Beat Check podcast: Vision Zero and Portland's surge in traffic fatalities

Portland has seen a dramatic increase in traffic fatalities this year 2019. The death toll this year is pushing toward 50, well above the average for the past two decades. On the latest episode of Beat Check with The Oregonian, Officer Phillip Maynard discusses his time on the Portland Police Bureau’s Major Crash Team. Then, Portland Transportation Commissioner Chloe Eudaly discusses the dangerous year on the city’s streets and what we can do as a city to make things better.



Beat Check with The Oregonian is a weekly podcast from the state's largest news organization.



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