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News Release: As students return to class, PBOT reminds drivers to be careful, slow down and look out for kids
It's a great time for families to organize a walking school bus, bike bus, or carpool to reduce traffic and carbon pollution in your neighborhood.
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PBOT presents Vision Zero fatalities report and action plan to City Council on Wednesday
The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will present two reports on traffic safety to the Portland City Council on Wednesday.
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News Release: PBOT offers discounts on taxi, Uber and Lyft rides to encourage Portlanders to take a Safe Ride Home on St. Patrick's Day weekend
City program offers discounted travel options for holiday revelers, March 15-18
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Latest design for 82nd Avenue incorporates public feedback, improves safety and supports business access and neighborhood livability
Learn more and suggest refinements in an online survey and at upcoming outreach events
Plans include trees, pedestrian crossings, and new street pavement, improving livability and safety while preserving access to businesses
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Commissioner Mapps unveils third phase of Fixing Our Streets, the popular transportation program that provides critical maintenance and safety services
Commissioner will take proposal to City Council in January, recommending referral to May ballot;
Voters approved a second phase of the popular transportation program by 77% in 2020
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PBOT begins installing new safety cameras across Portland, a milestone for the city’s Vision Zero traffic safety program
The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), in partnership with the Portland Police Bureau, is expanding the city’s use of cameras in traffic enforcement as part of the Vision Zero program to end traffic deaths.
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PBOT urges the public to slow down, as speed, impairment keep pedestrian deaths at historic high level in Portland, across U.S. in 2022
Speed, impairment, and traveling on high crash corridors accounted for most traffic crashes. The 30 busy, multilane streets PBOT has identified as high crash corridors comprise less than 10% of city streets, but accounted for 70% percent of the traffic deaths last year.
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News Release: Portland and Seattle transportation agencies urge drivers to Slow the Flock Down!
A joint campaign between the Pacific Northwest's two largest cities uses humor to send an important safety message
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Portland’s first intersection safety camera starts operation today at SE Stark Street and 122nd Avenue, a milestone for Portland's Vision Zero safety campaign
Warnings start Monday, April 11; Citations start May 11
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PBOT urges the public to travel with care, as COVID-19 pandemic continues to contribute to unsafe travel behavior across the U.S., Portland
Deaths among houseless Portlanders present a rising challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic; Recent examples show PBOT's road redesigns are making city streets safer
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News Release: PBOT, state representatives, ODOT, and community announce historic 82nd Avenue funding
State and local elected leaders join Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty and PBOT to announce $80 million in funding for safer 82nd Ave. Funding makes the transformation of 82nd Ave. and its transfer to the city of Portland possible. PBOT also announces list of safety projects it will start immediately.
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PBOT to lower speed limit on 5.5 miles of 122nd Avenue to improve safety on a high crash corridor
The Portland Bureau of Transportation will reduce the speed limit from 35 mph to 30 mph on 122nd Avenue between NE Sandy Boulevard and SE Foster Road on Wednesday morning, April 21.
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News Release: PBOT urges public to focus on wellness, caution as Portland sees a 24-year high number of people die in traffic crashes
2020 defies historic pattern of fewer traffic crashes during economic recession
Excessive speed and impairment contributed to majority of traffic deaths
Indications that Vision Zero is reducing dangerous behaviors along key routes
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