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John wasiutynski @jwashski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Kudos to @multco.bsky.social health department for sponsoring the event, this is what climate justice looks like in action

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hey Portland! Ever wanted to turn your driveway into a lush, green oasis? Learn how to get together with friends and get it done at a DEPAVE Your Yard workshop this fall. We've got hands on sessions on both sides of the river, Oct 31st and Nov 7th. Register at: www.depave.org/events #pdx

old school pavement driveway with cute station wagon

extremely lush planted area with garden beds

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We joined the Biophilic Solutions pod for a chat about, among other things, the need to depave public spaces for community gathering, the racist legacy of asphalt-forward zoning, how the idea of depaving is as philosophical as it is physical, and how depaving together builds embodied climate hope

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Paving Paradise: The Heat Island Effect & High Cost of Underutil…

Asphalt and concrete. Not exactly the sexiest topics in the world, but think about it: pavement is everywhere we look. From roads and highways to schoolyards and ma…

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Laurelhurst's Green Team used their Student Climate Grant to partner with Depave for schoolyard re-greening through our fee for service program. This revenue in turn helps us offer depave project management free of charge to less resourced groups who want to depave and regreen.

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Portland, do you feel any lighter? Because today we lost about 40,000 lbs of asphalt, thanks to Portland Clean Energy Fund's student climate projects! Laurelhurst students used prybars, hard work, and teamwork to depave the way for new trees to shade their south-facing classrooms 🌳

two people wearing "DEPAVE" safety vests stare down a large group of children, with tools and wheelbarrows in between, and a lot of asphalt

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 17/09/2026

Last segment of the St George Rainway (phase 1) finally getting planted. Looking forward to wrapping this portion and moving on to advocate for phase 2 (up to Kingsway past Florence Nightingale school)

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

East Portland has dozens of transit stops with inadequate shade where a version of this design could both absorb stormwater in winter and help provide cooling in summer. Portland summers would require a drought tolerant planting design, but where there's a will there's a way!

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Depave PDX is hiring a half-time Operations Manager! More info & application instructions: www.depave.org/jobs-interns...

Help grow climate justice in portland, depave is hiring. Colorful photos of people at depave work sites in work vests and holding tools

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We're hiring! Super organized with experience in accounting and grants management? Depave is hiring a part-time Operations Manager. Position open until filled with preference given to applications arriving by October 1st.

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jobs & internships — Depave

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Thx @npeninsulareview.bsky.social for covering our climate resilience greenspace work at James John school in N. PDX, and @thornsfc.com for giving away tickets to volunteers! Stay tuned for a volunteer tree planting at James John Dec 5tt, and another volunteer green schoolyards depave day in 2027.

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James John School, partners add more nature to the playground - North Peninsula Review

Share thisBy Barbara Quinn There was a time when the playground at James John Elementary school in the heart of St. Johns town center was a bleak expanse of hot blacktop surrounded by nondescript chai...

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A rad project from our coalition partners at Thrive East PDX, who used a PCEF mini grant to fuel a project mapping opportunities for immediate shade interventions on publicly owned parcels in East Portland - check it out! storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a2a9...

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Public Land: An Opportunity For Shade In East Portland

Every community needs shaded streets to cope with rising summer temperatures. Due to a history of disinvestment or late annexation, East Portland neighborhoods are less prepared for climate change tha...

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Friends Making Work is an NYC artist-architect collective who featured our work in a recent exhibition highlighting the potential of depaving New York City. Check out this cool write up about the exhibit in the Architect's Newspaper www.archpaper.com/2026/08/cent...

a hunk of asphalt display table in a red walled museum exhibition with blueprints and risographs below a spacious window

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Yes we did! You too can join Depave as a volunteer to help revitalize and regreen our former depaved sites at schools and community centers! depave.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNo8...

