These projects are currently engaged in a phase of the Better Block PSU project pathway.

  • (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.
  • (2022) Argay Terrace Transformation: This project seeks to transform the intersection of NE 131st and NE Prescott Dr from a dangerous corner into a welcoming neighborhood space, in a community which is 47 percent Black, Indigenous and people of color.
  • (2022) Car Free Zones in Downtown Portland: In 1972, Portland City Planners and the City Council approved a car-free plan for the downtown. Parts of it were implemented in the Waterfront Trail and Halprin Open Space Sequence, and this project seeks to update and operationalize the rest of the Car-Free Downtown Plan.
  • (2022) Keaton Otis Memorial: This project seeks to create a safe space for community members to gather at a memorial, with a street design that reduces or eliminates car traffic at the gathering space.
  • (2022) Sabin Outdoor Community Space: This project would convert a dead-end cul de sac near a future affordable housing development into a pleasant, functional outdoor space that can be easily navigated by foot, bike or wheelchair.
  • (2022) Walkable Rosewood: This project would improve the pedestrian experience along several streets in the Rosewood neighborhood with temporary or permanent walkways, intersection treatments, and art installations.
  • (2021) City of Independence Neighborhood Greenways: This project will help create a low-stress biking and walking network through Independence connecting local schools, businesses, and parks.
  • (2021) Community Green Space for Parkrose: This project plans to create a pathway from the Parkrose neighborhood to the Columbia Slough to increase access to green space and community knowledge of the Slough.
  • (2021) Arleta Triangle Transformation: This project will transform a dangerous slipway into community space including a skate park, basketball court, and electric mobility hub, which have been identified as needs from the community.
  • (2020) Re-Imagining a Safer Route to the César Chávez School: The communty partners have gathered a lot of ideas from the students, parents and surrounding community on how this Portland, OR intersection could be improved. Many people liked the idea of a traffic circle, raised crosswalks, or curb bump-outs as potential traffic calming ideas. 
  • (2020) Streets Alive: Hood River: This project will create a bustling and safe neighborway for children, parents and community members to access school, parks and other local amenities by walking, biking and rolling in Hood River, Oregon.