About Our Coalition
The Portland metropolitan region is an incredible place to live. But we also know that our region is a place of tremendous disparities in wealth, health, education, jobs, and access to services.
When we talk about building livable communities, we must mean “livable” for all — inclusive of all ages, abilities, races, incomes, and backgrounds. We envision a region in which everyone can live, work, play, pray, and thrive. It’s a region of communities where all of our neighbors have the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of our success, and where we’re united in tackling our challenges — together.
To do that, we must build our region’s transportation system on a foundation of social equity. As a region, we need to reduce congestion on our highways and roads by:
- Making our streets safe and accessible for people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds;
- Investing in new bus & MAX lines to help people get where they need to go;
- Ensuring that transportation investments are transparent and accountable to the community;
- Preventing mass displacement and restoring housing affordability; and
- Guaranteeing funding for programs and operations that increases access to transportation options.
Do these guiding principles align with your vision for our region?
WHO WE ARE
The Getting There Together Coalition was formed in 2017 in response to growing concerns that the Portland metropolitan region wasn’t adequately planning to build the comprehensive infrastructure and transportation system that will alleviate growing freeway congestion, empower working Oregonians to get to jobs, and ensure all the region’s residents prosper from an equitable, sustainable, and climate-smart investment in our future.
NEWS AND UPDATES
We Proudly Endorse the Let’s Get Moving Campaign
This November, our region will be voting on a ballot measure that will make long-overdue investments in safety, transit, accessible, and affordable transportation across the greater Portland region. During the shaping of this measure, the Getting There Together Coalition sought input through our member organizations and heard from communities across the region to identify the […]
Oh, the places you’ll go!
In 2017, a small group of leaders from community-based organizations penned a letter asking the region’s transportation leaders to think boldly and more equitably in the ways we invest in transportation for our region — and with it, the Getting There Together Coalition was born. We know our region is stronger when we all have […]
Let’s Get Moving!
July 16, 2020: Today, after years of work with and input from the community, Metro Council referred their Get Moving 2020 regional transportation investment measure to the November 2020 ballot, which will invest more than $7 billion across the greater Portland region over the next 20 years. Read more about our analysis of and input […]
Metro Considers Referral of Transportation Investment Measure to the November Ballot
Metro’s regional transportation investment measure is nearing finalization, with a draft plan of projects and program investments available on their website, upcoming listening sessions scheduled starting June 30, and a referral decision by Metro Council expected to take place on July 16. The Getting There Together Coalition strongly supports referral of this transportation package. Join […]
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@sp_redelectric Hi Erik, some clarification. Outside projects, 1/M26-218 includes $50M/year for funding that will go to transit, sidewalks, cycling & has yet to be defined - it’s competitive & Tigard definitely has needs! 2/Tigard doesn’t pay for the measure, it’s a tax on big businesses.
@sp_redelectric What is this project that you speak of? We’re a transportation justice advocacy coalition. We don’t have ‘projects’.
@sp_redelectric Nah. We want more buses just like you do. We recognize there’s a lot of great funding in transportation measure - it includes more than one project & focuses on safety/accessibility/transit + will benefit Tigard, Tualatin, Sherwood & all the other communities in the region.
Ranfis Villatoro of the @BGAlliance "compared the measure to the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which spurred economic growth during the Great Depression by buying materials & creating jobs by constructing public roads & buildings." #GetMoving2020
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@buttermilk1 @TheWarOnCars Greater Portland, OR region will be voting on a transportation measure that is massively focused on safety and transit investments on 17 roads + $50m/year annually for safe routes to school, bike, ped and safety projects, a new frequent transit network, bus electrification. 💯