Traffic Safety Resources
Traffic Safety Resources
Read More…Phone: 503-823-5185
Fax: 503-823-7576
1120 SW Fifth Ave, Suite 800, Portland, OR 97204
StreetSmart Safety
Traffic Safety Resources
Traffic Safety Resources
- BROCHURE: A Guide to Pedestrian Safety
- BROCHURE: What You Need To Know About Oregon Crosswalk Laws
- BROCHURE: Crosswalks
- BROCHURE: Skate Friendly Portland
- Bicycle Safety & Education
- Community Policing Transportation Safety Agreement
- I SHARE THE ROAD Pledge
- Illegal cell phone use enforcement
- Oregon Vehicle Code-Speeding and Rules of the Road
- Pedestrian Crosswalk Enforcement Actions
- Rapid Flash Beacons
- Real Solutions to Traffic Safety Problems
- Red light running enforcement
- Traffic Calming Glossary
- VIDEO: "Beacon Buddies"
- VIDEO: Portland Walks -- Be Safe!
- VIDEO: "Every Corner Is A Crosswalk"
- What Is The Purpose of A STOP Sign?
- Yard Sign Lender Program
High Crash Corridor Program
High Crash Corridor Program
Traffic Calming Devices & Photos
Links to descriptions of the common tools used for traffic calming.
- Speed Bumps
- Speed Bumps
- Curb Extensions
- Pedestrian Improvements PHOTOS
- Chicanes
- Traffic Circle PHOTOS
- Stop Signs
- Raised Crosswalks
- Roundabout Photos
- Traffic Circles
- Rubber Speed Bumps PHOTOS
- Traffic Volume Reduction PHOTOS
- Traffic Circle
- Skinny Streets
- Median Barriers
- Devices 101
- Choke Point
- Entrance Treatments
- Speed Cushions in Austin, TX. - A Power Point presentation (2.4 meg)
- Cul de Sacs
- School Improvements PHOTOS
- Diagonal Diverters
- Vehicle Exclusion Lanes
- Semi-Diverters
- Device Photo Albums
- Pedestrian Refuges/Slow Points
Traffic Calming Studies and Reports
A list of reports that studied Portland's programs and devices.
- Arterial Traffic Calming Program Report
- Collisions on Traffic Calmed Streets
- Emergency Response Study Recommendations DRAFT
- Fourteen Foot Speed Bumps
- High Collision Locations
- Impact Threshold Curve
- Impact of Traffic Calming Devices on Emergency Vehicles Report
- List of Emergency Response Route Streets
- Offset Speed Tables for Reduced Emergency Response Delay
- Pedestrian Crash Map
- Red Light Camera Biennial Report 2003
- Red Light Camera Biennial Report 2005
- Red Light Camera Biennial Report 2007
- Red Light Camera Biennial Report 2009
- Red Light Camera Biennial Report 2011
- School Crossing Treatment Study 1997
- Speed Bump Citizen Focus Group
- Speed Bump Peer Review Report 1998 Part 1
- Speed Bump Peer Review Report 1998 Part 2
- Speed Bump Peer Review Report 1998 Part 3
- Split Speed Bump Report 1998
- Traffic Circles
- Twenty-two Foot Speed Bumps
Transportation Safety Summit
Learn about Portland's efforts to improve transportation safety, understand what other organizations are doing that can impact transportation safety, strengthen relationships with partners to improve collaboration, and more.
- 2005 Transportation Safety Summit Agenda
- 2007 Transportation Safety Summit "State of the City" Presentation
- 2007 Transportation Safety Summit Agenda
- 2008 Presentation "Where Do People Bicycle?"
- 2008 CSTSP Programs & Services Inventory
- 2008 Health Subcommittee Asthma Briefing by Multmonah County Health Department
- 2008 State of the City Presentation on Transportation Safety
- 2008 Transportation Safety Summit Agenda
- 2010 Break-Out Session: Bicycle Network Map
- 2010 Break-Out Session: Bicycle Safety
- 2010 Break-Out Session: High Crash Corridors
- 2010 Break-Out Session: High Crash Corridors Map
- 2010 Break-Out Session: Pedestrian Safety
- 2010 Break-Out Session: Pedestrian Safety "Sidewalks" Map
- 2010 Break-Out Session: Safe Routes To School "Location" Map
- 2010 Transportation Safety Summit Report
- 2011 Break-Out Session: High Crash Corridors
- 2011 Break-Out Session: Safe Routes To School
- 2011 East Portland in Motion feedback
- 2011 Transportation Safety Summit "State of the City" Presentation
- 2011 Transportation Safety Summit Invitation
- 2011 Transportation Safety Summit Photos
- 2012 Transportation Safety Summit
- Invitation from Mayor Adams to attend the 2010 Transportation Safety Summit
DUII
Learn about Portland?s efforts to develop a comprehensive approach to DUII including prevention, enforcement, adjudication, and treatment.
