HNY! Top billing from @oregonian.com for pugs on @thestreettrust.org New Years Day Ride 😂 Had the weather been better, I’d have spent more time playing w/ the pugs, too. However, it allowed me the opportunity to chat more w/ @councilortkl.bsky.social—silver lining! www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Less than $797.35 to put us over the finish line before the midnight and the New Year's deadline tonight! Can you help with a small gift at www.TheStreetTrust.org/GG? If 31 people give just $26 to help represent bicyclists, pedestrians, and transit-riders now, we'd be done for the year. TY!

Militant cyclists boycotting Stranger Things finale due to lack of biking scenes in latest season.

From a 16-year-old chess grandmaster to a bus driver who thwarted a hijacking, these Oregonians made remarkable impacts in their communities this year.

🎬 Today's your LAST CHANCE to win an amazing incentive this year (a vacation package to Ashland & the Oregon Shakespeare Festival), WHILE you help fund the fight for bicyclists, pedestrians, rollers, & transit-riders across Oregon . 🚧 Please help us close the 9% gap at www.TheStreetTrust.org/GG.

Want to learn more about Vision Zero, Portland’s commitment to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries? Explore the Vision Zero dashboard with PBOT's Vision Zero Data Analyst, Alyssa. youtube.com/shorts/zFY3t...

2025 was a rough year for transportation reformers. I spent much of it thinking about ways to build support for car-free streets, transit expansions, bike lanes, etc. Here are a few stories where I shared what I’ve learned. 🧵

Biking home, I almost ran into a guy biking w no lights or reflective gear. I stopped, gave him some. He said he'd recently returned from incarceration, didn't have money, bike was his only transportation. @thestreettrust.org meets critical community needs, and we can't do it without your support.

We're so close to today's mini-goal for Big E-Bike Day. If just 42 people give $30 before midnight, we'll be in good shape to continue our work to expand safe, accessible transportation for all Oregonians - especially the 30% of us who don't drive. ⚠️ Give at www.TheStreetTrust.org/gg to win! ⚠️

We need to reach 90% of our Give!Guide campaign goal today to keep offering programs like Ride2Own. Get a sense of how an e-bike can change a life for the better from a graduate & give $10 or more now for a chance at your own e-bike: www.TheStreetTrust.org/GG. www.youtube.com/watch?v=siJQ...

IT'S HERE, BIG E-BIKE DAY... along with your chance to win an amazing 2025 Tern HSD S00 e-bike from Splendid Cycles with every gift of $10 or more, but only before midnight tonight.

🚲⚡️ It's officially our favorite @wweek.com Big Give Day of all, BIG E-BIKE DAY! Just a gift of $10 to make Oregon's streets safer for bicyclists and rollers gives you a chance to win a fabulous e-bike from Splendid Cycles with a retail value of $5,949, www.TheStreetTrust.org/GG.

With your help, we can reach 80% of our vital Give!Guide goal (or $1,926 in donations) before midnight tonight to ensure bicyclists, walkers and transit-riders aren't left behind in policy and planning in Oregon. We have less than 4 days to reach 100% .

2025 was brutal for US transit. Agencies faced budget deficits, flat ridership, and open hostility from the White House. I wrote a series of stories outlining ways to help transit endure. Lesson #1: Whatever you do, don’t cut service. Riders will leave – permanently. Here are a few others 🧵

Henry Sakamoto survived the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII, then went on to shape Oregon’s agricultural economy and Portland’s civic life.

ADAPT originated with protests for wheelchair-accessible buses in Denver. "We will ride!" Mobility for all means mobility for all. history.denverlibrary.org/news/denver/...

Today's a dream offer for the book 📚 and bike 🚲 lovers out there... You have a special chance to win a $500 gift card at @powells.bsky.social to stock up for the new year!

Check out our 2025 New Year's Day Riders favorite PDX bicycling and walking landmarks! Ride with us on New Year's Day to visit new infrastructure. You'll enjoy quiet and empty streets, while prolonging holiday cheer with this costumes-encouraged ride with friends. www.TheStreetTrust.org/NYDR

Here are our 10 best bicycle movies to watch over the holidays. momentummag.com/here-are-our...

In what was no doubt a difficult year, we are so thankful for all of you and all you do to make safe streets a reality for all. ☃️ Wishing you, your family, and friends happy, restful, and safe holidays!

Portland: come celebrate the new year with me at the annual @thestreettrust.org New Year’s Day Ride! It’s my 5th year leading, but the 70th-ish overall 🤩 We’ve got an awesome route this year, great playlist, tasty snacks & warm drinks, and oodles of prizes at the end thestreettrust.org/NYD

Vision Zero progress can’t stop at city limits. Strong local plans must also take on state policy barriers — from speed limits to speed safety cameras. See the Top 10 Vision Zero Plan Elements that Inspire Us → visionzeronetwork.org/top-10-visio...

