The Mayor’s budget proposal included $500,000 set aside specifically for bike projects and restored funding for SmartTrips and Safer Routes to School programs. The BTA and community activists like you worked hard to get bike funding into the budget, but all five City Commissioners must approve the budget – so tell them why affordable transportation is important to you at the community budget hearing tonight.
What: Bike Ride and Community Budget Hearing
When: Tonight! Thursday, May 21, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Where: Family-friendly bike ride gathers at Sunnyside Elementary School at 5:15 pm and leaves at 5:30 pm. We’ll arrive at Mt Tabor Middle School (5800 SE Ash St) shortly before 6:00 pm. Testimony begins at 6:30 pm.
Attire: Green Tie. Show your support by wearing Bike Box Green to the hearing!
Preparation: Know what you want to say, in 3 minutes or less. Sign up starts at 6:00. Read additional instructions and tips for testifying at the Mayor’s website.
If you can’t attend the hearing, you can email your testimony to the City Council before May 27.
Wear your nicest bike box green to the budget hearing. (Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland.org)
