Mayor Sam Adams announced his budget proposal last week, which included $500,000 set aside specifically for bike projects, and restored funding for SmartTrips and Safer Routes to School programs. This is more funding than the city’s bike program has received in many years, and the Mayor’s office intends that it grow larger every year. View a summary of the transportation budget.
The BTA and community activists like you worked hard to get bike funding into the budget, but we need your help to make it stick! All five City Commissioners must approve the budget, so tell them why affordable transportation is important to you at the Community Budget Hearing on May 21st.
Wear your nicest bike box green to the budget hearing on May 21st! (Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland.org)
What: Bike Ride and Community Budget Hearing
When: 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.
