What is the Transportation Wallet?
The Transportation Wallet is a strategy to bundle multimodal transportation incentives - for use on transit, streetcar, bike-share, scooter-share, and sometimes on taxis or TNCs (like Uber and Lyft) or car-share.
The Transportation Wallets are a key demand management strategy to encourage people to drive less, try new travel modes, manage on-street parking demand, reduce issuances of parking permits, and alleviate the burdens of transportation costs for people living on low-incomes.
Currently, the universe of Transportation Wallets are made up of the below programs:
- Transportation Wallet in Parking Districts (Central Eastside and Northwest Parking Districts)
- Transportation Wallet: Access for All (Free to low income qualified individuals)
- Transportation Wallet for New Movers
PBOT's Transportation Wallet Programs
1. Transportation Wallets in Parking Districts
What: The Transportation Wallet in Parking Districts provides a deeply discounted transportation options package for residents and employees in the Northwest and Central Eastside Parking Districts. It is designed to reduce parking demand and single occupancy vehicle usage while simultaneously increasing use of transit services, shared micro-mobility, and car-sharing.
Eligibility: Available to residents and employees in the Northwest and Central Eastside Parking Districts. How participant receives the wallet:
- Purchase for $99 (87% off retail cost of transportation passes)
- Trade in parking permit and receive for free
- Qualify for TriMet’s Low Income Transit Fare and receive for free
What's in the Wallet: Contents vary per year
- TriMet Hop card $175 (Northwest Parking District) or $200 (Central Eastside Parking District)
- Annual Portland Streetcar pass
- $99 BIKETOWN bike-share credit
- $30 scooter credits ($10 each on Bird, Lime, and Spin scooter companies)
- $30 Free2Move car-share credit
Learn more about the Transportation Wallet in Parking Districts.
2. Transportation Wallet: Access for All
What: The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is transitioning its Transportation Wallet for Affordable Housing pilot project to an expanded, ongoing program - the Transportation Wallet: Access for All.
Transportation Wallet: Access for all is a program focused on offering a package of FREE transportation options, like transit fare, bike or scooter-share ride credit, and ride-share (Uber/Lyft) or taxi ride credit for people and households living on low-incomes. The program is focused on reducing barriers to using transportation options, like cost, technology access, credit/debit card requirements, and low-income verification processes for different providers.
Eligibility: Portland residents (either individuals or households) who meet income qualifications AND are associated with partner organizations OR meet Northwest or Central Eastside Parking District eligibility.
What's in the Wallet: There are three options for people to choose from:
- Option 1: Transit Only (individual) – 1-year pass loaded on an Honored Citizen Hop card.
- Option 2: All Modes (individual) - $200 on Hop card and $75 on prepaid Visa card for Uber/Lyft/Taxi, e-scooter, car-share, and BIKETOWN for All.
- Option 3: All Modes (household) – depending on household size $225 - $300 on Hop card and $100 - $175 on prepaid Visa card for Uber/Lyft/Taxi, e-scooter, car-share and BIKETOWN for All
Learn more about Transportation Wallet: Access for All
3. Transportation Wallet for New Movers
What: The Transportation Wallet for New Movers program provides transportation credits and information to residents of some of Portland's new multi-unit buildings.
Eligibility: People moving into the new multi-family buildings – more than 10 new units in certain zones (commercial mixed-use and multi-dwelling zones permitted after May 2018).
What's in the Wallet: Three options:
- $100 Hop card + $100 BIKETOWN credit
- $100 Hop card + Access to Adaptive BIKETOWN
- TriMet Honored Citizen 1-year Pass (a $308 value)