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The Westside Transportation Alliance provides value to employers in Washington County through transportation services, advocacy and education. The WTA is a non-profit organization of businesses and public agencies that promote transportation options to ease congestion, support economic development, conserve resources and provide equitable transportation for everyone.
Carefree Commuter Challenge 2008 is officially closed
We have completed this year's Challenge and are in the process of analyzing the data. Winners will be announced the week of August 10th. Winners will be notified through their Transportation Coordinator (or if there is not a TC in place, a direct email will notify the winning participant). Select Transportation Coordinators will be notified of their winning participants.
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Attend the 2008 Carefree Commuter Challenge Award Ceremonies
To conclude this year's Challenge, we will have two award ceremonies. We will recap the successes we had during this year's Challenge, a noteworthy guest speaker will talk, and, of course, we will distribute prizes to individual winners and company winners. Company winners in differing size categories will receive a Wall Clock from Resource Revival. Click here to check them out.
Please note that Bottle opener door prizes from Resource Revival will be raffled off at both meetings, so be sure to come!
Please try to attend one of these two ceremonies:
Date: Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Time: 7:30am-9:00am
Location: 12725 SW Millikan Way (Coldwell Banker building)
Training Room 390
Beaverton, OR 97005
(Beaverton Central Max station, so we encourage you to use public transit. We are in the Coldwell Banker building)
*A light breakfast will be provided.*
Date: Friday, September 12th, 2008
Time: 11:30pm-1:00pm
Location: PGE Auditorium
121 SW Salmon Street (2nd Floor)
Portland, OR 97204
*A Power Bar will be handed out at the meeting - though no lunch*
Please RSVP Pete:
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The Bicycle Transportation Alliance is gearing up for their 2008 Bike Commute Challenge. For more information on how to sign up, important dates, and more, please click here.
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Winners have been picked for the second round of essays. Click this LINK to view winning essays!
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Watch Peter Collins demonstrate the commuting simplicity of the Tikit by Bike Friday.
Click on Bike Friday Demo on the left or click this link to visit the Bike Friday site.
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We, at the Westside Transportation Alliance, want to give a big THANK YOU to all of our 2008 sponsors. Without their contributions and support, we would not have the continued success we have had over the past nine years. So, from Karen, Pete, Scott and the thousands of participants in this year's Challenge, THANK YOU!
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION * COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CITY OF HILLSBORO * WELLS FARGO * NIKE * VERNIER SOFTWARE * TUALATIN VALLEY FIRE & RESCUE * PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES * OREGON DEPT. OF ENERGY * TRIMET Tuality Healthcare * Clean Water Services * Bike Gallery * Bike N Hike * Enterprise * VPSI * EcoShuttle * City of Portland - Office of Sustainable Development * City of Portland - Smart Trips Downtown City of Tigard * City of Beaverton * OHSU Dept. of Science and Engineering PBS Engineering & Environmental * Green Mountain Energy * Imperial Manufacturing Comcast * Washington County *
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