Active Transportation news, events, rides and webinars for this week.

Surveys

• Chestnut-Elm Neighborhood Greenway Survey
  • Design Options – Traffic Circle? Cycle Track? Bike Signal?
  • Survey (closes June 10)

Events

• Spokane Summer Parkways
  • Tuesday, June 21, 6-9pm
  • Information Here
• Spokane Thursday Night Rides – Shacktown
  • Info posted here
• Cascade Bicycle Club Events Schedule
  • Online Here 

Meetings

• Citizen’s Transportation Advisory Board
  • Wednesday June 8 at 5:30pm
  • Agenda to be posted Here
• Board of Directors – Spokane Regional Transportation Council
• Thursday June 9 at 1pm
• Topics of Interest: 2024-2026 Project Funding, Transportation Presentation Series – Funding
• Agenda Here

Webinars

• Trails and Housing Stability – Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
  • Wednesday June 8 at 10am PT
  • Information Here
• Designing Cities with Public Trust – Next City
  • Wednesday June 8 at 10am PT
  • Information Here
• World Bicycle Day – June 3 2022 – How will the bicycle shape our future?
• Recording Here
  • How well do you know your bike?
• The Economics of Cycling: Learning Through Experience – Mobycon
  • Recording Here
• Safety Interventions for Houseless Pedestrians – TREC at PSU
  • Recording Here
  • Article Here

Resources and Articles

• 7 Great Biking Cities (and Which Trails to Ride) – NY Times
  • Article Here
• Lessons from the Golden Age of the Mall Walkers – CityLab
  • Article here
• The 15-Minute City: A Feminist Utopia? – Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative
  • Report Here
• Bicycles Have Evolved. Have We? – The New Yorker
  • Article Here
• How Cargo E-bikes Can Replace Urban Traffic – Bloomberg Business Green
  • Article Here
• LA scrapped a freeway expansion. Here’s how. – LA Times
  • Article Here
• Shared Spaces and Health Equity Report – Smart Growth America
• Information Here
• Report here
• Webinar Recording Here

Conferences

• Velo-City Global 2022 – Cycling the Change
  • Llubljana, Slovenia
  • June 14-17
  • Register Here
• Designing Cities 2022 – NACTO
  • National Association of City Transportation Officials – NACTO
  • Boston, Cambridge, Somerville
  • September 7-10
  • Program Here

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