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Pains, Trains and Automobiles

Here at OurPDX, we are all TriMet, all the time. (Kidding. It just looks that way today.)
Coming May 24, downtown bus service will undergo massive changes. For the last two years, construction of the MAX Green Line and transit mall remodeling have had buses running along SW 3rd and 4th Avenue. In a couple of [...]

Home in Record Time: Unemployment to Blame?

by djtv

I know I’m about to cause record gridlock in the Portland Metro area by saying this (jinx!), but I have to say, traffic has been a little light lately.
I should know, I commute 15.6 miles from my home NE Portland to work in Beaverton every day. When I get home at night, I check [...]

03.16.2009 See the rest → 5 comments

Portland Police citing for jaywalking downtown

by Dieselboi

In a follow up to Cosmic Charlie’s post, I wanted to comment on Bojack’s blog about jaywalking ticket enforcement downtown. Earlier in the week, a coworker had stated that he’d heard they were going to do targeted enforcement in front of our building on 5th, so be careful. I have yet to see [...]

03.05.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

Wandering Wondering Wednesday

by Aaron

As I wander the city, occasionally I pass by something without understanding.

My afternoon commute usually involves a walk along Northeast Holladay street towards the 7th Avenue MAX station. I’ve walked past this location probably a couple hundred times, and now I wonder what’s up with this circular concrete structure as seen in the photo.
It’s [...]

10.08.2008 See the rest → 6 comments

Sometimes We’re Too Nice with the Driving?

by Lyza Danger Gardner

SE Morrison Street is a bit of a trial right now between about 12th and 6th. Two of the three lanes are closed for a while (months? I think?) while the sewer is dug up and replaced. In attempt to ease the snarl, the city has placed a big ol’ sign up on the sidewalk [...]

09.08.2008 See the rest → 2 comments

OK, OK – I get it

by Betsy Richter

Portland is absolutely, positively, without a doubt a mecca for bicycle transportation. I wholly and completely support this.
I also believe that bikes and cars can co-exist – it’s why I signed my young daughter up for bicycle safety camp at the Community Cycling Center later this month.
But (and I say [...]

07.07.2008 See the rest → 3 comments

Sunday Parkways: Just the Beginning?

by Jeremy Towsey-French

Portland took a big stride (so to speak) yesterday and closed six miles of city streets to car traffic, enabling bicyclists and pedestrians to stroll freely down the middle of the road with little fear of vehicular homicide or road rage. The event, named Sunday Parkways, lasted from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. –a mere [...]

06.23.2008 See the rest → 12 comments