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Beginning February 3, 2020, SETD will change a number of its schedules to provide expanded service. This will mean additional service on the weekend and additional loops during weekday service. Affected are the Route 10, Route 15 and the Route 101.

Route 10 will add three trips daily to MERTS campus, and will add service to the neighborhood near Grays School. Weekday service will run every 70 minutes from 6:00 AM until 9:10 PM.

Route 15 will add 10 loops to the existing 10 loops resulting in weekday service to Warrenton and Hammond every 45 minutes. The newly aligned Route 15 will service Hammond, Fred Meyers, Walmart, Huckleberry and 19th St., and will cross Hwy 101 to provide service on Main St. from Fort Stevens Spur north to the Warrenton Mini Mart.

A newly created Route 16 will mirror the Route 15 but on the weekends. This route will also provide service every 45 minutes, but will end service at 5:25 PM on Saturday and Sunday.

Route 101 Will add 6 loops each weekday resulting in service every 49 minutes from 6:00 AM until 9:22 PM. The new alignment of the Route 101 will give primary service to Hwy 101. It will travel from the Astoria Transit Center to Avenue U in Seaside and back. It will not service Walmart and will not go “over the hill” to service points including the college in Astoria. It will however continue to serve Camp Rilea, Sunset Beach, and will provide a connection with the Route 20 at the Seaside cinema.

Please see the new schedules for these routes below.

SETD is pleased to announce the realignment, expansion and addition of routes in Clatsop County and to Portland.  On February 3, 2020, SETD will begin connector service between Astoria and Portland.  The service will run three times a day, seven days a week.  It will service Svenson, Knappa, Westport, Clatskanie, Rainier, St. Helens and Scappoose on its way to Union Station in Portland.  The fare will be $15 dollars, with lesser fares for boardings or alightings at the intermediate stops.  Please see the schedule and fare table below.

The previous cancellation has been removed.

Sunset Empire Transportation District (SETD) has announced that they will begin offering a fare free student transportation program in Clatsop County starting on January 6, 2020. The program will provide fare free transportation for all students K-12 on all routes within Clatsop County. “Our STIF funding requires that 1% of that funding be dedicated to transportation for students grades 9 to 12.” Executive Director Hazen explained. Hazen continued saying “We want to do more than that and extend the fare free service to grades K-12 because someday these kids will graduate and some will be going to college and they will already be experienced in using public transportation before they leave home.”  Some of the grants SETD receives are based on ridership so the additional ridership could also potentially help with those grants. The current enrollment in Clatsop County schools exceeds 5,100 students. “We are hopeful that this fare free program will reduce the barriers that some students face when wanting to participate in all school activities.” Hazen added. SETD will be working very closely with the schools to get the message out to students and parents about this new program. For more information contact Executive Director Jeff Hazen and [email protected] or 503-861-5399.

We are NW Transportation Options Network managers. Our region covers the area counties of Clatsop, Tillamook and Columbia. Our goal is to get the word out about how the tools within GetThereOregon.com can help make a positive impact on your time spent commuting to work, play and anything in-between. The technology and tools take the hard work out of creating and connecting you to carpools/vanpools. We also plan to run contests during the year to promote getting there using transit, bike, telecommute, walk, carpool or vanpool options.
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July 1, 2019

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SALEM — Want to reduce the cost of your drive? It’s easier than ever to share the ride with ODOT’s new carpooling tool, Get There. A web-based tool, Get There helps Oregonians plan trips, share rides with single trips or on a regular basis, and more. Get There replaces Drive Less Connect, the state’s former carpool matching tool.

By typing in a starting point and a destination, users can see options for both passengers and drivers looking to share rides. Using the tool helps travelers share the cost and reduces greenhouse gas emissions that harm the environment.

“Our goal is to help people have more choices for the way they travel,” said ODOT Highway Division Administrator Kris Strickler. “With more options, we usually see fewer vehicles on the road – and that means less congestion and frustration for everyone.”  

Get There also provides users with information about vanpools for popular commutes, like between Portland and Salem. The website also offers transit, bike and walking directions.

Organizations working to reduce drive alone trips across Oregon in places like Lane County, the Rogue Valley, and Deschutes County run programs that give their participants prizes to reduce their drive-alone trips. These programs will use Get There to help users track their trips and see how much fuel and money they are saving, as well as their reduced carbon footprint.

In October, Get There will host the annual Get There Challenge, formerly the Oregon Drive Less Challenge. This year’s challenge will feature a range of prizes for Oregonians who log trips made without driving alone. Sponsors include Providence Health & Services and Bike Friday. More details will be announced later this summer.