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Oregon DOT Challenges Drivers to Avoid Using Their Phones Behind the Wheel
The state is promoting an app that turns the act of driving without distraction into a competition.
August 2, 2017
Portland Launches Public Adaptive Bike Rental for People With Disabilities
Portland's program will offer a mix of tandems, hand-cycles, and three-wheeled bikes.
July 24, 2017
Portland’s on the Verge of Fending Off Two Highway Widening Projects
In Portland, two road expansions with a combined pricetag of $1 billion seemed to be on the fast track for funding this year, with transit agency boss Neil McFarlane and city DOT chief Leah Treat lining up behind them, in addition to the usual road-building suspects. But it looks like the highway expansions are toast, at least for now.
June 29, 2017
Portland Has a Plan to Do for Buses What It Did for Cycling
Portland officials are developing a plan for a network of "Enhanced Transit Corridors," carving out space in the street for buses so vehicles with 30 passengers aren't stuck in a quagmire of vehicles carrying just one.
June 23, 2017
Is Portland Losing Its Resolve Against Highway Expansions?
In the 1970s, some American cities revolted against highway expansion and kept the worst excesses of the interstate construction spree in check. Those cities tend to be the most walkable and transit-oriented places in the nation today. But in Portland that legacy is in jeopardy.
April 5, 2017
Portland Advocates Won’t Settle for Business-as-Usual Highway Spending
Advocates in Portland are challenging the region's business-as-usual approach to transportation planning. They're sick of roads getting most of the funding pie, while transit, biking, and walking get crumbs.
March 23, 2017
Rob Sadowsky Discusses Why He Left Street Trust, Isn’t Returning to Chicago
Former Active Transportation ALliance director Rob Sadowsky was let go from his post leading the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. Contrary to a tip we received, Sadowsky is not returning to Active Trans.
January 11, 2017
Despite Cold, Portland’s New Mayor Biked to Work on First Day
It was 25 degrees, and it wasn't a photo op.
January 4, 2017
Portland Wants to Rethink Speed Limits By Factoring in Walkers and Bikers
For cities trying to get a handle on traffic fatalities, dangerous motor vehicle speeds are an enormous problem. Once drivers exceed 20 mph, the chances that someone outside the vehicle will survive a collision plummet.
August 25, 2016
The Key Human Factors That Can Lead Any City to Transform Its Streets
How did Portland get to be a national model for sustainable transportation and walkable development? Yes, Mayor Neil Goldschmidt stopped the Mount Hood Freeway from being built in 1974 and began negotiations that eventually led to the implementation of the urban growth boundary. But Goldschmidt didn’t do it alone.
August 4, 2015