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 […]

At a meeting last night of the Community and Schools Traffic Safety Partnership Coordination Council, PDOT announced three exciting new programs within their Share the Road campaign; a Speed Reader Board program, a Yard Sign Lender program, and an “I Share the Road Pledge” program.

Neighborhood Speed Reader Board Program
These “smart” signs show a passing vehicle’s […]

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 […]

[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 […]

[Editor’s note: This story is the first from IShareTheRoad.com contributor and pedestrian advocate Kim Cottrell.]

Five blocks from home and ready to be off the street, my progress was suddenly halted when the cars in front of me stopped at the traffic circle to let someone cross the street. An very unsteady older […]

[Jay Graves]

The Bike Gallery has been a fixture in the Portland community for over 30 years. Founded in 1974 by the Graves family, the family-owned business has expanded to six stores and has become one of the most respected bike shops in the country.
Jay Graves—a 48 year-old Portland native—has been at the helm of […]

How we deal with our frustrations on the road has a lot to do with how they will end up affecting our driving, riding, or walking.
James Adamson (AKA “Magnum”) is a local messenger who chooses to be calm and collected when someone makes him mad. Magnum was profiled in today’s Oregonian (page […]

[Another day at the office for Arvin Bradley]

Arvin Bradley is not your average flagger. He likes his job, and amazingly, people like him.
Bradley is an 11-year union flagger who’s currently working the western end of the Hawthorne Bridge. After reading a story about him in the Oregonian, I grabbed my camera and notebook […]

[Photo from Flickr: bublynski]

An article in last Sunday’s Oregonian reported that motorcycle fatalities are on the rise in Oregon.
The report detailed that more inexperienced bikers are taking to the road and the result is a 29% jump in fatal crashes from 2004-2005, and a 19% jump in the number of total crashes (Washington […]