Southwest Portland Improvements On Table As PBOT Hosts Town Hall

PORTLAND, OR – There's a lot of great things about Southwest Portland. The ability for walkers and bicyclists to get around is not one of them.

The Portland Bureau of Transportation says that while the area's population has been growing, improvements to sidewalks and bike paths have not been keeping pace.

PBOT says that less than 50 percent of the major streets in Southwest have sidewalks on either one or both sides.

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They want to change that.

Officials from the bureau have been meeting with neighborhood representatives to develop a list of possible walking, biking, and street crossing projects along with a second list of major priorities that need more study.

On Thursday evening, PBOT will present these options to the community to get feedback about ways to move forward.

The ideas, dubbed "Southwest in Motion," will be presented from 5:30 p.m. through 7:30 p.m. at Jackson Middle School at 10625 Southwest 35th Avenue in Portland.

In addition to Southwest in Motion, PBOT staff will discuss:

• SW Multnomah Blvd / Garden Home Road Intersection Safety Project;
• Safe Routes to School projects in SW Portland; and
• Portland Pathways, formerly known as the Urban Trails Program

PBOT hopes to use the feedback to develop the Southwest in Motion plan that they will present to the city council next year.

Photo via PBOT.