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54 people killed in Portland traffic crashes in 2020 – the most since 1996 – despite the pandemic Updated Jan 06, 2021; Posted Jan 06, 2021 The scene on Southeast 122nd Avenue of the final traffic death of 2020, where a woman was struck and killed by what police said was an impaired driver. Facebook Share Catherine Randolph was struck and killed on New Year’s Eve while walking across cavernous 122nd Avenue in Southeast Portland, the 18th and last pedestrian to die in 2020. Police said Randolph, 51, was walking across the five-lane urban highway outside a crosswalk when the driver of ...

Fifty-one people have been killed in Portland traffic so far in 2020. With two weeks left in the year, 2020 has eclipsed the 50 traffic fatalities in 2019. Last year's figure was the deadliest year on Portland streets since 1996, when there were 59 traffic deaths, according to the Portland Bureau of Transportation. The high number of 2019 deaths prompted hand-wringing at City Hall and a pledge to redouble multimillion-dollar efforts to reduce traffic deaths. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic cutting car travel by 20% to 30% for much of the spring and summer, 2020 was worse. The most recent tr...

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. The City of Portland Wants Visitors to Come Back Downtown—but It Hasn’t Given a Food Cart Pod Permission to Operate The two dozen food carts—which once anchored the city’s oldest and largest pod on what’s now the construction site of a Ritz-Carlton hotel—have been refugees. CLOSED FOR BUSINESS: Two dozen food cart owners are waiting anxiously for city permits that will allow them to cook again. Updated December 16...