Three of Portland’s five city council members rode a bike in Sunday Parkways
Whether it translates into support to fund the program, remains to be seen.
Sunday Parkways
Welcome to our Sunday Parkways story archives.
This open streets event began in 2008 and is managed by the Portland Bureau of Transportation. Browse the headlines below for all our Sunday Parkways event recaps, news items, and photo galleries.
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Sunday Parkways returns to southwest, and PBOT leaders mark the occasion
Two members of city council biked at the event — and they saw everything Parkways is so beloved for.
Sunday Parkways season kicks off in east Portland
First of three coming this year.
Guest Article: How to make Sunday Parkways better
Guest author Andrew Lindstrom compares Portland’s Sunday Parkways with the Colombian event it was modeled after.
Sunday Parkways 2023 dates and routes released
This summer’s three Sunday Parkways events will be held in east, northeast and southwest Portland.
PBOT: There will be only three Sunday Parkways events in 2023
The Portland Bureau of Transportation has new plans for Sunday Parkways – and they may be disappointing to fans of the annual open streets event. This summer marked Sunday Parkways’ return for the first time since the pandemic began, but instead of the usual five in-person events held throughout the summer, there were only two … Read more
Get your bike ready for Parkways at PBOT’s East Portland Neighborhood Bike Fair this Sunday
How excited are you for August’s Sunday Parkways in east Portland? At the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s East Portland Neighborhood Bike Fair this Sunday (8/7), you can get set up with everything you’ll need to hit the streets on August 21st and have a blast at the final Sunday Parkways of the summer. The Bike … Read more
Sunday Parkways returns this weekend!
This Sunday, six miles of streets in Portland’s northeast Cully neighborhood will be free of cars and open to people walking, biking and rolling. That’s right: Sunday Parkways, Portland’s beloved annual summer open streets event, is back in-person after two years off and it’s almost time for the kickoff. During the last two summers, the … Read more
First two Sunday Parkways events will be all-digital
In very unsurprising news, the Portland Bureau of Transportation announced yesterday that the May and June editions of Sunday Parkways will not take place. At least not in their usual, party-in-the-streets format. “We cannot gather on our streets right now, but we’re not giving up on this tradition!” Commissioner Chloe Eudaly said in a statement. … Read more
Parkways showed what Portland looks like when we embrace our values
For five precious hours yesterday, the City of Portland gave us a gift: They prohibited the use of cars on a loop of roads through downtown and the Central Eastside.