Opinion: The missed opportunity on SW Gibbs
The lack of safe, climate-friendly travel options built into this project are an illustration that PBOT’s approach to development in southwest is not working.
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Gibbs, the Governor, or how I haven’t yet learned to love variances
The contradictions between the city’s aspirational policy and the reality of what gets built is frustrating.
Early decisions in PBOT process baked-in SW Gibbs sidewalk fate
Latest in a series on how City of Portland systematically discourages sidewalk construction in SW Portland.
How Portland development rules perpetuate car use
A loophole Portland is driving cars through.
Traffic impact studies: shouldn’t pedestrians and cyclists count?
It is difficult to understand why the fate of transportation infrastructure near this economic engine depends on conversations between a PBOT middle-manager and a neighborhood volunteer.
A dispatch from SW Gibbs, where development doesn’t come with sidewalks
I already had the story written in my head. All I needed to do was make an early morning run over to OHSU for some more photos and I was good to go. Another southwest development going in without a sidewalk—43 units this time! Area stakeholders not happy. I know this story like the back … Read more