by emily | Apr 28, 2023 | Blog, News
Last week, active transportation enthusiasts from throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington met at the Lloyd Center in Portland to celebrate and share updates at the Oregon Active Transportation Summit (OATS) organized by The Street Trust. This was the first time...
by emily | Dec 1, 2022 | Blog, News
For the second year in a row, Oregon students celebrated Ruby Bridges Walk+Roll to School Day. Around the state, students donned warm clothes and participated in walk and roll events to commemorate the bravery of Ruby Bridges, who at 6 years old was the first Black...
by emily | Sep 29, 2022 | Blog
The 2022-23 school year has started, and as we welcome students across Oregon back to school, we also welcome new Safe Routes coordinators. Megan Shull recently started work at the SRTS coordinator in Lane County. We reached out to her with some questions to get to...
by emily | Aug 31, 2022 | Blog
In summer 2022, ODOT SRTS unveiled the pilot of our new Jump Start Train-the-Trainer program. This program helps school districts, staff, and other safe routes advocates learn the skills to teach bicycle and pedestrian safety to students across Oregon through onsite...
by emily | Aug 31, 2022 | Blog
The Quick Build Pilot Program installed new curb extensions at Colonel Wright Elementary School in the City of The Dalles last week. Intersection improvements were identified in the City’s SRTS Plan to improve student comfort and safety on their way to school. Thank...
by emily | Aug 30, 2022 | Blog
Thank you so much to the dozens of students across Oregon who submitted entries into our Walk+Roll Challenge 2022 art contest! Students were asked to create art answering the prompt “Why I walk and roll”. Below are the pieces from our winners! Maddox – Grade 1...
