More Garbage Cans In Lloyd

Go Lloyd's Public Place Garbage Can Program continued to grow in 2021. May saw the addition of 12 new garbage cans across the Lloyd neighborhood. The art adorning each of these garbage cans was designed by seniors from Benson High School's Digital Media Arts Program. The students earned work experience and money while helping to beautify the neighborhood and keep it litter-free.

Go Lloyd wants to thank all of our artists and the City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability for all your contributions to this project!

2020 Go Lloyd Annual Report

Our 2020 Annual Report is here!

Learn about program highlights, upcoming service offerings, and our achievements from the past year despite the challenges brought on by COVID-19.

Virtual Lloyd Open House

Go Lloyd, and our neighborhood partners the Lloyd Enhanced Services District, Lloyd EcoDistrict, and Lloyd Community Association hosted our first Virtual Lloyd Open House on Wednesday, March 31. If you weren’t able to tune in live, you can watch it here!  

We would like to extend a huge “Thank You!” to everyone who participated in the Open House and helped to make it a reality.

Be sure to stay up to date on everything happening in Lloyd by visiting our community partners on the web, signing up for our newsletters, and following us on social media.

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New Garbage Cans In Lloyd

Go Lloyd’s continued commitment to keeping our neighborhood litter free got a big boost this fall with the installation of 30 new garbage cans! After the success of our partnership with the City of Portland in 2019, Go Lloyd was able to expand the program in 2020, almost doubling the number of new cans installed. This year we continued our partnership with the Portland Street Art Alliance and worked with artist Mia Nolting, who provided a series of designs that now adorn 10 new garbage cans located around the Oregon Convention Center. Go Lloyd also worked with Benson High School seniors in Steve Curley’s Digital Media Arts class on the designs for an additional 20 cans that can be found on NE Multnomah St. and around Holladay Park. You can read more about our work with Benson High School in the Portland Public Schools newsletter.

Go Lloyd wants to thank all of our artists, the Portland Street Art Alliance, City of Portland and Chick of all Trades for all your contributions to this project!

Duckworth Dock Gets New Swim Ladders

Go Lloyd was very excited to work with Human Access Project this summer to help create a world-class outdoor swimming area right here in the Lloyd neighborhood. Funding from Go Lloyd paid for the installation of eight new swim ladders on the Duckworth Dock. The new swim ladders helped transform the dock from an under-utilized moorage for boats into a popular summer escape for swimmers and sunbathers. The dock is accessible via the Eastside Esplanade, just south of the Steel Bridge on the east side of the Willamette River. Human Access Project hosted a few socially distanced parties to celebrate the new dock this summer. Check the photos and links below to learn more.

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Returning to Transit? Here's How to Ride Safely

Multnomah County entered Phase 1 of reopening on Friday, June 19. For some, this reopening might also involve returning to transit for the first time in months. While you’ve been away, TriMet has made changes to help you get where you need to go safely.

When riding transit, remember:

• Face coverings are required on board all buses and trains

  • Disposable face coverings are available

• Seating is limited and service is reduced

  • Allow for extra time and check for schedule updates

• Use Hop to pay your fare (no cash is accepted on buses)

• Wash your hands frequently and avoid touching your face

  • Hand sanitizer dispensers are being installed on all buses and trains

• Keep six feet apart whenever possible

Learn more about these important changes and other safety measures here.

All Hazards Recovery Plan: Employer Transportation Demand Management Guide

Many businesses struggled with disruptions to daily operations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and were forced to implement under-developed emergency procedures. As we all continue to adjust to this new normal, it's important to take time to evaluate which processes worked, and where your organization might benefit from more guidance on emergency planning efforts.  

This Employer Transportation Demand Management Guide is one component of a larger All Hazards Recovery Plan, designed to help employers plan for recovery efforts following a hazard event such as an earthquake, flood, or disease outbreak. While this guide focuses on transportation demand management (TDM) strategies, the principles of TDM can provide benefits to an organization through normal operations, as well as prepare employees for nearly any disruption.  

Agencies and businesses can use this guide to fine-tune and adjust the policies and processes recently put into place in response to COVID-19. These strategies can make employers of all sizes more resilient following or during a hazard event, and keep employees working in the weeks or months afterward. 

2019 Go Lloyd Annual Report

Our 2019 Annual Report is here! Learn about program highlights, special initiatives from the past year, and the environmental impact Lloyd residents and employees made in 2019 by choosing active transportation over driving alone.

Check out a preview from this year’s report to see where money spent on on-street parking is reinvested back into the Lloyd neighborhood.

