Services, Guides, and Information

Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) crews work to keep city drains clear and prevent flooding. With over 58,000 drains in the city, we can’t get to them all. “Adopt” a storm drain near you and help keep them clear of debris. Tips on clearing drains and information about stormwater runoff.

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) manages transportation assets worth $21 billion. Our transportation system moves people, goods, freight, and emergency vehicles through the city. Our policy statement, reporting, risk assessment, and asset list illustrated in one chart.

Schedule of basic road maintenance from the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). Includes gravel street service, grind-and-pave, base repair, crack sealing, micro-surfacing, and other work to preserve pavement conditions. Work typically takes less than a week, with minor traffic disruption.

Sunderland Yard is a city facility that recycles materials from work done by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). Facility produces compost, recycled rock, screened dirt, as well as sand from snow and ice response. Recycled rock and compost for sale. Screened dirt free.

In rainy weather, Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) crews work 24/7 to clear hazards from the right-of-way, including downed trees, landslides, and keeping storm drains clear after storms. Here are tips for taking transit, walking, biking, or driving in rainy weather.

During winter storms, crews with the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) work 24/7 to clear hazards from city streets and keep emergency routes open. Tips to plan ahead, take transit, walk, bike, or drive in snow and ice.

Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is the city’s lead agency keeping city streets safe during flooding and landslides. Prevention tips, what to do in a landslide, how to report, sandbag locations.

The Portland Bureau of Transportation’s (PBOT) Leaf Day service sweeps 53 districts with the highest concentration of mature street trees and leaves, about a third of the city. Leaf removal in Leaf Day districts is FREE. Find out if you’re in a district and what your Leaf Day schedule is this year.

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) uses microsurfacing as preventive maintenance on deteriorated roads that are not yet bad enough to warrant full reconstruction.

The Portland Bureau of Transportation's (PBOT) Gravel Street Service is a FREE street improvement service. Through this work, PBOT crews improve the condition of the streets by filling potholes and ruts with gravel. The result will be smoother roads that make travel and access easier.

Report potholes, sinkholes, or other emergency road hazards online, via email, or by calling our 24/7 maintenance dispatch at the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT).

Concerns about hazards in and around work zones and construction sites may be reported directly to the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) via email or our online form. Staff review these forms and email regularly.

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), maintains thousands of signs, posts, and poles. If you see a damaged street sign in your neighborhood, please call our dispatch at 503-823-1700.

Street sweeping and cleaning of arterials, a service of the Maintenance Operations group at the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). Process removes dirt and debris from Portland streets to provide a healthy, safe, and attractive environment for residents and visitors.

Residents, property owners and our business community are an essential part of helping the city rebound quickly after a storm. Emergency resources, winter weather basics for residents and businesses, and how the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) prepares for and responds to winter weather.

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) responds to road hazards day or night. List of chain advisories and roads PBOT crews have closed due to winter weather. Emergency routes, explained. Link to map.