Safe Routes to School

Fall 2024 Update

Five kids with bikes paying attention to an adult standing next to her own bike.

Two kids in bright orange helmets ride scooters along a narrow, bright green scooter track.

Safe Routes to School is teamed up with bike works by p:ear, the City of Gresham, and the City of Portland to provide transportation safety programs in East Multnomah County. We now have a bike and scooter fleet for teaching safety lessons at schools and in the community. We are reaching out to schools and community groups to schedule lessons.

The Safe Routes team created a map that highlights the infrastructure projects near schools east of 122nd Avenue. This includes projects on roads owned by the City of Portland, City of Gresham, and Multnomah County. Due to the length of time that it takes to plan, design, and construct projects, we included projects that have been completed in the past five years, and projects that will be completed in the upcoming 5 years.

Document

Map: East Multnomah County Safe Routes to School Investments (2.49 MB)

Each project is identified by:

Jurisdiction: On the list of projects, turquoise indicates Portland, red for Multnomah County, and purple for Gresham
Project completion: Green dots are completed projects and yellow dots are planned projects
Cost range: Indicated by the size of the dot. Small dots are projects that cost between $1.5 K and $199 K. Large dots are projects that cost between $5.3M and $13M.

Resources

Multnomah County can support schools in East Multnomah County who provide Safe Routes to School programming activities such as:

Encouragement events before, during, or after school to promote walking and bicycling
Bicycle and pedestrian safety curriculum for schools, including training for school staff

Learn how Multnomah County can support your Safe Routes to School activities, and see examples of successful projects: