The Transportation Options, or TO, program focuses on implementation of the Oregon Transportation Options Plan, including: managing demand across the transportation system; educating students and the public on travel options and how to safely use them; connecting veterans, low income populations, communities of color, and others with ways to get to and from work or school; supporting vanpooling; and more.
Examples of Transportation Option implementation activities include:
- Administration of federal grant funds and collaboration on transportation option program priorities with local transportation options partner programs. These programs are often housed within a local transit agency, city, county or Metropolitan Planning Organization.
- Support congestion mitigation for major Oregon Department of Transportation construction projects, safety corridors, and congestion points. The TO Program supports ODOT Regional offices in providing outreach and education around specific issues or projects to reduce impacts and delays and/or promote safety.
- Management of the statewide ride matching database, Get There, to help people connect with carpools, vanpools and other travel options. The ride matching database is an essential tool for local and regional partners, and provides information on fuel savings and reductions of vehicles miles traveled.
- Management of the an annual event, Get There Challenge, to help the public become familiar with their transportation options and support carpooling, vanpooling, biking, walking and transit. ODOT manages the annual event in collaboration with our local and regional partners.
Find Transportation Options Programs in Your Area
Visit Get There or browse the information below:
North Willamette Valley
Mid Willamette Valley
Southwest Oregon
North Oregon Coast
Central and Eastern Oregon
- Baker, Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco, and Wheeler counties: Commute Options
What are Transportation Options?
Transportation options programs connect people to transportation choices, allowing them to bike, walk, take transit, drive, share rides, and telecommute. Transportation options programs do not address capital infrastructure or service investments – like sidewalks, bike lanes, and transit service. Rather, they provide information and resources to help people learn about their travel options for all types of trips. Transportation options is also sometimes referred to transportation demand management, or TDM.
Investments in transportation options can provide numerous benefits to our existing transportation system as well as communities across Oregon. From cost savings to improved health, transportation options programs offer proven benefits to communities large and small.
"What are the Benefits of Transportation Options?" (2-Page Brochure)
"What are the Benefits of Transportation Options? (Complete Brochure)
Get There Oregon is ODOT's statewide trip planning, ride matching and trip logging platform. Every day Get There connects Oregonians to active, sustainable and affordable transportation options for commutes and every day trips.
Get There also has many additional resources for travelers employers, and Transportation Options providers. Visit the Get There Oregon For Partners page for recent Transportation Options tools, materials, how-to guides and case studies!
In 2015, the Oregon Transportation Commission adopted the first statewide TO plan that provides policy guidance for state and local partners to enhance and expand transportation access for all Oregonians while ensuring that transportation investments are efficient and support broader community goals like growing the economy and improving personal and environmental health.
Oregon Transportation Options Plan Executive Summary
Oregon Transportation Options Plan
Oregon is home to diverse transportation options partners and programs. While ODOT is leading a number of statewide efforts to support and encourage transportation options, local partners across the state work on the ground to implement programs. Each local partner customizes their programs to meet the unique needs of the local population, the geography of the community, and the transportation services and infrastructure available.
Our local partners work with ODOT region offices to address congestion or safety problems with targeted outreach and education.
The adoption of the Oregon Transportation Options Plan in 2015 put transportation options on equal footing with other state mode and topic plans. Since the adoption of the plan, ODOT has been working internally and externally to coordinate, manage, fund, and support TO program investments.
Transportation options, also known as transportation demand management, helps to preserve the functionality of the state system and is called out as a strategy in the Oregon Highway Plan, as well as many other state, regional and local plans and codes.
Partner Resources
Get There Oregon regularly hosts statewide trip logging challenges to encourage Oregon travelers to reduce their drive-alone trips and try out other transportation modes including carpooling, biking, walking, taking transit and working remotely. These challenges help reduce vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas emissions in Oregon while promoting healthy and active transportation choices. The Get There Challenge is typically held over one or two weeks in September or October.
Get There Oregon is currently conducting an assessment of the Get There Challenge and planning for some changes to the way we do challenges in 2025! Check back here or on GetThereOregon.org for more information later this year.
In May of 2022 the Oregon Transportation Commission approved funds for a three year pilot program for Innovative Mobility Grants. For more information, visit the
Innovative Mobility Program website.
The TO Program regularly adds to our repository of photos of people using various transportation options in Oregon. These photos make great additions to outreach materials and they are free to use! The best place to find recent TO photos is on Get There Oregon's For Partners page.
ODOT also maintains an ODOT flickr photo stream where you can find photos, but you may need to search specific terms to find what you are looking for.