This mission of the Westside Transportation Alliance is to provide programs and services to Westside employers that reduce single-occupant-vehicle trips, reduce green house gas emissions, foster economic vitality and improve health.

The WTA offers workplace services and programs that help employees commute to work by transit, carpool, vanpool, walking and biking.

WTA is a Transportation Management Association founded in 1997 and supported by business and public agency membership, event sponsorship and Metro funding.

Our Staff

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Karen Frost became a livable cities advocate by way of the bicycle. With a Fine Arts degree from San Jose State College, she has been a teacher, graphic designer, marketing manager, and now most happily, active transportation advocate.

As the first Executive Director of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance and former chair of the Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee that advises ODOT on bike/pedestrian issues, Karen has worked with hundreds of citizens, agencies and employers around the state to improve infrastructure and design programs that encourage travel by bicycle, foot and transit.

In 2006, Karen brought her passion to Washington County as the Executive Director of the Westside Transportation Alliance. The WTA is a business association that provides programs and incentives to help employees get to work without driving alone. Promoting the personal benefits of walking, cycling, transit and carpooling that lead to societal benefits of good health, livable communities and a cooler planet is her inspiration.

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Pete Collins' work as a transportation advocate began early on and continues today as the Program Manager for the Westside Transportation Alliance.

During his grammar school days, Pete organized an after school bike club which set in motion his love of the bicycle. After graduating from Kenyon College, Pete led bicycle tours in the U.S., Canada and Europe and also taught environmental education in Switzerland. After seeing the variety of land use patterns and transportation options in different countries, Pete headed to UMass-Amherst where he received a Masters in Regional Planning. While there, he studied the correlations between public health and use of the local rail-trails in western Massachusetts.

In 2006, Pete worked for the Massachusetts Bicycle Coaltion as their Advocacy and Program Manager. At MassBike, Pete worked with state and local policy-makers to ensure bicycle options and rights were heard throughout the state.

Currently, Pete has been happily working to make Washington County more transportation options friendly (not just bikes) for the WTA since 2008.

Our Annual Reports

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