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Volunteers help revitalize school playground at Portland elementary school

YouTube video by KGW News

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Michael @hashizu.me · 16/08/2026

I've been ordering from Sparrowhawk for years, native plants are such lovely additions to your garden!

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Hey #PDX Depave's collab with Sparrowhawk Native Plants goes live today! They've got an amazing native and rare plant selection for your yard, and your online orders support Depave's work. Order now, and pick up from Depave volunteers Oct 16 in NE Portland sparrowhawknativeplants.com

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Sparrowhawk Native Plants

Sparrowhawk Native Plants LLC organizes pop-up native plant sales in neighborhoods around Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington for eco-minded home gardeners that want to help birds, pollinators,...

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Updated prize list! We want to see you at drag bingo! Tickets are ONLY $25 and support TREES, PLANTS, LESS ASPHALT, MORE FUN, RAD THINGS, THE BEST FUTURE www.depave.org/events/drag-...

a drag bingo fundraiser for Depave with the amazing poison water sponsored by loyal legion, $25 tickets include 2 bingo sheets. 9 rounds of prizes from patagonia, sloan boutique, omsi, woo woo yoga, rose city hoes, mama and hapas, narwahl law, yum's of pdx, and coy and co

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Last chance to enjoy Depave's Future Green Plaza pop up is TONIGHT (friday 8/7) with RNB after dark! Come dance in the street on our brand new mural and soak up the good vibes... www.depave.org/futuregreenp...

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RNB After Dark — Depave

Join us for a FREE RNB After Dark mini block party outdoors at the Future Green Plaza! DJ SETS , RNB PERFORMANCES , FOOD , VENDORS & all the vibes.

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This is Art Heaux's 4th year helping Depave flip this intersection into a party, and their 2nd time popping up a mini film fest right there in the street! This year's event is supported by AARP and SE Uplift.

humans relaxing under a colorful shade screen in themiddle of an intersection

judi and samara from art heaux studio announcing films on a street stage under a colorful shade sail

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Tonight at the Future Green Plaza @ SE 7th & Sandy #PDX, a bipoc film fest presented by Art Heaux Studio - 8:30 pm - free and open to the public at your people's plaza on the Central Eastside www.depave.org/futuregreenp...

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P-Town Short Film Fest — Depave

Join Art Heaux July 31 8:30pm - 10:00pm to experience and enjoy short films by amazing filmmakers and writers highlighting life experiences, love, and more!

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

"The thing that makes a bike lane “equitable” is that most people can afford a bike even if they can’t afford a car... It turns out the transportation we needed was there all along, just waiting to get better... "E-bikes [are] cutting oil demand by a million barrels a day, probably more than EVs."

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Tour de Planet

Are bikes DEI, or are they a miracle? (Or both?)

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Depave is partnering with Multnomah County Public Health to implement a cooling intervention in the East PDX Gateway area. We might do a micro depave, or we may pop up some shade like this ⬇️ at a hot bus stop. We're analyzing demonstration sites now, let us know if you have a recommendation!

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Artistic Shade Structure for New York City Bus Stop

In the summer of 2025, the vibrant installation “Limes” transformed Washington Empire Plaza in Brooklyn, New York, into a welcoming, shaded public space celebrating Caribbean...

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A slide from Mobycon about how we could build a safe bidirectional greenway on SE 7th from Sandy to Hawthorne. Planted buffers between bikes and cars + Euro-style raised bikeways can cancel out risk associated with bidirectional crossings on busier streets. No excuses PDX, let's get bidirectional!

Bidirectional safety countermeasures

Improve sight lines, increase crossing setbacks, shorten crossing distances, reduce turning speeds, raise site street crossings, eliminate or consolidate conflict points, provide signal protection where appropriate, apply protected intersection geometry at signals, reinforce priority through pavement design.

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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

We can make our streets safer and greener if we want to.

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

It's not too late to take @pbotinfo.bsky.social's survey and weigh in on the Green Loop Concept Plan out now. But it will be too late next week, the online survey closes July 27th. This is a great opportunity to smash the "more trees!" button multiple times 🌱 www.portland.gov/transportati...

