Update on 60th Neighborhood Greenway Route
December 2025
We received over 250 responses with strong advocacy both for and against having the new neighborhood greenway utilize SE 60th Avenue or SE 62nd Avenue. Below is a summary of the feedback received, and the preferred route we plan to advance to design.
Responses Regarding a Preferred Route Choice
When asked if the new neighborhood greenway should be on SE 60th Avenue or SE 62nd Avenue, 60% of respondents preferred SE 60th Avenue, while 35% preferred 62nd Avenue. The rest had no preference.
When asked for reasons why they had a preference, we heard the following general themes:
For those that preferred SE 60th Avenue:
- Better access and more direct routes to Lane Middle School and the park and gardens
- This is the route already being used by the bike bus and students
- Stop-controlled intersections at Duke and Flavel
- More people already cross Woodstock at SE 60th Avenue
- The street is wider making it easier for cars to pass people biking, if needed
For those that preferred SE 62nd Avenue:
- Less congested than 60th Avenue and not as impacted by school drop-off and pick-up
- Less traffic volumes
- Narrower street, feels more naturally like a neighborhood greenway
- Cars speed on SE 62nd Avenue, and this could help slow them down
When asked about other comments or concerns, we heard the following general themes:
- A desire to slow traffic on both streets and throughout the neighborhood
- A desire for more substantive traffic calming or diversion of motor vehicles
- Concerns about current compliance at stop signs
- Concerns about potential parking loss
- Concerns about speed bumps
- Concerns about potholes
- Concerns about traffic diversion onto other streets
Who participated in the survey
The survey was distributed through the Lower Southeast Rising Area Plan email list, on the project website, by email to Brentwood-Darlington, Mt Scott-Arleta, and Woodstock Neighborhood Associations, and through a postcard directly mailed to 546 residents along 60th and 62nd avenues in the project area.
When asked which neighborhood they live in, 47% of survey participants said Brentwood Darlington, 33% said Mt Scott-Arleta, and 20% said other. Other neighborhoods represented were Woodstock, Lents, Errol Heights, Foster-Powell, Creston-Kenilworth, Richmond, South Tabor, Sellwood-Moreland.
Proposed 60th Avenue Neighborhood Greenway Route
PBOT plans to move forward with the neighborhood greenway route on SE 60th Avenue. The new neighborhood greenway will include a crossing of Woodstock, pavement markings, signage, and speed bumps where needed and not already installed. Stop sign modifications could also be made. There are no current plans or budget to do additional traffic calming or install motor vehicle diversion, but traffic data will be gathered after the project is constructed to understand speeds and volumes, and whether additional traffic calming is needed.
Based on feedback about traffic congestion by Lane Middle School and Brentwood Park, the route will have an alternative route option on SE 62nd Avenue between the existing Knapp/Ogden neighborhood greenway and the future Tolman neighborhood greenway. A map of this revised routing can be seen below.
Concerns about speeding on SE 62nd Avenue south of SE Flavel Street is an issue PBOT is working to address. There is a traffic calming pilot project planned on SE 62nd Avenue between SE Flavel and Clatsop streets that will install rubber bumps in the street to analyze the impact they have on slowing traffic speeds. Traffic data will be analyzed both before and after installation.
Next Steps
The project team will move forward with early design and will share the preliminary design in the spring of 2026. This project is currently estimated to be constructed in late 2026/early 2027.
Thank you all who participated for your input and for helping us best respond to the needs of your neighborhood.
Project Background
This project was identified in the Lower Southeast Rising Area Plan. It is funded by Portland Clean Energy Community Fund (PCEF) Strategic Program 30: Active transportation small capital projects.
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