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Spreading it Around
I’m delighted to see a pedestrian enforcement action outside the inner core: CITY OF PORTLAND OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release April 17, 2007 Contact: Sharon White, Portland Office of Transportation Phone: (503) 823-7100 What: Press event for Pedestrian Crosswalk Enforcement Action Where: Marked crosswalks at SE 82nd Ave. & SE Foster and…
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Safety Summit II
Hold the date: Dear Summit invitee You are receiving this email due to your leadership in improving transportation safety in the Portland region. Please plan to save the date for the second Annual Transportation Safety Summit, and help us carry out a review of recent trends, accomplishments, and future projects. Join attendees for the Summit…
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Taming Speed on Local Streets
Yesterday’s inPortland section of the O looks at home-made speed control devices while also celebrating the City’s new efforts to concentrate marked crosswalks in neighborhood business districts.
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Focus on Safety
The Trib ran two articles on safety yesterday. The first talks about dangerous intersections on 82nd and 122nd and goes on to talk about one-time money Commissioner Adams is seeking for safety improvements. The second talks about the 10-year trend in improvement in deaths due to traffic accidents (it’s dropped by about half). The first…
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Updated: Watching Paint Dry
Update: 4/3/07 This is now rescheduled for 10:30am on Thursday, 4/5. Original Post: 3/23/07 Actually, thermoplastic. Sam Adams has scheduled a press opportunity for the striping of new crosswalks on NW 21st and 23rd (weather permitting). Actually, this is pretty cool. It’s part of the overall set of safety improvements for main streets being piloted…