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News Release: PBOT, Ride Report release new online dashboard for BIKETOWN, e-scooter data
PBOT's new Open Data Portal shows millions of trips using shared mobility devices
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'Tis the season! With snow in the forecast, it's time to get winter ready
PBOT crews work year-round to get ready for winter. Are you ready?
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PBOT urges everyone to plan ahead, take public transit, obey parking & traffic laws, to have your best shot at the MLS Cup Final on Saturday
The Portland Bureau of Transportation welcomes the MLS Cup to Providence Park at noon on Saturday, and urges the traveling public to plan ahead if traveling to or through the western side of downtown, and be extra mindful of traffic and parking rules. Don't get a Red Card from parking enforcement!
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New year, new investments: PBOT to break ground on nine new projects in Portland’s Central City in 2022
Nine new projects will begin construction in 2022. The projects, which emerge from the City Council-approved Central City in Motion and Rose Lane Project plans, are designed to improve the speed and reliability of transit, provide dedicated space for people who bike, and to make streets safer regard
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A safer, more accessible SE Hawthorne Boulevard just in time for the holidays
For pedestrians, shopping, dining, and doing business on Hawthorne is now better than ever
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PBOT and Multnomah County Library announce winners of the 2021 Bike to Books Design Contest
Enjoy book recommendations from Multnomah County librarians inspired by this year’s winning designs
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News Advisory: Annual Portland Aerial Tram evacuation exercise set for Sunday, Oct. 10 from 9 a.m. to noon
The annual evacuation exercise for the Portland Aerial Tram is set for Sunday morning, Oct. 10. The exercise will begin at 9 a.m. and should be concluded by noon. No traffic impacts are expected. The tram is owned by the City of Portland’s Bureau of Transportation and operated by OHSU.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Joint City Statement on Hate Crimes
Our core values as a City include anti-racism and equity. Every Portlander and everyone visiting our city deserves to be welcomed and to feel that they belong. They should encounter a Portland free of bias and hate, where they do not fear for their safety and security.
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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.
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PBOT gears up for construction on SE Division from SE 80th to 174th avenues
The Outer Division Safety Project will invest $11M in safety improvements for pedestrians, drivers and people on bikes on one of the most dangerous streets in Portland
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PBOT’s Slow Streets program moves ahead with permanent installations in response to positive community support
The familiar green signs and orange temporary traffic barrels are evolving to concrete planters and shared street signage to better maintain calm streets and slow traffic on many of Portland’s neighborhood greenways
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PBOT News Release: PBOT to donate original BIKETOWN bikes to Bend, Ore. and Hamilton, Ontario, expanding access to biking and reducing the carbon footprint of bike-sharing in Portland
The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) plans to donate surplus BIKETOWN bicycles to two cities, reviving a bike-share system in Bend, and enhancing the bike-share system in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, under a plan the Portland City Council is expected to consider on Wednesday.
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Traffic Advisory: I-84 closure for bridge installation is postponed
A new date will be announced when it becomes available.
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News Release: PBOT, state representatives, ODOT, and community announce historic 82nd Avenue funding
State and local elected leaders join Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty and PBOT to announce $80 million in funding for safer 82nd Ave. Funding makes the transformation of 82nd Ave. and its transfer to the city of Portland possible. PBOT also announces list of safety projects it will start immediately.
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Key connector between the Springwater Corridor Trail and SE Portland parks, schools, and bikeways now complete
Two formerly-gravel streets in the Brentwood-Darlington and Lents neighborhoods were paved as part of the Springwater Connector Neighborhood Greenway project
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PBOT cuts the ribbon on Flanders Crossing, Portland’s newest pedestrian and bicycle bridge
The long-awaited connection between two of Oregon’s most densely populated neighborhoods, Northwest Portland and the Pearl District, is now open.
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