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On the birthday of Rosa Parks, BEST highlights that people of all backgrounds and abilities needs ways to get where they need to go, including people in rural communities.

These include better streets, better transit, better biking, better walking, better projects, better funding, and better events.

As the Oregon Legislature looks for how to pay for it, BEST executive director Rob Zako argues for one that is safe, clean, fair, and accountable.

As Lane Transit District works to help everyone get around better, BEST offers this roundup of public transit stories from around the country

BEST Executive Director Rob Zako summarized the challenges and opportunities at a meeting of the Transportation Options Group of Oregon.

The MLK Transit and Safety Project repurposed the outside travel lanes as dedicated bus-and-turn (BAT) lanes, added a crosswalk at Chevy Chase Street, and enhanced the bikeways with green color at driveways and intersections.

On July 17, BEST urges you to comment to the Joint Committee on Transportation about who benefits, who pays, and who decides.

You can’t measure the cost of each lost life. Except we can and do, every time we make choices about how to invest transportation dollars.

An ODOT engineer talked about protecting bridges along state highways but a city councilor asked about keeping critical lifeline routes open.

After work, join fellow transportation folks for a fun picnic dinner. The Cycle of Change (CoC) is a growing group of people who are coming together to have fun, build community, and promote better transportation options…