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Portland Vision Zero speed study shows limited results

Vision Zero and speed limit reduction were the topics of presentations at a Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) Friday Transportation Seminar at Portland State University last week. Clay Veka, Portland Bureau of Transportation Vision Zero program coordinator introduced the bureau’s “Safe Systems” approach to speed management, and Portland State University Research Associate and Adjunct … Read more

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Lisa Caballero (Assistant Editor)

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Opinion: We’ll never have safe streets if we continue to make safe choices

Late Thursday night someone died while using 122nd Avenue. They were the 46th person whose life ended while traveling on a Portland road so far this year, putting us on the same grim pace as 2019 despite a major reduction in travel due to the pandemic. There have been four fatal crashes in a one … Read more

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Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

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