Information Launch: Have fun open streets and downtown enjoyable at Sunday Parkways on Sept. 14!

(Sept. 9, 2025) Portland Sunday Parkways, Presented by Kaiser Permanente, returns to Downtown Portland on Sept. 14 with a brand-new route for strolling, biking, rolling, and taking part in in a vibrant car-free surroundings from 12 – 5 p.m. Made attainable with funding from the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) and led by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), this block get together expertise will spotlight lots of the distinctive facilities of Portland’s metropolis middle—its public areas, cultural locations, and distinctive native companies.

Hop on a motorbike bus to downtown or deal with your self to a staycation weekend

Join your neighbors on considered one of seven guided bike bus routes that can journey to the Downtown Portland Sunday Parkways occasion on Sept. 14. In partnership with Mike Bennett Studios, every route will characteristic a beloved illustrated security critter because the route mascot. Volunteer route leaders will lead inbound rides to Downtown Portland Sunday Parkways, and outbound rides leaving the Downtown Portland Sunday Parkways journey on the Frog, Snail, Slug, Sloth, Manatee, Chameleon, and Turtle routes. For full particulars, see the Sunday Parkways bike bus part on the Sunday Parkways web site.

Downtown Portland Sunday Parkways and PBOT are proud partners of Portland Staycation. Make it a weekend and be a part of mates, household, and neighbors for Portland’s first-ever Staycation, a three-day celebration of the whole lot that makes our downtown vibrant: stay music from PDX Pop Now, Timbers soccer, Downtown Sunday Parkways, particular eating affords, and extra.

Book a keep at a downtown resort. Dine out. Show up. This is a weekend designed to activate the town from inside—by Portlanders, for Portlanders. Visit PortlandStaycation.com for offers and particulars.

Do you wish to study extra concerning the Downtown Portland Sunday Parkways occasion? Keep updated by texting “Downtown” to 888-520-0526 for the most recent occasion updates and particulars throughout occasion week.

Experience downtown Portland such as you by no means have earlier than!

Sunday Parkways is thrilled to companion with native organizations and enterprise to rework the center of the town right into a vigorous playground for all ages to discover.

Some of the highlights at Downtown Portland Sunday Parkways embody:

• Experience SW Broadway like by no means earlier than! From stay jazz on the iconic Benson Hotel to scrumptious bites and drinks from The Heathman, Hilton Portland Downtown, Kimpton Hotel Vintage, Bidwell Marriott, and Hotel Lucia alongside SW Broadway—plus a particular activation from Dossier Hotel on SW Park Avenue—downtown transforms right into a hub of music, taste, and enjoyable outdoors these landmark motels.
• Grab a buddy and rediscover downtown as a pedestrian with the Walk Portland Downtown Route! Walk Portland is a pedestrian wayfinding pilot undertaking that connects key locations and seeks to make it simpler than ever for folks to discover the town on foot. You are invited to discover a piece of the route throughout a guided stroll at 2 p.m., beginning subsequent to the Pioneer Courthouse Square information sales space on the nook of SW Broadway and Morrison Street. To discover the strolling route at your personal tempo, search for the oval wayfinding indicators and observe the marked route.
• Participate within the Kaiser Permanente Sticker Hunt by visiting their 4 cubicles to have interaction in enjoyable actions that promote wholesome, energetic dwelling. Collect a sticker at every location and convey your accomplished map to any Kaiser Permanente sales space to earn a prize!
• James Beard Public Market is coming to Pioneer Courthouse Square! Stop by to study extra about this year-round public market—opening in 2026—that celebrates Portland’s personal culinary son, James Beard, and showcases the very best of our area’s meals and neighborhood.
• Fantasy Fest, in collaboration with Geek Week PDX, will rework Director Park right into a celebration of all issues geek. The festivities embody a Cosplay Bike Ride starting at 1 p.m. on the southwest nook of SW Park Avenue and Yamhill Street, a live-action Dungeons & Dragons expertise, a curated market that includes artists and distributors, and a particular look from Dracula by Oregon Ballet Theatre.
• Enjoy Broadway and musical performances at Main Street Plaza on SW Broadway, hosted by Portland’5 Centers for the Arts, that includes the Metropolitan Youth Symphony, and Stumptown Stages.
• Experience dynamic performances on the Lovejoy Fountain stage hosted by Halprin Landscape Conservancy and TriMet, together with the Takohachi Traditional Japanese Drums, Renegade Opera, MC “Shoehorn” Conely, and the Risk of Change performance troupe.
• Enjoy drag performances and interactive artwork actions at The Cart Blocks, plus discover the everlasting meals carts serving up scrumptious bites.
• Visit PSU Park Blocks to fulfill college students and college from Portland State University, Oregon’s most various college. Attendees may also study concerning the 6-mile Green Loop linear park/multiuse path.

