World Carfree Network - Towards Carfree Cities VIII - Portland

Rethinking Mobility, Rediscovering Proximity.

This year’s Towards Carfree Cities conference theme is intended to promote discussion of urban livability, mixed-use development, local agriculture, pedestrianization, strong neighborhoods, accessible public space, and sustainable transportation. The conference program unites diverse interests, from city planners to developers to environmental activists to transportation service providers, around the common goal of reducing communities’ dependence on automobiles.

This year marks the conference’s first time in North America, and provides an opportunity to bring the carfree movement fully into the mainstream on this continent. Portland, which has been named the most bicycle-friendly city in the United States, is increasingly serving as a national model for sustainable transportation, planning, and development practices.

Schedule

Monday, June 16: Depaving Day

Tuesday, June 17: Free Public Day and Carfree Cities Art Opening

Wednesday, June 18: Regular programming

Thursday, June 19: Regular Programming

Friday, June 20: Annual General Meeting of the World Carfree Network and mobile workshops

Please contact with any questions.

Monday, June 16: Depaving Day
Location: 3120 N Williams, at the corner of N Williams and NE Fargo, next to the Waypost Cafe

The Depaving Day is co-hosted by the group Depave

10:00 - 4:00 Depaving activity and conference registration
10:30 Introduction and welcome
10:45 Pavement-breaking

Attendees of the opening day of Towards Carfree Cities VIII are invited to participate in this exciting community event. The Fargo Gardens project will transform a 3000 square foot asphalt parking lot into a community greenspace with vegetables, fruit trees, native plants, and sitting areas. Removal of the parking lot will reduce pollution, and provide land for bird and butterfly habitat, gardens, native vegetation and beauty in an urban neighborhood. The completed site will be used to educate the public about pavement removal and storm water drainage management

Help break and carry asphalt, or feel free to sit back and enjoy the street fair, including interactive chalk art projects, street games, and music by:

Andy Combs
The Tony Green Orchestra
Eliza Jayne
DJ Ghost Dad

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Tuesday, June 17: Public Day Daytime Location: Portland State University, Smith Memorial Student Union, 1825 SW Broadway
Ballroom	9:00 - 4:30 Registration and marketplace 8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast
Room 1	8:15 - 8:45 Yoga
9:00 - 10:30
Room 1: Presentations	9:00 - 9:45 - Carfree Family Stories - We’re Not Supermen: How Mild Mannered People Demotorize Metropolis Christine and Kent Peterson, Issaquah, Washington 9:45 - 10:30 The Transportation Liberation Roadshow: How to Save Money, Save Your Sanity, and Save the Planet by Not Driving Obbie and RoZ, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Room 2: Panel	The Mount Hood Freeway: Portland’s Road Not Taken Moderator: Amy Ruiz, Portland Mercury Val Ballestrem, MA candidate — History, Portland State University Richard N. Ross, Urban and Regional Planner, Portland
Room 3: Workshop	Street Conversion Design Workshop Randall Ghent, World Carfree Network, York, England
10:45 - 12:15
Room 1: Workshop/Discussion	Towards Carfree Families: Transportation Solutions for Families in a Car-Oriented World Moderator: Angela Koch, Director, Safe Routes to School, Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Portland Olivia Rebanal, Participant, Drive Less Save More Family Challenge; Co-Founder, UrbanMamas Paul Adkins, President, GEARs; Travel Consultant, BikeFriday Eugene, Oregon Lynn Lindgren-Schreuder, Executive Director, Willamette Pedestrian Coalition, Portland Marion Rice, family transportation columnist, BikePortland.org
Room 2: Panel	The Columbia River Crossing: Moving Into the Future Moderator: Amy Ruiz, Portland Mercury Robert Liberty, Metro Councilor, Portland Mara Gross, Coalition for a Livable Future, Portland Molly J. Haynes, MPH, RD, LD, Community Project Coordinator, Health Education Services, Kaiser Permanente, Northwest Region, Portland TBD
Room 3: Workshop	Street Conversion Design Randall Ghent, World Carfree Network, York, England
Mobile workshops:
All mobile workshops leave from the hallway outside the Ballroom, except for bicycle tours, which leave from the corner of SW Park and Montgomery just outside the Smith Center. All Tuesday workshops are free. Sign up in advance at the conference information table. 9:00 - 10:30 Discover Portland’s Streetcar and Aerial Tram - Julie Gustafson, Portland Streetcar, Inc. Maximum participants: 20 9:00 - 10:30 Downtown Bus Mall Construction walking tour, Dee Ann Sandberg, TriMet. Maximum participants: 25 9:00 - 12:00 Downtown Walking Tour - John Andersen, Walking tour (under 2 miles). Maximum participants: 15 9:00 - 12:00 Dead Freeways Bicycle Tour, Shawn Granton, Urban Adventure League Bicycle tour, 10 miles. No maximum. 11:00 - 12:30 Transit Oriented Development light rail tour, Clay Thompson, TriMet. Maximum participants: 25
12:30 - 1:15
Room 1: Lunch Presentation	The Village Lives: The City Repair Project Story - Jenny Lies, City Repair Project
1:30 - 2:00
Ballroom	Welcome from the conference organizers, and introduction by Mia Birk, Principal, Alta Planning + Design
2:00 - 2:30
Ballroom	Keynote Speaker Andy Clarke, Executive Director, League of American Bicyclists
2:30 - 3:15 pm
Ballroom	Featured Keynote speaker Gil Penalosa, Executive Director, Walk and Bike For Life
3:15 - 4:00 pm
Ballroom	Question and comment period with Gil Penalosa
5:00 - 8:00 pm
Carfree Cities International Art Show - Opening reception Location: Portland City Hall, 1221 SW 4^th AveFeaturing: An enormous installation of carfree mail-art & postcards from around the world in celebration of this conference Laura Garzon’s “The Real Deal: Retro/spectives on the Automobile”, a collage series confronting consumers with the ultimate effects of excessive auto use The world-renowned cartoons of Andy Singer The comic art of Roberta and Ken Avidor Live music by Reptet Interactive art by artists Ashley Montague and Tiago DeJerk Pedal-powered refreshments in the parking spaces.
7:00 - 8:00 pm
Performance by the Sprockettes, Portland’s own mini-bike dance troupe Location: Portland City Hall, 1221 SW 4^th Ave

