What's Happening Now
(1/13/2026) The last part of Phase II project work is in design with construction tentatively scheduled for summer 2026. This component will connect SW 16th and 17th avenues along SW Alder Street. Work was postponed while private building construction was underway on SW 17th Avenue.
Read the letter mailed to approximately 2500 addresses in the Goose Hollow neighborhood and business district:
Project Design: SW Alder Bicycle Facility
PBOT is proposing a change to how SW Alder Street operates between SW 16th and 17th avenues. A new, wider bike lane will connect people using north-south bikeways between the Goose Hollow and Northwest District neighborhoods. This change will require removing parking on one side of SW Alder Street between SW 16th and 17th avenues.
Elements of the project include:
- Two-way buffered bike lane on the south side of SW Alder Street between SW 17th and 16th avenues, with identifiable green bicycle markings linking to the SW 16th Avenue bikeways
- One vehicle travel lane for eastbound traffic
- One vehicle parking lane on the north side of SW Alder Street
SW/NW 20th Avenue Bikeway Project Description
The SW/NW 20th Avenue Neighborhood Bikeway was designed to improve conditions for biking and walking by slowing auto traffic speeds, reducing auto traffic volumes, upgrading crossings of busy streets, and creating new connections to existing bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure on or adjacent to SW and NW 20th avenues.
Project construction has been a multi-phase process, with some elements installed as early as 2019. The final component of work, a two-way bicycle facility on SW Alder Street between SW 16th and 17th avenues, is now in design.
Completed Work Since 2020
Phase I work completed:
- Paint and post curb extensions at NW Everett, Lovejoy and Northrup streets.
- Curb extension and crosswalk at NW Glisan Street and 20th Avenue.
- Installation of traffic operation changes to protect the neighborhood character of NW 20th Ave at NW Raleigh and NW 20th restricting north-south access and NW Everett and NW 20th restricting north-bound access.
- Speed bumps, greenway identification signs, and pavement markings.
Phase II work completed:
- Neighborhood greenway on SW 18th and SW 17th avenues between SW Mill Street Terrace and SW Madison Street.
- Buffered bike lanes on SW 17th and 16th avenues between SW Salmon and Alder streets (some blocks are completed, others awaiting private construction to be completed).
Project Funding
The project is partially funded by $200,000 from the Fixing Our Streets 10-cent gas tax program. Additional funding from Transportation System Development Charges.
