Spring 2026 Regional Events

Spring 2026 Regional Events

Get There Oregon partners are hosting spring competitions across the state to celebrate Bike Month in May and Transit Month in June! Get ready to roll and ride while competing with your community for bragging rights and fun prizes using Get There Connect (find the app on the Google Play and Apple App Stores).

Learn more about local challenges happening around the state for Bike Month and Transit Month below. If you’re hosting a spring challenge that you’d like featured on this page, please let us know by emailing [email protected].

Bike Month Challenges

May is bike month! There are many ways you can get involved with Bike Month this year, including by joining one of the Bike Month Challenges in Oregon.

Even if your region does not have a Challenge, you can still join in by logging trips on your bike and earning “Commute Perk” rewards in Get There Connect! Learn more about how to sign up and earn rewards here and find resources and tips for biking here.

Hosted by Get There Portland Metro and Partners

The Portland Metro Regional Bike Month Challenge is open to anyone living or working in the Metro region. Starting May 1, participants can log bike trips in their free Get There Connect account to qualify for random prizes and bragging rights of being the Team or Individual Bike Month Champions!

Here’s how you can join in on the fun:

  1. Sign-up or log in to your free Get There Connect account.
  2. Join a network for your workplace or form a network to compete with a group (a club, group of friends, neighbors, you name it!). Your network will be the Team you compete with! If you need us to create a network for you, fill out this form and our team will create one for you
  3. Each week in May, log bike trips for commuting, running errands, or simply exploring your neighborhood to be entered for weekly prize drawings, a grand prize drawing, and compete for the title of Team or Individual Bike Month Champions!

Hosted by Rogue Valley Transportation District (RVTD)

RVTD’s Go By Bike Month Challenge is back for 2026! There are multiple ways to participate and qualify for prizes throughout the month:

  • Log bike trips using a free Get There Connect account throughout the month. If you log at least 10 bike trips in May, you’re automatically entered to win one of several great prizes. Stay tuned for prize details!
  • Pledge to replace at least one car trip with a bike trip during the Challenge for a chance to win a prize.
  • Play Bike Bingo all month long and turn in your card for a chance to be entered to win a gift card from one of the sponsors.

Transit Month Challenge

June is Transit Month! Celebrate by exploring your community and making trips on public transit all month long.

Even if your region does not have a Challenge, you can still join in by logging transit trips and earning Commute Perks in Get There Connect! Learn more about Get There Connect and how to earn Commute Perks here and find resources and tips for taking transit here.


Hosted by TriMet

TriMet’s June Transit Month Challenge is returning for 2026! The Challenge is open to residents of Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington Counties who log at least one transit trip in using Get There Connect between June 1 – June 30, 2026.

Here’s how to join in and compete for prizes and receive a special participation badge your Get There Connect account:

  1. Sign-up or log in to your free Get There Connect account.
  2. Each week in June, log a transit trip taken on TriMet buses, MAX Light Rail, Wes Commuter Rail, Portland Streetcar and SMART to be entered in a weekly prize drawing.
  3. Log a transit trip each full week of the challenge to be eligible for a grand prize at the end of the challenge.