Meter Revenue Reinvestment

These funds are leveraged every year by private investment in transportation services through Go Lloyd and millions of dollars in annual transit passes from employers in Lloyd. Key partnerships like these contribute to improved access for all and help reduce the number of single-occupancy vehicles on Lloyd streets.

Winter Wednesday Walkers

This winter, Go Lloyd’s Pedestrian Committee decided to start a Winter Walking Group to help us get our daily 10,000 steps in. Every Wednesday at noon, the Winter Wednesday Walkers meet at the bottom of the spiral staircase inside Lloyd Center. Our walks take us to every corner of the mall, covering approximately 1.8 miles over all three levels. We’ve enjoyed making new friends, sharing conversation, observing the Poetry Project installation, and even watching a few indoor snow showers! Big thanks to Lloyd Center management for supporting our group with weekly gift bags as door prizes. We’ll continue our Winter Wednesday Walkers group through the month of March, so come join us on your lunch break soon!

Hyatt Tour

In January, we organized a tour of the new Hyatt Regency at the Oregon Convention Center. There was certainly a lot of interest in this tour—almost 50 people showed up! Thank you to Jenni and Rowland from the Hyatt for leading the tour and accommodating our large group. We loved the bike chain chandeliers in the main lobby and the views from the 10th floor rooms. Welcome to the neighborhood, Hyatt!

Save 25% on Annual Memberships to the Lloyd Cycle Station

Last year's Lloyd Cycle Station annual membership sale was so popular, we're offering it again! Sign up in January for an all-inclusive annual membership with a private locker and shower room access, and save 25% on the entire year. Stop by our Transportation Store to start your membership or upgrade to an all-inclusive package.

2019 Commute Choice Survey Results

One of our flagship programs, Universal Pass allows Lloyd employers to provide their employees with a steeply discounted annual transit pass. Universal Pass empowers commuters to drive less—easing traffic congestion, helping us breathe easier, and opening up our neighborhood streets to customers, clients, and visitors.

Every year, Go Lloyd surveys Universal Pass holders on their current commute habits. The results of this survey help us track shifts in commute choices for each employer, and offer insight into the transportation habits of Lloyd commuters as a whole.

This year saw a decrease in vehicle trips—both drive-alone and carpool—and an increase in nearly every other transportation option. Especially notable was the sharp increase in the number of people who reported working a compressed workweek.

Your commute choices have a direct impact on the environment, our neighborhood, and your own well-being. Your decision to take over 644,000 transit trips in 2019 saved you almost $600,000 in gas and reduced our carbon dioxide emissions by over 3,500,000 pounds. That's something we can all take pride in.

If you're an employer in Lloyd and would like to learn more about the Universal Pass program, contact Jenny Taylor at jenny@golloyd.org or call us at 503-236-6441.

Crow Patrol with Integrated Avian Solutions

If you’ve taken a walk on the north side of Holladay Street between 6th and 7th Avenues in the past few weeks, you’ve probably noticed evidence of birds roosting above deposited all over the sidewalk. This block of barren branches became a nighttime landing place for a murder of crows, and their droppings turned the tan-and-red brick sidewalk into a white slippery mess. Enter Integrated Avian Solutions, which employs a bird abatement strategy based on the ancient art of falconry. Their methods are sustainable, natural, and non-lethal.  

Matteo and his Harris hawk spent two weeks on crow patrol in Lloyd, walking the streets every other night to encourage the crows to find a new place to roost. There is no definitive answer as to why large numbers of crows gather in urban areas during the winter, but one theory suggests they appreciate warmer city temperatures and the wind protection offered by tall buildings. The presence of a free-flying raptor, however, is not appreciated, and will cause the murder to disperse. The hawk is trained to follow Matteo while he walks his beat, flying from tree to tree in search of avian interlopers. Matteo keeps track of the hawk via a GPS tracker and a few bells attached to the hawk’s feet. The hawk is also trained to respond to signals from Matteo, who uses food, lures, and whistles to direct him.  

The crow patrol got their job done quickly. We joined them on their last night in the neighborhood, and we found no crows roosting in Lloyd. Matteo says they try to push the crows towards the river, where their roosting won’t have an impact on the walkability of sidewalks. After their shift in Lloyd, Matteo headed downtown, where Integrated Avian Solutions has been working for the past three winters. We’re grateful for their work, and for the clean sidewalks! 

