"Another calls for the city to enter public-private partnerships with developers to add up to 200 new publicly accessible parking spaces, estimated at $50,000 a space."

Yeah- that's parking reform in Portland. Unelected active transportation hobbyists declare victory while tax-payer funds flow into developer bank accounts.

Reading comprehension a problem rev? The parking reformers as opposed to building the $50k stalls.

backwards-ass thinking by engineers that can't think any differently. PBOT should team with TriMet to expand parking capacity at MAX stops outside the CIty center. as I understand it, if you're not at a park-n-ride by 7am you're shit out of luck. there should always be space available at those places if anyone at the city's actually serious about reducing congestion in the city center.

Reverand, that's basically the cost of building a parking space in any new development. Parking costs a shit ton of money to build in, especially if we don't massively upzone all land parcels in close-in neighborhoods, and particularly our downtown. Best case scenario is the public sees that price tag and realizes how costly our current zoning laws are relative to the increasingly diminishing "benefit" we get from prioritizing cars in our public and private spaces.

Portlanders for Parking Reform is a bicycle advocacy group. Their intent is to make vehicle operation as inconvenient as humanly possible.

Portlanders for Parking Reform is one guy who has alienated many people in the Richmond area with churlish behavior. He celebrates damage to cars and laments when trees are saved. PPR gets played by developers- the parking garage is just one example.

pcashman, single occupancy vehicle operation should be inconvenient in a major city center, where alternative modes of transit are way more efficient and have way fewer negative externalities. The fact that it might inconvenience you to make better use of our limited land space and transit resources to deprioritize cars is a fault of your own life choices to be car-dependent, not some nefarious scheme to just be mean.