March 18, 2022

Active Transportation meetings, surveys and news for the upcoming week starting Monday, 3.21.22.

Gonzaga Transportation Master PlanOpen House Poster-Walk

  • Monday March 21, 12pm – 5pm
  • John J. Hemmingson Center on Gonzaga Campus
  • Room 312 – Firenze – 702 E. Desmet Ave.

Meetings

  • Spokane City Council
    • Monday March 21, Briefing @ 3:30pm, Legislative at 6pm
    • Comprehensive Plan Amendments Work Program including Bicycle Plan
  • Spokane Plan Commission
    • Wednesday March 23 at 2pm
    • Transit-Oriented Development Framework – Final Draft
  • Transportation Advisory Committee – Spokane Regional Transportation Council
    • Transportation Discussion Series: Safety
    • Wednesday, March 23 at 3pm

Resources

  • Getting There: Spokane’s growth inspires new STA project with more bus routes
  • PSA: Get a Bike
  • Green Boulevards: Dismantling, transforming, creating – Cities Today
  • What Makes a Good E-Bike Incentive Program? People for Bikes
  • NYC’s new Streets Plan prioritizes protected bus lanes and protected bike lanes

Events

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March 11, 2022

Active Transportation meetings, surveys and news for the upcoming week starting Monday, 3.14.22.

Meetings

  • Urban Experience Committee – Spokane City Council
    • Topics of Interest: Parks Capital Budget, Transit-Oriented Development Study
  • Bicycle Advisory Board
    • Tuesday March 15 – 6pm-7:30pm
    • Topics of Interest: Division Active Transportation Projects
  • Citizen’s Transportation Advisory Board
    • Wednesday, March 16 – 5:30pm
    • Agenda to be posted Here
  • Washington State Transportation Commission Virtual Meeting
    • Tuesday – Tues. March 15, 9am-3:40pm, Wed. March 16, 9am-1pm
    • Topics of Interest: Reconnecting Communities Divided by Highways

Surveys/Comment Forms

  • Removing Barriers to Bicycling Survey – Cascade Bicycle Club
  • Share your e-bike story! – Cascade Bicycle Club
  • Nominate your favorite scenic Bike Route – Washington Bikes

Articles and Resources

  • New – Move Ahead WA Passes – Spokesman-Review
  • New Highways, transit, bikes and more: What’s in the $17B WA Transportation Package? – Seattle Times
  • New – Move Ahead Washington – All Legislative Details – Washington State Legislature
  • New – Making the Case for Improved Bicycle Infrastructure: New Full Report – The Urban Institute
  • New – Portland Launches Climate and Equitable Mobility Parking Fee – Bikeportland.org
  • New – NHTSA Releases 2020 Traffic Crash Data: Highest Since 2007 – NHTSA.gov
  • New – Town offers eBike rebates – CBC
  • New – The Radical Roots of Bikesharing – CityLab
  • Washington’s Active Transportation Plan – WSDOT

Podcasts

  •  New – Arrested Mobility – Equitable City Transportation with Charles Brown
    • Episode 1: Jaywalking – It’s a crime, but everyone does it
  • New – BikePortland – Bikeportland.org’s weekly podcast             
    • Latest Episode: Women of the E-Bike Revolution
  • The Spokesmen – City Cycling Podcast with Carlton Reid
    • Latest Episode: Cycling Industries Europe CEO
  • Active Towns – Active Transportation Podcast
    • Latest Episode: Return of the American Fietser

Webinars

  • New – A Quarter of Us Can’t Drive: What do we do? – Anna Zivarts/Washington State Ridesharing Organization
    • Tuesday March 15, 11am-12pm
  • New  – Lane Diets and Doughnuts: Making Accessible Mobility Palatable for All – APBP
    • Wednesday, March 16 @ 12pm PST
  • New – Transportation Seminar: Gender, Harassment and Women’s Transportation Needs – TREC at PSU
    • Friday, March 18 at 11am PT
  • New – The Intersection of Sustainability, Transportation & Land Use – Downtown on the Go
    • Friday March 25 at 12pm
  • New – Complete Streets: Talkin’ About Walkin’ with Angie Schmitt – Move Redmond
    • March 30th – 12pm-1:30pm
  • New – Right of Way: Addressing the Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths – Angie Schmitt/Smart Growth
    • Tuesday April 12 at 10am PT
  • New – Vision Zero for Youth – Ped-Bike Information Center
  • Stories from the Bike Equity Network – Adonia Lugo/TREC at PSU

