Now that school is back in session, I thought it would be a good time to share some interesting and important information about pedestrian safety from a child’s perspective.
Through my work in Portland I have heard from several people involved with kids and traffic safety about the how children’s development makes them much more vulnerable […]

[Scene from last year’s event]

Next week 89 schools across Oregon will participate in International Walk + Bike to School Day. The purpose of the event is to educate kids, parents, and teachers about the benefits of walking and biking to school.
In Portland, 24 schools are signed up to join in the festivities. According […]

I could describe countless stories of motorists I’ve seen doing very dangerous things as they maneuver around the streets of the city. Not just rude, but dangerous. I could describe just as many stories of pedestrians or bicyclists behaving without caution as they go to and fro, putting themselves and others at risk.

But, just yesterday […]

[Traffic Division CommanderMarty Rowley.]

Allow me to introduce the I Share the Road Portrait Gallery. The idea behind this project it to reinforce the human perspective and personal pledge of sharing the road.
When members of the community and PDOT sat down to decide on a slogan for this campaign, I thought “Share the […]

[Blumenauer in D.C]

Earl Blumenauer understands the link between traffic safety, sharing the road, and livability. As a child, he rode his bike to school and now, as a U.S. Congressman, he has made livable communities his top-priority issue.
A Portland native and former City Commissioner (1986-96), Blumenauer commutes by bike daily to his office on […]