Willamette Week

Maurice Henderson, Mayor Ted Wheeler’s First Chief of Staff, Will Leave TriMet After Brief Tenure

Henderson is moving to “spend more time with my family in Bend, Oregon.”

E-Scooters Will Return to Portland This Spring For a Second, Year-Long Pilot Program

With the release of its 2018 e-scooter findings report today, the Portland Bureau of Transportation announced it will bring scooters back for another trial.

Bird Is Asking Portlanders to Rally in Front of City Hall to Bring E-Scooters Back

Portland’s e-scooter pilot program ended Nov. 20, but Bird is not flying out quietly.

Owner of Portland Thorns and Timbers Soccer Teams Tweets at the Mayor to Bring E-Scooters Back

Merritt Paulson, owner of the Portland Thorns and Timbers soccer teams, today tweeted at Mayor Ted Wheeler to bring the e-scooters back.

Portland’s E-Scooters Didn’t Squelch Bike Share Use. In Fact, They Might Have Helped.

Data show Biketown ridership numbers increased during the four month scooter pilot program.

Portlanders Took Nearly 700,000 Scooter Rides During the City’s Pilot Program

Data show that since July 25, when scooters were deployed on city streets, Portlanders have taken a total of 698,880 trips.

The E-Scooting Portland Politician Trend Continues With Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury

Yesterday, Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury capitalized on the e-scooter trend with her own tweet.

E-Scooter Company Skip Fined For Breaking City Rules Requiring Service in East Portland

It’s been a bad couple of months for Skip.

Skip Takes E-Scooters Off Portland Streets, Blames Rain

A spokesperson for Skip, Katie Florez, tells WW, “Skip tries to be responsive to weather and conditions. As a consideration to the community, because of the rain, they’ve pulled their fleet from the streets of Portland.

E-Scooting Door-to-Door to Campaign Is a Trend Among Oregon Lawmakers This Year

Upon WW’s sharing of Fagan’s unconventional get-out-the-vote effort, a consultant for Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Republican candidate for State Rep. in District 51, reached out to say: Chavez-DeRemer was doing it first.

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