Transportation
Join the Movement to Walk, Bike, and Roll!
Many of the cars we drive around Ashland are powered by gas — a potent fossil fuel that pollutes the air we breathe and is causing the world to heat up. Luckily, we have options!
Clean ways to get around
In Ashland, our on-road travel accounts for a substantial amount of our residential pollution.
Swap out gas-powered car trips with healthier options such as walking, biking, rolling, and driving EVs to make a tremendous impact.
Events and Programs
Our Streets for Everyone Action Team is working to make Ashland more livable by promoting walking, biking, and public transportation. Join our events and programs.
First Friday Bike Rides
On the first Friday of each month, Streets for Everyone hosts First Friday Bike Rides! Meet our ride leader on the Plaza in downtown Ashland at 5 pm to join the ride. We finish by 6 pm. It’s a great way to kick off the weekend with a family-friendly ride. RSVP on Facebook!
Bike Buses
Does your child go to school in Ashland? Join other kids and families, and ride bikes to school TOGETHER. The more, the safer. Join (or start) a route that serves your family.
Youth Bike Education Program
This program teaches kids to ride bikes safely. Biking improves kids’ physical and mental well-being, aids concentration (even hours after a ride), and builds skills and healthy habits that serve them for a lifetime.
Planning for Safe Streets
Extending the central biking and walking path, and creating space on roads for protected bike lanes and sidewalks help make our streets safer for all people. If we want Ashland to be a safe place to travel on foot or bicycle, it’s important to share our ideas with the City of Ashland.
Interested in electric vehicles?
Electrification is an important part of the transition away from using gas. Visit our partner Southern Oregon Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Association to learn all about EVs.
Ready to take the next step?
We’re Here to Help!
Our Streets for Everyone Action Team is working to make Ashland more livable by promoting walking, biking, and public transportation.
We envision Ashland as a place where people of all ages, abilities, and means can choose to bike, walk, and roll throughout Ashland for their everyday travel needs because it is safe, convenient, and efficient.
Streets for Everyone
Aaron Michaelson
Gary Shaff
Mike Vergeer
Sharon Dohrmann
Thor Morris
City of Ashland Transportation Programs and Incentives
Ashland offers money back when purchasing these items for your home or business.
- Electric Bikes
- Electric Vehicles
- Electric Motorcycles
- Commercial and Workplace Charging Incentive
We have FREE public chargers sprinkled around town, and an electric carshare program through Forth.
RVTD Bus + Transit
The Rogue Valley Transportation District provides fixed route bussing, paratransit services, and transportation programs throughout the Rogue Valley. See what future improvements they have planned.
Their Way To Go program helps people explore walking, biking, busing, ridesharing, and carpooling.
Come to their annual Rogue Valley Bike Swap — to buy, sell, or donate a bike, parts, or accessories.
Did You Know?
Transportation is one of Ashland’s top contributors to climate change! That’s right – 17% of our residential travel.
Ashland Transportation Articles
Ashland is on the move! Check out clean transportation articles and actionable strategies that highlight our community’s efforts toward a sustainable future.
Contact us
If you would like to learn more about any of our programs — group bike rides, bike buses, Bicycle Benefits, youth bike education, or how to make our streets safer, please email us for more information.
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