Most government office are closed Christmas Day, public transportation hours are adjusted.

If you live on or near the Clackamas River, be aware that it reached major flood stage overnight and some evacuations have been ordered.

The 15 best holiday cycling gifts for the bicyclist in your life. momentummag.com/cycling-holi...

Want to kick off your 2026 right? Come along on our annual New Year's Day ride (and long-standing Portland tradition)! We'll start at the Cart Blocks at noon and embark on an 8 mile ride on the quiet and mostly empty streets. New for 2026: Dress as your most artistic winter self...

DoorDash Plans to Send Autonomous Robots into Bike Lanes. momentummag.com/doordash-pla...

Bostonians Wanted More Bike Lanes: Now They Have Them, and Traffic Is Down www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bostonians-w...

Want another chance at fame and glory? PBOT and Portland City Elections are teaming up to bring back Portland’s beloved annual Snowplow Naming Contest and we’re asking Portlanders to name five more snowplows! More details: www.portland.gov/transportati...

Read the latest on Oregon's transportation funding referendum in the face of severe flooding and weather emergencies across our region: katu.com/news/local/w...

Can you help us reach our mini-goal of 60% tonight? If just 19 people give $20 at giveguide.org/nonprofits/t..., we'd be set, and you'd be helping advance transportation for all across Oregon!

Shout out to our board member & Oregon Micromobility Network leader Cameron Bennett

In honor of Big Groceries Day, here's our top tips for shopping by bike! The Street Trust provides all kinds of safety education and clinics for bicyclists and rollers of all kinds: www.thestreettrust.org/programs/cli...

Every gift of $10 or more today to help provide e-bikes and safe alternatives to driving, build a safer system across our region, and fight for transit and transportation funding also means you'll be entered for a $500 gift card from New Seasons. Give to win at www.TheStreetTrust.org/GG

With more stormy weather expected this week, I'm all the more thankful for ODOT's road maintenance crews, and I'm all the more committed to ensuring the legislature secures funding to retain these vital front line workers through the winter months ahead. #orpol #orleg

We testified at Portland City Council's Transportation & Infrastructure Committee yesterday to talk about how we can fund 82nd transit, how we need to regulate autonomous vehicles, and how advocates like you have to be the sounding board for policies (not just businesses). P.S...

Transportation Alumni Highlight! Adam Moore graduated from PSU in 2012 w/MS from @maseehcollege.bsky.social. He now works as a traffic engineer for @pbotinfo.bsky.social, where he helped shape signals & street lighting for the SW 4th Ave Improvement Project. Meet Adam: trec.pdx.edu/news/transpo...

‪Traffic violence involves three, interrelated factors: 1. Dangerous street/road design 2. Dangerous vehicles 3. Dangerous drivers If you want safer streets, you have to think about all three factors.

The submission, expected to be carried out via horse-drawn carriage, amounts to a dramatic rebuke of new taxes passed by legislative Democrats in late September: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/12/o...

The towns stretch from the Oregon coast to Mount Hood and from wine country to central Oregon.

Ask us what to read! Send us your reading questions over the next 24 hours, and our team of librarians will come up with a custom recommendation just for you. Tune in for #AskALibrarian live from 9 to 10 am PT on Thursdays! 📚

We’re here at OPB studios getting ready to go on Think Out Loud to talk about traffic deaths in Portland. Tune in for the lunch hour!

Contra @washingtonpost.com, many U.S. cities who have made significant investments in Vision Zero seeing significant safety progress. Via @visionzeronet.bsky.social: Austin: Fatals + serious crashes ⬇️ 86% Milwaukee: ⬇️ 28% Philly: ⬇️ 34% usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/28/o...

Today at noon and 8 on OPB.

After NYC installed 2,000 speed cameras, crashes fell 30% and injuries 16%. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Archie is the #TransitDog of the day, please admire Archie and his tram tracks.

The Portland Spirit + The Nines = A really good time! For every $10+ gift you make today to The Street Trust to build a better transportation future, you'll get a chance at an amazing staycation including a luxurious stay at The Nines and a fabulous dinner cruise on the Portland Spirit.

LISTEN IN TOMORROW: We'll be on OPB to talk about a recent report showing Portland's falling traffic-related deaths are on track to be at their lowest in Portland since 2019 and what we can do to make gains across Oregon!

Here are some of the Worst Bike Lanes on the Planet. momentummag.com/worst-bike-l...

It's going to be very dark and rainy tonight! Reminder to slow down and turn your lights on!