Holladay Park Trash Mobs 2019

As part of the Holladay Park Safety Plan this summer, Go Lloyd partnered with SOLVE to host weekly Trash Mobs in Holladay Park. We had a group of dedicated volunteers that showed up almost every week so we decided to keep the events going through the fall and we were rewarded with some wonderfully sunny and dry days in the park! Our last Trash Mob of the year happened to fall on Halloween, so we dressed up, handed out some candy and gave away a few prizes. All told we held 15 Trash Mobs in the park and were joined by 79 volunteers. How much trash did we pick up? Approximately 290 pounds!

We Got Rolling (Again) with BIKETOWN

Over a dozen people came out on a sunny Sunday afternoon for our Get Rolling! (Again) workshop with BIKETOWN! Maria Sipin, community organizer and transportation planner, shared best practices around urban riding and facilitated a great conversation with attendees. We followed up the discussion with a ride through the Lloyd neighborhood, checking out different types of bike infrastructure and stopping at Bike Farm, a DIY volunteer-run bike repair shop. Many thanks to BIKETOWN for organizing and getting everyone set up with bikes, and to Maria for sharing her knowledge and passion with us.

STEPtember Recap

Thanks to everyone who came out to walk with us this STEPtember!

The month started off with a surprise appearance from Jess Thompson, Executive Director of Oregon Walks. Jess joined us for our Eastside Esplanade Walk, and told us it was her first time ever walking the Esplanade. We walked from Lloyd to the Hawthorne Bridge and back and enjoyed some late summer weather along the Willamette River.

We hosted four Trash Mobs during STEPtember, and collected over 115 pounds of trash. Big thanks to our volunteers who showed up every week at Holladay Park to pick up trash during their lunch hour, and also to the team at Reef Parking who showed up in force for the Trash Mob at the Oregon Convention Center.

We had two featured walks this STEPtember, a Garbage Can Artist Walk and an Arborist Walk. We were pleased to be joined by Alex Chiu and Maryanna Hoaggatt (and a few of our art sponsors) for the Garbage Can Artist Walk. We enjoyed hearing from them about their subjects and inspirations. We ended the tour with a surprise reception at the newly opened Pullman Wine Bar to say thank you to our artists and our art sponsors.

STEPtember ended with a sunny but chilly tour of Holladay Park and the pop-up arboretum with Botanic Specialist Clare Carney from Portland Parks and Recreation. With more than 90 trees in the park, we couldn’t learn about all of them, but thankfully Clare knew which trees to highlight for us!

Join the Get There Challenge October 7 - 21!

Get There is the new, easy-to-use, web-based carpooling tool from Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). Get There (previously Drive Less Connect) helps Oregonians plan trips, share rides on single trips or on a regular basis, and more.

Log in or create an account to find other people who need to take a similar route. Share the cost of transportation, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by eliminating the need to drive alone. In addition to carpool matching, Get There also provides transit, biking and walking directions, as well as vanpool options.

Automatically track your commutes by connecting your account to the Commute Tracker app.

From October 7 - 21, Get There will host the annual Get There Challenge (formerly the Oregon Drive Less Challenge).

Win prizes and recognition for making any of your trips—whether it’s your daily commute or a simple errand—without driving alone.

It's easy:

1. Compete on your own or create a team with friends or co-workers.

2. Carpool, vanpool, ride transit, bike, walk, or telework to make your ride greener, cheaper—and friendlier!

3. Log your trips on GetThereOregon.org for a chance to win prizes.

Over 60 prizes will be awarded!

 Log trips each week for a chance to win weekly prizes:

• Over $1000 in Chrome Merchandise

• Four $100 Black Star Bag Gift Cards

• Three $100 Fred Meyer Gift Cards

• Two $100 Portland Design Works Gift Cards

• Twenty $20 Dutch Bros. Coffee Gift Cards

• Twenty Hydro Flasks

• One $25 TREW Gift Card

• One Sisters Coffee Company Gift Bag

 Log eight or more one-way trips to be entered to win one of the grand prizes:

• One $1,000 Bike Friday gift card

• Two $500 cash cards

• Two $250 cash cards

Make your ride count! Learn more and sign up at GetThereOregon.org.

Portland Marathon Road Closures

The Portland Marathon presented by OHSU will take place on Sunday, October 6, 2019 between 7 AM and 2 PM. Full marathon runners will complete a two-mile section of the race through the Lloyd neighborhood between 7:15 and 9:45 AM. Runners will enter Lloyd via the Broadway Bridge, run a clockwise loop around the Moda Center, and exit Lloyd over the Broadway Bridge.

