Stephanie Routh, WPC.(Photos © J. Maus) Advocates who want to make it safer to walk are leading a charge to revise Oregon’s crossing law. This will be the third consecutive legislative session that advocates have attempted to change ORS 811.208 (“Failure to stop and remain stopped for pedestrian”); but with the non-profit Willamette Pedestrian Coalition … Read more
What happens when you mix cops and crosswalks?(Photos © J. Maus) One of the tools we can use to make our streets safer is to get tougher on enforcement. So, what happens when police officers focus on particular violations at specific locations? Recently, we came across a report detailing five years of crosswalk enforcement actions … Read more
I hadn’t even heard of the collision, but just got this statement from the PPB. Good to know they got the guy: PORTLAND POLICE ARREST SUSPECT IN SW 4TH AND SW ALDER PED STRUCK CRASH Posted: January 6th, 2011 2:56 PM At approximately 12:30 p.m., yesterday, January 5, 2011, Portland Police responded to a pedestrian … Read more
Willamette Pedestrian Coalition Executive Director Stephanie Routh speaking at a 2009 event.(Photo © J. Maus) On the heels of recent media attention on the need for safer streets and news of an 80% increase in walking-involved fatalities and injury crashes in Oregon this year, the non-profit Willamette Pedestrian Coalition (WPC) unveiled their Getting Around on … Read more
(Photo © J. Maus) This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, a new “10-minute newsmagazine” and wiki about low-car life in Portland. Read more of his contributions to BikePortland here. Will the walking movement ever be as successful as the bike movement? Across the nation, biking advocates spent the last decade winning. … Read more
The Oregonian Editorial Board published a timely piece in today’s paper about the need for all of us who drive to take stock of our actions and do a better job looking out for people walking and biking on our roads. Here’s the opening: Hey, you. You need to have a “full and frank” conversation … Read more
(Photo © J. Maus) The Willamette Pedestrian Coalition (WPC) will host a presentation and discussion tomorrow night to spur attention on walking issues, or what they call “Feet as traffic.” At the event, the WPC will discuss why advocating for walking is important, how this movement is growing, potential synergies with bike advocates, and what … Read more
This just in from Portland Police Burea: PORTLAND POLICE RESPONDING TO A COLLISION INVOLVING THREE PEDESTRIANS Posted: November 8th, 2010 11:55 AM At approximately 11:15 today, November 8, 2010, Portland Police responded to a collision on North Lombard Street near the intersection of North Interstate Avenue involving a vehicle and three pedestrians. All three persons … Read more
Equal Footing campaign logo A partnership of national advocacy organizations, led by North Portland resident and former executive director of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, is attempting something that has never been done in America: galvanize a powerful grassroots walking movement.
Stephanie Routh of the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition at an Eye-to-Eye campaign event in 2009.(Photo © J. Maus) The leader of the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition, Stephanie Routh, has written a guest column in The Oregonian that provides a meaningful and important perspective on the recent TriMet bus crash that killed two people and injured three others … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Steph Routh Willamette Pedestrian Coalition Office: (503) 223-1597 steph@wpcwalks.org PEDESTRIAN ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION CALLS FOR CAUTION, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS A Number of Recent Crashes Involving Pedestrians Indicate the Need for Immediate Response and Change PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 5, 2009 – It has been a deeply troubling week . On Saturday morning, Oct. 31, Benjamin … Read more
A woman crossing SE Foster at 80th. (Still taken from Oregonian video — watch it below). Responding to a week where several Portlanders were injured and one woman was killed while walking across SE Foster Blvd, Portland Mayor Sam Adams visited the site this morning. His visit comes on the eve of an awareness action … Read more