Portland Afoot

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Portland! So good to see you! Happy 2023! We're de-hibernating this account just for a sec. How are things? We elected WHO president? Jeez, that probably didn't go over well around here.

From 2010 to 2013, Portland Afoot was a 10-minute newsmagazine, a local wiki, a blog, a Twitter feed, and a podcast about buses, bikes & low-car life in Portland.

10 years ago today was our last big hurrah: a citywide transit murder mystery game called "Who Killed Ms. Faire LeSquare?" Maybe you were there! Maybe you just saw people with the balloons.

We designed the game to be a launch for a mobile-app magazine that, um, didn't work. So we re-laid it out old school, printed a bunch of color copies at 2am, and had a terrific time anyway.

To mark the occasion, enjoy a few memories, and say hi to anyone who might be interested, we called up our core crew of creators. Here's what we're each up to these days.

A much-requested new feature just came to Car2go's mobile apps: you can now ask for a push notification when a car comes available nearby. Super sweet.

Last night the folks at OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon voted on Portland's most ridiculously bad bus stops. The photos are pretty amazing. http://portlandafoot.org/2013/05/bus-riders-unite-names-east-portlands-three-most-ridiculously-bad-bus-stops/

Bus Riders Unite! names East Portland’s three most ridiculously bad bus stops About 30 East Portland transit riders used a Survivor-style selection process to choose the three east-side bus stops in deepest need of improvement.

Exciting news: Portland Afoot is teaming up with BikePortland.org. It'll mean changes, but it's going to bring low-car news and information in Portland to the next level. http://portlandafoot.org/2013/05/portland-afoot-and-bikeportland-are-going-to-take-their-next-steps-together/

Portland Afoot and BikePortland are going to take their next steps – together Tomorrow we'll be celebrating the next step in Portland Afoot's journey: We're planning to team up with BikePortland.org.

Lifestyle columnist Cathy Hastie heard that a certain local civic engineering project was still awaiting a name. So she decided to make a modest proposal – on your behalf, actually.
http://portlandafoot.org/2013/04/mood-to-move-portlands-134-million-monument-to-me/

Mood to Move: Portland’s $134 million monument to me Portland is not a city overflowing with monuments.