Portland Bureau of Transportation
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Official account for the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). Report road hazards 24/7 to 503-823-1700.
Learn more at https://www.portland.gov/transportation
Learn more at https://www.portland.gov/transportation
Tap this link to learn more about Vision Zero, Portland's goal to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries on our streets: portland.gov/transportation/vision-zero.
Vision Zero: Eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries
Through the Vision Zero program, Portland Bureau of Transportation and our partners are working to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries on our streets.
portland.gov
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Tap this link to learn more about Vision Zero, Portland's goal to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries on our streets: portland.gov/transportation/vision-zero.
Let’s look out for each other this holiday. Do your part so everyone gets home safe. And after you wake up from the festivities, go support Portland’s incredible small businesses on Saturday!
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Let’s look out for each other this holiday. Do your part so everyone gets home safe. And after you wake up from the festivities, go support Portland’s incredible small businesses on Saturday!
In advance of the holiday, @portlandpolice.bsky.social partnered with multiple agencies across the metro area to promote safe travel through a combination of traffic safety resources and enforcement united to enhance safe driving behaviors and prevent traffic deaths and serious injuries.
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
In advance of the holiday, @portlandpolice.bsky.social partnered with multiple agencies across the metro area to promote safe travel through a combination of traffic safety resources and enforcement united to enhance safe driving behaviors and prevent traffic deaths and serious injuries.
Last year, five people were killed in traffic crashes in Portland over the four-day Thanksgiving holiday.
Traffic deaths are unacceptable. We can and must do better.
Traffic deaths are unacceptable. We can and must do better.
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Last year, five people were killed in traffic crashes in Portland over the four-day Thanksgiving holiday.
Traffic deaths are unacceptable. We can and must do better.
Traffic deaths are unacceptable. We can and must do better.
Between 2019 and 2023, 70% of Portland’s deadly crashes involved alcohol and/or drug impairment. In that time, we lost 206 family members, friends, loved ones, and neighbors.
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Between 2019 and 2023, 70% of Portland’s deadly crashes involved alcohol and/or drug impairment. In that time, we lost 206 family members, friends, loved ones, and neighbors.
- Watch for people walking, biking, and rolling — they’re more vulnerable in a crash.
- Slow down. Lower speeds save lives.
- Slow down. Lower speeds save lives.
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
- Watch for people walking, biking, and rolling — they’re more vulnerable in a crash.
- Slow down. Lower speeds save lives.
- Slow down. Lower speeds save lives.
- Drive sober and alert.
- If you plan to drink alcohol or use other intoxicants, arrange for a sober driver, request a ride-hailing service or taxi, or take transit (buses, MAX, and Streetcar will run on Sunday schedules).
- If you plan to drink alcohol or use other intoxicants, arrange for a sober driver, request a ride-hailing service or taxi, or take transit (buses, MAX, and Streetcar will run on Sunday schedules).
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
- Drive sober and alert.
- If you plan to drink alcohol or use other intoxicants, arrange for a sober driver, request a ride-hailing service or taxi, or take transit (buses, MAX, and Streetcar will run on Sunday schedules).
- If you plan to drink alcohol or use other intoxicants, arrange for a sober driver, request a ride-hailing service or taxi, or take transit (buses, MAX, and Streetcar will run on Sunday schedules).
Just like you plan how you’ll cook your turkey or choose between pumpkin pie and pecan pie (we agree: both), take a moment to plan how you and your loved ones will get home safely.
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Just like you plan how you’ll cook your turkey or choose between pumpkin pie and pecan pie (we agree: both), take a moment to plan how you and your loved ones will get home safely.
Thanks for flagging this. Our Temporary Street Use team is aware. They issued a production company this permit for three days of filming. The No Parking sign is for Nov. 21 and Nov. 26, not the entire week. Sounds like filming has been delayed though, so these signs will be removed for now.
November 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Thanks for flagging this. Our Temporary Street Use team is aware. They issued a production company this permit for three days of filming. The No Parking sign is for Nov. 21 and Nov. 26, not the entire week. Sounds like filming has been delayed though, so these signs will be removed for now.
You can learn more about our effort to reduce speeds on cut through routes at www.portland.gov/transportati...