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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Cool pics posted on the meta site from DRT. Thanks to @johnthejohnster.bsky.social for sharing! Picture credit About_Bevans on IG. @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social and Bike Summer pennants flying!

A kid holds a map of Seattle while sitting in the bucket of a bakfiets style cargo bike. Many people are preparing to ride their bikes at the Disater Relief Trials.

Picture by About_Bevans on Instagram of a kid and adult on a a bakfiets style cargo bike.

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"urban planning has conceived of land as a blank canvas to be designed upon rather than a living ecology... Disrupting this pattern calls for a reimagination of governance, from ruling over land to participating in the living systems that make life possible in a warming world"

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How can cities beat the heat? The answer is right underfoot. | Opinion

Pavement creates hotter temperatures by absorbing and radiating heat, while blocking the soil and tree canopy coverage that could provide cooling.

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Oh behave Depave! A rrrrowdy fundraiser with POISON WATERS to raise funds for Depave's community projects! Tickets are limited, join us at Loyal Legion on the Central Eastside Sept 15 for drinks, prizes, friends, and fun! www.depave.org/events/drag-...

depave fundraiser: drag bingo with poison waters sponsored by loyal legion tuesday september 15th 5-9 pm

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amb @amb.fyi · 26/07/2026

in all the hubbub about the blazers and cops coming for the Portland Clean Energy Fund, there's not enough discussion about the enormous good that PCEF is already funding - and noting that we'd get less off the good stuff if either effort is successful at siphoning funds katu.com/news/local/w...

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What does the Portland Clean Energy Fund pay for? Inside one program funded by PCEF

Portland leaders may redirect Clean Energy Fund dollars to police or Moda Center upgrades. KATU spotlights current PCEF grants like Girls Build, a green construction camp for foster and unhoused girls...

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Thanks KGW for covering our mural event today! And thanks Judi Pacheco from Art Heaux & Portland Indigenous Marketplace for coordinating our People Over Pavement Summer Series and getting the word out - GO Judi! www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_vI...

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Community members paint mural in Portland's Central Eastside

YouTube video by KGW News

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Thanks to Depave & Portland Indigenous Marketplace's incredible volunteers, the mural is done and tomorrow/Sunday the 26th Depave we celebrate at 11 am with storytelling about the mural and drummers from Klamath Tribes! Info here! www.depave.org/futuregreenp...

Artist Rowena Jackson sits with a vibrant blue painted mural

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Rowena's design was translated to the streetscape by artist Kitana Connely. Today, over 100 volunteers across four shifts painstakingly filled in the design, bringing Rowena's vision of a bright blue c'waam mural to life!

a placard reads people over pavement summer series and you can see people drawing on the asphalt in the background behind a planter full of flowers

two people sit on the ground and paint turquoise paint within black lines

a person makes an outline on the asphalt of a fish

people paint a mural on the ground in a big group, a large street is in the background

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

New mural just dropped at SE 7th & Sandy! C'waam is an endangered, bottom-dwelling suckerfish native to Oregon's Upper Klamath Basin. The art was created by Klamath Tribes member Rowena Jackson (below) to raise awareness about their endangered status. www.klamathtribesnews.org/2025/12/16/r...

a Klamath River sucker fish - c'waam - is painted in the Klamath Tribes style with stylized lines and basketweaving motifs over a blue striped river background with people standing around near it. one person point at it in a black hat

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Depave kicks off our PEOPLE OVER PAVEMENT Summer Series today with Depave Department of Public Works' volunteer-driven plaza installation down at SE 7th & Sandy. Sign up for a volunteer shift with opportunities over the next two weeks ⬇️ www.depave.org/futuregreenp...

