Transportation

Portland City Council will discuss a proposal Wednesday to lower the speed limit on SE Powell Blvd. near Cleveland High School in response to overwhelming calls for improved safety conditions in the area. The proposal was introduced by Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, who oversees the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), as an emergency agenda item […]

Hundreds of green-clad protesters created a human barricade to protect the bike lane on SE 26th Ave. on either side of SE Powell Blvd. Wednesday afternoon, calling on transportation agencies to reinstall the green bike boxes at the intersection. The protest, led by transportation advocacy groups The Street Trust, Bike Loud, and Oregon Walks, took […]

Following dramatic changes in ridership during the COVID-19 pandemic, TriMet is drafting a plan to overhaul its bus service and increase ridership in an equitable way. The plan, dubbed “Forward Together,” would add bus routes in low-income neighborhoods while cutting routes in more affluent areas, strengthen connections with Portland suburbs, and expand weekend service. The […]

On Tuesday, Portland chef Sarah Pliner was biking to work when she was hit and killed by a semi-truck at SE Powell Blvd. and 26th Ave. Pliner’s death has generated calls for immediate safety changes to the intersection from transportation advocates and local politicians who have long considered SE Powell Blvd. a dangerous thoroughfare. “We’ve […]

Update Sept 23, 1 pm: The Oregon Senate confirmed Senator Lee Beyer’s nomination to the Oregon Transportation Commission Friday. Beyer will begin serving on the commission in 2023. Original story: Last week, it was reported that Governor Kate Brown is nominating outgoing Oregon Senator Lee Beyer to the Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC). Less than 24 […]

Home to the nationally-acclaimed Burnside Skatepark and pandemic-success Secret Roller Disco, Portland’s skateboarding and roller skating scene is vibrant and burgeoning—and local skaters have a plan they believe will make it even better.  “As awesome as our skate scene is here in Portland, I think we’re missing out on something that could be a huge […]

What once was the site of car crashes, pedestrian threats, and drive-by shootings in Southeast Portland’s Mt. Scott-Arleta neighborhood is now a rainbow-striped community space. The new extended Arleta Triangle Square, a public plaza located in the former right-turn lane that allowed cars to bypass the light at SE 72nd Avenue and SE Woodstock Boulevard, […]

After six years of conception, planning, design, and construction, Portland is set to see 60-foot-long, bright green TriMet buses driving up and down SE Division Street in less than a month. The buses are part of TriMet’s new Frequent Express (FX) service—high capacity buses that run every 12 minutes. While the project is the first […]

TriMet plans to increase transit police on and around the transit system in part due to an alleged increase in drug use on buses and MAX trains, according to an internal agency memo. The increase in transit police and other security officers will not exceed the agency’s budgeted positions, according to TriMet. On July 27, […]

Portland politicians, transportation leaders, and other stakeholders have all agreed upon the preliminary design for the Interstate 5 bridge replacement project as of Thursday. Pending one final vote from Vancouver’s regional transportation council, which is expected to pass, the Interstate Bridge Replacement (IBR) project will move into the federally required environmental review process—a major milestone […]

The city of Portland is poised to officially rejoin the Rose Quarter Interstate 5 project after walking away in 2020 due to a lack of trust in the Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) partnership. While the Portland City Council’s trust in ODOT has not been fully restored, the city is leveraging its essential participation in […]

TriMet will cancel or reduce service on 10 bus lines in September due to a historic driver shortage. TriMet TriMet will reduce or cancel service on ten bus lines in September as the agency’s historic bus operator shortage continues to worsen, the agency announced Wednesday. While TriMet has aimed to strategically reduce its service to […]