New crossing safety PSA by Portlandia producer pits ‘pedestrians vs. cars’
The campaign paints vulnerable road users as irresponsible and immature.
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Portland launches ‘PedPDX’ to update citywide walking plan
Walking needs a boost, this plan could provide it.
Your guide to Portland’s ‘Walktober’ fest
It’s Walktober, a great time of year to discover Portland on foot.
A suspected drunk driver has hit and killed a man who was walking across Division Street
A man who lived near the neighborhood was hit trying to cross Division’s nine lanes.
Hit by Uber driver? Portlander watches as car that hit him drives off
Here’s a troubling incident that doesn’t directly involve a bike, but certainly could have.
Postcard from Austin: curb extensions that don’t block bikes
Curb extensions are great. But for bike infrastructure, they’re a problem.
Bike-friendliness and walk-friendliness are actually pretty different, study says
Why do so many people speak as if there’s an activity called “bikingandwalking”?
‘Sidewalk closed’: Portlanders fend for themselves amid building boom
When construction closes part of a street, why are sidewalks the first to go?
With new ‘Livable Streets’ subgroup, BikeLoud will commemorate road deaths by all modes
The Facebook page for the new “subgroup”Livable Streets Action. A new group called Livable Streets Action is taking the tactics that have won a string of victories for local biking this spring and summer and applying them to other modes, too. Organizer Dan Kaufman, a videographer and longtime local social justice advocate who has helped … Read more
Comment of the Week: The case for organized running advocacy in Portland
Portland is a biking town, but there’s no question that it’s a running town, too.
Cops cite 61 people in 4 hours at a single unmarked 82nd Ave crosswalk
The enforcement action was one of the few that the city has conducted at unmarked crosswalks.(Image: Google Street View) In Oregon and Washington as in many states, every corner is a legal crosswalk, and all vehicles are supposed to stop for someone trying to use it. But good luck getting people to stop for you … Read more
In sidewalkless Southwest, neighborhood greenways are made for walking
Neighborhood greenways are few in SW Portland, but sidewalks are nearly as rare.