Meanwhile, there’s simmering frustration and a sense of helplessness from Portlanders about what can be done to stem this tragic tide, local transportation advocacy groups have been all but silent, enforcement of traffic laws is a joke, Transportation Commissioner Mingus Mapps has chosen to spend his time meddling around with charter reform, our vision zero plan hasn’t done enough, and PBOT says they just don’t have the funding to make necessary changes fast enough. Two of the victims were just 18 years old.)Įven before these last three deaths, at a meeting of the Portland Bureau of Transportation Bureau Budget Advisory Committee (BBAC) Thursday evening, frustration over the seemingly unending traffic toll boiled over with one member lashing out at the leader of PBOT. (*Update, 12:17 pm: Portland Police say a third person has died in the collision on SE Powell Blvd last night.

I woke up this morning to police statements about three fatalities since I went to bed last night.* The killing of Jeanie Diaz by a drunk driver on Southeast Cesar Chavez Blvd Saturday is still in the headlines, yet five more people have lost their lives in crashes since. So far this month, our streets have claimed 11 lives - the highest monthly total since records were kept - and we still have 10 days left in the month. “The problem isn’t our desire or ability to make the changes needed to make our streets safer… we simply don’t have the money to make the changes to our streets that we need.” – Tara Wasiak, PBOT interim directorĮight people died in traffic crashes in Portland in the past seven days.

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