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Yahoo
06-08-2025
- Yahoo
Portland's speed cameras have disappeared. Here's why
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Portland has used fixed cameras to catch and ticket speeders for almost a decade, but now the cameras have suddenly disappeared. The speed cameras take photos of drivers going too fast, and the identification of their license plates helps generate speeding tickets. These 32 cameras have disappeared, but they will be returning in an even greater number. Washington County deputy files $23M suit after 2023 eviction order shooting City leaders say the cameras are effective in getting drivers to slow down, especially in what are high crash areas. Officials told KOIN 6 News the reason the cameras were taken down is that the city is changing vendors and new cameras will be replacing the old ones. 'The city has been working with a contract that's been problematic. They're getting a new contractor that's going to be good,' Portland City Councilor Steve Novick said. 'I talked to the head of Multnomah County Courts the other day and they said that there's ways that they can expand their capacity to handle more processing, more speeding and red light camera violations.' Novick is one of the council members who are pushing to get more of the fixed speed and red light cameras installed to help reduce traffic deaths, saying they are effective in reducing speeds. The city is looking to double to 64 the number of cameras in the next few years — adding three more locations in the next few months. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword
Daily Mail
05-08-2025
- Automotive
- Daily Mail
Portland removes all speed cameras for newer models
A progressive city in Oregon has removed all of its speed cameras - but plans for them to be replaced with upgraded models. Portland 's 32 speed cameras will be replaced with double the number of the newer models as city leaders emphasize their effectiveness in high-crash areas. On Monday the Portland Police Bureau and the Bureau of Transportation announced a new contract with Novoa Global. 'The city has been working with a contract that's been problematic. They're getting a new contractor that's going to be good,' Portland City Councilor Steve Novick told KOIN . 'I talked to the head of Multnomah County Courts the other day and they said that there's ways that they can expand their capacity to handle more processing, more speeding and red light camera violations.' The new contractor will be the only supplier and operator of speed cameras, with plans to have the replacements in place 2 by November 1, according to a press release. '[Novoa Global's] comprehensive traffic safety solutions - including red light, speed, and school zone speed enforcement - offer turnkey programs to help combat the ongoing crisis of traffic-related injuries and fatalities,' the release said. The city council has hopes to increase the number of speed cameras to 64 within the next few years, with three more locations in the coming months. Novick is one of the supporting city council members pushing to increase the cameras monitoring red lights and speed. 'New York City has 3,000 of these things. Based on road miles, I think we should have 1,000,' Novick told Willamette Week , saying doubling the city's cameras in three years 'seems like a glacial pace.' The council member emphasized the effectiveness of the cameras at reducing speed and curbing traffic related deaths. Council Vice President Tiffany Koyama Lane's resolution to create a Vision Zero Task Force intended to 'support the goal of zero traffic deaths and evaluate and report to council on advancement to those goals annually.' 'In the first six months of our city council there haven't been a lot of opportunities to work specifically... on projects such as fixed speed traffic cameras,' said Koyama Lane according to a report by WW.
Daily Mail
05-08-2025
- Automotive
- Daily Mail
Progressive city removes ALL its speed cameras...but they'll soon be back in far greater numbers
A progressive city in Oregon has removed all of its speed cameras - but plans for them to be replaced with upgraded models. Portland 's 32 speed cameras will be replaced with double the number of the newer models as city leaders emphasize their effectiveness in high-crash areas. On Monday the Portland Police Bureau and the Bureau of Transportation announced a new contract with Novoa Global. 'The city has been working with a contract that's been problematic. They're getting a new contractor that's going to be good,' Portland City Councilor Steve Novick told KOIN. 'I talked to the head of Multnomah County Courts the other day and they said that there's ways that they can expand their capacity to handle more processing, more speeding and red light camera violations.' The new contractor will be the only supplier and operator of speed cameras, with plans to have the replacements in place 2 by November 1, according to a press release. '[Novoa Global's] comprehensive traffic safety solutions - including red light, speed, and school zone speed enforcement - offer turnkey programs to help combat the ongoing crisis of traffic-related injuries and fatalities,' the release said. The city council has hopes to increase the number of speed cameras to 64 within the next few years, with three more locations in the coming months. Novick is one of the supporting city council members pushing to increase the cameras monitoring red lights and speed. 'New York City has 3,000 of these things. Based on road miles, I think we should have 1,000,' Novick told Willamette Week, saying doubling the city's cameras in three years 'seems like a glacial pace.' The council member emphasized the effectiveness of the cameras at reducing speed and curbing traffic related deaths. Earlier this year the City Council's Transportation Committee passed a resolution that 'reaffirmed' their commitment to Vision Zero, which focuses on eliminating traffic injuries and deaths. Council Vice President Tiffany Koyama Lane's resolution to create a Vision Zero Task Force intended to 'support the goal of zero traffic deaths and evaluate and report to council on advancement to those goals annually.' 'In the first six months of our city council there haven't been a lot of opportunities to work specifically... on projects such as fixed speed traffic cameras,' said Koyama Lane according to a report by WW. 'I have noticed many more installations and full support them as a cost-effective intervention that does indeed reduce crashes and the resulting injuries.' Among Vision Zero's clauses was a proposition to 'change the design of streets to reduce speeds and protect people.'
Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘Our youth can't wait': Portland City Council approves $65 million in Children's Levy grants
PORTLAND, Ore. () – Portland City Councilors unanimously passed an emergency ordinance to approve funding recommendations for millions in Portland Children's Levy grants after rejecting them earlier this month. On June 4, councilors voted 7-5 to reject the Portland Children's Levy's nearly $65 million in grant requests. Then councilors passed an emergency ordinance to extend all current grants for a year, even to groups that the PCL Allocation Committee had decided not to recommend for funding. Oregon's minimum wage set to increase Councilor Steve Novick was one of the five who voted against rejecting the requests. On Wednesday, he introduced an ordinance to revoke the extension and go back to pass the recommended grants. He called the Children's Levy citizen involvement on steroids. 'Dozens of volunteers going through an elaborate process to come up with recommendations,' he said. 'And I would like anybody who votes against returning the recommendations of those advisory committees and of the staff to say nothing about citizen involvement in the future.' Since the ordinance was added to the agenda on Wednesday, that opened the door for public testimony. Many, like Triple Threat Mentoring Founder and CEO Nike Greene, jumped on the opportunity to voice their concerns. 'Our youth can't wait,' she said. 'We are the leaders on the front lines, mentoring, guiding and protecting Black and brown youth across Portland. The PCL funding is not a luxury, it's a lifeline. You said you wanted to hear from Community Center our voices even now, you heard from our community when we said we wanted new, small and emerging organizations to access PCL funding.' Others highlighted the diversity of the PLC Allocation Committee, urging the City Council to change its mind. 'We helped shape the recommendations to ensure that the widest variety of communities and the widest possible amount of supports could be provided to communities that need it,' Deian Salazar with the PLC Advisory Council said. 'This portfolio extended to college-age youth for the first time. Even with less funding, we were getting out to more organizations than ever before in an equitable way.' OR Senate overrides Gov.'s foster children bill veto After even more testimony, and much discussion between councilors, the ordinance passed unanimously. 'I have something of a reputation for making mistakes and then apologizing repeatedly until I'm blue in the face, sometimes over a period of years,' Novick said. 'And I don't think that– I don't think that doing that is essential to being a good public official, but being willing to change your mind and make mistakes is so. I really appreciate serving in a body where there are people willing to do that.' Novick also took time to thank community members who came out to testify without knowing if they would get the chance to. Other councilors apologized to those in the audience, saying they got the first vote wrong but were glad to change it today. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
