Oregon's Joint Committee on Transportation is beginning public hearing this week on the 2025 Transportation Package and we want them to make SMART investments!  

Please contact legislators today with your support for a Safe, Modern, Accountable and Affordable, Reliable Transportation (SMART) package!

Safe: Whether they are driving, walking, biking, or taking transit, Oregonians deserve the right to safely get around their neighborhoods and across the state. Yet decades of disinvestment in the basic maintenance and safety of our state highways and neighborhood roads have left us with perilously unsafe streets, with devastating consequences. Traffic fatalities in Oregon are up an astonishing 70% since 2010.

✅ Ensure $200 million per year ($400 million per biennium) is included in the transportation package for the Great Streets, Jurisdictional Transfer, and Safe Routes to School programs.

Fair: Oregon is facing a transit crisis. Across the state—from rural districts to urban centers—public transit agencies are sounding the alarm: without additional funding, essential transit service will be slashed, workers will be laid off, and thousands of Oregonians will be left stranded without reliable and affordable access to jobs, health care or education.

✅ Prioritize a phased increase to the Statewide Transportation Improvement Fund (STIF) payroll tax, to reach ½ of 1% by 2033 to ensure there are no cuts to local transit service.

Accountable: The 2025 transportation package is an opportunity to bring climate and cost accountability to Oregon’s transportation system. As we invest in preserving our roads and bridges, we must also ensure the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is held to clear standards that curb carbon emissions and rein in skyrocketing megaproject costs.

✅ Require ODOT to evaluate the projected greenhouse gas emissions for all future highway projects and mitigate any increased emissions.

One in three Oregonians cannot or do not drive. We need a transportation system that is safe and fair for all Oregonians.