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Keep pedaling: the Bike Month Challenge continues through May!

5/16/2025

 
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The Bike Month Challenge is BACK! Log your bike trips all May long for the chance to win prizes, connect with fellow riders, and celebrate biking in our region! Whether you ride for fun, fitness, or your commute--every trip counts!
JOIN THE CHALLENGE

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Next month: join the TriMet June Transit Month Challenge

5/15/2025

 
Transit Month graphic: a collage of photos with TriMet buses.
Create a free account at GetThereOregon.org and log your transit trips from June 1 - June 30, 2025. After logging a trip, you will automatically be entered into a prize raffle.
JOIN THE CHALLENGE
PARTICIPATING IN THE CHALLENGE IS A SNAP!
  • Sign up or log in to your free account at GetThereOregon.org/TransitMonth and you’ll be automatically entered.
  • Weekly prize drawing: Each full week of June, log a transit trip on TriMet buses, MAX Light Rail, Wes Commuter Rail, Portland Streetcar and SMART to be entered in the corresponding week’s prize drawing.
  • Grand prize drawing: Each week, log at least one transit trip to be eligible for a grand prize at the end of the challenge.
Once logged in, visit GetThereOregon.org/TransitMonth for guidelines and info on how to win prizes!

Beaverton Transportation System Plan Survey Open

5/14/2025

 
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​The City is updating its 20-year Transportation System Plan (TSP). The TSP guides all transportation investments in Beaverton and was first established in 1997. The TSP is a required policy document. Periodic updates are mandated by the State of Oregon and must meet state and regional planning requirements. The last time Beaverton’s TSP was updated was fourteen years ago, in 2010.

The 2026 TSP update is a major update. It aims to establish a climate friendly and equitable transportation system, where people can safely, easily, and comfortably connect to the activities, places, and services that are important to them.

Learn more about the project and share your thoughts here.

Hall Boulevard pedestrian and bicycle improvements

5/13/2025

 
A map graphic with orange sections showing the project areas. Orange between Metzger park and Locust Street; Tigard Public Library, Omara, and McDonald Street; and between Murdock and Durham Road.Courtesy: ODOT
​These pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements on Hall Boulevard in Tigard include:
  • A new crosswalk and Rectangular Rapid Flash Beacon (RRFB) at SW Ashford Street, located on the south side of the intersection. RRFBs use flashing yellow lights at marked crosswalks to alert drivers that someone is crossing the street. Pedestrians activate the beacons with the press of a button. ​
  • New lighting in the intersections of SW Bonita Road, SW Avon Street and SW Pfaffle Street.
  • Speed feedback signs in various locations.
  • New green bicycle striping in various locations.
  • Signal upgrades to include leading pedestrian signal (the pedestrian signal turns green a few seconds before the main signal to give pedestrians a head start on crossing the street). These will be at SW Hunzinker Road/SW Scoffins Street, SW Burnham Street, SW Wall Street, SW McDonald Street, SW Bonita Road and SW Sattler Street.
  • Sign upgrades and vegetation trimming throughout.
  • Paving three sections of Hall Boulevard in the orange sections in the graphic.

Want to help improve commuting in Washington County? Take our quick survey!

5/12/2025

 
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​How do you get to work? 

Whether you drive, bike, walk, roll, telecommute, or take transit, we want to hear from you! Take our short survey to share your commute experience. Your input will help us better understand what influences how people choose to get around in Washington County. 
TAKE THE SURVEY

Visit the Microtransit Pilot Project online open house and survey through May 30

5/12/2025

 
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VISIT THE ONLINE OPEN HOUSE AND SURVEY
The Microtransit Pilot Project, a partnership between Washington County and Ride Connection, Inc, will expand public transportation options in the South Cooper Mountain, River Terrace and Progress Ridge areas starting in early 2026.
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Microtransit is a flexible shared-ride shuttle service that will pick up riders at a preferred location and transport them to schools, jobs, shopping, medical appointments, frequent TriMet services and other important destinations within a specified service zone. Riders will schedule rides using an app, website or phone.

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Farmington Road Concept Plan Online Open House Open Through June 1st

5/2/2025

 
Washington County Department of Land Use and Transportation invites you to an online open house to explore potential future improvements to Farmington Road. Share your feedback by June 1st.

Click here to learn more and submit your comments.

Explore a new transportation option to the Oregon Coast

4/18/2025

 
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Courtesy Oregon Coast Visitors Association
​New North Coast Express Launching Memorial Day Weekend
Just in time for summer adventures, a new seasonal transit option will connect Portland with some of the Oregon Coast’s most iconic destinations. The North Coast Express launches Friday, May 23, providing scenic and flexible service to Astoria, Seaside, Cannon Beach, Rockaway Beach, and the Tillamook Creamery. Service will operate Fridays through Sundays through the end of August.
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The May Bike Month Challenge Starts May 1st!

4/17/2025

 
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May is National Bike Month and WTA and other Get There Oregon partners in the Portland region are excited to announce the 2025 Bike Month Challenge. Hosted by Metro, ODOT, counties, cities, and community partners, the month-long online challenge is open to anyone living or working in the Metro region. Participants can win prizes by logging any bike trip (manual or e-bike) on the Get There Oregon website--whether for commuting or just getting around. 

Starting May 1, Get There users can log bike trips to qualify for random weekly prize drawings, and grand prize drawings, or to hold the title of Team or Individual Bike Month Champions. Join your work team or form your own team to compete, have fun, and win prizes! 

Visit The Shift calendar for Bike Month Challenge events to find an event or pop-up near you. Get There partners will be offering trip-planning, biking, and commuting tips and free giveaways at community events like Portland Sunday Parkways, Bike Beaverton, and find a "bike buddy" event with BikeLoud. Or, enjoy a free coffee and donuts at a commute pop-up in Clackamas County. 


Visit the Challenge webpage for updates on prizes, events, and more! 

How to participate
The Bike Month Challenge is a part of Get There Oregon
  1. If you aren't already a Get There user--registration is quick and easy. Visit GetThereOregon to get started. 
  2. To find the Challenge, click Programs in the top menu bar of any page then click Challenges to see Bike Month Challenge. If it doesn't appear under Active, click the Available button. You'll see a big blue arrow on the right side of the screen to click if Bike Month Challenge isn't the first Challenge you see under Available.
  3. Create/join a team. If you were sent a link to join a team, you must (1) register at the link (2) join the Challenge, and (3) click the team link provided by your Team Captain. To create a team, visit the Challenge page and click the Create a Team button. A unique link will be provided for you to invite others to your team.

Where do you need shuttle, vanpool or other flexible transit options?

4/3/2025

 
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Metro is studying how smaller, more flexible transit options, called community connectors, can help connect more people to transit routes. Help identify destinations you cannot reach by transit today, especially areas where you think these services could better link your community to existing bus, MAX and WES Commuter Rail stops. Take the survey (also in Spanish), by May 4.

Community connector transit is a type of public transportation that typically uses smaller vehicles— often shuttles or vans—to get people to work, school, shops, the doctor or parks. Community connectors are often more flexible than traditional buses, allowing for off-route pickups and drop-offs or on-demand requests whenever and wherever needed (similar to services like Uber or Lyft). This flexibility can help people travel to light rail stations or frequent bus routes that may be a mile or more away from their homes or destinations.


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