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Email this In this short segment, Greg Raisman from the Portland Office of Transportation explains the reasoning behind this traffic calming measure that keeps neighborhoods free of thru traffic.
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Email this The Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT) recently completed work on two Festival Streets, a new experiment that uses traffic calming and unique streetscape features to create a street that can easily be converted to public use on weekends or for special events. Here, Ellen Vanderslice (PDOT Project Management) and Lloyd D. Lindley (Urban Designer/Landscape Architect) explain a few of the street’s pedestrian features and why it is so important for the surrounding Old Town/Chinatown community.
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Email this The Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT) recently launched a new program to re-introduce older adults to bicycling. Many of the participants haven’t ridden a bike in over 50 years. Wow! Smiles and good feelings abound.
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Email this Bicycle Boulevards in Portland are a thing of beauty, safety, and tranquility. They are also wonderful streets to live on. Mia Birk, former manager of City of Portland’s Bicycle Program (1993-99), and Mark Lear of the Portland Office of Transportation explain a few of the many strategies employed to keep thru traffic off the boulevards and to make the riders using them safe.
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Email this Sharon White of the Portland Office of Transportation briefly explains how the city, the community, and police department work together on monthly Crosswalk Enforcement Actions. Those who fail to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian receive a citation for $242! That fine applies not only to drivers, but cyclists and other pedestrians who violate traffic codes.
Even Portland Mayor Tom Potter gets in on the action, volunteering to be a “decoy” during one such event.
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Email this The students and faculty of Sunnyside Environmental have an entire curriculum dedicated to bike safety that emphasizes using non-motorized when traveling to school. As early as second grade, the children ride their bicycles to school thanks to neighborhood traffic calming. Students also arrive by foot, skateboard, and scooter. In the morning, it’s a fabulous melange of energy watching scores of parents drop off their children by bike!
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Email this Portland’s Office of Transportation (PDOT) goes the extra mile to accommodate cyclists. Rex Burkholder, the Metro Counsellor and founder of the the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA), explains how to operate this bike signal placed at an intersection that is potentially hazardous to cyclists. The light gives riders a dedicated signal which maximizes safety and allows the convenience of having to wait through only one signal pattern.
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Email this Warning this presentation is addictive!
These photo simulations from the Project for Public Spaces (PPS) are mesmerizing. Watch how we can transform some of our misused NYC intersections into amazing spaces full of life, commerce, and vitality.
You will probably watch it more than once (but that’s okay!!)
What makes a great space? PPS has the answers here.
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Email this While walking around Manhattan, pedestrians might wonder where all the cars come from. After seeing these statistics, it seems obvious.
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Email this In San Francisco, the REBAR group organized a mass reclamation of automobile parking spaces to provide temporary green space for pedestrians to enjoy.
Over two-dozen parking spots were liberated. Some were transformed into lush, green creations complete with sod, trees and benches. Other organizations experimented with the idea, creating eclectic installations like artwork, benches and gardens One such space even features a self-serve lemonade stand!
The event also included participation from groups outside San Francisco, including some from New York City.
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Email this In Fall 2007, T.A. & The Trust for Public Land organized a of group of motley advocates in liberating nearly two dozen parking spaces to open green areas for city residents to enjoy.
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