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

the 2026 Future Green Plaza has arrived at SE7th & Sandy, thanks to these incredible volunteers. they'll be putting on final touches on the pop up plaza and raising the shade sails today if you want to stop by and say hi! www.depave.org/futuregreenp...

very cute humans pose next to a purple shipping container with welded future green plaza on top

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It is coming along! if you'd like updates, you can sign in here: depave.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/d...

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Depave Department of Public Works is currently transforming SE 7th & Sandy into a public performance space and chill pocket park, drop by and say hi!

people building a stage over asphalt using powertools and placing plywood pieces

people installing planters full of plants over asphalt, and putting on gloves.

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴... 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝘃𝗲 & 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 Thurs Aug 6 4-5:30p SE 7th & Sandy Part of many exciting summer events at Portland's Future Green Plaza @depave.bsky.social RSVP/ info: www.depave.org/futuregreenp...

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Yes! We fully support a Better Burnside and, as always, encourage @pbotinfo.bsky.social to utilize large canopy shade trees and stormwater planters to pursue traffic calming, protected micromobility, and safe refuge for pedestrians.

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Depave's design and engineering team is approaching a "30% design" threshold for this pocket park and PBOT capital project, with 60% threshold planned for this fall, and full shovel ready designs slated for late 2026/early 2027. See our project page on PBOT's site! www.portland.gov/transportati...

an overhead view of designs for the future green plaza, showing bike lanes, new trees, new traffic calming islands on the downhill portion of Sandy as it joins 7th ave, a water feature and pocket park seating area, a lot of new stormwater planter areas, and a portland loo public restroom. Portland Indigenous Marketplace's building and permeable parking lot is shown as an adjacent partner project.

Text: "The Future Green Plaza & SE 7th & Sandy:Transforming a dangerous 5-way intersection into a safe street, cultural plaza, and climate resilient pocket park"

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The People Over Pavement Summer Series continues Depave's work to activate this intersection, and help people (including PBOT Director Millicent Williams!) envision the public pocket park, loo, urban forest, and safe street features we're partnering with PBOT to design and engineer for this site

PBOT director Millicent Williams looks on as a person in an orange vest points to a design of the space

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

To transform the dangerous 5-way intersection at SE 7th & Sandy into a safe place to walk, bike, and rest, we're installing 25 large restoration-juniper planters built by POIC's carpentry apprentices. These planters are filled with flowering plants and attract pollinators to the streetscape!

a group of extremely cute younger folks in work vests poses by beautiful juniper planters in the street

hands holding the roots of a plant with bright flowers and lavender being planted in the backgorund

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Depave will also continue our longtime partnership with unhoused workers in transition at Ground Score Assoc., who we contract to sew our recycled-tent shade structures to cool the pop up plaza, and to water our planters and provide clean up services, w/support from EPA Thriving Communities

josephina del norte performs under a colorful tarp on the street

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Longtime Depave partners Samara Andre & Judi Pacheco of Art Heaux Studio are hosting the People Over Pavement Summer Series this year with support from @aarp.org Community Challenge! Their events are curated to ensure people of all ages and backgrounds feel welcome in this safe street demonstration

two people stand in a shipping container turned art studio, with streets visible outside its door. one of them has their hand reaching out to the camera and afternoon light filters on to their clothes

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Depave PDX @depave.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Here's a LOT of groups, and people, who are saying we want Burnside to connect people, not be another repaving project only for cars @mayorkwilson.bsky.social @councilorclark.bsky.social @councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilortkl.bsky.social @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social @councilorzimmerman.bsky.social

Slack msg from Claire Vlach, BikeLoud's Operation Manager that says, " Good news! Bike Loud was instrumental in getting two coalition letters sent today. One is to D4 councilors in support of a Better West Burnside, and one to D3 councilors in support of a Safer East Burnside. The mayor, PBOT leadership, and relevant PBOT staff were also included. Our coalition included the following organizations:

West Burnside: 1000 Friends of Oregon, Better Block PDX, Downtown Neighborhood Association, Families for Safe Streets, Goose Hollow Foothills League, NW District Association, Old Town Community Association, Oregon Walks, Strong Towns
East Burnside: Strong Towns, Oregon Walks, Le Monde Parents Community, Better Block, plus representatives of Buckman Community Association and Kerns Neighborhood Association

More information about the issues and our asks in the attached letters.

