Portland’s unusual, highly fragmented sanitation system: Who cleans up the city?
Updated Mar 12, 2021;
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At least 10 local, regional and state agencies have a stake in maintaining Portland’s urban landscape. Here is a partial list of which ones are responsible for which pieces of the city’s upkeep.
· Regular residential and business garbage and recycling service: Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
· Public trash can pick ups: Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
· Cleaning bus stops and MAX stations: TriMet
· Cleaning up or removing homeless encampments: Office of Management and Finance
· Illegal dumping on public property: Metro
· Illegal dumping on private property: Bureau of Development Services
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Portland had an Unusual and Tragic Year for Traffic Deaths
The Portland Bureau of Transportation s annual traffic crash report highlights the city s slow progress towards its Vision Zero goal. March 4, 2021, 10am PST | Diana Ionescu |
The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) just released its annual report on traffic crashes for 2020, an unusual and tragic year for traffic deaths despite a reduction in driving due to the pandemic. In the report, the agency acknowledges that 2020 was a tragic year of loss and continues to stay committed to eliminating traffic fatalities. Jonathan Maus for Bike Portland reports that PBOT tallied 54 traffic deaths, although the Portland Police Bureau recorded 58 total fatalities on Portland s roads and parking lots.