All of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance’s work aims to improve biking around Oregon and in Southwest Washington through advocacy, education, and promotion around bicycling. Central to our work is supporting local advocates, speaking up for cyclists in statewide forums, and bringing great bicycling programs to communities throughout our region.

What it means on the ground

To support advocacy efforts in communities around Oregon and in Southwest Washington, the BTA’s core organizing principle is our network of members. For local issues, only local voices can be truly effective.

Our role is to support active BTA members in effecting change by:

• Connecting them to other local BTA member-advocates;
• Providing technical advice about bike facility design;
• Sharing our successful advocacy experiences;
• Connecting advocates to local decisionmakers and allies; and
• Helping advocates learn who’s making transportation decisions and how they’re being made.

We prioritize projects that have demonstrated local support from a group of advocates and that fit with our mission and core values.

Advocacy at the state level

The BTA also acts directly as your voice for critical statewide issues that often have huge local impact. During the Legislative session, we have a lobbyist in Salem who represents cyclists and the bike industry. The rest of the year, we have staff tracking policymaking bodies and attending state-level committees. (learn more)

Education and Promotion programs around Oregon

The BTA offers many of our promotion activities and award-winning youth education programs around Oregon and Southwest Washington. Depending on where you live, we may already be working with and for you on the following programs:

• Bike Commute Challenge
• Safe Routes to School programs
• Walk and Bike to School Day
• Walk and Bike Wednesdays
• Bicycle Safety Education

We are able to offer programs in communities where we have strong local partners working with us to identify and solicit funding and in-kind support, build community buy-in, develop a network of volunteers, and communicate with the media.

If you are interested in partnering with us to start one of these programs in your area, please contact us at info@bta4bikes.org.