Fwd: City of Eugene Transportation Webinar Series - Invite

[Duncan Rhodes]

FYI - great fun!

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Subject:	City of Eugene Transportation Webinar Series - Invite
Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:46:07 +0000
From:	DUNBAR Reed C <RDu...@eugene-or.gov>
To:	DUNBAR Reed C <RDu...@eugene-or.gov>

Greetings,

 

You’re invited to join the Transportation Planning Team in a webinar viewing on Wednesday, December 17^th at noon.

 

Live webinar event will be held in the (former) Sykes Building (180 W 8^th Avenue, 2^nd Floor, Lyle Conference Room) at 12:00pm.  Enter building from the north, next to the parking lot, doors are on the east side of the building.  Let me know if you plan to attend and I can send you the door code (which I should have next week).  Covered bike parking located in the parking lot.

 

Be sure to bring your lunch!

 

Reed Dunbar, AICP (he/him) 

Senior Transportation Planner
City of Eugene | Public Works Engineering | Transportation Planning 

180 W. 8^th Avenue, Suite 200, Eugene, OR 97401

p: 541-682-5727 | e: rdu...@eugene-or.gov

 

Building Capacity and Engagement Through Community Transportation Academies

The presentation will include an overview of the Community Transportation Academy program and its potential to build capacity and deep public engagement in local transportation planning. Speakers from 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, Bike Cleveland, and BikeWalkKC will share about their own experiences and curriculum. The Community Transportation Academy is a free 10-week course that provides local participants with the fundamentals of local transportation planning and equips them with skills to advocate for themselves and their communities. Each Academy is tailored for the community in which it is held. Participants represent a diverse cross-section of the community, including advocates, college students, young professionals, public sector employees, commissioners, advocates, business owners, healthcare professionals, and retirees. The Academy helps bridge the gap between community advocates and transportation planning entities by providing new avenues for public engagement and creative problem-solving in local transportation planning. The Community Transportation Academy began as a program of 1000 Friends of Wisconsin. Academies have been held in several cities in Wisconsin, including La Crosse, Stevens Point, Beloit, and Kenosha. In 2024 the program expanded to 5 other cities in the upper Midwest: Cleveland, Des Moines, Detroit, Kansas City, and Minneapolis.

 Presenters:

·         Jen Walker, 1000 Friends of Wisconsin

·         Michael Kelley, BikeWalkKC

·         Jenna Thomas, Bike Cleveland