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.
It’s been a full day of networking, breakout sessions, panel discussions, and speeches here at the Oregon Active Transportation Summit. I don’t have time to share the details of everything just yet (have a session to get back to!); but I wanted to share a few photos and brief notes. The day started out with … Read more
Big crowd at the Oregon Bicycle Tourism Partnership meeting. The 2012 Oregon Active Transportation Summit is going strong down here in Salem. As I type, a room full of engineers and planners are listening to a trio of bike gurus from the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) explain the ins-and-outs of the latest bikeway designs. … Read more
A scene from last year. (Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) If you want to join the state’s leading active transportation advocates, policymakers, and citizen activists at the 2nd annual Oregon Active Transportation Summit, mark your calendar for April 16-17th. Cycle Oregon (yes, they put on that big, great ride, but they also do a lot of … Read more
A week may have already passed since the Oregon Active Transportation Summit down in Salem, but our news intern Patrick Croasdaile and I still have notes and photos to share. Of particular note was Patrick’s experience at the big “Lobby Day” on Wednesday. Organized by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Lobby Day consisted of dozens of … Read more
The panelists: L to R: Dr. Philip Wu, Olivia Quiroz, Mychal Tetteh, Noelle Dobson.(Photos: BikePortland/Patrick Croasdaile) In recent years, the fields of public health, equity and transportation policy have become increasingly linked. At a breakout session at the Active Transportation Summit yesterday, advocates and experts came together to learn more about why these issues are … Read more
See our slideshow below.(Photo © J. Maus) It’s been a full day of speeches, conversations, networking and info sessions here at the Oregon Active Transportation Summit. The event is a yearly effort to bring together Oregon’s transportation advocates to share and gain knowledge. Tomorrow is the climax of the Summit when the few hundred attendees … Read more
A slide from Blumenthal’s presentation. Tim Blumenthal of Bikes Belong (an industry-backed, non-profit bike advocacy group) helped kick things off here at the 2011 Oregon Active Transportation Summit in Salem today by sharing a presentation titled, 12 Trends That Will Help Bicycling Grow. Here’s the list: Bike sharing systems linked with infrastructure investment: “It’s a … Read more
[BikePortland is down in Salem today for the Oregon Active Transportation Summit. We’ll be reporting from Salem today and tomorrow.] Still in beta. Daniella and Elliot Crowder, owners of the Bike Newport bike shop, unveiled their plans for a new iPhone app today. The new ‘Cycling the Oregon Coast’ app is currently in beta form … Read more
The summit returns to Salem this year.(Photos © J. Maus) In case you missed it, organizers behind the Oregon Bike Summit — an annual event since 2006 with a goal to make Oregon the best state for bicycling in America — is now known as the Oregon Active Transportation Summit. The event took place in … Read more