ohhleary So bizarre that Citibike members get free rides on Lyft-operated bike share systems in Chicago, Portland, and San Francisco, but not in DC, where an 8-minute ride on a conventional bike costs over $2.
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Portland Bureau of Transportation News Release: PBOT advises the traveling public to be aware that an annual evacuation exercise for the Portland Aerial Tram will be highly visible, as it is conducted along Interstate 5 south of downtown this Sunday, Oct. 11 at 9 a.m. www.portland.gov/transportati...
Open Plans Portland tore out Harbor Drive in 1974 and built Tom McCall Waterfront Park in its place. Fifty years later, nobody's asking for the highway back. The BQE doesn't have to be permanent either.
amb 1am and i just bought four of the best tacos of my life from a makeshift vendor in the parking lot of the seafood joint at 92nd + Powell. Don’t know if some law changed that allowed these pop-up joints to proliferate but gotta say, if you squint, it almost looks like Portland is a real goddamn city
The Street Trust The latest report from Portland's City Administrator show an alarming trend... Traffic deaths this year are up 44% with 36 people killed in traffic violence so far this year, compared with 25 at this time last year and 38 in 2024.
Councilor Candace Avalos From my seat as Chair of the Housing & Permitting Committee, I’ve been leading work on the Unified Housing Strategy (UHS) along with Housing Bureau staff and city leaders. UHS will be Portland’s first comprehensive roadmap for all programs, policies, and resources related to housing.
Councilor Candace Avalos NEW COLUMN: “Humanity is speeding past the limit to avoid climate catastrophe” – that’s the message of the most recent United Nations report on climate change.
The Street Trust The Street Trust's VERY FIRST Ride2Own e-bike program for youth started last week, and we're thrilled to be providing this low-carbon, more cost-effective, and safer transportation option to young people in the Parkrose neighborhood.
BikeLoudPDX So delightful to see this photo on our Slack channel of cargo bikes parked at the Portland Public School board rally. So many families with their amazing rides. Bikes are better for democracy! Photo by Maximillian Battison
😀🚲 Some #Oregon DOT #trafficEngineers probably told themselves with a straight face that directing pedestrians to go 0.2 miles "over there" and back is a job done. What if governor carbrain decided to compete for #Portland voters instead of take them for […] [Original post on urbanists.social]
Portland Bureau of Transportation Hop on the Special Edition: N & NE Bike Bus tomorrow morning to avoid traffic! This special edition of the city bike bus operates exclusively on the N University Park (7:25 a.m. start) and NE Cully City (7:35 a.m. start) routes, every Wednesday during ODOT's I-5 southbound closure.
Councilor Olivia Clark Southwest Harvey Milk Street is filled with pride! I recently joined Councilor Zimmerman for the grand reopening of the car-free Pride Plaza. Last year PBOT repaved the street and updated the curb ramps to be ADA-compliant, and this year they painted it and added furniture and planters.
Portland Bureau of Transportation Take a look behind the scenes at PBOT’s Traffic Operations Center! Engineering Supervisor for the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) team, Bikram, shows us how PBOT Traffic Engineers monitor traffic signals across town.
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I took an overnight trip to Portland this weekend While up there we only used transit to get around and took the train back down to Albany #transitsky #trimet #trains #buses #urbanism #cityplanning