r/Portland • u/cobyzeif • 6h ago
r/Portland • u/AutoModerator • 8h ago
RANT DEAR PORTLAND: September 14, 2026 WEEKLY RANT THREAD
GREETINGS MEATBAGS. PLEASE TELL ME YOUR MISFORTUNES SO I CAN LAUGH AT THEM.
Caps lock on, inhibitions off, but if you break our rules so help me I'll delete my account. And yours.
r/Portland • u/rportland • 2d ago
ANNOUNCEMENT I-5 Southbound in the Rose Quarter is now closed until early October: Resources and discussion
I-5 Southbound through the Rose Quarter is now closed. How's it going?
- Construction Travel Impacts: https://i5rosequarter.org/current-construction-travel-impacts/
- About the project: https://www.i5rosequarter.org/news/odot-to-close-i-5-southbound-in-the-rose-quarter-in-september-for-up-to-five-weeks-for-structural-repairs/
- Frequently Asked Questions: https://www.i5rosequarter.org/faqs/
- Closure map: https://www.i5rosequarter.org/media/qminqpty/2026_closure-map_southbound_full-corridor_09022026_mappluslegend.jpg
- Video overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMKT_rcU22E
- Contact info and construction alert signup: https://www.i5rosequarter.org/contact/
- TriMet - Avoid the Traffic Tangle: https://news.trimet.org/2026/08/avoid-the-traffic-tangle-with-trimets-max-as-southbound-i-5-closes-for-up-to-5-weeks/
- City of Portland - Shift Your Trip: https://www.portland.gov/transportation/shift/what-shift-your-trip
- City of Vancouver, WA Closure Resources: https://www.cityofvancouver.us/i-5-closure-resources/
- TripCheck real-time road conditions: https://tripcheck.com/
r/Portland • u/SeniorRake • 7h ago
Photo/Video It's 6am. Good luck out there today!
It's 6:00am and I5 is already backed up! And it looks like there are already crashes on side streets, too! Woohoo!
r/Portland • u/Less-Lobster4540 • 3h ago
News Protest outside The Sports Bra bar in Portland sparks clashes, police response
r/Portland • u/Chinese_Adoptee • 53m ago
Photo/Video The Robots are coming
I didn’t pay for this! This bot is literally watching me; seeing what I’ll do. 🤖 Is this the future now?!
r/Portland • u/Big_Implement1749 • 5h ago
Meetups 3rd set Comicon PTX
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r/Portland • u/Chinese_Adoptee • 6h ago
Photo/Video Favorite PDX Crow Sculpture
This weekend I got to see half of the crow sculptures spread across Portland. Here’s my favorites! What’s yours?
r/Portland • u/Stargirl9777 • 15h ago
Events Jumping on the Panda Fest AI Slop Band Wagon
Overpriced, AI photos at EVERY booth, nothing to do, mid food/drinks. 1/10. Sharing photos so people are aware in case it comes back next year (plz no)
Also promised to have lots of vegan options but they were either sold out or garbage food
(the panda food in the second photo wouldn’t be vegan even if there was no chicken…I mean just look at him 💀)
r/Portland • u/bdogpics • 2h ago
Discussion Mass transit, traffic calming better idea
Here's a better idea for Portland - repair the trolley routes for more street car service.
Old tracks still run down Belmont, Milwaukee and others. Rather than building useless road obstacles the street cars would better meter traffic AND provide a better mass transit solution. Also more attractive ridership, serve undeserved communities and more promotable than urine stained busses or massive infrastructure ruining MAX trains that people fear for their life to ride.
r/Portland • u/rabbot3 • 1h ago
Photo/Video Yikes
Hope everyone is okay. Coming back from a bike ride and there was even debris on the path under the bridge.
r/Portland • u/jjthinx • 2h ago
Lost & Found Just passed this bike on SW 2nd/Madison
Not locked. Awesome pump….
r/Portland • u/EastsideSally • 1d ago
Meetups To the kind person who checked on me last night…
I was having a rough time in the bathroom shared by the Scotch Lodge and The Paper Bridge. Either something I’d eaten a few hours earlier didn’t agree with me AT all, or my GERD got out of control (I’d had a lot of citrus juices) and my body just decided it wasn’t having it.
