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Posted inHoliday Guide 2024 🎅

Father Christmas, Bring Us Some Snow Plows

Christmas came early for these city bureaus and agencies. Let’s see what ‘Taxpayer Santa’ brought them!
Avatar photo Courtney Vaughn

[Editor’s note: Read all our holly jolly HOLIDAY GUIDE articles here. Looking for a print copy? Good! You can find it in more than 500 spots across Portland with this handy map!] What you do with your money is nobody’s business, but what the government does with your money is everyone’s business.  At a time […]

Posted inHoliday Guide 2024 🎅

A Major (League) Undertaking

The Portland Diamond Project wants to bring pro baseball to Portland—but will it get the love and money needed to survive?
Avatar photo Abe Asher

[Editor’s note: Read all our holly jolly HOLIDAY GUIDE articles here. Looking for a print copy? Good! You can find it in more than 500 spots across Portland with this handy map!] The Portland Diamond Project has been working to bring a Major League Baseball team to the Rose City for the better part of […]

Posted inHoliday Guide 2024 🎅

STREET VIEW: Gravel in the Bike Lane

PBOT’s maintenance woes aren’t just a problem for people who travel by car.
Avatar photo Taylor Griggs

[Editor’s note: Read all our holly jolly HOLIDAY GUIDE articles here. Looking for a print copy? Good! You can find it in more than 500 spots across Portland with this handy map!] In the bike-friendly cities of Northern Europe, a phrase is sometimes used to lightly chastise those who are intimidated to cycle in the […]

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As Traffic Crash Fatalities Rise, Portland Auditor’s Office Recommends Changes to Vision Zero Program

PBOT leaders say they’ve already addressed many of the auditor’s recommendations. They also say the scale of Portland’s traffic violence crisis is too big for just one bureau to address.
Avatar photo Taylor Griggs

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) adopted its Vision Zero Action Plan in December 2016, with the goal of eliminating traffic crash deaths and injuries in the city. But in recent years, Portland has seen its highest numbers of traffic injuries and fatalities in decades. Pedestrians have faced a heightened risk of traffic violence in […]

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ODOT Denied $750 Million Federal Grant for Rose Quarter Expansion

Advocates hope the financial quandary will prompt ODOT to rethink the scale of the I-5 project through central Portland.
Avatar photo Taylor Griggs

Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) officials say the state transportation department didn’t receive a coveted $750 million federal Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant it hoped would help fund its plan to expand and cap I-5 through Portland’s Rose Quarter.  While ODOT leaders say they’ll seek other means of funding for the entire Rose Quarter […]

Posted inElection Guide 2024

Street View: How Transportation is Shaping This Year’s Election

Many of this year’s City Council candidates can hold their own in wonky transportation spaces. Here’s how activists got in their ears, and what might come of it.
Avatar photo Taylor Griggs

Despite claims about the political influence of Portland’s all-powerful “bike lobby,” transportation issues have not been a top city priority for some time. This is partially evident from the ignorant rhetoric out of the current Portland City Council, but it’s also clear just from taking a look around the city: Portland officials have long neglected […]

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