BEST Happy Hours
On the third Tuesday of each month from 5 to 7 pm, BEST Happy Hour is a place to meet up with others in our community and talk about all things transportation in the company of local experts and guest speakers. Come out, chat with local advocates and more, and connect with our community.
Our hosts at Gratitude Brewing (540 E 8th Ave, Eugene) invite you to show up before BEST Happy Hour for $1 off all pints of Gratitude beer, local wine, ciders, and kombucha from 3 to 5 pm! The venue also includes many nonalcoholic options and delicious food from their scratch kitchen with bread from Reality Kitchen.
Everyone is welcome! We encourage you to walk, bike, roll, or ride the bus there, but come however works best for you. See you there!🚶♀️ 🚴♂️ 🚌 🚙
Upcoming dates and speakers
- Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 5–7 pm @ Gratitude Brewing
Guest speaker to be announced. Stay tuned!
Getting there
Biking: Gratitude Brewing is located close to the Ruth Bascom Riverbank Path. Bike parking and a PeaceHeath Rides station is available right out front.
Ride the Bus: The EmX’s Hilyard and High St Stations are a 0.4 mi (8 minute) walk away. LTD’s downtown station is 0.6 mi (15 minute) walk away.
Driving: Motor vehicle parking is available on the north side of the gravel lot across Ferry Street, in the Northwest Community Credit Union (545 E 8th Ave, Eugene) after 5:30 pm, and in the new City of Eugene lot near the old steam plant across the railroad tracks.
Previous BEST Happy Hours
Not able to make all BEST Happy Hour events? That’s okay! Check out the BEST Blog for highlights from past events by searching ‘BEST Happy Hour’ in the search icon at the top right of our website menu.
- Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 5–7 pm @ Gratitude Brewing
Tanner Faris, a Eugene teacher who biked from Canada to Mexico in 7 days, on how the infrastructure that makes an 8-year-old comfortable riding to school is the same infrastructure that lets an adult ride 1,600 miles down the Pacific Coast. He will talk about the good and bad of the Pacific Coast bike route and how we can depend on similar systems to get to and from work and school safely, all without worrying about conflict with cars.
- Tuesday, August 18, 2026, 5–7 pm @ Gratitude Brewing
Patterson Street Safety Pilot: Behind the Scenes with University of Oregon LiveMove Co-Chairs Bella Ebner and Hannah Norris and City of Eugene Transportation Senior Planner Reed Dunbar.
- Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 5–7 pm @ Gratitude Brewing
Views from The Bike Lane on their new bicycle-centered community blog and newsletter.
- Tuesday, June 16, 2026, 5–7 pm @ Gratitude Brewing
Eugene Springfield NAACP on their programming and impact.
- Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 5–7 pm @ Gratitude Brewing
Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts will help us make neighborhood slow-down signs. Bring your ideas and creativity! MECCA will provide all materials and assistance. MECCA is a nonprofit that sells secondhand arts and crafts supplies (and lots of other awesome junk). They are driven by their commitment to inspire creativity, support education, and reduce waste.
- Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 5–7 pm @ Gratitude Brewing
Walk With Me, Tyler E. Burgess, author, illustrator and walker of the world that has organized and led 34 walking tours in 10 different countries for 15 years. Thousands have enjoyed her charming guidebooks of unique urban walks. Keeping a travel sketchbook diary, she shares those in her calendars, sketchbooks and videos.
- Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 5–7 pm @ Gratitude Brewing
Eugene’s Active Transportation Committee advises the City of Eugene Transportation Planning Team, and community organizations and partners, on projects identified in the Eugene Transportation System Plan and the Active Transportation Strategic Plan, active transportation planning projects (walk, bike, roll, bus), and active transportation program implementation.
- Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 5–7 pm @ Gratitude Brewing
Transportation Safety Community Forum. We won’t have a featured guest this month but rather invite anyone interested to continue the discussion from the recent event attended by almost 200 people.
- Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 5–7 pm @ Gratitude Brewing
Greater Eugene Area Riders (GEARs), a nonprofit organization with the mission to promote and encourage bicycle riding for transportation and recreation. They coordinate weekly rides, provide safety and skill education, defend the rights and responsibilities of bike riders, and work to enhance the bicycle culture in Eugene and surrounding area.
- Wednesday, December 17, 2025, 5–7 pm @ Gratitude Brewing
Disciples of Dirt, a mountain bike club dedicated to the stewardship of sustainable multi-use trails and to preserving and enhancing access for mountain bikers through advocacy, outreach, social events, and promoting responsible trail use.
- Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 5–7 pm @ Gratitude Brewing
Angela Hampton, cyclist and author of Tales From the Rails to Trails (Bike Tales).
- Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 5–7 pm @ Gratitude Brewing
Anna Zivarts, founder of the Week Without Driving and author of When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency.
- Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 5 pm – closing @ Gratitude Brewing
Cycle of Change: Summer Social.
- Wednesday, August 20, 2025, 5–7 pm @ Gratitude Brewing
Jameson T. Auten, Chief Executive Officer for Lane Transit District.
- Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 5–7 pm @ The Study in PublicHouse
Springfield Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC)
- Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 5–7 pm @ Gratitude Brewing
Cycle of Change Walking, moving the needle by advocating for complete and safe sidewalks in the Eugene-Springfield area, with a revised funding model.
- Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 5–7 pm @ Gratitude Brewing
Shane Rhodes, Transportation Options Program Manager for the City of Eugene, discussing electric mobility.
- Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 5–7 pm @ Gratitude Brewing
Kendsie Channing, Shift Community Cycles, your local nonprofit community bike resource center founded in 2021 in response to the need for a community bicycle space.
- Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 5–7 pm @ Gratitude Brewing
350 Eugene, working toward climate justice by organizing people to make deep system change.
- Thursday, February 20, 2025, 5–7 pm @ Gratitude Brewing
Rich Hoey, Eugene Public Works Director.
- Thursday, January 16, 2025, 5–7 pm @ Claim 52 Kitchen
LiveMove, University of Oregon Transportation and Livability Student Group.
- Thursday, December 19, 2024, 5–7 pm @ Bill & Tim’s Barbecue & Tap House
Floyd Prozanski, Oregon State Senator.
- Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 5–7 pm @ Falling Sky Brewing
Laurie Trieger, Lane County Commissioner District 3 (South Eugene).
- Thursday, October 17, 2024, 5–7 pm @ Drop Bear Brewery
Eliza Kashinsky, Eugene City Councilor-Elect Ward 1.
- Thursday, September 19, 2024, 5–7 pm @ Oakshire Public House
Kaarin Knudson, Eugene Mayor-Elect.
- Thursday, August 15, 2024, 5–7 pm @ Moke’s Coffee & Kitchen
Marc Schlossberg, University of Oregon Planning Professor.
Further reading
- With social prescribing, hanging out, movement and arts are doctor’s order (NPR, 7/14/25)
- Bike Happy Hour (BikePortland)
- Get ready for the revolution at Bike Happy Hour this week (3/18/25)
- Sticker Swap at Bike Happy Hour tonight! (2/26/25)
- Portland candidates: You’re always welcome at our weekly Bike Happy Hour! (9/23/24)
- Westside Bike Happy Hour draws a crowd, will be a recurring event (7/16/24)
- Now there’s a Bike Happy Hour on the west side! (7/9/24)
- Candidates fix Portland’s flat tires at Bike Happy Hour (7/8/24)
- Checking in on Bike Happy Hour (5/14/24)
- On Wednesday, help us celebrate one year of Bike Happy Hour! (4/15/24)
- Yes we’re still doing Bike Happy Hour, and yes it’s still awesome! (12/14/23)
- Let’s talk bikes at bike-friendly businesses on a bike-friendly street (4/4/23)
- Love and Bicycles: How Portland’s bike scene facilitates romance in the age of dating apps and loneliness (Taylor Griggs, Portland Mercury, 1/30/25)
Last updated 9/15/26.