Active Transportation meetings, surveys and news for the upcoming week starting Monday, 4.11.22.

Meetings

• Public Safety & Community Health Committee
  • Monday, April 11 – 10am
  • Topics of interest: Photo Red Update – Traffic Calming Funding
  • Agenda Here
• Urban Experience Committee
  • Monday, April 11 – 1:15pm
  • Topics of interest: New Design Guidelines, Traffic Calming Application Approval
  • Agenda attached, will be Here
• Spokane City Council
  • Monday, April 11 – Briefing @ 3:30, Legislative @6pm
  • Topics of interest: 20 MPH Speed Limits on Streets by Parks
  • Agenda Here
• Plan Commission
  • Wednesday, April 13 – 2pm
  • Topics of Interest:
    • Six-Year Comprehensive Streets Program
    • New Design Guidelines
    • Transit-Oriented Development
  • Agenda Here
• Board of Directors – Spokane Regional Transportation Council
  • Thursday, April 14 – 1pm
  • Topics of Interest: Transportation Planning Series – Stewardship
  • Agenda Here

Resources

• Washington, DC: A Biking Streetfilms Adventure! – StreetFilms.org
  • Video Here
• Charlotte’s Protected Bike Lane Network Grows – DezignLine
  • Video Here
• Accelerating Change in Five Cities: Making the Case for Bicycling Infrastructure – Urban Institute
  • Report Here
• The Bike-Based Library on Wheels – OPB
  • Story Here
• Planetizen Courses: The Pedestrian Safety Crisis in the US – Angie Schmitt
  • Online Here
• Right of Way: Addressing the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America
  • Angie Schmitt / Smart Growth Online
  • Tuesday, April 12 at 10am PDT
  • Information Here
• Transforming the Experience for People on Bikes: How Two North American Communities Have Successfully Implemented Low Stress Networks – Quickly! – APBP
  • Wednesday, April 20 at 12pm PDT
  • Register Here
• American Urbanist: How William H. Whyte Reshaped Public Life
  • The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
  • April 7 Recording
• The Impact of Decentralizing Homeless Services on Transportation and Mobility – TREC at PSU
  • Wednesday, April 20 at 1pm PDT
  • Register Here
• Public Spaces and Technology – Next City
  • Wednesday, April 27 at 12pm PDT
  • Information Here
  • Register Here
• Celebrating 10 Years of Go By Bike! Valet – Bikeportland.org
  • Video Here

Conferences

• APBP 2022: Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
  • August 22-24
  • Minneapolis, MN
  • Program Here
• Designing Cities 2022 – NACTO
  • National Association of City Transportation Officials – NACTO
  • Boston, Cambridge, Somerville
  • September 7-10
  • Program Here

Events

• Walk, Bike & Roll to School Day – May 4
  • Information Here
• Spokane Bicycle Club 2022 Ride Schedule
  • Schedule Here
• Spokane Thursday Night Rides – Shacktown
  • Info posted here
• Cascade Bicycle Club Events Schedule
  • Online Here 

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