Getting to the downtown Portland occasion

Getting there could be a part of the journey! With restricted parking accessible, we encourage you to stroll, bike, roll, or hop on public transit. Plan forward to take advantage of your day and arrive prepared for enjoyable.

• Hop on considered one of seven guided Sunday Parkways bike bus routes! Bike Bus Volunteers will lead inbound rides to Downtown Portland Sunday Parkways, and outbound rides leaving the Downtown Portland Sunday Parkways journey. Full particulars on the Sunday Parkways web site.
• Bookmark the Sunday Parkways Google map to assist with navigation on occasion day, discover BIKETOWN bike-share stations alongside the route, and extra.
• Roll into Sunday Parkways with BIKETOWN e-bikes and scooters! Get $2 off your journey if you finish within the Sunday Parkways route. Please bear in mind to lock the bike if you’re achieved using.
• Plan your bus path to get to the occasion utilizing TriMet’s Trip Planner. Bringing your bike isn’t any drawback as TriMet buses are outfitted with bike racks.
• PBOT has shared e-scooter packages with Lime and BIKETOWN + Lyft you could entry out of your telephone and pay by the minute to make use of.
• Traveling by automobile? Take benefit of the $7 all-day weekend charge at considered one of Portland’s 5 public SensiblePark parking garages.

Traffic impacts

During Downtown Portland Sunday Parkways, streets alongside the route will begin to near motorized site visitors from 10 a.m. to six p.m., with restricted native entry accessible to properties and companies on the route. Avoid the realm to keep away from delays!

The Downtown Portland Sunday Parkways route options designated crossings for motorized autos to permit secure passage by the realm. Car site visitors is permitted to cross the occasion route on the following main roadways: SW Washington, Alder, Taylor, Jefferson, Clay, and Market streets in addition to SW Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth avenues.

Parking on streets alongside the Downtown Portland Sunday Parkways route is forbidden on the day of the occasion. “No Parking” indicators will likely be posted upfront. Vehicles left on the route will likely be towed starting at 6 a.m. on occasion day.

For extra details about site visitors impacts, see the Prepare for Street Closures part on the Sunday Parkways web site.  

TriMet Bus Detours

TriMet’s MAX traces and Portland Streetcar will function with regular Sunday routes and timing. Traffic flaggers will handle intersections alongside the occasion route that includes rail traces.

As a part of Sunday Parkways partnership with TriMet, some bus traces will likely be detoured to assist riders navigate across the occasion. Bus detours are in impact solely on Sunday, Sept. 14, beginning at 11 a.m. Normal service will resume after 5:30 p.m.

People using TriMet buses ought to go to Trimet.org/Home/Alerts for extra particulars and the most recent data on service impacts and updates.

Plan forward and keep within the loop! Bookmark the Sunday Parkways public Google map for data on designated automobile crossing factors, TriMet detour routes, the occasion route, and extra!

About Portland Sunday Parkways

Portland Sunday Parkways Presented by Kaiser Permanente, is a Portland Bureau of Transportation program in partnership with the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) that promotes wholesome energetic dwelling by a collection of free occasions opening the town’s largest public house – its streets – to stroll, bike, roll, and join with neighborhood. For extra data, go to PortlandSundayParkways.org or name 3-1-1 (503-823-4000).

About Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente is dedicated to serving to form the way forward for well being care. We are acknowledged as considered one of America’s main well being care suppliers and not-for-profit well being plans. Founded in 1945, Kaiser Permanente has a mission to supply high-quality, reasonably priced well being care companies and to enhance the well being of our members and the communities we serve. We at the moment serve almost 12.6 million members in 8 states and the District of Columbia. Care for members and sufferers is targeted on their complete well being and guided by their private Permanente Medical Group physicians, specialists, and group of caregivers. Our professional and caring medical groups are empowered and supported by industry-leading know-how advances and instruments for well being promotion, illness prevention, state-of-the-art care supply, and world-cl ass power illness administration. Kaiser Permanente is devoted to care improvements, scientific analysis, well being training, and the help of neighborhood well being. For extra data, go to about.kp.org.

About Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF)

The Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) initiative was handed by 65% of Portland voters in November 2018. It offers a constant, long-term funding supply and oversight construction to make sure that our neighborhood’s local weather motion efforts are applied to help social, financial, and environmental advantages for all Portlanders, notably communities who’ve been traditionally under-resourced. The initiative was supported by a broad coalition of teams and people and represents the primary environmental initiative in Oregon led by communities on the frontlines of local weather change.