May 27, 2022

News, events, meetings and rides for the week starting Monday, May 30, 2022.

Events

Meetings

  • No meetings this week
  • Regularly scheduled City Council meeting canceled in light of the Memorial Day holiday

Webinars

  • Continuing Dialogue: SGA’s Shared Spaces and Health Equity Report – Smart Growth America
  • Thursday, June 2 at 11am-12pm PDT
  • Learn more and register here
  • Safety Interventions for Houseless Pedestrians – TREC at PSU
  • Friday, June 3 at 11:30am-12:30pm PDT
  • Learn more and register here
  • World Bicycle Day 2022: How will the bicycle shape our future? – European Cyclists Federation
  • Friday, June 3 at 5:30am PDT (2:30pm CEST)
  • Register Here
  • Scooting to Healthy and Safe Mode Choices – NITC
  • Tuesday, June 7 at 10am-11am PDT
  • Learn more and register here

Resources and Articles

  • How to Make a City Safer for E-bikes? Think Infrastructure — Bloomberg
  • Article Here
  • OPINION: Feds Must Make New Cars Safer for Bikers, Too – Streetsblog
  • Article Here
  • The E-bike Effect is Transforming New York City – Bloomberg/Citylab
  • Article Here
  • How E-Scooters are Transforming Tel-Aviv – Bloomberg/Citylab
  • Article Here
  • How the bicycle transformed Ljubljana into a more livable city – ECF 
  • Article Here

Conferences

  • APBP 2022: Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
    • August 22-24
    • Minneapolis, MN
  • Designing Cities 2022 – NACTO
    • National Association of City Transportation Officials – NACTO
    • Boston, Cambridge, Somerville
    • September 7-10
  • Velo-City Global 2022: Cycling the Change
    • Llubljana, Slovenia
    • June 14-17
    • The best ways to reach Velo-City 2022 by foot, bike and train: Article Here

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May 13, 2022

Active Transportation meetings, surveys and news for the week starting, Monday, 5.16.22.

Events

  • Bike Everywhere MonthSpokane Bicycle Club
    • Annual Pancake Breakfast – 7:30am at Riverfront Park, Monday May 16
    • Special Guest – Senator Andy Billig
  • Spokane Summer Parkways
    • Tuesday, June 21, 6-9pm
  • Spokane Thursday Night Rides – Shacktown
  • Cascade Bicycle Club Events Schedule

Meetings

  • Spokane City Council
    • Monday, May 16 – Briefing at 3:30pm, Legislative @6pm, Open to the Public
    • Topics of interest: Traffic Calming Project Analysis Contract Approval
  • Bicycle Advisory Board
    • Tuesday May 17 @ 6pm – Open to the Public
    • Topics of Interest: Six-Year Streets Program, Construction Detours
  • Citizen’s Transportation Advisory Board
    • Wednesday May 18 @ 5:30pm
    • Topics of Interest: Complete Streets Grants, Shared-Use Path Considerations
  • Chestnut-Elm Greenway Study – Virtual Neighborhood Meeting
    • Wednesday May 25 at 5:30pm

Webinars

  • Pop-Ups, Play Streets, and Placemaking – Safe Routes
    • Tuesday, May 17 at 10am PDT
  • Tactical Urbanism: Short-Term Actions for Long-Term Change – Smart Growth Online
    • Wednesday, May 18 at 10am PDT
  • Prioritizing Transit: The Rose Lanes Project – TREC at PSU
    • Friday, May 20 at 11:30am PDT
  • How E-Bike Incentives Expand the Market – TREC at PSU

Resources and Articles

  • E-Bikes are Everywhere in Spokane – The Spokesman-Review
  • Denver’s E-Bike Rebate Receives 2,600 Applications in Two Weeks – Denverite
  • Bicycle Stop-As-Yield Laws Shown to Increase Safety, Reduce Crashes – Streetsblog/NHTSA
  • Safe Way to School: Tactical Urbanism Public School Pilot in Georgia – Mobycon
  • Making Bike Counts: A Guide to Better Bike Counts – NACTO
  • How the Climate Movement can take on Motordom – The Nation

Conferences

  • APBP 2022: Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
    • August 22-24
    • Minneapolis, MN
  • Designing Cities 2022 – NACTO
    • National Association of City Transportation Officials – NACTO
    • Boston, Cambridge, Somerville
    • September 7-10
  • Velo-City Global 2022: Cycling the Change
    • Llubljana, Slovenia
    • June 14-17
    • The best ways to reach Velo-City 2022 by foot, bike and train: Article Here

Sign up to receive these updates at: https://my.spokanecity.org/projects/bicycle-master-plan/, under ‘Active Transportation Updates.’