Transportation-Sensible Housing

In developing a plan to use alternative transportation, the most important decision you will make will be choosing your housing. The ideal situation is to find a living arrangement walking distance from the law school in the neighborhoods of Collins View or South Burlingame. If you plan to bike to school, you may extend your housing search farther out to neighborhoods like Mountain Park, John's Landing, Lake Oswego, and Multnomah Village. Lake Oswego is particularly good for bikers, because it only entails a three-mile ride along a paved bike path through Tryon Creek Forest all the way to campus. Concentrate on the west side of the Willamette River; Sellwood and Milwaukie may look good on the map, but the Sellwood bridge is not amenable to bicycles and the Taylor’s Ferry hill is a challenge. John’s Landing is a good location too, because it is close to both downtown and the law school, but it also entails hurdling the Taylor’s Ferry hill. Another option is carpooling. Preferential parking spaces are available on the law school campus for anyone who registers as a carpool and shows up to campus with two or more individuals in their car. First-years, who normally are required to park at the upper campus, may park in the law school parking lot only if they carpool. Because there are high concentrations of Lewis & Clark students in Multnomah Village, Mountain Park, John's Landing, Lake Oswego, and Sellwood areas, these are great neighborhoods for carpooling. Lewis & Clark's East Shuttle goes from campus to Sellwood and John's Landing! Lewis & Clark's Mountain Park Shuttle goes from campus to Mountain Park! Lewis & Clark's Burlingame Shuttle goes from campus to Fred Meyer and Safeway (both on Barbur Boulevard). You may either connect with this shuttle via Tri-Met or simply find housing in the Barbur Boulevard area. Lewis & Clark's Pioneer Express makes living downtown a breeze! And of course, there is public transportation (i.e., Tri-Met). For connecting to Tri-Met, the communities of Mountain Park, Burlingame, Johns Landing, and Downtown are better housing locations than Lake Oswego, Sellwood, Multnomah Village, or Beaverton.