Speed reduction on neighborhood cut-through routes
The 10-cent local gas tax known as Fixing Our Streets includes funding for reducing speeds on neighborhood streets with high speeds and high traffic volumes. The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBO...
www.portland.gov
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
You can learn more about our effort to reduce speeds on cut through routes at www.portland.gov/transportati...
These projects are funded by Fixing Our Streets, the local 10-cent gas tax that was approved by voters in May 2016, May 2020, and again in May 2024. Learn more about Fixing Our Streets at www.portland.gov/transportati...
Fixing Our Streets
Portland's voter-approved 10-cent gas tax and heavy vehicle use tax for fixing our streets and making them safer for all. Funds support the work of the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) to repa...
www.portland.gov
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
These projects are funded by Fixing Our Streets, the local 10-cent gas tax that was approved by voters in May 2016, May 2020, and again in May 2024. Learn more about Fixing Our Streets at www.portland.gov/transportati...
To choose routes, PBOT developed an evaluation matrix combining things like automobile speeds and volumes, policy considerations like priority safe routes to school corridors, and neighborhood impacts. Streets with the highest speeds & traffic volumes in areas of highest needs were prioritized.
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
To choose routes, PBOT developed an evaluation matrix combining things like automobile speeds and volumes, policy considerations like priority safe routes to school corridors, and neighborhood impacts. Streets with the highest speeds & traffic volumes in areas of highest needs were prioritized.
Learn more about this project: www.portland.gov/transportati...
www.portland.gov
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Learn more about this project: www.portland.gov/transportati...
This project is funded with $600,000 from Fixing Our Streets and $275,000 from Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center (CREEC). The Fixing Our Streets $0.10 per gallon fuel tax was approved by voters in May 2016, May 2020, and again in May 2024. www.portland.gov/transportati...
Fixing Our Streets
Portland's voter-approved 10-cent gas tax and heavy vehicle use tax for fixing our streets and making them safer for all. Funds support the work of the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) to repa...
www.portland.gov
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This project is funded with $600,000 from Fixing Our Streets and $275,000 from Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center (CREEC). The Fixing Our Streets $0.10 per gallon fuel tax was approved by voters in May 2016, May 2020, and again in May 2024. www.portland.gov/transportati...
In addition to the new sidewalks, we’re removing the existing temporary transit platform, updating 3 curb ramps to be ADA-compliant, building a curb extension at the northeast corner at SE 80th Avenue, & installing a sump maintenance hole at the intersection of SE 81st Avenue and Washington Street.
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
In addition to the new sidewalks, we’re removing the existing temporary transit platform, updating 3 curb ramps to be ADA-compliant, building a curb extension at the northeast corner at SE 80th Avenue, & installing a sump maintenance hole at the intersection of SE 81st Avenue and Washington Street.
Tap the link to learn more about Vision Zero, Portland’s goal to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries on our streets: portland.gov/transportation/vision-zero.
Vision Zero: Eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries
Through the Vision Zero program, Portland Bureau of Transportation and our partners are working to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries on our streets.
portland.gov
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Tap the link to learn more about Vision Zero, Portland’s goal to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries on our streets: portland.gov/transportation/vision-zero.
Each year, the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims honors those who have been killed and injured on roads around the globe—1.35 million people each year worldwide.
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Each year, the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims honors those who have been killed and injured on roads around the globe—1.35 million people each year worldwide.
City Council Vice President Tiffany Koyama Lane and Councilor Jamie Dunphy and state legislators Dacia Grayber, Thuy Tran, and Mark Gamba all spoke at the event.
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
City Council Vice President Tiffany Koyama Lane and Councilor Jamie Dunphy and state legislators Dacia Grayber, Thuy Tran, and Mark Gamba all spoke at the event.
All echoed the call for safer street design, and several called for the introduction of a Stop Super Speeders bill in the 2027 Oregon legislative session, which would require speed limiters in the vehicles of egregious repeat speeders.
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
All echoed the call for safer street design, and several called for the introduction of a Stop Super Speeders bill in the 2027 Oregon legislative session, which would require speed limiters in the vehicles of egregious repeat speeders.
Bereaved parents, siblings, nephews, friends, and partners shared deeply personal stories of their loved ones, and survivors described their personal experiences of traffic violence.
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Bereaved parents, siblings, nephews, friends, and partners shared deeply personal stories of their loved ones, and survivors described their personal experiences of traffic violence.