Portland is facing an historic election involving a new voting system and an unusually high number of candidates. Journalists at The Oregonian/OregonLive and Oregon Public Broadcasting share a goal of ensuring that Portland voters have the information they need to make informed choices,...
Ryan, who wants to end the agreement, is running to remain on City Council as a member from District 2, which covers North and Northeast Portland. Under Portland’s new form of government, the mayor will be solely responsible for entering ...
According to arecent reportby the Chicago inspector general, more than 90 percent of Shotspotter calls that resulted in a police response turned out to be false alarms; that city is joining several others, including New Orleans and Portland, in ending or canceling Shotspotter contracts. • Aft...
A Boston-area letter writer says aWest Roxbury group is fighting plans for new bike lanes using fear mongeringover lost parking spaces, small businesses suffering, and interfering with emergency response — even though it would remove just two parking spaces, and preserve five of the six existing...
Cities like Minneapolis and Portland are getting huge coverage in the U.S. for saying that they are ending the restriction of single-detached-only homes in large areas of their cities. Vancouver is part of that movement in Canada. But, as I discovered when I went to do a follow-up story...
Portland, Oreg.: Four Courts Press. 2006. Pp. 224. $45.00 Yet Dublin's maternity hospital was fashioned after one of the city's great manor homes, Kildare House. The model was easily adapted, providing, for example, effective strategies of segregation, in the case of Kildare House to ...
Encouraging the use of public transportation, carpooling, and cycling can mitigate this impact. Providing adequate bike parking, partnering with public transit agencies for discounted fares, and offering incentives for eco-friendly travel are effective strategies. The Portland Timbers, a Major League ...
Google Fiber wants to place one hut on public property for every 20,000 Portland homes it serves, which the city estimates will work out to about 15 across the city.
Johnson, the ODOT manager, anticipates a final version of the plan will be presented for approval to the Portland City Council in October and to the Oregon Transportation Commission in December. If approved the plan would still need to seek funding before it could be implemented. ...
“What we’re seeing here is the City of Portland not having a reasonable plan to fund all their projects, looking over at this dedicated fund that has been performing far better than any analyst had originally projected, and just using it as an ATM,...