The gist is that Portland drivers couldn’t stop hitting crucial safety infrastructure (proving its necessity) so PBOT gave up on it.

As one of the commenters pointed out: Since a pedestrian/bike fatality costs PBOT nothing and replacing a concrete planter a car has demolished costs them more than nothing, to balance the budget they’re going to go with more pedestrian deaths.

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    3 months ago

    If drivers couldn’t stop hitting the planters, then the planters aren’t the problem. But hey, at least Portland is accomodating to maniac drivers.