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This site covers traffic safety, sharing the road, and Safe Routes to School in the city of Portland, Oregon.
January 30, 2007
Walk and bike school bus hits the road
Robert Ping, the director of the BTA’s Safe Routes to School program has been busy with his “walk and bike school bus” concept.
He recently met with the president of the Oregon Parent Teachers Association (PTA), Anita Olsen. She thought the idea (and Robert) was “interesting”. Here’s an excerpt from comments she made on the PTA blog:
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January 29, 2007
Get informed during Child Passenger Safety Week
National Child Passenger Safety Week is coming up on February 11 - 17. During this week, health and safety specialists will be stepping up education efforts and special activities including, expanded access to child safety seat checkup events, press conferences, and distribution of free educational materials throughout Oregon.
The Alliance for Community Traffic Safety (an I Share the Road partner), has resources, tips, and ways you can get involved with this event all on their website.
They also share the following facts about child passengers:
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January 18, 2007
Winter Storm: Latest road closures update
This information just released from PDOT:
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Winter Storm Day 3
The following is from the Portland Office of Transportation:
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January 16, 2007
Press release: Winter storm response
The Portland Office of Transportation has just issued the following statement:
(Portland, OR) - The storm front that unexpectedly moved in directly over the city resulted in a lot of snow very quickly, including the valley floor as well as higher elevations. “While this storm proved unpredictable,” said Transportation Commissioner Sam Adams, “our crews are working around the clock to respond to it.” The City of Portland Transportation Maintenance Bureau is in full callout to respond to the event. A full callout entails two 12-hour shifts in a 24-hour operation, with approximately 160 employees on each shift and over 100 vehicles each shift. Vehicles include 55 plows and sanders, 4 anti-icing trucks, service trucks, backhoes, and other support vehicles.
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January 11, 2007
Report from crosswalk enforcement on SE 82nd Ave.
As part of a federal Safe Community Grant, the Portland Office of Transportation has been able to fund Police Bureau Traffic Division Sargeant Mark Fort and his work on various pedestrian safety issues. The main focus of of his work is improving safety on SE and NE 82nd Ave.
He recently conducted a Crosswalk Enforcement Action in the area of SE 82nd and Holgate. Here are the resulting citations that were written:
- Fail to Stop for Pedestrian - 9
- Other moving violations - 4
- Non-moving violations - 3
- Pedestrian disobey signal - 2
- Warnings for Fail to stop for Pedestrian - 19
And here’s an excerpt from his report:
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December 14, 2006
Citizen activists create new share the road safety card
A group of Portland cyclists have created a new safety information card as part of a campaign to educate motorists about bicycles and increase traffic safety. Below are graphics on the new card:
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November 27, 2006
The power of a wave and a smile
[This guest article was written by Elly Blue]
“Regardless of the law, general politeness — and relative vulnerability — should dictate who yields to whom.”
–Elly Blue
Oregon has a law that defines every intersection, marked or unmarked, as a crosswalk, and requires that all vehicles yield immediately to pedestrians wanting to cross at any of them. There’s an exception for signalized intersections — pedestrians only have the right-of-way when the walk sign is on. Everywhere else, if you’re on foot, you go first, or so the theory goes.
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November 20, 2006
New crosswalk sign debuts in Northwest Portland
This morning, PDOT officially debuted a new crosswalk sign on 23rd and Marshall in Northwest Portland.
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November 6, 2006
Robert Ping named to National Safe Routes to School Task Force
Robert Ping, the BTA’s Safe Routes to School Program Director, has been named to the national Safe Routes to School Task Force.
This task force is made up of representatives from various Federal agencies and leaders in health, transportation, and education and reports directly to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
This select group is responsible for preparing a report to Congress that describes a national strategy and establishes best practices for advancing Safe Routes to School.
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