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Wednesday, June 18 Location: Portland State University, Smith Memorial Student Union
Ballroom	8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast and announcements
Room 1	8:15 - 8:45 Yoga
9:00 - 10:30
Room 1: Panel	How Online Information Can Encourage and Improve Carfree Mobility Moderator: Joe Hughes, Software Engineer, Google Joe Hughes, Software Engineer, Google David Emory, transportation planner and carfree activist, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Michael Smith, Director of Engineering, Nextbus.com Bibiana McHugh, IT Manager for GIS and Location Based Services, TriMet, Portland
Room 2: Panel	Pedicabs: Urban Tri-cycles Changing the World Steve Meyer, Founder and President, Main Street Pedicabs, Boulder, Colorado Peter Meitzler, Owner/Operator, Manhattan Rickshaw Company, New York City Jonathan Magnus, Owner/Operator, Pdx Pedicab, Portland Frederic Choiniere, New School, New York City
Room 3: Presentations	Getting our Planning Priorities Straight Less Mobility, More Proximity - A Plea for Change in Urban Planning Priorities - Randall Ghent, World Carfree Network, York, England Better Living through Density - David Baker, David Baker + Partners Architects, San Francisco Carfree Co-Housing in Portland - Patrick Donaldson, Communitecture and Eli Spevak, Orange Splot LLC, Portland
Room 4: Presentations	Social Equity and Environmental Justice Transportation Equity in the Portland Metropolitan Area: The Regional Equity Atlas – Jill Fuglister, Coalition for a Livable Future, Portland Riding with Cars: Sense Experience and Environmental Justice - Denver Nixon, University of Western Ontario
Room 5: Presentations	Taking Back the Streets and Activating Communities Streets are for People! - Michael Louis Johnson and Shamez Amlani, Toronto The Pedal and the Zucchini: Creating Sustainability and Rebuilding Community in the Plateau Mont Royal - Riley Starr, Montreal Civil Disobedience as a Tool for Carfree Access - Micah Posner, People Power, Santa Cruz, California
10:45 - 12:15
Room 1: Panel	Street Fight! Lessons From the NYC Livable Streets Movement Aaron Naparstek - Editor-in-Chief, Streetsblog Clarence Eckerson Jr. - Director of Video Production, Streetfilms Elizabeth Press - Filmmaker, Streetfilms Carly Clark - Creative Director, NYC Streets Renaissance Lily Bernheimer - Project Coordinator, NYC Streets Renaissance Nick Grossman - Senior Project Manager, The Open Planning Project
Room 2: Panel	The Business of Advocacy: How and Why Businesses Advocate for Sustainable Transportation Moderator: Barb Grover, Community Relations Manager, Bike Gallery, Portland Jay Graves, Owner, Bike Gallery, Portland David Guettler, Owner, River City Bicycles, Portland Sean Rivers, Co-Owner, Foot Traffic, Portland Sue Miller, Hoyt Street Properties, Portland Joel Domreis, Founder and Owner, Courier Coffee Roasters
Room 3: Presentations	Transportation Demand Management in a University Setting Ian Stude, Dan Zalkow, and Sarah Renkens, Portland State University Cycling in the City: Mobility Management in Sydney, Australia Gabrielle Kuiper, Sustainability Manager, Investa Property Group, Sydney, Australia
Room 4: Panel	Why Carfree Cities Are Safer Moderator: Greg Raisman, Traffic Safety Specialist, Portland Office of Transportation Peter L. Jacobsen, Consulting Engineer, Sacramento, California Todd Alexander Litman, Victoria Transportation Policy Institute, Victoria, BC Michael Ronkin, Oregon Department of Transportation (retired)
Room 5: Presentation	Introduction to Global Freight Transportation Barry Horowitz, General Manager, Container Marketing, Port of Portland
12:30 - 2:00
Ballroom: Lunch Plenary	CO2 Reduction through Better Urban Design – Rex Burkholder, Metro Councilor, Portland
Room 1	Bike and walk fun instigation workshop: Shawn Granton, Urban Adventure League, Portland
2:15 - 3:45
Room 1: Presentation	The Vancouver Experience: Gordon Price, Director, City Program, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Room 2: Panel	Encouraging Sustainable Transportation Behavior Moderator: Margaret Mahan, Executive Director, BEST, Vancouver, Canada Portland’s SmartTrips Program - Linda Ginenthal, Transportation Options Program Manager, PDOT, Portland Undriving and Undriver Licensing - Julia Field, Sustainable Ballard, Seattle, Washington Mobility Education: Report from Year One - David Levinger, The Mobility Education Foundation, Seattle
