ODOT wants to help bicycle and pedestrian advisory committees build power statewide
Bicycle and pedestrian advisory committees need to build power if we want our stuff to move forward.
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State of Oregon bike/ped advisory committee looking for two new members
If you’re looking for a great way to get more involved in advocacy on a statewide level, this could be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. The Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (“ahb-pack”) has started recruitment for two openings to their 8-member group. The OBPAC was created in 1973 after the passage of the … Read more
Guest article: ODOT bike/walk committee seeks new student member
Daniel Ronan, outgoing student member of the Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee.(Photo courtesy Daniel Ronan) This article was written by contributor Daniel Ronan Over the past four years, substantive changes have happened at the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). Through the pages of BikePortland, active transportation advocates have had the opportunity to view larger … Read more
New leadership, membership for ODOT’s bicycle advisory committee
Jenna Stanke is now chair of the committee.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Oregon Department of Transportation’s eight member, governor-appointed Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (OBPAC) has four new members and a new leader at its helm. ODOT put out the call for new members back in January and announced their selections today. The four new … Read more
A letter from the former Chair of ODOT’s Bike and Ped Advisory Committee
“When I came to the committee, the glass ceiling was low; there were few listening within ODOT and bike lanes were pesky mosquitoes to be patronized.”— AJ Zelada ODOT made a big announcement today that has been circulating in the bike advocacy sphere for a while: the Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (OBPAC) is … Read more
Read the letter to TriMet about naming new bridge after Don Stathos
Last week we broke the news that the Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (a governor-appointed committee that advises ODOT on biking and walking issues and projects) planned to make an official request to TriMet that the new Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Bridge be named after Don Stathos, father of the 1971 Oregon Bike Bill. Today … Read more
ODOT committee recommends new TriMet bridge be named after father of Bicycle Bill
Father of the Bicycle Bill, Don Stathos, would be fitting tribute for new TriMet bridge.(Graphic: TriMet). Don Stathos is the father of Oregon’s Bicycle Bill, which he introduced and pushed through the state legislature in 1971. The bill (which became ORS 366.514) mandated that state highway projects spend a minimum of one percent on “footpaths … Read more
Oregon’s bicycle and pedestrian committee says ‘think big’
[This article was written by Daniel Ronan, the student representative on the Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee.] Jerry Norquist is Chair of the Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland’s Bicycle Advisory Committee (PBAC) is mentioned frequently here on BikePortland, but did you know that the Oregon Department … Read more