Bike Buses Roll into a $895,000 Grant from the City

Bike bus leaders in Portland have pedaled into nearly a million dollars in a round of city grants. The nonprofit organization Bike Bus PDX was one of 60 projects approved for funding in the 2025 round of awards from the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund.

The $895,000 will be used, in part, to expand the community-based program—where children bike to school in a pack along a predetermined route—to Title I schools, the organization says.

“Bike Bus PDX is excited to have been selected as an awardee,” says Lauren McCune of Bike Bus PDX and the ride leader at Southeast Portland’s Abernethy Elementary. “We are proud that Portland has 30 bike buses regularly running, more than any city in North America. This grant is a recognition of the hard work from our dedicated volunteers and p