales … Read more