It will NOT be possible to drive on, or drive across, any of the streets used for the race until the last runner has passed through the location. Vehicles will be turned away one block prior to reaching the race route.

Portland Marathon route through the Lloyd neighborhood.

The Broadway Bridge will be closed to all vehicles (including Portland Streetcar) from 7:15 - 9:45 AM. All westbound vehicles attempting to access the Broadway Bridge will not be able to travel west of N Benton Avenue from 7:15 - 9:45 AM.

All streets that are used for the race will be designated "No Parking" from 2:00 PM on Saturday, October 5th, to 2:00 PM on Sunday, October 6th. Within the Lloyd neighborhood, these streets are:

• N Broadway​ between Broadway Bridge and N Benton Avenue

• N Benton Avenue​ between N Broadway and N Winning Way

• N Winning Way​ between N Larrabee Avenue and NE Wheeler Avenue

• NE Wheeler Avenue between N Winning Way and NE Multnomah Street

• N Larrabee Ave​nue between N Interstate Avenue and N Broadway

One-way streets that run into a street used for the race route will also be designated "No Parking" during the same time period. Residents and businesses whose driveways access the race route will NOT be able to pull their vehicles into or out of their driveways during the closures. If your driveway accesses the race route, please plan to park your vehicles on a nearby street that is not located on the race route.

Any vehicles parked on the street during the designated "No Parking" hours will be courtesy towed to the closest street that is not posted as "No Parking." If your car is towed, please call 503-823-0044.

If you plan to travel into or through any neighborhoods near the race route between 7 AM and 2 PM on Sunday, October 6, plan ahead and expect delays. Visit ​portlandmarathon.com/traffic​ to read detailed traffic control descriptions for each neighborhood.

To view an interactive map of the entire route, please visit ​portlandmarathon.com/courses.

BIKETOWN Annual Membership Winners

BIKETOWN celebrated three years in Portland last Friday. And for the third year in a row, Go Lloyd has partnered with them to offer five Lloyd residents or employees an entire year of BIKETOWN rides for free! Be on the lookout for this year's winners as they ride to their favorite Lloyd lunch spots.

Lloyd MAX Improvements

TriMet will be making crucial track improvements in the Lloyd neighborhood this summer, replacing switches and sections of worn down tracks. The track improvements cannot be completed during non-service hours and will require a disruption in MAX service from Sunday, August 4 to Saturday, August 17.

During the two-week construction period:

• No trains will run between the Interstate/Rose Quarter and Lloyd Center/NE 11th Avenue MAX stations.

• The Rose Quarter MAX Station, Convention Center Station and NE 7th Avenue Station will all be closed.

• MAX Blue, Green, and Red lines will have adjusted routes and schedules, and all lines will have fewer trains running.

  • The Blue Line will be split into two sections. One section will run between Hillsboro, Interstate/Rose Quarter and Expo Center. (At the Interstate/Rose Quarter MAX Station, the train will continue northbound along the Yellow Line to Expo Center.) The other section will run between Lloyd Center/NE 11th Avenue MAX Station and Gresham.

  • The Green Line will only run between Lloyd Center/NE 11th Avenue MAX Station and Clackamas Town Center.

  • The Red Line will only run between the Airport and Gateway Transit Center.

  • Both the Orange and Yellow Lines will continue to run along their normal routes, but trains will be less frequent.

Temporary MAX service changes August 4 - 17

For more detailed information on service adjustments, train frequency, and suggested routes during the construction, visit trimet.org/lloyd.

Curious about what kind of improvements are being made? Read more here.

Getting around the Lloyd neighborhood

During the service disruption, TriMet will operate shuttle buses between Interstate/Rose Quarter and Lloyd Center/NE 11th Avenue, serving stops near the closed MAX stations. Shuttles will depart every three to five minutes during rush hour, and every 10 minutes the rest of the day.

Heading to the airport?

There will be a shuttle bus service between the airport and the Kenton/N Denver Avenue MAX Station, where you can transfer to the Yellow or Blue lines. The shuttle bus trip will take about 20 minutes and depart every 20 minutes.

Planning ahead

With fewer trains running, space on board may be limited, especially during peak commuting hours. Plan an extra 30 to 45 minutes for travel or consider changing your trip, if you are able. Take this opportunity to try the TriMet bus service, the Portland Streetcar, walk, bike, scoot, or join a carpool.

Need help navigating the construction? Register for Lloyd Links and let us find the best route for you! As a Lloyd employee or resident, we'll design a custom commute plan for you to make this transition as smooth as possible.