OREGON ROAD REPORT

Traffic news and road conditions

Hansen, TriMet's director since 1998, leaves the agency as it tells riders to expect more service cuts and a fall fare increase as a way to fill a $27 million budget hole. Full story »

A dozen pizzas at the door that no one ordered. A racist and homophobic blog created in the name of a union leader. Full story »

The Portland City Council unanimously approved spending $20 million in sewer savings for new bioswales and bike boulevards, despite deep protests from ratepayers whose sewer bills are among the highest in the country.  Full story »

Portland City Council dismisses critics, votes unanimously to approve $20 million in sewer savings for bike boulevards and bioswales. Commissioner Amanda Fritz said it's better to use the $20 million on green streets than to return the money to Portland residents whose sewer bills are among the highest in the country. Full story »

A Washington County Sheriff's deputy was uninjured after the suspect's car ran into his parked car Full story »

Check out the ODOT speed map for the latest traffic conditions. Full story »

The AAA reported that the average price for a gallon of regular is up nearly 2 cents in Oregon to $2.88. Nationwide, prices are up 3 cents to $2.79. Full story »

After nearly two decades of planning, six months of traffic headaches and countless complaints from businesses about construction, the $17.8 million Burnside-Couch Couplet will start changing traffic patterns in Northeast Portland on Sunday. Full story »

Oregonian urban anthroplogist/writer/author of the best Paul McCartney biography in town Peter Ames Carlin finds that the local Oregon DMV office isn't for frayed nerves and bad hearts. Carlin's "Social Studies: The DMV" is leagues better than the last Indiana Jones yawner. Full story »

Check with TriMet, the man said, to see if a MAX driver quit while in route this morning. "I was told that the driver just stopped, I think at Gateway, told the riders he could not take it anymore and left the train. Those riders then caught the next train into town." Full story »

File this business-in-the-front-party-in-the-back factoid under ice breakers for a first date, job interview or trying to charm cop out of a ticket. Full story »

The Portland City Club corrected an error in a recent report about transportation, noting that Clackamas County accounts for nearly as many trips across the Sellwood Bridge as Multnomah County and Portland, and Portland residents would pay 10 times as much to replace the bridge. The original report said Clackamas County accounted for three times as many bridge trips Full story »

Hillsboro resident Linn Pederson called to tell me how a big, parked utility vehicle caused $5,600 in damage to her Toyota Prius. Full story »

The officers also found a Washington State Bail Bond enforcement badge in the car, police said.  Full story »

Police say alcohol and speed were contributing factors Full story »