Traffic

Portland’s City Council agreed to put new funding toward tools to make the city’s high-crash corridors safer for pedestrians during a final vote Wednesday on the city's $5.7 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

Police have confirmed that the man whose SUV crashed over the Glenn Jackson Bridge on Valentine’s Day was 57-year-old Antonio Lopez-Amaro.

A spokesman for the city transportation bureau says fewer people drove in 2020, but those that did went faster.

Plans to close Interstate 5 Bridge have been postponed.

The Oregon Transportation Commission this week unanimously agreed to ask the federal government for permission to impose tolls on sections of interstates 5 and 205 in the Portland area.

Oregon’s Transportation Commission is taking public input on a proposal that would implement tolls to reduce congestion on Interstates 5 and 205 through Portland. 

Over the past decade, 129 people have been seriously injured and 19 people have been killed on Portland's Southeast Division Street. It's one of the more dangerous roads in the entire state of Oregon.

Portland City Council unanimously approved a resolution in support of tolling to ease traffic on Interstates 5 and 205. At the crux of the debate is the stretch of I-5 that cuts through Rose Quarter. 

A new law goes into effect on Sunday making it illegal to do almost anything with your phone while driving. Also, our news roundtable discusses some of the biggest news of the week.

Washington Sen. Patty Murray tells Oregon Gov. Kate Brown she wants Washington state and the city of Vancouver to be voting members on an Oregon congesting pricing committee.