From the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) and the Bureau of Transportation (PBOT).
Join us for the second neighborhood walk along SE 72nd Avenue on Tuesday, June 14th from 5:30pm – 6:45pm. This walk along SE 72nd Avenue will meet and end at the northwest corner of SE 72nd and Flavel in front of Three Sisters Nixtamal. We hope you will join us and invite others to participate, too. These are approximately 1.5-mile walks.
From the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) and the Bureau of Transportation (PBOT).
We are reaching out to you regarding the Lower Southeast Rising Projectonline open house and survey because we want to hear from community members in your neighborhood. You may have already heard about this project via the postcards, emails, community bike rides, or door-to-door outreach since last summer that helped to identify project area needs and issues. Now, we would like to invite you to participate in a self-guided online open house and survey as part of the next round of community feedback.
The online open house features a welcome and introduction video, an overview of four future community development scenarios, and a synopsis of potential transportation improvements. After learning about the options, you can take an online survey to give us your feedback and preferences. You can also help us spread the word to your community to make the public outreach as robust and inclusive as possible. The online open house and a survey are available now through June 30.
The project team is also available to present at upcoming neighborhood association meetings. Please contact us if you would like BPS and PBOT representatives to share a project overview and answer any questions or concerns that you or other community members might have. We are planning to complete the current round of public engagement by June 30.
Additionally, two neighborhood walk events are planned in June. We hope you will join us and invite others to participate, too. These approximately 1.5-mile walks will focus on two focus areas:
SE 52nd Avenue neighborhood walk on Thursday, June 2nd from 5:30pm – 6:45pm. This walk along SE 52nd Avenue will meet and end at the northwest corner of SE 52nd and Duke, across the street from ROSE CDC.
SE 72nd Avenue neighborhood walk on Tuesday, June 14th from 5:30pm – 6:45pm. This walk along SE 72nd Avenue will meet and end at the northwest corner of SE 72nd and Flavel in front of Three Sisters Nixtamal.
Infill of sidewalks along Duke and Flavel streets, along with installation of an east-west bicycle greenway midway between the two, has been delayed. Unexpected difficulties with the design (including the design budget) extended design work; it should be completed before the end of this year. In addition, the project is mostly funded by the federal government, which has meant longer than usual turn-around times for approvals and right-of-way acquisition.
Finally and unsurprisingly, the pandemic has taken its toll on PBOT’s work force. It has also reduced the downtown parking revenues that make up a large part of PBOT’s budget. PBOT complemented our federal funding with funds of its own to make our projects possible; but revenue shortfalls mean delays.
Barring any new issues, sidewalk infill and greenway installation should occur in late 2023. We’re disappointed, of course, but we realize that PBOT is doing all it can, in the face of numerous stressors, to accomplish our projects – along with dozens of others all over the city. We should keep in mind that we’re not the only neighborhoods with delayed projects – and let’s also remember that the city has invested millions of dollars in our neighborhood in recent years.
BDNA Note: Please take the survey linked at the bottom before September 6th, 2021!
From Portland Bureau of Transportation:
BPS and PBOT launch latest planning effort: Lower Southeast Rising Area Plan
City bureaus to address the historic lack of infrastructure investment in this area of Southeast and East Portland; seek community input to guide healthy community development.
The Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) and Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) are collaborating with community members to assess land use and transportation issues for Brentwood-Darlington and portions of the Lents, Ardenwald-Johnson Creek, Mt Scott-Arleta, and Woodstock neighborhoods. This new planning effort is called the Lower Southeast Rising Area Plan.
The bureaus recognize the historic lack of infrastructure investment in this area of East Portland. So they are seeking community input to guide healthy community development for the area, which has many unimproved roads, sidewalk gaps, limited street networks, poor transit service, and few neighborhood commercial amenities.
[Image Description: A neighbor walks two dogs down the side of a street without sidewalks.]Continue reading →
As Portland grows and changes, so does our transportation system. Learn about the fundamentals that shape the 2035 Transportation System Plan and what that could mean for how you get around Portland.
PBOT’s Transportation System Plan (TSP) Video on YouTube
What is the Transportation System Plan?
The Transportation System Plan (TSP) is the 20-year plan to guide transportation policies and investments in Portland by:
Supporting the City’s commitment to Vision Zero by saving lives and reducing injuries to all people using our transportation system
Helping transit and freight vehicles to move more reliably
Reducing, carbon emissions and promoting healthy lifestyles
Keeping more money in the local economy, as we spend less on vehicles and fuel
Free Lunch + Play supports families by offering nutritious meals and recreational activities during the summer recess, Monday, June 21 – Friday, August 20, 2021.
[Image Description: List of SE locations for Summer Free For All Lunch + Play]
Working alongside school districts, community partners, arts organizations, and hunger relief groups, PP&R coordinates Free Lunch + Play to ensure that it meets the needs in our community. During the school year, 57% of young Portlanders qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Without school lunches, summer becomes the time when nearly 50,000 Portland children face hunger daily.
Free Lunch + Play offers accessible meal service and engaging activities at multiple parks throughout the city. In addition, Mobile Lunch + Play allows us to expand our program directly to children and families at apartment complexes and parks in even more neighborhoods.
Monday, June 21 – Friday, August 20, 2021 Monday, June 28 – Friday, August 27 (Gateway Discovery Park and Luuwit View Park) No programming on Monday, July 5.
Free Lunch + Play locations operate Monday through Friday, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Mobile Lunch + Play locations operate two days a week at specific times.
Free Lunches (Almuerzos gratis)
Safe distance fun and games (Distancia segura para juegos y diversión)
Check out the improvements happening on near Flavel Park as part of the Springwater Connector Neighborhood Greenway project! To sign up for updates on this and other land use and transportation projects in Brentwood-Darlington, email bdlanduse@gmail.com. Photos courtesy of Stephenie F., Chair of the Brentwood-Darlington Neighborhood Association (BDNA) Land Use and Transportation Committee (LUTC).
View of multi-use path from SE Lambert St [Image Description: A freshly paved footpath winds through grass covered in fall leaves.]Continue reading →
Image of zebra striped crossing at SE 72nd Ave/SE Duke Street. Photo by Stephenie Frederick, BDNA Land Use and Transportation Chair.
Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has been sending Brentwood-Darlington lots of street improvements that mean more safety for our residents, especially our kids!
Brentwood-Darlington Neighborhood Association 