2013 Oregon Active Transportation Summit Agenda


Wednesday, April 24

  7 – 8 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast
 

8:10 a.m.

Opening comments: Kim Curley, Commute Options

  8:20 a.m.

Welcome: Michelle Poyourow, Cycle Oregon

  8:25 a.m. Introduction of Keynote Speaker- Roger Geller, City of Portland
  8:30 a.m. Keynote Presentation: Rethinking America's Auto-Oriented Transportation and Land-Use Planning – Mark Gorton, Executive Director, OpenPlans
  9:30 a.m. Break
  9:45 a.m. Breakout Session I
  • How to Talk to Legislators about Active Transportation
  • Economic Benefits of Trails, Tourism and Rural Travel
  • Active Transportation Funding
  11:15 a.m. Break
  11:30 a.m. Lunch
 

11:30 a.m.

News from the National Bike Summit: Andy Clarke, Executive Director, League of American Bicyclists

  12 p.m. Lunch Keynote Presentation: Understanding How Transportation and Land Use Decisions Affect Our Health:   Emerging Evidence: Larry Frank, President, Urban Design 4 Health
  1 p.m. Break
  1:15 p.m.  Breakout Session II
  • Understanding the Macro Benefits of Active Transportation
  • Health and Equity
  • What Gets Measured, Gets Done – New data and analytical tools help make the case for a lot more investment in bicycling and walking
  2:45 p.m. Break – snacks available in the foyer
  3:15 p.m. Breakout Session III
  • The Intersection Between Land Use and Active Transportation
  • Bikes Mean Business!
  • A network greater than the sum of its parts:  Public Transit + Active Transportation
  4:45 p.m. Break
  5 p.m. Closing remarks:  Majority Leader Val Hoyle
  5:30 p.m. Networking reception

 

Thursday, April 25

  7 – 8 a.m. Continental breakfast
  8 a.m. Welcome: Oregon State Representative Shemia Fagan
  9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Meetings with state legislators at the Capitol Building
  9 a.m. – 12 p.m. NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Training, Session 1: Roger Geller, Rob Burchfeld and Peter Koonce, City of Portland
  9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Oregon Walk + Bike Network Annual Meeting
  9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Oregon Bicycle Tourism Partnership: Kristin Dahl, Travel Oregon
  12 p.m. Lunch on your own
  1 – 3 p.m. NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Training, Session 2: Roger Geller, Rob Burchfield and Peter Koonce, City of Portland
  1 – 3 p.m. Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinators Meeting: Sheila Lyon, Oregon Department of Transportation


2013 Registration

Registration for the 2013 Oregon Active Transportation Summit will open February 25, 2013.

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