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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).

E-Scooters Are Back in Portland, Starting Friday

Love them or hate them, e-scooters are coming back to Portland on Friday for a second, year-long pilot program.

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.

Proposed Portland-Area Transportation Measure Could Designate Half of Funds to Highway and Road Infrastructure

The transportation package regional government Metro plans to go to voters with in 2020 could propose putting 50 percent of funds to car infrastructure.

Portland Agencies Might Build a Funicular Up the Side of Marquam Hill

Sure, Portland is an innovative transit city (just look at our aerial tram). But one thing we don’t have? A funicular. That could soon change.

A Dozen Companies Apply to Put Scooters on Portland Streets This Spring

E-scooters could be returning to Portland by the end of the month, and 12 companies have applied for inclusion in the city’s second pilot program.

Portland’s Infrastructure Has Fallen Behind its Reputation as a Bike Town. Here’s How the City Is Attempting to Change That.

Two place a priority on getting around by bike and on foot ahead of cars.

Experts Address the Fears and Questions of Beginner Cyclists

The first time I biked in Portland, it was a balmy, cloudless day in July. I headed downtown along the Springwater Corridor Trail, right next to the river, past the Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge and far away from any cars.

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.

Bend Considers Launching E-Scooter Pilot Program Modeled After Portland’s

City officials in Bend, Ore., are considering launching an e-scooter pilot program that is modeled after the one Portland trialed last summer.

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