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Everything we do is about expanding transportation choices to reduce dependence on drive-alone trips and make our streets safer where motor vehicles interact with other street users.

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Updates

Apr

Mid-session updates from the city, state, and more on transportation policy, budgets, where we’re building solutions, and what we’ll be looking for in Oregon’s forthcoming 2025 Transportation Package. At the Oregon Legislature Lawmakers are still negotiating the details of Oregon’s 2025 transportation package, expected to be the largest in nearly a decade. A draft […]

Jan

2025’s Context The Oregon Legislature convened last week for a 160-day session to tackle some of the state’s most pressing challenges, like how to keep people and goods moving equitably, safely, and efficiently through our state. The rising costs of transportation projects and declining revenue from the fuel tax — combined with Oregon’s constitutional […]

Aug

August 3, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Portland, OR – As Oregon’s leading safe streets advocacy group, The Street Trust is appalled by the City of Portland’s inability to effectively address the street takeovers and racing events posing a threat to street safety for its residents. Despite the additional measures provided by state lawmakers in […]