Jonathan Maus
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Feds Throw Wrench Into Oregon Highway Widening
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More environmental assessment is needed for the I-5 Rose Quarter freeway plan.
Portland Considers Electric-Cargo-Bike Delivery Hubs
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The City of Portland is considering a new use for streets that would lead to cleaner and greener deliveries: “micro delivery hubs.”
The Parking Reform Network Comes of Age
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“We’re all here because when we look at a new surface parking lot, or see a lot being dug up for an apartment’s underground garage, we understand these are just the surface expressions of a sinister force." -Parking Reform Network founder Tony Jordan, via Bike Portland's Jonathan Maus
STUDY: How Race and Income Impact Road Safety
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A growing body of research has proven that incomplete and dangerous transportation infrastructure in lower-income areas has a disparate negative impact on Black, Indigenous and people of color. Now ODOT’s own analysis proves the existence of these impacts on BIPOC Oregonians for the first time.
Report: Bike Infrastructure Key to E-scooter Usage
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They’re not just bike lanes anymore.
Portlanders Celebrate (And Question) New Cafes
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For years local transportation reform activists have pushed City of Portland to go beyond car storage and driving and think more creatively about what we can do with our streets. And when calls for new uses of street space were made, it was often restaurant owners who lined up to say their business would perish […]
How to Get Skeptical Biz Owners On Board With Bikes
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Editor’s Note: This piece was originally published on Bike Portland is republished here with permission. Though it’s a local story, we thought it spoke well to a national audience about both the potential and the pitfalls of citizen-led grass roots efforts to build bike infrastructure, especially in the context of a commercial landscape whose business […]
Is It Time to Sue Cities for Unsafe Roadways?
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A $5.9-million lawsuit says the city of Portland is negligent for allowing cars to park right up to the intersection — and argues this bad parking policy has already cost pedestrian lives.
Mica Presses for Policy Ideas at Vancouver Hearing on Next Transpo Bill
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Cross-posted from BikePortland At the outset of the “listening session” on the next long-term transportation bill in Vancouver yesterday, House Transportation and Infrastructure committee chair John Mica tried to make it clear that he wanted to talk about crafting legislation, not specific projects. Unfortunately not everyone got the message. In his opening remarks, Mica told […]