Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Portland

Portland’s Bike Boulevards Become Neighborhood Greenways

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Nov 8, 2010 | No Comments

Transportation planners in Portland, Oregon are taking their famous bicycle boulevards to the next level. By adding more routes and stepping up the traffic calming treatments, the city is not only making these streets more attractive and usable for cyclists, but also for pedestrians, runners, children, and anyone else who gets around under their own […]

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How to Slay a Highway: Notes on the Mt. Hood Freeway and Harbor Drive

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 19, 2010 | No Comments

I promised in my last post to tell you the triumphant stories of citizens beating back highways, both planned and already built. Here are more stories from the Rail~volution bike tour around Portland’s “lost highways.” Exhibit A: The Mount Hood Freeway “There was a period of ignorance, a period of enlightenment and catharsis, and a […]

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Fighting Freeways: War Stories From Portland

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 19, 2010 | No Comments

Rail~volution is underway in Portland, Oregon, bringing together more than 1,000 city planners, engineers, transit advocates, bike policy experts, and elected officials to strategize about making cities and towns better for transit, walking, and biking. Monday started with 15 different workshops that took place around the city, including one highlighting Portland’s “Lost Freeways” – the […]

Advocates on Both Coasts Call Bragdon a Smart Choice to Lead PlaNYC

By Noah Kazis | Aug 12, 2010 | 2 Comments

David Bragdon, the new head of New York City’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, announcing a set of regional trails in the Portland area. Photo: BikePortland/Flickr In appointing David Bragdon, the president of the Portland-area Metro Council, to run the Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, Mayor Bloomberg turned to an established elected figure […]

How Portland Sold Its Banks on Walkable Development

By Noah Kazis | May 25, 2010 | 8 Comments

Gresham, Oregon used to look like your typical suburb. Lots of lawns and lots of parking. When Portland’s MAX light-rail line expanded to Gresham, developers saw an opportunity to bring something different: walkable development. But a downturn in the local real estate market interceded. One developer trying to build a four-story condo project decided that […]

April Madness: Minneapolis Tops Portland in Bicycling Mag’s Rankings

By Ben Fried | Apr 6, 2010 | 25 Comments

Butler may have come up short against Duke last night, but there’s a Cinderella story sending ripples through the livable streets blogosphere today. Goldy Gopher is psyched about Minneapolis’s first-place finish in Bicycling’s city rankings. In a decision that upsets the entrenched order of America’s urban bicycling universe, Bicycling Magazine just awarded Minneapolis the title […]

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