This past weekend I took a trip up to Portland from Eugene with my bike. I really appreciate the fact that I can bring my bike on the train, as it gives me the choice to do whatever I like when I arrive at Union Station. Upon arrival, one can bike to the nearest bus line to [...]
Also filed in Bikes, Community, Downtown, Government, Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Portlandesque
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Tagged Amtrak, Bike, Bikes, Downtown, Eugene, ODOT, Oregon Department of Transportation, Portland, Seattle, Train, Union Station, Vancouver B.C., Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDT
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1937 intersection at SE Powell Blvd. & 39th Avenue looking north, one of the many street scenes in the Archives’ collections. Photo courtesy of Portland City Archives A2005-001.517
PDXppl is a series of profiles of Portlanders and what they do. Be sure to take a look at the PDXppl page on the right-hand sidebar of this [...]
Also filed in Downtown, Government, North, Portlandesque, Southwest
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Tagged Banning, Betcher, City Archives, City of Portland, City of Portland Archives and Records Center, Diana, Diana Banning, Diane, Diane Betcher, Leonard, MAX, Portland City Archives, Portland State University, PSU, Randy Leonard, Transit Mall, Trimet
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PDXppl is the first in a series of profiles of Portlanders and what they do. Be sure to take a look at the new PDXppl page on the right-hand sidebar of this page where you can keep up on the urban gens of Portland!
When I was growing up in Southwest Portland, I never rode [...]
Also filed in Bikes, Downtown, Site, Southwest
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Tagged Barbur, Beaverton Hillsdale Highway, Bikes, Commute, Downtown, Multnomah Village, OMSI, Portland State University, PSU, Sauvie's Island, Southwest, Spring Water Corridor
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Cities are about the people who define them. From Langston Hughes’ Harlem, to Baudelaire’s Paris, poets are a mainstay in defining daily urban life and documenting a city’s existence. I took an urban poetry class in my Spanish studies here at the University of Oregon and, I must say, if you can take a class on [...]
In case you missed it, the passed two days have been big for Portland. The MAX Green Line saw its inaugural run with head politicos of the Portland area and the Oregon Congressional delegation. (Mayor Sam Adams was missing due to a City Council meeting that happens on Wednesdays.) Today, none other than the Secretary [...]
Also filed in Current Events, Politics, Portlandesque, Site, South Waterfront, Southwest, Uncategorized
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Tagged Downtown, Livability, Made in the USA, Pdxme, Ray Lahood, South Waterfront, Streetcar
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I recently saw a post over at Bike Portland regarding a recently-installed “bike corral.” Bike corrals are a series of bike racks aligned in a row, in spaces usually reserved for parking cars. With the bike scene taking the city and its on-street parking by storm, the locations of these corrals are appearing across Portland. [...]
Also filed in Bikes, Downtown, Government, North, Northeast, Northwest, Portlandesque, Southeast, Uncategorized
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Tagged Apple, Arterials, Bike, Bike Corrals, Bikes, Cars, Mississippi, Neighborhood, Public Space, Streets
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In light of the stark definition in the title of this post, I do not intend to criticize TriMet for not having elected officials in its ranks. I realized this fact after reading a post today over at Portland Transport today. Fred Hansen is not elected, this is true. But I question whether a publicly [...]
Also filed in Accountability, Controversy, Government, Politics
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Tagged Agency, Barbur, City Hall, Fareless Square, MAX, Metro, Milwaukee, Orange line, Portland Transport, Public, Trimet
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Who knew? Fareless Square, a peculiarly shaped square that includes much of downtown and NE Portland, isn’t free! The square is currently undergoing review by TriMet, Portland’s regional transportation authority. Inside the square, fare for busses, the MAX and the streetcar is free. The square was created in 1975 to stem the effects of traffic and pollution and now [...]
Also filed in Controversy, Current Events, Downtown, Northeast, Portlandesque
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Tagged Blue Line, Fareless Square, Green Line, Light rail, Lloyd Center, MAX, Oregon Convention Center, Red Line, Streetcar, Trimet
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Tuesday, December 25, 2007
No, I’m not talking about the Blazers completing the longest winning streak in the history of the NBA (after a team received the number one draft pick). Au contraire, an urban renewal project of monumental impact has been stewing in the minds of neighborhood activists and planners for over a decade. The capital improvement project, known [...]