Current Projects
These projects are currently engaged in a phase of the Better Block PSU project pathway.
- (2025-2026) Kernside / East Burnside: Students worked with the Kerns Neighborhood Association and other partners to improve the safety, access, and community of the East Burnside corridor between 20th and 28th Avenues.
- (2024-2025) Bridgeless Burnside: As plans move forward for an earthquake-ready replacement of Portland's Burnside Bridge, several Portland neighborhood associations and the Better Block PSU program are taking the opportunity to reimagine a segment of West Burnside street.
- (2024-2025) International School of Portland: Students are working to improve walking and biking access to a campus serving nearly 400 students from preschool to fifth grade.
- (2024) Steel Bridge Skatepark: Portland's Old Town neighborhood is getting a new skatepark, and a team of PSU transportation students were instrumental in bringing the project from idea to reality.
- (2023) Washington County Intersection Redesign: This project, led byWashington County Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator Shelly Oylear, engaged PSU students in the redesign of an intersection in Washington County.
- (2023) Living Streets Project: Building on the 2022 "Car Free Zones in Downtown Portland" project, a PSU student team developed a new "living streets" concept for Portland's city center.
