What's New with PDX Next (Week of April 20)

Community Mural Features Faces of the PDX Project: The next time you’re in the terminal, head toward the south meeter-greeter area (near Topaz Farms) and take a moment to admire the faces featured on our new PDX community mural – each one a person who contributed to building, designing, imagining, and collaborating on the new PDX. Plus, on Monday, April 27, you’ll see a matching mural go up on the north side with an entirely different set of people pictured. Together, there are 156 faces featured, and while that doesn't even begin to capture everyone who contributed to this project, it's a small way to pay tribute to the thousands of locals – employees, Tribes, forestry folks, builders and makers of all stripes – who worked together to make PDX a love letter to the Pacific Northwest.

Exit Lanes Now Open: Last week, the exit lanes opened and KPTV stopped by to help share the good news. The direct route will likely save a minute or two for travelers and employees, and feels seamless and intuitive. Soon, it will be even easier to get to baggage claim when the escalators outside the exits open – the south side will open in early May, and the north side is set to open in mid-June. Travelers had nice things to say about the change to KPTV. "[The exits are] great," Suzanne Lambrecht said. "It’s a lot quicker and there’s no carpet to push the carts on." Jeanne Sterner Rush agreed. "I am so happy. It’s just so beautiful. It’s such a nice gateway to the city and to Oregon." Learn more about this change and how to answer questions from travelers.