Active Transportation Update

Walking, biking, and rolling news for Spokane, Washington.

Meetings

• Spokane City Council – Public Infrastructure, Energy & Sustainability Committee
  • Monday, August 18 @ 12pm
  • 2026 Traffic Calming Process & Neighborhood Street Safety Signs
  • Agenda Here
• Bicycle Advisory Board
  • Tuesday August 19 @ 6pmTopics: Thorpe Tunnel, Street Vacations, Mobile Meetings
  • Agenda Here

Surveys

• Community Climate Policy Survey
  • Identify future goals and policies to mitigate and address climate hazards.
    >>Closes AUGUST 31<<
  • https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VYNT2XP

City Projects

• 2026 Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons
  • New Crossing Improvements will be installed in 2026 at locations across the city
  • https://my.spokanecity.org/projects/arterial-pedestrian-hybrid-beacons/

• PlanSpokane 2046
  • The ongoing PlanSpokane 2046 Periodic Update provides an opportunity to update our community’s vision for how we grow and develop for the next twenty years.
  • https://my.spokanecity.org/planspokane/

Webinars

• All Aboard the Bike Bus! – League of American Bicyclists
  • How Bike Buses, groups of people biking to school together, are changing cities
  • Tuesday August 19 – 12pm-1pm
  • Register Here

What we’re reading

• Spokane Rides! Spokane’s Bike Party Rolls Again! – SpokaneRides
• Spokane Signs Updated Complete Streets Ordinance – Spokesman Review
• “Normal Bikes for Normal People in Normal Clothes” – Outside Mag
• All-time high: Shared Micromobility in the US Reaches a New High – NABSA
• Cycling From a Social Perspective: Growing Cycling Socially – Mobycon

What we’re hearing

• About those Diverters! Traffic Diversion and Local Politics – Bikeportland.org

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