Fwd: Of interest in Active Transportation - January 14, 2015
Marsha Hanchrow
Date: Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 4:40 PM
Subject: Of interest in Active Transportation - January 14, 2015
To: Lake McTighe <Lake.M...@oregonmetro.gov>
Periodically I send out items related to active transportation that may be of interest and related to efforts to make active transportation more accessible in the region. If you are on the Metro active transportation interested parties list you will get this email. (If you would like to be removed from the list, let me know!)
Click on titles for links to more information.
· FHWA Works: How the Federal Highway Administration Makes Walking and Bicycling Safer – A new video from our friends at the FHWA, providing information on a top priority for the FHWA: pedestrian and bicycle safety.
· SAVE THE DATE for this year’s Oregon Active Transportation Summit! 2015 Oregon Active Transportation Summit: Creating Healthy, Vibrant Communities, March 30-31, The Sentinel Hotel | Portland, Oregon, Registration opens January 30. Two days of inspiring mobile workshops, plenaries, professional training, and networking with innovators, thought leaders, and passionate professionals from the Pacific Northwest. If you are a professional, policy maker, or advocate working in the fields of transportation planning and engineering, community development, recreation and tourism, or public health, this event is for you! Link to the 2014 agenda
· In two weeks! Regional Active Transportation Forum Tues, Jan 27, 1-5 p.m. - Are active transportation projects of regional significance? Contribute to a discussion about different ways to define “projects of regional significance” and help develop answers to a question that could guide future investments in transportation. Read More, or Register Today. An Intertwine Alliance forum on active transportation sponsored in partnership with Metro, the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, and Portland State University's Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation.
Lake Strongheart McTighe
Project Manager
Active Transportation
Metro
600 NE Grand Ave.
Portland, OR 97232-2736
www.oregonmetro.gov/activetransport
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