 May is National Bike Month and Westside Transportation Alliance and other Get There Oregon partners in the Portland region are excited to announce the 2025 Bike Month Challenge! Ready to ride more and win prizes? Log your bike trips all month long on GetThereOregon.org for the chance to win. You can team up or ride solo, but don't miss your chance to be part of the movement! Join a team: Don't see your workplace here? It’s not too late to start a team Be a team captain and start your team by May 9 to be entered into the Team Captain drawing for a Get There prize pack! Interested in biking but not sure where to start?
View helpful resources (wta-tma.org/commuters) and request a trip plan from our partners at Westside Transportation Alliance (wta-tma.org/plan). They’ll create a step-by-step route tailored to your specific needs, abilities and comfort level. They can even match you with a Transportation Ambassador to ride or walk a route with you for the first time.  A recent Finnish study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports adds weight to what many employers and wellness advocates have long suspected: active commuting--like walking and biking--can lead to fewer sick days.
The study found that employees who actively commuted an average of 61 km (approximately 38 miles) per week had an 8% to 12% lower risk of sickness absence and an 18% lower risk of longer sick episodes compared to those who commuted passively. In short, regular movement on the way to work could translate into a healthier, more present workforce. You can read the full study here: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. With May being Bike Month in the Portland Metro area and across the nation, it's a great time to encourage your team to get moving! Join the Bike Month Challenge through Get There Oregon. It's an easy and fun way for employees to log their bike trips and see how small changes can make a big difference.  The City of Beaverton is updating its Climate Action Plan and they want to hear from you!
Knowing what is important to the community, what you are experiencing, and what additional resources are needed will help the city make a stronger plan for Beaverton's future. This is a 5 - 7 minute survey on climate change and its impacts on the community. After completing the survey, you can choose to enter an optional giveaway to receive prizes from local businesses. All responses will be anonymous. Survey will be open until Monday May 25th. The City of Beaverton is updating its Climate Action Plan and they want to hear from you!
Knowing what is important to the community, what you are experiencing, and what additional resources are needed will help the city make a stronger plan for Beaverton's future. This is a 5 - 7 minute survey on climate change and its impacts on the community. After completing the survey, you can choose to enter an optional giveaway to receive a $25 gift card to a local Beaverton business. All responses will be anonymous.  2025 Oregon Active Transportation Summit: 4/23-4/25 in Portland
OATS, the Oregon Active Transportation Summit, is bringing together people like you to challenge assumptions and co-create solutions to our biggest active and multimodal transportation challenges. As an OATS Community Partner, WTA has a special discount code for 30% off passes for 3 days of compelling keynote speakers, roundtables with lawmakers, advocacy updates, workshops, and study tours. Get 30% off all access OATS passes with discount code COMMUNITYWTA at www.OregonTransportationSummit.org/tix.
 We extend our congratulations to Lam Research for being recognized as the 2025 Business Leader of the Year by the Tualatin Chamber of Commerce.
Business Leader of the Year is presented to a business that has made specific, significant, and lasting contributions to the Tualatin community and demonstrated leadership and cooperation while benefiting the community and civic enterprises.  We're excited to invite you to the Washington County Employer Commute Workshop on April 2nd, 2025, from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM at the Beaverton E-Suites Training Center (3rd Floor), 12725 SW Millikan Way, Beaverton, OR 97005. After the session, there will be a no-host lunch at BG's Food Cartel for further networking and discussion. This workshop is designed to help employers navigate the challenges and opportunities related to employee commuting. We'll show you how we can help you:
We hope you can join us for this valuable opportunity to collaborate and learn from experts and peers. Please RSVP to secure your spot. We look forward to seeing you there!
 WTA is teaming up with Get There Oregon to help employers improve employee commutes and deliver business benefits. Get expert insights and strategies to take your employee commute support to the next level during our hybrid Employer Commute Solutions Summit on Friday, March 14th, at Nike's World Headquarters in Beaverton, OR. Attend in-person or online--FREE!
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Topics and expert speakers include:
Learn more + register:  Give your employees the resources they need to get to work.
We're getting ready to supply our members with renewed Transportation Options Maps. These maps will show your employees biking and walking routes, plus public transportation available within a 10 minute biking and walking radius of your worksite. Along with a custom poster for your worksite(s), we'll prepare the same information for digital formats for display in your break rooms or common office areas. We'll also supply a display with appropriate transit route maps, jurisdiction specific bike maps, and other WTA benefit information to display alongside your custom map. Are you a member interested in getting a Transportation Options Map for your worksite? Send us a message! We'll work with you to supply as many posters and digital formats as needed: [email protected] Not yet a member, but interested in getting your very own Transportation Options Map? Submit a membership inquiry on our website: WTA-TMA.org/Join |
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