Updates

At The Street Trust, we are paying close attention to changing conditions of what it’s like to get around, and pivoting to address the most pressing transportation needs in our community. We are humbled by our community’s resilience during this time and grateful to be a part of it.

When we postponed the 2020 Active Transportation Summit, scheduled for March 17 - 19, it seemed like an extreme act of prudence rather than just the beginning of the shutdown of public life. The Summit is more than just a conference for us.

Your advocacy team at The Street Trust is committed to ensuring that community members who rely on public transportation are able to do so as safely and affordably as possible.

We remain hopeful that we will be past the worst of this crisis by May, but we think it’s better to launch the 2020 Bike More Challenge in June. Here’s some of what you can expect:

School closures have had a huge impact on our Bike Safety Education (BSE) program. Spring is our busiest BSE season and we were scheduled to bring the program to 985 kids at 8 schools with the support of the Portland Bureau of Transportation and volunteers.

In the last month, Metro held community workshops in Clackamas and Washington Counties. The workshops were focused on the ten programs that may be included in the Get Moving 2020 ballot measure.

With Governor Brown’s announcement of a ban on gatherings of more than 250 people for the next four weeks, all activities associated with the Active Transportation Summit are cancelled.

Prior to schools closing, Portland middle school kids were back in the (bike) saddle for the spring season learning bike safety education. The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) and The Street Trust are piloting a new way to bring bike safety to Portland’s students.

Transportation was the focus at the Portland candidates forum March 10, 2020, at the Clinton Street Theater. Twenty candidates, including incumbents Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Chloe Eudaly, qualified to participate.

The 10th annual Love in Motion storytelling event, formally known as Live the Revolution, took center stage on Friday, February 7, returning again at the Alberta Abbey. This year featured stories from Ashley Henry, Mike Clark, Cameron Whitten, and Jackie Yerby.