Endorsements 2022 Primary

Purpose

 

 

  • We use candidate endorsements to identify and support transformational leaders – present and future. 
  • Our endorsements are valuable and earned, reserved for champions of our mission who are committed to achieving transportation safety, accessibility, racial equity, and climate justice in the Portland Metro region and beyond. 

Process

 

 

  • Candidates for office in Oregon were invited to attend The Street Trust’s ‘Candidate Transportation School’ as a pre-requisite for endorsement.
  • They were then asked to respond to our Candidate Questionnaire [PDF].

Candidates

 

 

  • Click their images or names below to visit candidate websites, learn more about them, sign up to volunteer, and donate!

 

“To win, we need key decision makers in our lane. Together we can end the public health emergency of traffic deaths through policy change and public investments that make our region more livable, equitable, and healthy. It’s time to reclaim our streets, and our future.” 

– Thomas Le Ngo, Action Fund Board Chair

Image of Thomas Le Ngo and quote The Street Trust Action Fund proudly announces our champions for multimodal options who prioritize transportation safety, accessibility, racial equity, and climate justice in the Portland Metro region and beyond

Metro Council

Lynn Peterson, President

Ashton Simpson, D1

Juan Carlos Gonzalez, D4

Duncan Hwang, D6

 

 

Image of Lynn Peterson and text For Metro President with quote Change does not happen overnight. But we can have a strategy, together. I believe that the first step is a successful implementation of congestion pricing to get people used to paying for what they use. And in a parallel process we need the carbon tax and VMT replacing the gas tax as soon as possible.

Image of Juan Carlos Gonzalez with text For Metro Council and quote Transportation also connects us to opportunity: to jobs, schools, doctor appointments, the grocery store and to our communities. Our regional system needs to be revamped to meet the needs of the 21st century by prioritizing sustainable infrastructure. I believe in investing in a safe, affordable and reliable multi-modal transportation system that is accessible to all.

 

Image of Ashton Simpson with text For Metro Council and quote The gaps in that system exist primarily in low income and communities of color. To truly address equity and complete the build out of our transportation system, we must invest heavily in those communities and redirect money from highway expansion and into complete street buildouts.

Image of Duncan Hwang with text For Metro Council and quote I will be focused on racial equity and enhancing investments for safety, especially on urban arterials, I’ve spent nearly the last decade advocating for 82nd Ave and now with the upcoming jurisdictional transfer we will be able to facilitate multi-modal options, enhanced transit, all with an eye towards anti-displacement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multnomah County 

Jessica Vega Pederson, Chair

Nicole Morrisey O’Donnell, Sheriff

 

 

Image of Jessica Vega Pederson with text For Multomah County Chair and quote My work on transportation justice, so much of which has focused on climate resilience, affordable and reliable public transit, and investment decisions centered in equity speaks for itself.

Image of Nicole Morrissy O’Donnell with text For Multnomah County Sheriff and quote A safe, accessible, affordable, and equitable public transportation system is a critical piece of overall community safety.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clackamas County

Libra Forde, Commissioner

 

Image of Libra Forde with text For Clackamas County Commission, Position 2 and quote I would love to see our youth in Clackamas County have alternative transportation choices that are safer and reduce traffic congestion. I also would like those youth to be able to use transit in a fareless manner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Portland

 Jo Ann Hardesty, Commissioner

 

 

 

Image of Jo Ann Hardesty with text For Portland City Council and quote Our streets are for people first. This means prioritizing safety, connectivity, and fulfilling our promise to neighborhoods that lack basic infrastructure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oregon Legislature

Travis Nelson, HD 44

Hoa Nguyen, HD 48

Mark Gamba, HD 41

 

Image of Travis Nelson with text State Rep HD 44 and quote We need to connect people to the things that are most important in their lives. We also need to be fighting climate change through our transportation system. We need real mass transit options so that public transportation is more accessible and attractive to working people.

 

Image of Hoa Nguyen with text State Representative HD 48 and quote In addition to transportation justice, I believe in poverty alleviation. Correcting the safety issues of past planners and politicians will take greater investments in housing being near where people work, development tied to safe active transportation that is centered on race and justice, and funding to retrofit and replan roads to be safer.

 

Image of Mark Gamba with text State Rep HD 41 and quote I will work to increase our investment in active transportation infrastructure dramatically. We need to address the way we fund transportation and the kinds of transportation we prioritize with those funds and remove the limits to the way those funds are invested.