About Us

Mission

We are a volunteer-run organization inspiring and engaging our community to advocate for a safe, healthy, beautiful, people-first, climate-friendly transportation system in Corvallis and Benton County.

Vision

We envision a Corvallis where residents of all ages and abilities can safely and easily travel anywhere they want to go, using whatever means they want or need.

We imagine1:

  • An accessible city with enabling environments, where those who can’t drive can still move safely, conveniently, and autonomously.
  • A connected city where neighborhoods and community flourish, and streets become places to stay rather than pass through.
  • A trusting city where human-scale systems encourage us to act cooperatively and selflessly, building social trust and empathy.
  • A hearing city that turns down the volume of cars and becomes alive with a new symphony of sounds.
  • A therapeutic city that allows us to move our bodies, calm our minds, and enjoy the therapeutic effects of being immersed in nature while doing our daily travels.
  • A prosperous city with a transportation system that allows people of all income levels to access all the opportunities that they need.
  • A resilient city ready to face the immense challenges ahead by adapting to a “new normal” with reliable, recoverable and sustainable mobility networks.
  • A child-friendly city that allows children to travel freely and independently, leading to better health and happiness for kids, and also for their parents.
  • An aging- friendly city that allows people who are no longer able to drive safely to continue aging in place with amenities within a short walk or roll, so they can be a part of the city instead of apart from the city.

1 Inspired by the book Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives by Melissa Bruntlett and Chris Bruntlett.

Our Principles

Our advocacy projects and campaigns will be centered on the following principles, goals, and strategies:

Prioritize Safety for Everyone

Goals

  • Eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries through transportation system design. 
  • Update the City of Corvallis Transportation System Plan and engineering manual to include modern multimodal design standards.

Strategies

  • Reduce vehicle speeds to 25 mph within the city, 20 mph in neighborhoods, and 15 mph in school zones.
  • Adopt automated traffic enforcement.
  • Collect and analyze data on collisions.
  • Use back-in diagonal parking on shared streets.
  • No right on red at intersections.
  • Reallocate space on arterials and collectors to increase protected space for active transportation and street trees.
  • Create safe routes to school, especially managing traffic flow within three blocks of schools.
  • Build protected bike lanes, protected intersections, and roundabouts.

Shift the Priority to Active Transportation

Goals

  • Provide all people, ages 8 to 80, a safe way to travel without a car.
  • Prioritize the rapid build out of a multimodal network.
  • Build car- and multimodal networks that work together.

Strategies

  • Increase the budget spent on multimodal transportation.
  • Collect and monitor mode share data.
  • Make public transportation more convenient.
  • Reduce conflicts by eliminating door-zone bike lanes and creating floating transit islands.
  • Utilize diverters on neighborhood streets.
  • Use bulbouts and daylighting at intersections.
  • Utilize raised crosswalks.
  • Support higher density housing.
  • Provide abundant, well-lit, covered bike parking.
  • Educate and encourage students to walk and bike safely.

Benefit Our Community

Goals

  • Increase prosperity, safety, and health.
  • Build a quiet, friendly city.
  • Increase climate resilience.

Examples

  • Small, local businesses thrive due to increased foot traffic.
  • Cleaner air and water.
  • Quiet neighborhoods with less traffic noise.
  • Increased open-access community areas encouraging gathering.
  • Independence for children.
  • Active community participation from people unable to drive.
  • An equitable community.
  • More trees and other greenery.
  • Beautiful, vibrant streets that include community artwork.
  • Healthier people who find exercise built into their lives.