Portland Rarely Enforces This Common Parking Violation. A Court Ruling Could Change That

Portland has a growing parking dilemma

Under present conditions, any strategy designed to drive cars off the peninsula is bound to fail.

Portland rarely enforces this common parking violation. A court ruling could change that

A $5.9 million suit said parked cars were blocking sight lines during the fatal crash.

Oregon Court of Appeals rules against City of Portland in parking setbacks case

Northbound on SE 17th approaching E Burnside. What level of responsibility does the City of Portland have to implement a key safety policy — even if they don’t have capacity to address every location that needs it? That’s one question lawyers sought to answer when they claimed, in a 2020 lawsuit, that the Portland Bureau of Transportation was negligent in the death of Elijah Coe in May 2019. Coe was riding his motorcycle eastbound on East Burnsi…