claim: says "traffic fatalities have fallen dramatically, even as population has risen. you are more likely to stay alive biking, walking and driving around portland than you were before" he took over the portland bureau of transportation.
author: sam adams
evidence_1: says "traffic fatalities have fallen dramatically, even as population has risen. you  are more likely to stay alive biking, walking and driving around portland than you  were before" he took over the portland bureau of transportation. — politifact ...
evidence_2: feb 28, 2012 ... as a result of this focus on more significant streets, we repave fewer total miles of  ... together with the portland bureau of transportation, we prioritized road ...  traffic fatalities have fallen dramatically, even as population has risen. you are  more likely to stay alive biking, walking and driving around portland ...
evidence_3: may 25, 2017 ... many cities across the country are questioning how far we've really come to ...  the number of regular bike commuters has increased by more than 60% ... even  in bike meccas like portland, the platinum awarded “bicycle friendly ... bike ride or  20-minute walk) yet 3 in 5 short trips (60%) are made by car.
evidence_4: dec 8, 2016 ... less than one month later the portland bureau of transportation installed a ...  volunteer activist group bike loud pdx has already responded to these latest  deaths. ... this is a citizen-lead emergency traffic calming event on se division st  in ... people will continue to be hurt and killed until we catch up and ...
evidence_5: may 29, 2018 ... if you've ever made the case for a traffic calming project in your city, ... for walking  and biking, fire departments often water down or even stop the ... even though  traffic fatalities outnumber fire deaths in the u.s. by more than 10 to 1, ... one of  those cities is portland, where the fire department participates in ...