Clean slate: New PBOT program will leverage paving projects to redesign streets
It’s all made possible by closer coordination between PBOT’s planning and maintenance divisions.
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It’s all made possible by closer coordination between PBOT’s planning and maintenance divisions.
Where rubber hits the road with the balancing act between truck driver convenience and human lives.
Getting boots-on-the-ground to improve cycling conditions on and around this popular main street.
People are fed up with being at the mercy of Union Pacific trains that rumble through inner southeast Portland every day. The trains create an impenetrable barrier (unless you risk hopping through them) and long traffic delays that have frustrated locals and everyone who uses nearby roads and bike paths for many years. Now, thanks … Read more
When a seven-page memo detailing changes to the Northwest in Motion plan was released late last month by the Portland Bureau of Transportation, many advocates were animated in their disapproval. “All the ways in which Northwest in Motion is being watered down is so incredibly depressing,” NextPortland blogger and transportation reform activist Iain MacKenzie shared … Read more
Potential will remain untapped until street updates are implemented.
Comment of the Week: Gratitude for N/NE Broadway project