Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Portland

Portland’s Multi-Modal Nexus, Featuring the Largest Bike Valet in America

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Nov 4, 2013 | No Comments

Portland’s South Waterfront is developing into one of the best new walkable urban neighborhoods in America. From one spot, you can grab the Portland Streetcar, ride the Portland Aerial Tram to Oregon Health and Science University, walk across abrand new pedestrian bridge, bike on a protected bikeway, or park your bike at the largest daily valet bike parking […]

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Portland Adds Nation’s First Bike Counter to Hawthorne Bridge

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Aug 9, 2012 | No Comments

Good news for mathematicians who love watching throngs of cyclists stream by: Portland, Oregon just became the first U.S. city to install a bicycle counter! You’ll find the digital “bicycling barometer” on the AM inbound side of the Hawthorne Bridge. It was made possible by the non-profit group Cycle Oregon, which purchased the machine with […]

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Portland Back on Top in Bicycling Magazine’s City Rankings

By Angie Schmitt | May 21, 2012 | No Comments

Minneapolis versus Portland: This is shaping up to be quite a rivalry. Today, Pacific coast sustainability standard bearer Portland topped Midwestern standout Minneapolis in Bicycling Magazine’s bike-friendly city rankings, bi-annual source of bragging rights or shame, depending on your locale. The top-two results were a reversal of the 2010 rankings. Bicycling Magazine did not explain what […]

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Ray LaHood Gives Go-Ahead to Portland’s Sprawl-Inducing Mega-Bridge

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 9, 2011 | No Comments

You don’t need to look too hard to find signs that the ground is shifting when it comes to highway construction. Around the country, state DOTs are running out of money. Headlines ask “Are Freeways Doomed?” Overall vehicle miles traveled are down in the Pacific Northwest. But many state and regional transportation agencies continue to […]

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The Columbia River Crossing: A Highway Boondoggle in Disguise

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 14, 2011 | No Comments

The Columbia River Crossing is a mega-project by any standard. A bridge replacement, a highway widening, and light rail project wrapped into one, the CRC is a proposal to span the distance between Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington. With a $3.2 billion price tag — by conservative estimates — it would be the largest public […]

Bragdon: PlaNYC 2.0 Cheaper, Bottom-Up, But May Include Hudson Tunnel

By Noah Kazis | Feb 3, 2011 | 2 Comments

City sustainability chief David Bragdon offered some more hints about what to expect from April’s update of PlaNYC this morning. Speaking at a livability conference hosted by NYU’s Rudin Center, Bragdon said that the update would eschew large capital projects and feature a larger role for neighborhoods and individuals. In terms of transportation, Bragdon seemed […]

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