History of The Boulevard

1929: Union Avenue significantly widened (above image is pre-widening)
1950:  Last Streetcars replaced by Montor Buses
1989: Union Avenue Renamed to Martin Luther King, Jr Boulevard
from Aerial Photos

• Pre-1990: 6 lane MLK - parking on both sides + 4 lanes

• 1990 - wide median installed by ODOT throughout MLK

• 1997 - MLK Main Street plan: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b4cby-S3vssd4xdb-dMbLxMiq-lKcE4D/view

  • Medians narrowed in some places to adding parking back

  • Fancier concrete crosswalks added in select locations

• 2020s - more crosswalks and signals

• Future: 

• PBOT Safety and Access to Transit Project

  • Even more signals

  • Rebuilt pedestrian ramps

• Community For MLK?

  • More parking on the street?

  • Easy to cross almost everywhere?

  • More buildings?

  • More successful businesses?