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Portland in the Streets

Program

Portland in the Streets program at the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) covering all the ways community members and businesses can activate public space. Permits for block parties, outdoor dining, special events, food trucks, vending carts, banners over the street, and so much more.

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Canopies line a street on a partly cloudy day. Lots of people are sitting, standing, and walking among the booths.

Apply for a Community Event Permit

Image shows the words, "Block Parties" surrounded by games and flowers

Apply for a Block Party permit

dozens of students and community members participate in a long street painting in a residential Portland neighborhood.

Apply for a Street Painting permit

A group of children play in a sprinkler in the street on a sunny day.

Learn about the Play Streets program

Group of people planting ferns

Apply To Be an Adopt-a-Landscape Community Partner

People dance in Arletta Triangle Square Plaza, with colorful street paint and onlookers in the background.

Community Events in a Plaza

Banner spanning from one side of a city street to the other side.

Apply for a permit to hang a Cross-Street Banner

Group of runners dressed in athletic clothes are starting their Shamrock Run. Lots of runners are seen under the Start Banner.

Apply for a Special Event Permit

Male sitting on an artistic chair in a parking spot for parking day.

Apply for a PARK(ing) Day Permit

Aerial view of a large group of attending First Thursday Street Gallery

Upcoming Community Events

A banner that reads: Public Ream and Street Activation 2025 Annual report that shows a plaza with many people

2025 Public Realm & Street Activation Annual Report

Cover page of annual report, children playing with text overlayed.

2024 Portland in the Streets Community Use Permitting Annual Report

Contact

PBOT Portland in the Streets team

portlandinthestreets@portlandoregon.gov

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PBOT Customer Service (by PDX 311)

311@portlandoregon.gov

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Transportation Permitting

Community event and dancing in a colorfully painted street plaza.

Street Plaza Program

PBOT Business Support Services

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