- Oregon DUII Flow Chart
- Oregon Fatal Crashes 2007 - 2008
- Cost to Society: Alcohol-Involved Portland Traffic Crashes 1996-2005
- DUII Fatalities 1999 - 2002
- DUII Work Group Accomplishments
- DUII Working Group Work Plan 2009/2010
- "A Strategy for Reducing the Impact of Driving Under Influence of Intoxicants in Portland, Oregon" report by PSU, March 2008
- Governor's Advisory Committee on DUII
- House Bill 2491
- ODOT "Impaired Driving" website
- Oregon DUII Resource Guide
- Should sobriety checkpoints be reinstated in Oregon?
Traffic Calming Project Evaluations
City of Portland project evaluation reports, sorted by area of the city and by type of project.
- SW Corbett - Boundary to Nebraska
- NW Cornell Road - Lovejoy to Tunnel
- SE Harold Street - 52nd Ave to Foster Rd
- NE 47th Avenue- Prescott to Fremont
- SE Gladstone, 26th to 39th Avenue
- Peninsula Elementary School
- SE 115th Avenue - Holgate to Harold
- SE Clinton, 26th to 39th Avenue
- SW 35th Ave - Vermont to Capitol Highway
- NE 15th Avenue - Fremont to Prescott
- NE 128th Avenue - Halsey to Glisan
- NW Cornell Road- Audubon Society Entrance
- SE 113th Avenue - Burnside to Stark
- SE Harney - 82nd to 89th Ave
- NE 57th Avenue - Halsey to Hassalo
- NW Thurman- 27th to Aspen Ave
- SE 111th Avenue - Division to Powell
- SE 44th Avenue - Steele to Woodstock
- SE 67th Avenue - Foster to Woodstock
- Applegate Elementary School
- NE 111th Avenue - Halsey to Glisan
- NE Hassalo - 55th to 57th Ave
- NE Rocky Butte - Tunnel to Monument
- SE 71st Avenue- Division to Powell
- SW Shattuck Road - Hamilton to Patton
- SW Sunset Blvd - Capitol Hwy to Dosch
- Sabin Elementary School
- Woodstock Elementary School Interim Report
- Holy Redeemer Elementary School
- Humboldt Elementary School
- NE Morris - 102nd to 111th Ave
- SE 46th Avenue - Steele to Woodstock
- SE 94th Avenue - Burnside to Stark
- SE Crystal Springs - 72nd to 82nd
- SE Morrison - 117th to 122nd Ave
- Chapman Elementary School
- N Missouri - Killingsworth to Holman
- N/NE Dekum - Vancouver to MLK, Jr Blvd
- NE 113th Avenue - Glisan to Burnside
- NE 21st/24th Avenue, Knott to Ridgewood
- NE Alberta Avenue - 42nd to Cully
- SE 58th Avenue - Division to Powell
- SE Ankeny - 12th to 20th Ave
- SE Clinton, 12th to 21st Avenue
- SE Clinton, 21st to 26th Avenue
- SW 61st Drive - Barnes to Canyon CT
- SW Fairview Blvd - Skyline to Kingston
- St. Ignatius Elementary School
- Woodmere Elementary School
- Bridlemile Elementary School
- N Denver Pedestrian Improvements
- N Montana Avenue - Buffalo to Portland
- NE 14th Avenue - Fremont to Knott
- NE Ainsworth - 42nd to Lombard
- NE Fargo - 111th to 117th Ave
- NE110th Avenue - 111th to Glisan
- SE 101 Avenue - Harold to Foster
- SE 128th Avenue- Foster to Holgate
- SW 57th Ave - Garden Home to Dolph Dr.
- SW Hamilton - Dosch to Shattuck
- SW Slavin - Seymour to south end
- SW Troy Street - Capitol Hwy to Capitol Hill Rd
- West Powellhurst Elementary School
- N Bryant - Greeley to Denver
- NE Fargo - 102nd to 111th Ave
- NE Fargo - 117th to 122nd Ave
- NE Going - 42nd to 52nd Ave
- NW Mill Pond Rd - McDaniel to Engelman
- SE 108th Avenue - Burnside to Stark
- SE 67th Avenue - Powell to Holgate
- SE Martins - 28th to 32nd Ave
- SW 50th - Taylors Ferry Rd to Orchid
- SW Hamilton - Shattuck to Scholl's Ferry
- SW Kruse Ridge Drive - 62nd to Lesser
- Woodstock Elementary School Final Report