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Playing Down the Need for Speed
The critical path to safety has to include slowing cars down, particularly on neighborhood streets. EnzymePDX looks at Sweden’s effort to eliminate road deaths, and compares it to Mayor Adam’s effort to get City control over local speed limits. Simultaneously, StreetFilms looks at the “20’s Plenty” campaign in the UK.
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Bicycles IN Airports
We all know that PDX has made it manageable (I won’t quite say easy, yet) to take a bike to or from the airport. But I’m now returning from an extended trip to the east coast (if you’ve noticed my post volume is down a bit, now you know why) and on this trip I’ve…
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Connect Oregon III Hands Out $97M
Mostly to freight projects, with some transit and a few aviation projects.
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Park Your Scooter by the Month?
Since the City of Portland introduced SmartMeters (pay stations) for on-street parking several years ago, one of the ongoing complaints is that you can’t securely attach the sticker to a motorcycle or scooter. Someone can easily come along and steal your sticker. PBOT now has an answer, a monthly permit you can buy in lieu…
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Pedaling Toward a Healthier Planet
That’s the subtitle of Mia Birk’s new book “Joyride”. Mia is CEO of Alta Planning and was Bicycle Coordinator for the City of Portland during the period when much of today’s bicycle network was conceived and initially implemented. The book is constructed as autobiography, but in fact serves as a very insightful history of how…