What is happening now?
All projects planned for 2025 have been completed.
We are currently working on design for the following traffic calming projects to be built in spring/summer 2026:
1. SE 112th Avenue from SE Bush to Boise Street
2. NE Shaver Street from 115th to 122nd Avenue
Completed Projects
David Douglas/Centennial Cluster
SE 117th Avenue, from E Burnside to SE Market Street (2023)
SE Main Street, from SE 137th to 148th Avenue (2020)
SE 104th, from Powell to Holgate Boulevard (2024)
SE Holgate, from SE 122nd to SE 136th Avenue (2024)
SE Alder Street, from SE 155th to SE 162nd Avenue (2025)
PPS - Cleveland Cluster
SE 33rd Place, from SE Holgate Blvd to SE Raymond Street (2019)
SE Stark St, from SE 14th to SE 18th Avenue (2019)
PPS - Franklin Cluster
SE 34th Avenue, from SE Belmont to Hawthorne Boulevard(2020)
SE Duke Street, from SE 72nd to 82nd Avenue
SE Knapp Street, from SE 82nd to 92nd Avenue
PPS - Grant Cluster
NE 15th Avenue, from NE Skidmore St to NE Mason Street (2023)
NE 41st Avenue, from Interstate 84 to NE Glisan Street (2021)
NE Royal Court, from NE César E Chávez Blvd to NE 43rd Avenue (2021)
NE Fremont St, from N Albina Ave to N Gantenbein Avenue (2019)
PPS - Lincoln Cluster
SW 16th Avenue, from SW Clifton to SW Spring Street (2023)
SW 45th Avenue, from SW Hamilton St to Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway (2019)
SW 47th Avenue, from SW Hamilton St to SW Julia Street (2019)
SW Shattuck Road, from SW Windsor Ct to Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway (2020)
PPS - McDaniel Cluster
NE 92nd Avenue, from NE Fremont to NE Halsey Street (2021)
NE Tillamook Street, from NE 72nd Dr to NE 82nd Avenue
NE Siskiyou Street, from NE 72nd to NE 82nd Avenue
PPS - Roosevelt Cluster
N Midway Avenue, from N Columbia Blvd to N Fessenden Street (2023)
N Peninsular Avenue, from N Columbia Blvd to N Lombard Street (2023)
N Smith Street, from N Bruce to N Oregonian Avenue (2022)
N Burr Avenue, from N Lombard to N Bank Street (2022)
N Ida Avenue, from N Lombard to N Smith Street (2022)
N Willis Boulevard, from N Hodge to N Haven Avenue (2019)
PPS - Wells Cluster
SW 17th Avenue, from SW Spring Garden St to SW Taylors Ferry Road
SW Spring Garden Street, from SW 20th Ave to SW Taylors Ferry Road
SW Canyon Court at SW 58th Avenue (2022)
Types of speed bumps and cushions
Portland uses three types of speed bumps and cushions to slow traffic: standard speed bumps, emergency vehicle bumps (also called speed cushions or fire-friendly bumps), and bike-friendly bumps. The Safe Routes to School program typically only uses standard speed bumps or emergency speed cushions depending on the street designation. We have included the bicycle bump here for additional information.
All types of traffic calming bumps and cushions are intended to slow vehicles to posted speeds, with different characteristics depending on the type of street.
Speed Bumps
- Typically used on neighborhood streets or Neighborhood Greenway routes
Emergency vehicle bumps / Fire-Friendly Speed Bumps / Speed Cushions
- Have three channels built into them, spaced to let emergency vehicles pass through with less delay
- Passenger vehicles and trucks, with smaller wheel spacing, usually must still pass over part of the bump
- Typically used on streets designated as Major Emergency Routes, after approval from Portland Fire and Rescue. Major Emergency Routes are part of a network of streets meant to facilitate prompt emergency response.
Bike-friendly Bumps
- Have two channels designated for people biking to ride through a speed bump rather than over it
- Typically used on Neighborhood Greenway routes where people bicycling and pedestrians are given priority