Portland, Oregon
Portland braces for one last selfie with the carpet
You read that right — Portlanders are mourning the imminent loss of throwback, “Atari-style” carpet that covers the floor at the city’s airport. It will be removed this year, but it has been a visual symbol of Portland for years — appearing on merchandise, in photos and even tattooed on people’s bodies.
Car Sharing
Last year a company called Car Sharing Portland hung out its shingle for business. A couple of cars are shared by about 25 people who book them for various periods of time, even as little as one hour. Kristian Foden-Vencil of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on how this transportation experiment is going.
Cliffhangers
In Oregon, the impact of El Nino has contributed to severe beach erosion that is reshaping the coastline and threatening the homes of people who once thought they loved the drama of the sea. In one community west of Portland, residents who gambled on buying a home close to the ocean’s edge are in danger […]
Preserving Urban Greenspaces
Henry Sessions of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on one of the most ambitious urban greenspace preservation programs in the country. The combined public-private effort aims to set aside as much land as possible in and around Portland, Oregon, the last big metropolitan area on the West Coast with a large amount of undeveloped land.