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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.
A ways to go before May 13th. Sunday Parkways needs our help. Yes, the transformative, widely loved, amazing community event that has endeared itself to our city since it first happened in 2008, is getting less love from the City budget these days. That means PBOT and their presenting sponsor Kaiser Permanente are hitting the … Read more
PBOT has decided to fully close Willamette Blvd to auto traffic.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Mayor Sam Adams used his State of the City address to announce that he remains committed to five Sunday Parkways events this year. He also announced that, for the first time ever, the popular event will be held in Southwest Portland. … Read more
Worth every penny.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland.org) Ciclovias, the global term for what we call Sunday Parkways here in Portland, are nothing short of a revolution. Started in Latin America in the 1960s and made widely known by Bogota, Colombia, the events have spread like wildfire across North America in the last decade. But with city … Read more
Sheets of rain didn’t stop big crowds from showing up to Sunday Parkways Northeast.(Photos © J. Maus)
It was Southeast Portland’s turn to enjoy the Sunday Parkways splendor.(Photos © J. Maus)
People enjoying carfree streets at the 2010 Sunday Parkways Southeast.(Photo © J. Maus)
Portlanders jumped at the chance to enjoy sun and carfree streets. (Photos © J. Maus)
The scene on NW 13th during last year’s event. Expect bigger crowds if the sun holds out through the weekend.(Photos © J. Maus)
Record crowds.(Photo © J. Maus) Last night I went out on a limb and said the North Portland Sunday Parkways was the largest ever. Well, turns out that it wasn’t much of a limb. According to PBOT’s official count, an estimated 31,600 people were at the event yesterday. Linda Ginenthal, a Program Manager for the … Read more
Huge and delighted crowds swarmed the streets and parks of North Portland today. More photos below.(Photos © J. Maus)
Sunday Parkways got off to a solid start in outer East Portland yesterday.(Photos © J. Maus)
Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about.(Photos © J. Maus) PBOT has once again decided to create a loop of streets in East Portland carfree for five hours this Sunday. This crazy scheme to force people out of their cars and into the streets to meet their neighbors and enjoy their community is called “Sunday Parkways”. … Read more