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I-84 closes this weekend east of I-5 for installation of a new bike-pedestrian bridge
Both eastbound and westbound I-84 will be closed around the clock from 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8 to 5 a.m. Monday, Oct. 11.
Press release
Plan ahead for trips to Washington Park—Next phase in reservoir project requires road closure
Visitors to Washington Park, including the Portland Japanese Garden and Portland International Rose Test Garden, should plan for limited parking options in September due to construction near the new reservoir. Easy access to parking is available using Washington Park's free shuttle service.
Updated Traffic Advisory
Adaptive BIKETOWN gets people riding at Adaptive Cycling Resource Fair
Adaptive cycling can be a great way for people with movement disorders like Parkinson’s to exercise and have fun.
Updated Blog post
Temporary traffic delays and lane closures on SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway and SW Capitol Highway on Wednesday, Sept. 29
Crews will be delivering and unloading 100-foot steel girders for the Red Electric Trail Bridge project
Traffic Advisory
Traffic Advisory: PBOT takes significant step forward in improving pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle access to the Hawthorne Bridge
New traffic signals to be activated and Hawthorne Bridge ramp reopened on SW Naito on Tuesday, Sept. 28
Traffic Advisory
Advertencia de tránsito: ¡Marque la fecha! La instalación de Blumenauer Bridge, el puente para peatones y ciclistas más nuevo de Portland, iniciará el viernes 8 de octubre
La instalación del Puente requerirá el cierre total de la carretera Interestatal 84 en ambas direcciones durante un fin de semana
Traffic Advisory
Save the date! Placement of Blumenauer Bridge, Portland’s latest pedestrian and bicycle bridge, begins on Friday, Oct. 8
Bridge placement will require a full closure of Interstate 84 in both directions for one weekend
Traffic Advisory
St. Johns main street upgrades kick off next week with $5M in improvements
The decades of potholes caused by buried streetcar tracks on N Lombard Street in St. Johns will soon come to an end, when the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) starts construction on the N Lombard Main Street Repair Project through the heart of Portland’s northern business district.
Press release
Fixing Our Streets: Transportation still not tracking and accounting for projects to maintain the spending split promised to voters
This is a two-year follow-up to our 2019 report, "Fixing Our Streets: Some accountability commitments not fulfilled."
News article
Construction starts Monday on new crossings, curb extensions, traffic signals, and bike lanes as part of PBOT's Downtown I-405 Pedestrian Safety and Operational Improvements Project
Construction on the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s (PBOT) Downtown I-405 Pedestrian Safety and Operational Improvements project will begin Monday, Sept. 20.
Traffic Advisory
BIKETOWN expands e-bike service to Portland State University students, college students on financial aid citywide
Thanks to a DEQ Clean Fuels grant from Portland General Electric, BIKETOWN for All will offer free rides for all qualifying Portlanders, and free rides for college students on financial aid
Updated Press release
The rainy season returns! Adopt your neighborhood storm drain and help prevent street flooding
Portland’s storm drains, also known as catch basins, help with stormwater runoff and prevent flooding. If drains get clogged with fallen leaves and other debris, it can lead to dangerous ponding along city streets and intersections.
News article
Sewer Maintenance: Renewed attention to partnership needed to better serve ratepayers
Wastewater goes through pipes owned by the Bureau of Environmental Services but the bureau pays another - the Bureau of Transportation - to maintain these pipes. This longstanding agreement has had mixed results. We make recommendations for both bureaus in our audit report.
Report
PBOT cuts the ribbon on Rivergate Overcrossing
Rivergate Overcrossing is Portland's newest investment in its freight network. The $23 million bridge solves a long-standing traffic bottleneck, making it easier and safer for employees to get to work, truck drivers to deliver their goods and businesses to get their goods into customers' hands.
News article
In emergency order, PBOT drops speed limit on 2 miles of NE Halsey Street, a high crash corridor, starting Monday
The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will implement an emergency speed limit reduction on a 2-mile section of NE Halsey Street, a high crash corridor in East Portland.
Press release
Portland’s newest bike and pedestrian bridge has a new name -- Ned Flanders Crossing.
Transportation Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty and Mayor Sean VanGordon of Springfield, Oregon unveil the name at a ceremony today.
Press release
Smoother streets ahead: Fixing Our Streets microsurfacing projects begin on Tues., Sept. 7 with a focus on residential streets and neighborhood greenways
Nine street segments will receive a new-to-Portland paving treatment known as microsurfacing, which lays a thin layer of asphalt mixed with polymer fibers to damaged street surfaces.
Traffic Advisory
With the start of the school year, PBOT reminds the public that school routes are everywhere, urges Portlanders to 'drive like it'
With so many kids walking, biking and otherwise traveling on the city's sidewalks and streets, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is urging people driving to be especially careful and to drive with extra caution and attention.
Updated Traffic Advisory
Paving work requires nighttime road closure of SW Naito Parkway on Aug. 30 and 31
All traffic on SW Naito Parkway between SW Harrison and SW Jefferson will be detoured between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. on Monday and Tuesday evenings.
Traffic Advisory
"Go By Greenways” in East Portland to have fun, stay healthy and win great prizes!
Play the Go By Greenways game over the next four weeks and get to know Portland’s newest neighborhood greenways
Blog post
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