Congressman Earl Blumenauer, who served as PBOT commissioner in the 1990s when our city put itself on the map as a leader in bicycling, walking, and transit. Eudaly’s tone throughout was “Blumenauer-like” one source told me after the meeting, referring to U.S. Commissioner Eudaly made activist hearts flutter when she opened the meeting with a speech that set a strong tone that helped pass the plan with flying colors in a vote of 3-0 (two commissioners were absent). That was the message newly-appointed Transportation Commissioner Chloe Eudaly shared at Thursday’s city council hearing. And to make it happen, we need to move forward with the Central City in Motion plan and more people need to stop driving cars. It’s time for Portland to build more efficient streets downtown where walkers and bicycle riders can get around without fearing for their life.
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