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The Bus Project, Oregon’s Voter-Registration Powerhouse, Has a New Name

The nonprofit has championed landmark expansions of voting rights in Oregon.

Readers Respond to Plans For Bus-Only Lanes: “If Anything would Ignite a Voter Revolt in Portland, That Would Do It.”

Last week, WW wrote about a plan by City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly to create miles of bus-only lanes along Portland’s busiest streets (“Paint the Town Red,” WW, June 12, 2019).

City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly Wants to Create Miles of Bus-Only Lanes Along Portland’s Busiest Streets

Every Day, Portland’s Growing Fleet of Tour Buses Flouts Safety Rules

The death of a child drew scrutiny of the company operating the party bus without the required city permit. Nearly seven years later, little has changed.

Toilets at Transit Centers, Unlocked by a Hop Fastpass? One Portlander Has a Plan.

There are a lot of transportation proposals on the table in Portland—a widened freeway, a new MAX line, a funicular. Here’s a simple one that just got a low-budget campaign video: Toilets at transit centers.

Portland-Based Urban Mobility Company Moovel Wants to Create Single Transit App to Use Anywhere in the Nation

Moovel, the Portland-based urban mobility company behind TriMet’s ticketing app, wants to develop an app that unifies transit options all over the nation. Meaning: People could download one app and use it wherever they are in the U.S. to purchase transit tickets and plan trips.

Long Commute? In Portland, You’re Not Alone.

New data show the city is becoming a hub of “super commuters”—people who spend more than 90 minutes one way getting to work. Also, record numbers of Portlanders are opting to work from home.

What Readers Think About a Bill That Would Make Shoving a TriMet Employee a Felony

Last week, WW wrote about a bill in the Oregon Legislature that would make merely shoving any TriMet employee a felony, with a maximum penalty of five years in prison (“Push Comes to Shove,” WW, Feb. 27, 2019). Democrats in control of Salem are torn between reducing incarceration and supporting organized labor. Here’s what readers had to say.

What Readers Think About TriMet General Manager’s Plan to Speed Up MAX Trains

Last week, WW interviewed TriMet general manager Doug Kelsey (“Hotseat: Doug Kelsey,” WW, Feb. 13, 2019) about what it will take to get more Portlanders to ride public transportation. Kelsey’s response: He’s fighting to speed up MAX trains but doesn’t support an elimination of fares

“Your Instagram Protest Photos Aren’t Doing Shit,” Says Oregon Get-Out-the-Vote Campaign

The Bus Project—a group that, on its website, calls itself “Oregon’s next generation, doing democracy right”— just released a new ad campaign telling young voters: “Guess what, your protest photos on Instagram aren’t doing shit.”

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