PedPDX will prioritize sidewalks, crossing improvements,
and other investments that will make walking safer, more comfortable, and more
accessible in Portland.
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New video series
follows eight Portlanders with differing abilities as they explain what walking
means to them.
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Discover Portland pedestrian stories, then share your own with us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter by tagging @PBOTinfo and #PedPDX
 Follow eight different Portlanders with different abilities, from different parts of the city as they narrated what walking means to them, the challenges they face walking in Portland, and their hopes for Portland as a great walking city for everyone.
(March 21, 2018) How do
you walk in Portland? That was the question that graduate students in the
University of Oregon’s Multimedia Journalism Master’s program asked eight
Portlanders. The answers, made into a series of eight short videos, are
surprisingly diverse and profoundly poignant. The video series was introduced
last night at the public screening: PedPDX: Pedestrian Stories at
the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication’s (UOSOJC)
Portland campus in the White Stag Building. The videos can be viewed online at www.pedpdx.com.
The co-hosted event with the
University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication and the Portland
Bureau of Transportation, marked the beginning of the public conversation and
dialogue about the many ways that Portlanders navigate their city as
pedestrians. PBOT invites Portlanders to share their own walking stories in
photos, videos, and text on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter by tagging the
bureau at @PBOTInfo and using #PedPDX.
- Why
do you care about walking?
- What
do you experience walking where or how you walk?
- What
are your hopes for Portland as a great walking city for everyone?
We want to hear from you!
These stories will be an important source of input into PedPDX,
Portland's Citywide Pedestrian Plan. The plan will prioritize sidewalks,
crossing improvements, and other investments to make walking safer and more
comfortable across the city. In service of this work, PBOT aims to elevate
public understanding of the range and diversity of needs that Portlanders have
when it comes to walking.
Huge thank you to the University of Oregon SOJC & Agora Journalism Center, America Walks for their funding support, the brilliant graduate student filmmakers, the incredible community member volunteers who shared their stories on film, and the 60+ community members who attended the screening last night and engaged in compassionate dialogue about walking in Portland.
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