Room 3: Panel	Transportation Impact Analysis 101: Why Developers Don’t Care About Carfree Concepts Moderator: Peter Koonce, Kittelson and Associates Inc Today’s Transportation Impact Analyses: How We Study Traffic to Address Neighborhood/City Concerns - Jamie Parks, Planner, Kittelson & Associates, Inc., Portland A Progessive Look at Transportation Impact Studies - Kurt Krueger, Development Review Manager, City of Portland Encouraging Carfree Development - Dan Bower, Transportation Options, City of Portland
Room 4: Presentations	Visioning New Transportation Systems Trolleys for people and cargo: oil-free strategies for carfree conversion - Jason Meggs, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California Second Generation Carsharing - Chris Bradshaw, Vrtucar, Ottawa, Canada The Willamette Foot Ferry - Capt. Peter Wilcox, Portland
Room 5: Presentations	Bicycles in the Community Bike farm: Overview of a Community-Run Bike Shop - Ariel Raymon and Becca Dillon, Bike Farm, Portland Bill Burton, Arcata Library Bike Program, Arcata, California Bike Safety Activism 101: The story of Get Lit and Protect Your World - Jeff Bernards, Protect Your World, Portland
4:00 - 5:30
Room 1: Panel	Life After the Freeway - Case Studies in Alternative Uses of Urban Space Moderator: Jason Henderson, Assistant Professor of Geography, San Francisco State University Milwaukee’s Freeway Revolt - Andrea Broaddus, Nelson/Nygaard, Portland Rebuilding Communities After the Fall of the Central Freeway - Jason Henderson, Assistant Professor of Geography, San Francisco State University Transforming the Waterfront: Turning the Harbor Drive Freeway into Tom McCall Waterfront Park - Ernie Munch, City of Portland
Room 2: Presentation	Public Bicycle Systems in the North American Context Andrew Curran and Gavin Davidson, TransLink, Vancouver, BC
Room 3: Panel	Advocating for Carfree Development Pitching Carfree Alternatives - Gus Yates, President, Carfree City, USA, Berkeley, California The Road to Bicycle City - Joe Mellett, Co-Founder, Bicycle City LLC
Room 4: Panel and Presentation	Mobility and Ability: Making Transportation Accessible to Everyone Improving Healthy Senior Transportation Options - Kirsty Hall, Portland Department of Transportation Mobility and Ability - James Uyeda, Ride Connection, Portland
Room 5: Workshop	Do it for Fun: Bike Dance, Celebratory Activism, and the DIY Community. Presentation Followed by an Interactive Workshop Keltie Craig, Leanne Kavanaugh, Red Sara Ross, Jen Harvey, B:C:Clettes, Vancouver, Canada Shannon Palermo, Sprockettes, Portland
Mobile Workshops:
Wednesday’s mobile workshops are free of charge. Participation is limited unless otherwise noted. Sign up in advance at the conference information table. All workshops leave from the hallway outside the ballroom. 9:00 - 12:00 Around the Block: An Urban Hike - Scott Wayne Indiana. Walking tour. 5 miles within 1 city block. Snacks and water recommended. No maximum participation 2:00 - 5:00 Architectural Ornamentation: A walking tour of the scale and pace of car culture and its effects on the built environment, Derek Chisholm, Portland. 2 miles. Maximum participants: 15 5:30 - 7 Sustainable Development Tour: Ride the Streetcar north for a tour of the Pearl Urban Renewal District. Maximum participants: 20
8:30 - 11:00 PM
Movie nightLocation: Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center, 721 NW 9th Ave.Movie night is generously hosted by Hoyt Street Properties and Ecotrust.This event will feature a screening of several short films on topics of place, mobility, and community. Tonight’s films include homemade submissions from activists the world over, as well as professionally produced films being screened at festivals and on TV.Film is a powerful medium for education and for inspiration. The tools of film making such as digital cameras, and editing software have become widely available and affordable. Now more than ever, people are able to share their stories, local experiences, and advocacy through visual media and online platforms like blogs and YouTube. Join us and see how. Refreshments provided.The venue features a green roof and is the first historic restoration in the country to earn a gold-level LEED certification.

