Portland Transport

Category: Crosswalks

  • Updated: Crosswalk Enforcement Action Tomorrow

    Update 11 January 2006: Over at Commissioner Sam they’re reporting that 25 citations were issued, 10 of them to bikes and peds. The Commissioner reportedly survived the exercise.

  • From our Readers

    Cate points us to an editorial she heard on KINK about crosswalk safety. And Ron wants to remind us of the UN-HABITAT World Urban Forum in Vancouver, BC: http://www.wuf3-fum3.ca/ http://www.unhabitat.org/wuf/2006/default.asp http://www.unhabitat.org/

  • Another Crosswalk Cop Out

    Friday’s Oregonian has an article about the City lowering speeds on Capitol Highway. While we’re all in favor of lowering speeds for safety, we also note that article indicates the City refused a suggestion from the neighborhood association to add a crosswalk. Will Stevens of PDOT is quoted: “adding crosswalks without a traffic signal or…

  • Crosswalks of the Netherlands

    You knew it was coming. My obsession with crosswalks had to include some snaps of pedestrian crossings in the Netherlands. So here they are…

  • Indulging My Obsession with Crosswalks

    www.flickr.com portlandtransport’s Prague Crosswalks photoset Regular readers will know that I have a bit of a thing about our crosswalks (or lack thereof) in Portland and like to bring back examples from other cities that take them seriously. So here are two examples from Prague. The first is a run-of-the-mill crosswalk found at most corners…