Cover Story Judah Gold-Markel has trouble parking in front of his house these days.  He’s lived in his green bungalow on Southeast Sherman Street, two...   More

News Those white-and-blue Smartcars you might've seen all over town belong to a new car-sharing service (yes, another one) run by Daimler, the German car company, called Car2Go. There's been some conspiratorial interest in this service over at Jack Bogdanski's blog, and a bit of wonkish speculation about its market niche over at Chris Smith's Portland Transport. The service launched on April 3. Its website ...   More

News Portland city officials today announced their intention to award a contract to run six city-owned Smart Park garages to Nashville-based Central Parking System. The result comes after Mayor Sam Adams scrapped the result of an earlier competitive bidding process amid heavy pressure from two locally-owned parking companies, City Center Parking and Star Park. City Center, which is by far Portland's ...   More

News The Northwest Examiner, WW's neighborhood broadsheet, has a detailed account of the deal Mayor Sam Adams recently struck with commercial property owner Dick Singer, who has long wanted to build a parking garage off Northwest 23rd Avenue. "Mayor Sam Adams and developer Richard Singer have a tentative agreement to postpone construction of Singer's Irving Street Garage until parking meters can ...   More