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Traffic Advisory: N Greeley Avenue to receive major upgrade

Thoroughfare will be closed to all traffic June 15-19 as PBOT adds new pavement.
The project will increase safety for freight, motor vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian traffic
Work continues on N Going Street Bridge repairs

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PBOT COVID-19 Frontline Communities Partnership

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has launched a new initiative called Safe Streets to respond to the Covid-19 public health crisis. The program will make temporary changes to city streets and sidewalks to support physical distancing in public spaces and other critical travel needs.

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News Blog: PedPDX: Walking While Black

PedPDX data analysis and public outreach finds that one’s experience walking in Portland depends a lot on where in the city you live or work, but it also depends upon who you are.

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PBOT teams up with Disability Rights Oregon, Rooted in Rights, Lime in new E-Scooter Safety Video

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is teaming up with Disability Rights Oregon, Rooted in Rights, and Lime to release a new e-scooter safety video that raises awareness of the importance of sidewalk access for people with disabilities.

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Movement and Mental Health

Written by Tyesha McCool-Riley, Office of Community and Civic Life

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The Portland Bureau of Transportation launches the Safe Streets|Healthy Businesses program to help local businesses operate safely as Portland gradually reopens 

Program makes it simple for businesses to apply to use space on sidewalks and streets to make physical distancing easier for customers and staff Bureau also releases strategic framework for adapting streets as city restarts public life.

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News Blog: Stay local this Memorial Day weekend and explore the City of Roses by bike

Ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, PBOT reminds you to enjoy the outdoors - safely.

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News Blog: Construction continues on Fixing Our Streets-funded Safe Routes to School projects throughout Portland

Learning may be happening at home these days, but when it's time for students to return to school, they will have safer ways to walk, bike and roll to get there.

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Travel Advisory: With warm weather forecast, know how to safely walk, bike, roll, or stroll on Portland’s network of low-traffic streets we call “Neighborhood Greenways”

Our Neighborhood Greenway network of low-traffic streets gives Portlanders many ways to improve their mental and physical health during this public health crisis. However, please understand it takes all of our cooperation to make this program successful.

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SW Capitol Highway - Multnomah Village to West Portland Design Updates Archive

May 2020 to November 2017 updates to the project's design.

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Keeping the Spirit of Sunday Parkways alive, the Portland Bureau of Transportation and Presenting Sponsor Kaiser Permanente reimagine beloved event

Event moving to digital platform in May and June. "We've worked to find a creative solution," says Commissioner Chloe Eudaly.

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Sunday Parkways is back for another season of fun!

For our May event, we are going virtual!

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South Portland Addressing Project

Plans Examiner Newsletter

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Transportation Commissioner Chloe Eudaly Announces New Slow Streets|Safe Streets Initiative

The new strategy will repurpose streets, including closing them to car traffic, to make it easier and safer for Portlanders to practice physical distancing as the city recovers
Commissioner Eudaly directs PBOT to develop treatments for all 100 miles of neighborhood greenway network

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Traffic Advisory: Lane closure on West Burnside for critical repairs begins Monday, April 13 and continues through Friday, April 17

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will begin critical repairs to the northernmost westbound lane on West Burnside Street from NW 24th Place to NW Maywood Drive starting on Monday, April 13 and continuing through Friday, April 17 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.

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News Blog: During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, PBOT focuses on essential services and protecting public health and safety

Governor’s order to restrict travel only to essential trips is mandatory and Portlanders should treat every street as a shared street

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Capitol Highway Multnomah Village to West Portland Construction Update Archive

April 3 - July 6 2020 archive of past construction impacts.

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News Release: PBOT breaks ground on SE 80th Avenue and Mill Street, two key routes used by local kids to get to school

The $2.7 million Local Improvement District (LID) on SE 80th Avenue and Mill Street is funded by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), the Bureau of Environmental Services (BES), Portland Public Schools, and adjacent property owners.

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