What's Happening Now?
Construction is almost complete. The last item of work for the contractor is to install new signage.
Last Updated October 23, 2025
Project Background
Crossing NE Glisan Street at NE 41st Avenue is challenging for many users, particularly for families accessing nearby schools. The current crossing requires walking approximately 65 feet across NE Glisan Street, and people biking have no way to activate the signal from the street. People driving on NE Glisan Street approaching or departing from Coe Circle may not expect people walking and biking to be crossing at this intersection.
This project aims to improve the crossing by shortening the crossing distance, adding signal activation for people biking, updating outdated signal infrastructure, and changing lane configurations to increase driver awareness of the crossing.
Project Goals
- Improve safety at the intersection for people walking and biking
- Improve access to signal activation for people bicycling
Project Design
- Add bike-accessible push buttons so people biking can activate the signal
- Add short sections of bike lane or bike lane improvements to make crossing easier
- Add concrete curbs to protect the bike lane, shorten crossing distances, and slow vehicles turning onto the NE 41st Avenue neighborhood greenway.
- Remove outdated pedestrian signal heads on the east leg of the intersection
Project Timeline
- Design: November 2024- April 2025
- Construction: October 2025
Project Impacts
- Street Parking: There will be approximately 250 feet of parking removal
- Closure of Pedestrian Crossing: PBOT will remove the pedestrian signal heads on NE Glisan Street east of NE 41st Avenue. The pedestrian signal heads are the black boxes that display illuminated symbol of a WALKING PERSON and an UPRAISED HAND will be removed on the east side of NE 41st Avenue. This crossing will be closed due to a crash at this intersection.
Outreach and Public Involvement
2025
June
- Postcards: Construction notification postcards sent to the neighborhood.
February
- Letters: Parking removal notification letters sent to impacted property owners and residents
- Discussion: Project design relayed to Laurelhurst K-8 by PBOT's Safe Routes to Schools team
2024
April
- Letters: Project notification letters sent to immediately adjacent properties, residents, businesses, business associations and neighborhood associations
Project Funding
Funded by the Fixing Our Streets program, this is part of the Neighborhood Greenway Traffic Calming projects to improve existing corridors. This project has a budget of $150k.