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Thursday, June 19 Location: Portland State University, Smith Memorial Student Union
Ballroom	8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast and announcements
Room 1	8:15 - 8:45 Yoga
9:00 - 10:30
Room 1: Presentation	Streets as Places: Building Better Communities Through Transportation Renee Espiau, Senior Associate, Project for Public Spaces, New York City Ethan Kent, Vice President, Project for Public Spaces, New York City
Room 2: Presentation	Catalysts for Change: Regional Programs Making a Difference Megan Gibb, Transit Oriented Development Program Manager, Metro, Portland Ross Roberts, Transit Program Director, Metro, Portland Pam Peck, Regional Travel Options Manager, Metro, Portland
Room 3: Presentations	Finding Alternatives to Urban Freeways A Highway Revisited, A City Reborn - Thomas Brennan and Becca Aue, Nelson/Nygaard, Seattle, Washington Better Transit, Not Freeways - Fighting the Gateway Highway Expansion Scheme with Transit Solutions - Eric Doherty, Livable Region Coalition, Vancouver, Canada
Room 4: Panel	Ridesharing Technologies Moderator: Zac Corker, Founder Goose Networks, Seattle Flexible Carpooling Proof of Concept in Seattle - Paul Minett, President, Trip Convergence, Auckland, NZ Rethinking Ridesharing: High Tech Hitchhiking and the Electronic Thumb - Zachary Corker, Founder, Goose Networks, Seattle, Washington TBD
Room 5: Presentations	International Perspectives in Transportation Advocacy Bicycling in Brazil - Eduardo Green, Viaciclo, Florianopolis, Brazil, and Thiago Benicchio, Apocalipse Motorizado, Sao Paolo, Brazil Overview of Carfree Issues in Australia - Ron Lambert, Melbourne
10:45 - 12:15
Room 1: Panel	From Streetcars to the Bus Mall and Back Again: Portland’s Use of Rail Transit to Create Proximity Portland’s Streetcar History - Dan Haneckow, Cafe Unknown, Portland Portland Mall Revitalization: The Making of Great Streets - Bob Hastings, FAIA, Agency Architect, TriMet, Portland Rebuilding Portland’s Streetcar Network - Chris Smith, Portland Streetcar, Inc
Room 2: Panel	Building Urban Greenways Moderator: Scott Mizee, npGreenway, Portland Steve Durrant, Alta Planning + Design, Portland Amy Morrison, Willamette Riverkeepers, Portland Francie Royce, npGreenway, Portland Gregg Everhart, Portland Parks and Recreation
Room 3: Panel	Building Better Bikeways Moderator: Scott Bricker, Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Portland B2 Power - Bicycle Boulevard Campaign Review - Emily Gardner, Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Portland Berkeley’s Bike Boulevard Network - Eric Anderson, Alta Planning
Room 4: Presentations	Improving Transit Connections and Flexibility Moderator: Zac Corker, Founder, Goose Networks, Seattle EcoShuttle - Fiona Mitchell, Portland Intelligent Grouping Transportation - Allen Hancock, Eugene, Oregon Mapping and Making the Intermodal Connections - Preston Schiller, North Sound Connecting Communities Project, Bellingham, Washington
Room 5: Presentation	Car Reduction Strategies in Europe A Policy Perspective - Andrea Broaddus, Nelson/Nygaard, Portland An Engineering Perspective - Tom Bertulis, ITDP, Mexico City
12:30 - 2:00
Ballroom: Lunch Plenary	Win-Win Market Solutions in Sustainable Transportation Todd Litman, Victoria Transport Policy Institute, Victoria, Canada
