Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Portland

Portland’s Greenstreets Program a Sterling Best Practice Model

By Matthew Roth | Nov 13, 2009 | 17 Comments

A typical greenstreet facility in Portland, Oregon. This one compines a stormwater treatment facility with a bulbout to reduce pedestrian crossing distances. Photos: Portland BES. When Streetsblog San Francisco took part in the Congress for the New Urbanism’s Project for Transportation Reform in Portland last week, city planners and transportation engineers treated participants to numerous […]

Planning Chiefs: Urban Planning Still Hindered by Politics, Past Mistakes

By Michael Rhodes | Nov 6, 2009 | 19 Comments

Over 200 people showed up to hear planning directors speak. Photo: Michael Rhodes City planners have been on the hook for some of the last century’s greatest metropolitan mishaps: urban freeways and "slum clearance," arbitrary minimum parking requirements, and land use laws that have left little room for the mingling of uses. Understandably, today’s planners […]

Students in Brooklyn, NY, Paint The Pavement

By Matthew Roth | May 18, 2009 | No Comments

New York City has been following the lead of some of the most livable cities in the world with new best practice trials, though arguably none is more enjoyable than the example in this Streetfilm, where the Department of Transportation has worked with the community to transform a city street by painting it beautiful, bright […]

Streetfilms: Bike Rush Hour on Portland’s Hawthorne Bridge

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 29, 2009 | 7 Comments

The first time you visit Portland, Oregon, the gaggles of cyclists streaming over the Hawthorne Bridge during rush hour is a sight you will never forget. It’s something other cities need to see and be inspired by. On a recent vacation there, I couldn’t resist cranking out a Streetfilms shortie, so I hooked up with […]

Valencia Signals Re-timed to Improve Traffic Flow and Safety

By Janel Sterbentz | Mar 2, 2009 | 10 Comments

As Streetsblog San Francisco reported last month, cities around the world have timed their traffic signals to favor slower moving modes, and now San Francisco has started a trial on one of the busiest bicycle routes in the city, Valencia Street. On Thursday February 19th, the MTA re-timed six traffic signals from 16th to 21st, […]

Transit-Oriented America, Part 5: Wrap-Up

By Aaron Donovan | Aug 24, 2007 | 1 Comment

Thanks all for reading and commenting on our non-motorized honeymoon travel series (see parts 1, 2, 3 and 4). Below is a table Susan put together to briefly summarize some of our observations on the cities we visited. Transit Bike Accesibity Amtrak Station Street life and art Chicago Loop El made all connections we […]

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