PBOT budget shortfall puts infrastructure, safety at risk By Margaux Mennesson Crumbling bridges. Unfilled potholes. Restricted emergency vehicle access. Bike lanes filled with debris. Sidewalks in disrepair. These are some of the conditions we can expec ...
7 Dec 2011 - Street Roots
BTA: Bike sharing could be coming to Portland: Do you believe? By Margaux Mennesson, Contributing Columnist Anyone can ride a bike in Portland. That’s the idea behind the proposal for a new bike sharing program aimed at increasing the number of bicycle tr ...
21 Jun 2011 - Street Roots
BTA: Welcome to Portland — the Portland of North America By Margaux Mennesson, Contributing Writer Portland is the most successful North American city at implementing policies to promote bicycling, according to a new study just published by researchers at ...
22 Apr 2011 - Street Roots
Healthy Streetbeat: Older adult mobility crisis requires solutions, not denial By Margaux Mennesson, Contributing Columnist In March 2008 Peter, age 80, and his wife Nancy were walking from their car to a doctor’s appointment at Legacy Emmanuel Hospital w ...
2 Mar 2011 - Street Roots