Letter about West Burnside with logos from 10 advocacy groups that says, "1000 Friends of Oregon – Better Block PDX – Bike Loud – Downtown Neighborhood Association
Families for Safe Streets – Goose Hollow Foothills League – NW District Association
Old Town Community Association – Oregon Walks – Strong Towns PDX
Mayor Keith Wilson
City Council Vice President Olivia Clark
City Councilor Mitch Green
City Councilor Eric Zimmerman
Portland Bureau of Transportation Director Millicent Williams

July 21, 2026

Subject: A Better West Burnside

Dear Mayor Wilson, Council Vice President Clark, Councilors Green and Zimmerman, and PBOT Director Williams:

West Burnside has the potential to be a great street. It lies at the heart of our city, linking together neighborhoods as diverse as Old Town, Chinatown, Downtown, the Pearl District, Goose Hollow, and the Northwest District. It connects several major local and tourist destinations, including the Portland Saturday Market, Ankeny Alley and Voodoo Donuts, the Crystal Ballroom, Providence Park, and numerous theaters, bars, and restaurants. It is also the location of the busiest pedestrian intersection in Portland, right in front of Powell's Books on Burnside at 10th Avenue.
The bad news is that West Burnside is currently not living up to its potential. The sidewalks are narrow, the traffic is fast, the crossings are dangerous, and the bus stops are difficult to access -- all characteristics that make the street unpleasant to walk along and that contribute to the street's designation as a High Crash Corridor. The good news is that we have the chance to fix this and to make Burnside the vibrant destination that it should be. The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is planning on repaving Burnside, which is the ideal time to add improvements that would enhance both the economic vitality and the safety of the street. This is especially true given the future Burnside Bridge reconstruction.

Currently, PBOT is pl…

Letter on East Burnside that says, "Strong Towns PDX – Bike Loud – Oregon Walks – Le Monde Parents Community – Better Block PDX

Mayor Keith Wilson
City Councilor Tiffany Koyama Lane
City Councilor Angelita Morillo
City Councilor Steve Novick
Portland Bureau of Transportation Millicent Williams

July 21, 2026

Subject: A Safer East Burnside

Dear Mayor Wilson, Councilors Koyama Lane, Morillo, and Novick, and PBOT Director Williams:

Last Monday, on East Burnside Street at 24th Avenue, a community member riding a motorcycle was killed by a driver while doing something we all do every day: using our streets. We are saddened by the loss of life on our street, but we are not surprised, because we have first-hand experience of how dangerous this stretch of East Burnside is for our community. We want to see Inner East Burnside become a thriving neighborhood main street where locals and visitors alike want to spend time and patronize local businesses.

East Burnside from 16th to 30th Avenues has the potential to be a great main street. It lies at the intersection of two vibrant inner-city neighborhoods, Buckman on the south side and Kerns on the north side.
Local businesses line the street, including restaurants, coffee shops, medical and veterinary offices, a grocery store, a dance studio, a movie theater, and much more.
Four schools are located either directly on or within three blocks of the stretch of East Burnside between 16th and 30th, including Buckman Elementary School, Da Vinci Arts Middle School, Le Monde French Immersion K-8 School, and Central Catholic High School.
Bus stops line East Burnside, which is served by TriMet Bus 20, one of the most heavily ridden routes in the system.
Many neighbors live in a variety of housing types along the street, ranging from large multi-story apartment buildings to duplexes and single-family homes.

Unfortunately, East Burnside acts as a dangerous barrier between the Buckman and Kerns neighborhoods rather than as…

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