Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Portland

A Teen Activist’s Message to Transportation Leaders That Everyone Needs To Hear

By Kea Wilson | May 3, 2023 | No Comments

Teenage climate organizers in Oregon are standing up against a freeway expansion that will threaten their generation's very future — and sending a message to adult policymakers that the connection between car dependency and the climate crisis can no longer be ignored.

Talking Headways Podcast: Roadways for People

By Jeff Wood | Mar 16, 2023 | No Comments

We chat with Oregon Metro Council President Lynn Peterson about her book Roadways for People: Rethinking Transportation Planning and Engineering — plus better project scoping, capacity building, engineers going to actually walk and bike their project areas, and highway expansion in cities.

Most Cities Can’t Set Their Own Speed Limits — But Maybe They Should

By Kea Wilson | Dec 20, 2022 | No Comments

Oregon may soon allow cities more leeway to set lower speed limits on dangerous roads — rather than reserving that power for state transportation leaders whose primary interest, historically, has been moving cars as quickly as possible.

Left (Austin): Steven Vance, CC. Center (Portland): Cole Keister, Unsplash. Right (Washington, DC): Andy Feliciotti, Unsplash

Cycling Through COVID-19: Austin, Portland and Washington, D.C.

By Ralph Buehler and John Pucher | Oct 20, 2022 | No Comments

These three U.S. cities took very different approaches to taking care of their cyclists during COVID-19. Find out who lowered speed limits, who expedited bike lane construction, and more.

How To Save the Lives of Unhoused Pedestrians

By Kea Wilson | Jun 13, 2022 | No Comments

A disproportionate number of unhoused pedestrians are being killed in car crashes across America — and protecting this uniquely vulnerable group will require a set of strategies that both include and exceed even the conventional street safety playbook, a new study argues.

THE BRAKE: Why Every City Needs a Car Master Plan

By Streetsblog | Jun 7, 2022 | No Comments

So why do transportation leaders spend so much time drafting "pedestrian master plans" and "bike master plans" without accompanying "car master plans" aimed at building a world where fewer people get behind the wheel?

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