Street Plaza Program

Project
Winter 2022/2023 - Summer 2024
The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is developing a permanent program for public street plazas. Plazas give right-of-way space back to pedestrians. They also provide space for more outdoor seating, events, and programming open to the public.
Community event and dancing in a colorfully painted street plaza.

Featured content

A photo of people sitting at tables in the SE 79th Avenue Montavilla Public Street Plaza.

About Portland's Public Street Plazas

Various Portlanders walk through a NW 13th Public Street Plaza on a sunny day

Public Street Plaza Program Development

A number of people are dancing in the Arletta Triangle Square Plaza. There is colorful paint on the street and people are gathered in the background watching them.

Small Plaza Activation

Picture of Pride Plaza in downtown Portland. Road closed signs can be seen at the entrance. Street painting and a bike lane cover the ground of the plaza.

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Contact

PBOT's Public Street Plaza team

PortlandStreetPlazas@portlandoregon.gov

Related offices, programs, and projects

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Transportation Planning

News

It's Still Summer in the Plazas

PBOT Public Street Plaza Program's end of summer newsletter details events happening in Portland Public Street Plazas in September and a new street mural in Dream Street Plaza.

News article

An image shows a caricature of PBOT plaza. People are seen with dogs, dancing, riding bikes, eating hot dogs, and sitting a bistro table talking to each other.
More news

Past Meetings and Hearings

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