Our 2025 Year in Review
- Michelle Knoke
- 9 minutes ago
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WTA had a full and meaningful year, strengthened by a community that continues to champion transportation options in Washington County. We connected with members and partners through events, committee work, and regional and community gatherings, all of which helped advance our shared goals. Here's a look back on some of the highlights from 2025.
Member Engagement and Community Events
WTA was busy this year connecting with members, partners, and the greater community to promote transportation options throughout Washington County. Our work ranged from bike events and transit outreach to sustainability fairs, commute clinics, and neighborhood celebrations. WTA member names are bolded.
Active Transportation and Biking Events
Bike-to-work days for Washington County and LAIKA
Hillsboro's Bike to the Park event, Policy Makers Ride, and the Walk and Roll with Public Works event celebrating the new multi-use path on Shute Road
We provided a bike valet service at the Beaverton Night Market and attended community-focused biking events such as Safe Routes To School Bike Rodeos and Westside Bike Happy Hours at BG's Food Cartel
Earth Month and Sustainability Events
Earth Day and sustainability fairs with Portland Community College, Genentech, and Intel
Community Partners Affordable Housing (CPAH) Community Cleanup Days
Green Business Leaders Earth Day event
Employee Benefits and Resource Fairs
Columbia Sportswear open enrollment event
CPAH Resource Fairs
City of Hillsboro employee benefits fair
June Transit Month
WTA partnered with TriMet for the 2nd annual Ride Transit Month
Hosted events at Intel and Nike campuses
Resulted in 2,200 alternative trips taken and $4,300 in savings!
Tour of TriMet's Merlo Garage for top performers
Commute Clinics and Trainings
Hosted a virtual multimodal winter commute clinic with The Street Trust.
Collaborated with The Street Trust on a Winter Commute Clinic at Genentech
Oregon Friendly Driver Training for City of Tigard employees and Ride Connection volunteers
Other Events
Westside Bike Happy Hours with Ride Westside.
Partio at Columbia Sportswear
PGE Commute Solutions Fairs
Reedville/Aloha Community Block Party
Beaverton Area Chamber of Commerce
Attended Q&A with Senator Lieber
Enneagram Workshop
Hosted Billy the Beaver
Trek Pride Ride
Rose City Self Defense workshop with RideWestside
Program Activities
WTA can now offer transportation options site-specific travel maps for worksites
Winter Walk & Roll Week
Total distance traveled: 1,102.9 miles
160 trips taken
We hosted two workshops which can be viewed via the links
Employee Commute Options (ECO) Surveys were completed for
Edwards Vacuum
LAIKA Studios
PGE
Costco - Tigard
WTA conducted an in-depth Student Survey for Portland Community College
Get There Employer Commute Solutions Summit March 14
Washington County Employer Commute Workshop & WTA Annual meeting April 2
Acquired a new electric cargo bike fleet courtesy of PGE's Drive Change Fund
May Bike Month
Get There Bike Month Challenge
Resulted in 3,700 bike and e-bike trips and 5 tons of CO2 emissions reduced!
Nike's Bagels & Biketown and Bike Month Celebration
Nike wins WTA League Championship!
Partnered with America Walks for the Week Without Driving
Received a mayoral proclamation from the City of Tigard
Get There Challenge October 1 - 14
Resulted in 2K alternative trips taken and 6.7 tons of CO2 emissions reduced!
WTA and Get There Oregon launched the Get Home Program, a guaranteed ride home program
Continued Growth and Development
Staff achievements
Jordan became a League Cycling Instructor from the The League of American Bicyclists
Michelle received a Social Marketing in Transportation certificate from the University of South Florida
WTA welcomed two new board members, Jess Dalesky from Lam Research and Shresha Karmacharya from Genentech
Thank you to our members and partners for your ongoing collaboration and support! We look forward to building on this momentum in 2026 and exploring new opportunities to support sustainable commuting in Washington County. If your organization would like to get more involved with WTA, we would love to hear from you.
