Welcome to Drive On!

Transportation.

How often do you take it for granted? Living in the Portland Metro Area, it is easy to get a little spoiled when it comes to transportation options. We have a pretty awesome public transportation system. Last April, Portland became the first major US city to be designated by the League of American Bicyclists' as a Platinum-level bicycle friendly community. We have lots of citizens and elected officials who care deeply about creating better, safer places for everyone to get around by whatever means they may choose. Is it Utopia? No. Could it be better? Of course! But the fact of the matter is, for many of us, there isn’t much of a struggle to find reliable transportation. But the other fact of the matter is that no matter how big the platter of choices, there are still tons of people in our community for whom the choices seem scarce. They find their access to transportation cut off by a variety of circumstances.

And that’s where YOU come in…

You’ve discovered that there are people who fall through the cracks. Maybe it’s because you’ve had personal experience with the lack of transportation in your own life, or maybe you just love to drive and you’ve found a position that lets you do so while helping others…whatever the reason, you’ve decided to be a community transportation driver. Some of you get paid, many of you volunteer, but all of you have chosen to help the community in a way that often goes unnoticed by the general public. Most people do not realize how important transportation really is until it is missing in their lives, or in the lives of people they care about.

So that’s why we’re here: simply “to link accessible, responsive transportation with community needs”.

Thank you for all you do.
Drive on!