Updates

Public transportation exists to get people where they need to go. We collect fares for public transportation to provide a revenue source that supports quality, convenient service. The purpose of fares is not to prevent people from getting where they need to go.

The Street Trust’s End-of-Year Giving campaign is underway.

More than 300 supporters celebrated The Street Trust and the movement for active transportation at a sold-out Alice Awards last month. The event raised nearly $100,000 for The Street Trust’s programs to make walking, biking, and transit safe and convenient.

Get ready for safer cycling on the Burnside Bridge. After a three-year maintenance project that was often unpleasant for all users, the Burnside Bridge will fully reopen with protected bike lanes.

This September, The Street Trust along with our partners in the Getting There Together Coalition walked two of the most dangerous streets in the region for pedestrians: SE McLoughlin in Clackamas County and TV Highway in Washingto

The Street Trust's 2020 Active Transportation Summit will be March 18 & 19, 2020, at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland.
 

Oregon’s transportation system faces urgent challenges. The transportation sector is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in Oregon. For most households, the cost of owning and operating a car is their largest household expense after housing.

The 2019 bike safety education season is underway at schools in Portland. We need your help to support kids to have a fun, safe community ride to cap their bike safety experience. 

The Street Trust Board of Directors voted to endorse a regional measure that will improve access to natural spaces in the Portland metro region. Measure 23-206 will be on the ballot in November 2019. 

As bike safety educators, The Street Trust sees first hand the conditions that prevent kids from walking and rolling to school. Huge unsignalized road crossings with fast-moving cars, incomplete sidewalks, and no bike facilities are common.