Oregon Active Transportation Summit

RSVP required--BIKETOWN bikeshare e-bikes and promo codes will be available at the starting location to early RSVPs who request them. Bring your own helmet.

Location Details:
Meet at Metro Regional Center, Apotheker Plaza: 600 NE Grand Ave., the plaza is at the corner of NE Grand & NE Irving St. We will have BIKETOWN codes for folks who need a ride – please bring your own helmet.
We will end back at Metro (600 NE Grand Ave.) by 8:50am, where the Oregon SRTS Annual Meeting is being hosted.

Description:
Rise early to be part of one of Portland’s Bike Buses. Bike Buses are a community-driven movement that’s changing how kids travel and connect. By simply riding bikes to school together, Bike Bus programs reduce traffic, promote sustainability and foster community connection.
 
Join the Abernethy Bike Bus and ride to school to experience firsthand the joy of the bike bus. The route will showcase small improvements that can be made along local streets to improve safety for kids, and you’ll hear about the role of local and regional transportation agencies on innovative approaches. You will also learn about the key elements needed to start a Bike Bus in your community, including partnerships, safety considerations and local engagement strategies. See how one small act—riding bikes together—can create big change.

Limit: 12, bring your bike, and we recommend a helmet

Location Details:
Meet at Pioneer Square North MAX station (SW Morrison St, Portland, OR 97204 @ SW Broadway) at 8:30 a.m., depart at 8:45 a.m.

Description:
Join Washington County and Hillsboro transportation leaders for an immersive riding/rolling mobile workshop exploring communities on the edge of the Urban Growth Boundary who are building safe, connected, multimodal networks. This four‑hour mobile workshop requires MAX ride from the conference site to Quatama, followed by a guided mobile tour of the Reedville Trail, South Hillsboro, TV Highway crossings, and neighborhood routes linking schools, parks, and new housing. Participants will gain firsthand insight into the design, funding, and implementation of trails, protected corridors, Safe Routes to School improvements, and sustainable project design and construction methods.

Attendees will learn how Washington County and the City of Hillsboro’s have been effective working with area communities to build infrastructure that reflects local safety needs. Through stops at key locations—including the Reedville Trail corridor, the Butternut Creek Bridge and undercrossing, and Tamarack Elementary—this workshop offers real‑world lessons on applying design engineering specs and standards to create unique community assets. The workshop will provide attendees numerous examples as well as significant hands-on learning opportunities of infrastructure in the field.


Timing

• ~1 hour MAX trip outbound
• 1.5–2 hours riding
• ~1 hour MAX return
• Total duration: ~4 hours

Planned Route + Key Stops

• MAX to Quatama (start)
• Reedville Trail
• South Hillsboro
• TV Highway Crossing
• Cornelius Pass → Butternut Bridge
• Route under the bridge
• Back up Cornelius Pass to Kinnaman
• Tamarack Elementary
• Route back to Blanton
• Blanton Streets segment
• Return via Cornelius Pass → Quatama MAX Station back to PSU

Accessibility & Safety

• Accessible for riders using bicycles or mobility devices (roll or ride)

• Participants should be comfortable riding in varied suburban conditions

• Safety vests will be provided

• Small group (~12 people) for safety and high engagement

***Please note timing and route/stops may be adjusted slightly on the day of the event to avoid construction or other activities. Please reach out to the Speakers with additional route questions.

Just added! To accommodate overflow from "Active Transportation on the Suburban Edge: A Mobile (Bike/Roll) Tour of Washington County’s Multimodal Network."

Location Details:
Meet at Pioneer Courthouse Square (701 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97204) at 8:45 a.m., depart at 9:00 a.m.

A 10-mile ride highlighting some of our favorite bike infrastructure--old and new--some of which we've featured in previous popular The Street Trust New Year's Day Rides, Día de las Madres Rides, and WeBike rides. We'll stop for coffee Nossa Familia Coffee and/or street art in the middle. Zero overlap with the route of the Annual OATS Bike Ride with PBOT's Roger Geller at 4:00 p.m. so come to both!
Here's our route.

Location Details: Metro Regional Government (600 NE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97232)
NOTE: If you're having trouble accessing the Eventbrite embedded in Sched, here's the link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oregon-safe-routes-to-school-annual-meeting-tickets-1985408729957

Join Safe Routes to School partners from across Oregon for a day of connection, learning, and inspiration.

The Oregon SRTS Annual Meeting brings together practitioners, educators, and advocates to exchange ideas and reflect on the work happening in communities statewide. Through a mix of presentations and interactive activities, you’ll have the opportunity to hear what’s working and connect with others. Come ready to engage and share - leave feeling energized and inspired!

Agenda Highlights

• Welcome & Networking
• Opening Remarks & Icebreaker
• Guest Speaker Presentations
• El Camino de Dolores Reflection Activity
• Collaborative Celebration Activity
• Help Exchange Networking
• One-Minute Program Share-Outs
• Closing Reflections & Group Photo
• Lunch Walk/Roll & Route Audit Activity (optional)

Meets outside PSU Smith Memorial Student Union at 12:30 p.m., departs at 12:45 p.m.

Location Details:
Depart PSU Smith Memorial Student Union at 12:45 p.m. on the Portland Streetcar to South Waterfront. Returns to PSU Urban Plaza (to feed into the Steel Bridge Skatepark Activism tour), ending at 2:15 p.m.

Description:
The better Sheridan Street project has brought together a multitude of stakeholders to make access safer for people walking and biking underneath the last remnants of the Harbor Drive Freeway, that continue to cut off access for International School and OHSU students.

Hear how PSU Urban Planning and Civil Engineering students were able to provide valuable work via the Better Block Project Pathway to help influence PBOT decision making and discussions with City Council about creating new funding opportunities.

Meet at PSU Urban Plaza at 2:15 p.m., departs at 2:30 p.m.

Location Details:
Depart PSU Urban Plaza on the MAX at 2:30 p.m. (once the Safer Routes to International School Walkshop returns); end at PSU Smith Memorial Student Union at 3:45 p.m. to feed into the OATS Annual Bike Ride with Roger Geller.

Description:
The Steel Bridge Skatepark has been a dream for over 20 years, long unrealized. This project was destined to be the apex of citizen skating activism, the "crown jewel" of the Portland Skatepark Master Plan, but had sat on a dusty shelf of unbuilt plans. In 2021, a diverse group of activists with representation from Portland All Wheels Welcome, The Street Trust, Skate Like a Girl, Bridge City Skate, neighborhood advocates, and Queer Skate PDX rolled down Better Naito with a wheelbarrow of concrete to do a "ceremonial" first pour, ribbon cutting, and groundbreaking as a press conference to reignite the public's imagination.Followed up with Council testimony and engagement, this panel tells the story of how $15 million was allocated and the transformative project it will deliver for future generations of Portland skaters and beyond!

NOT A LOOP.

Limit: 25
- Starts outside PSU Smith Memorial Student Union
- Ends at Birdie Time Pub and Mini Golf (925 SE Main St, Portland, OR 97214)

Join PBOT's Bicycle Coordinator, Roger Geller to ride the newest neighborhood greenways and protected bike lanes, and discuss past and future projects, the city's bike network, and infrastructure. The ride will end at the OATS Closing Happy Hour. Here's the route map.

Join us for this special closing happy hour sponsored by Burgess & Niple at Birdie Time Pub (Aviary One and Two) - 925 SE Main St, Portland, OR 97214.