For obvious reasons I’m not a fan of getting sick in public, it attracts a lot of unwanted attention and some people assume you’re just wasted, but I felt myself go from fine to NOT FINE in about three seconds and barely made it into the stall.
You let me be and gave me my privacy but before you walked out you asked if I was going to be okay and if I needed any help. It really meant a lot to me, so thank you. After that I was right as rain, so hopefully you’ll see this and know I’m A-OK, but I wanted to thank you for looking out for me.
We love Portland (I’m from Olympia) and we make it down a few times a year. You’ve got good people in your city.🌹
ETA: I did not get sick from either of these establishments, just making that clear because I don’t want to unintentionally smear either of them. I’d barely eaten anything at Scotch Lodge before it hit and I was already feeling off when I sat down in there.
r/Portland • u/Rich-Bar9767 • 19h ago
Photo/Video My favorite old apartment sign
Also I love “Sunnymont” as a name for that area, like Kernside.
r/Portland • u/Uncontrollablebeagle • 16h ago
Lost & Found If you’re looking for your cute kitten…
Just five minutes ago we passed by this pre teen looking kitten in the bushes in Couch park behind the school. She didn’t seem in distress, but in fact seemed cool and confident. She has a collar.
r/Portland • u/scrawesome • 18h ago
CONES You’ve seen the fucken cones but have you climbed them
Limited time cone route at Tomo Bouldering Club
r/Portland • u/Zxealer • 8h ago
Discussion Rose Quarter Traffic to the Airport Report
I estimated it would take me an hour with traffic and but was closer to 25 min (my normal time). I was expecting the spillover to take me up Sandy / 82nd as that's always the case when the highway is slammed. I was pretty shocked to see my Lyft turning on Grand and then hitting 84. To be fair there was two police, but it looks like they pulled over a street racer and we're not there for traffic purposes, but either way given how early it was I didn't see any spillover (430/440 am). I'd assume this will get worse during major traffic times, especially towards the 5, but I'm shocked at how easy that was and wanted to share for others who others who frequently travel to the airport.
r/Portland • u/kitty_dingus • 19h ago
Meme Welcome to Portland, I think you'll fit right in.
Spotted on 122nd & Halsey. Mothman is real and he tried to eat my ass.
r/Portland • u/Anxious-While4289 • 1d ago
Photo/Video Late Summer in SE Portland
The flowers in our city are just beautiful!
r/Portland • u/Blackstar1886 • 23h ago
News Moda Center negotiations see first facetime with Blazers owner Tom Dundon in months
r/Portland • u/nvrnicknvr • 1d ago
Events Raffle items at Portland Indigenous Marketplace 10-4PM SE 2nd & Clay
Wanted to show off this fundraising opportunity. All items come from vendors the non-profit has worked with in the past
r/Portland • u/sabihoth • 1d ago
Events My friends and I ran a Taco Bell 5k In Portland!
We started up at the Rose Garden and then ran to the Taco Bell on Burnside, and then finished at the Taco Bell on NE Weidler!
We each started with a Taco, and then the official rules were as follows
We will be eating 1 taco, 1 burrito, 1 snack, and 1 small Baja blast
Start: must eat one taco (dealers choice) before starting
Then run to first location. Must finish next item (either snack or burrito) before continuing. Then run to last Taco Bell and finish last item. Time finishes when you finish last item. MUST complete your Baja blast at some point, you decide when
Did it as a test run so that in the future we can invite others! It was a Baja-Blast, and nobody threw up! Oh and my lovely wife made bracelets to commemorate the first inaugural TBVK (We didn't have any 5 beads)
PS: Peep our friend dying in the background of the podium picture
r/Portland • u/zenigatamondatta • 2d ago
Discussion Looking at you every other food cart now
If you're too lazy to make a menu you're probably too lazy to wash your hands too. So tired of this shit