Rides and Events

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March 5, 2022

Meetings

–          Spokane City Council

o   Monday March 7 – 3:30pm Briefing, 6pm Legislative Committee

o   Topics of Interest: American Rescue Plan Funding Allocations

o   Agenda Here

–          Public Safety & Community Health Committee

o   Monday March 7 – 1:15pm – View online via City Channel 5

o   Topics of Interest: Photo Red Update/Traffic Calming Funding, Mobile Speed Feedback Trailers

o   Agenda Here

–          Plan Commission

o   Wednesday, March 9 @ 2pm – Open to Public

o   Topics of Interest: Development Code and Design Guideline Updates

o   Agenda Here

–          Spokane Regional Transportation Council – Board of Directors

o   Thursday, March 10 at 1pm

o   Topics of Interest: Transportation Performance Measures – Safety Targets

o   Agenda Here

Surveys/Comment Forms

–          Fight for Full Funding in Move Ahead WA – Transportation Choices Coalition

o   Online Form Here

–          Removing Barriers to Bicycling Survey – Cascade Bicycle Club

o   Survey Here

–          Share your e-bike story! – Cascade Bicycle Club

o   Survey Here

–          Nominate your favorite scenic Bike Route – Washington Bikes

o   Survey Here

Articles and Resources

–          New –Move Ahead Washington is an Historic Opportunity for Cyclists – Seattle Times

o   Article Here

–          New – Elected Officials React to Repeal of Inequitably Enforced Helmet Law – Cascade Bicycle Club

o   Article Here

–          New – Gas Prices Have Spiked Again, and Cycling Could Too – Bikeportland.org

o   Article Here

–          New – People for Bikes Signs on to letter against Stop and Frisk for minor traffic violations – People for Bikes

o   Post Here

–          New – How to Design a Bike Lane – NY Times

o   Article Here

–          New – Why US Infrastructure Costs So Much – CityLab

o   Article Here

–          New – Raising Crosswalks to Make Deadly Intersections Safer – NY Times

o   Article Here

–          New – Arrested Mobility Podcast – Equitable Cities/Charles Brown

o   Podcast Here

–          Washington’s New Active Transportation Plan – WSDOT

o   Online Here

–          Reconnecting with the New Majority – League of American Bicyclists

o   Guide Here

Webinars

–          New – Mobility Hubs 2.0: Learning from Pittsburgh and Columbus – UrbanismNext

o   Wednesday, March 9 from 9am-10am PST

o   Information Here

–          New – Exploring Data Techniques to Derive Bicycle Volumes – TREC at PSU

o   Thursday, March 10 @ 11am-12pm PST

o   Information Here

–          New  – Lane Diets and Doughnuts: Making Accessible Mobility Palatable for All – APBP

o   Wednesday, March 16 @ 12pm PST

o   Information Here

–          New – Stories from the Bike Equity Network – Adonia Lugo/TREC at PSU

o   Recording Here

–          A Walk in Delft: Virtual tour of visual impairment and experience of the city – Mobycon

o   Recording Here

–          From Complete Streets to Complete Networks

o   Recording Here

Rides and Events

–          Spokane Bicycle Club 2022 Ride Schedule

o   Schedule Here

–          National Bike Summit – League of American Bicyclists

o   March 27-30

o   Information Here

–          Velo-City 2022 – Llubljana – ECF

o   June 14-17 2022 – Early registration ends soon!

o   Information Here

–          2022 Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals Conference

o   August 22-24 – Minneapolis, MN

o   Information Here

–          2022 Designing Cities Conference – NACTO

o   September 7-10

o   Information Here

–          Seattle to Portland 2022 – Cascade Bicycle Club

o   Information Here

–          Spokane Thursday Night Rides – Shacktown

o   Info posted here

–          Cascade Bicycle Club Events Schedule

o   Online Here