Traffic

The Portland Police Bureau is reinstating its traffic division, two years after an internal reorganization left the department with just one employee.

The fatality rate on America's roads remains higher than before the pandemic, and some blame the increase on less traffic policing.

A proposed toll on Interstate 205 at the Abernethy Bridge between Oregon City and West Linn is meant to fund seismic upgrades and add a third lane. But leaders in Oregon City say it will almost certainly divert traffic into town.

State lawmakers in Olympia are debating a suite of possible new responses to surging traffic fatalities. Those include authorizing photo radar in highway work zones, prohibiting right turns at many red lights, and lowering the breathalyzer limit to convict for drunk driving. Some of these ideas have corollaries in Oregon, where the legislative machinery is getting revved up too.

The Woodburn High School community is mourning the loss of a student who died earlier this month after he was struck by a train on his walk to school. Woodburn’s superintendent is trying to find ways to make a popular walking route more safe.

While many of the disruptions of the pandemic have eased this year, the surge in traffic fatalities is showing few signs of abating. Policymakers are trying a number of tactics to respond.

The Oregon Department of Transportation is warning drivers of an upcoming closure of U.S. Highway 20 between the Willamette Valley and Central Oregon.

The Oregon Department of Transportation is seeking input on proposed changes to its policy relating to toll roads.

As service members visit Portland this week, members of the public will have opportunities to tour some of their ships. But the arrivals and departures could also cause traffic delays.

Police have not yet provided any information about the people involved in the collision. They say it happened at 8:20 a.m. Sunday morning.