Faces in the crowd at the Oregon Active Transportation Summit
Who’s here and what are they up to?
This annual event (originally started in 2006 as the Oregon Bicycle Tourism Summit) brings together policymakers, advocates and citizen activists to learn, network, and actively lobby the state legislature to improve bicycling, walking and public transit.
Who’s here and what are they up to?
The summit kicked off with talk of reforming government, freight myths, and street safety.
Once a year, Portland’s biking, walking, transit and public-space wonks gather.
The group of four architects writes, composes and sings about the merits of biking, walking and riding mass transit.
The city’s bicycle coordinator described inner SE and NW as “a real problem area” for neighborhood greenways.
“The best way to be a successful bike advocate is to be a successful Vision Zero advocate.”
Melissa Wells on why equity matters in transportation.
Oregon’s biggest legislative session for bike-related issues in years will come to its first peak on Monday, but many biking advocates have a prior engagement.
Earlybird registration ends next week.
How easy is Portland’s transportation system to use, really?
Few Portlanders rely more on low-car transportation than teens. Some are getting more sophisticated in advocating for better public transit, biking and walking.
As the city’s transportation director hints that Portland should stop giving away so much of its on-street parking space for free, a local parking expert is floating one way to do it.