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On condition that it delved into coverage, final week’s story in regards to the battle to get a sidewalk constructed on SW Gibbs Road (Site visitors affect research: shouldn’t pedestrians and cyclists depend?), bought a stunning variety of feedback. Many readers weighed in with related insights.
However just one commenter went “meta.” qqq learn the story, partly, as a response to long-running debates within the BikePortland feedback part. What an excellent reader! And who’s to say what the writer was considering.
Right here’s what qqq wrote:
Moreover the nice reporting uncovering the craziness of this explicit scenario, I like this for referring to so many issues which have come up in different articles:
–the disjointedness of Metropolis authorities — whereas a few of PBOT is busy on biking and strolling tasks, one other arm is reviewing tasks below the premise that biking and strolling are irrelevant to transportation
–there’ve been a lot of “neighborhood associations are all NIMBYs” feedback, however right here’s one which introduced up a difficulty with PBOT critiques whose correction will assist the entire metropolis
–one roadblock to testifying or commenting about points is the “go away it to consultants” stance, however right here’s an instance of a neighbor having apparent technical data that permits them to establish an issue with PBOT critiques that each one of PBOT has apparently been unaware of or unable or unwilling to repair
–the best way Metropolis processes are arrange so it’s straightforward for dangerous issues (PBOT’s approval of no sidewalks) to slide by means of except it — nearly by probability — will get seen by a neighbor or somebody exterior the evaluation course of who is aware of the right way to object
This line from the article actually sums it up properly:
“It’s obscure why the destiny of transportation infrastructure close to this financial engine relies on conversations between a PBOT middle-manager and a neighborhood volunteer.”
Thanks qqq! Yow will discover qqq’s remark, and plenty of different informative feedback too, below the unique publish.
Lisa Caballero has lived in SW Portland for over 20 years. She is on the Transportation Committee of her neighborhood affiliation, the Southwest Hills Residential League (SWHRL) and may be reached at lisacaballero853@gmail.com.