Room 1: Film	Canada’s Automotive Capital: Windsor, Ontario’s Transportation History and Citizen Efforts to Reclaim the Streets Maya Ruggles and Angela DiPonio, Windsor, Ontario
2:15 - 3:45
Room 1: Panel	The Battle for San Francisco (1992-2008): From Critical Mass to Congestion Pricing Moderator: Steve Jones, City Editor, Bay Guardian Jason Henderson, PhD. - Geography Dept., San Francisco State University Leah Shahum - Executive Director, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Dave Snyder - San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association Chris Carlsson - author, Critical Mass: Bicycling’s Defiant Celebration
Room 2: Panel	Transportation Inequality and Public Health Moderator: TBD The Road to Health and Equality — Paul Simpson, MD, Centre Region Bicycle Coalition, State College, Pennsylvania Kenneth Rose, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Environmental Health Peter L. Jacobsen, Consulting Engineer, Sacramento, California
Room 3: Panel	Building Pedestrian Friendly Cities Moderator: Chris Bradshaw, Founder, Ottawalk, Ottawa, Canada Walkability and the Built Environment - Josh van Loon, School of Community and Regional planning, University of British Columbia Engineering Public Transit Links for Pedestrian Use - Eda Beyazit, Istanbul, Turkey
Room 4: Presentations	From Grey to Green: Rethinking Cities Built for Cars Localizing the City: Recommendations of the Oil-Independent Oakland Task Force - David Room, Oil Independent Oakland Greening an Old City: The Baltimore Experience - Patrick McMahon, Kittelson & Associates, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland Greening Guadalajara - Eugenio Arriaga, Director General de Vinculacion Politica, Guadalajara, Mexico
Room 5: Workshop	Organizing Carfree Day Festivals Organizational Cloning: How a Single Carfree Street Festival became Six in 2008 — Randy Chatterjee and Charles Latimer, East Vancouver, BC World Carfree Day Celebrations, 2001 to 2008 - Agustin Villegas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
4:00 - 5:30
Room 1: Panel	The Ciclovia Movement: Returning Streets to the People Gil Penalosa, Executive Director, Walk and Bike for Life, Ontario, Canada Tanya Muller, Director, Urban Parks and Ciclovias, Secretary of the Environment, Mexico City Mike Muir, Land Use / Sunday Bikedays, National Capital Commission, Ottawa, Canada
Room 2: Panel	Advocacy, Media, and Direct Action: Street Memorials and Successful Collaborative Strategies for Making Change on NYC Streets Moderator: Brooke DuBose, Planner, Fehr & Peers, San Francisco Nat Meysenburg, Web Coordinator & Volunteer, NYC Street Memorial Project Elizabeth Press, videographer, Streetfilms Caroline Samponaro, Bicycle Campaign Coordinator, Transportation Alternatives Leah Todd, Press Coordinator & Volunteer, NYC Street Memorial Project Peter Meitzler, transportation activist, New York
Room 3: Panel	Workplace-Based Bike Commuter Programs Moderator: Darren Pennington, Providence Portland Medical Center, Portland Stephanie Noll, Advocate and Educator, Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Portland Diane Chalmers, HR and VP of Operations, Chris King Components, Portland Karl Dinkelspiel, Senior Project Coordinator, Housing Development, Portland Development Commission
Room 4: Presentation and Film	Amsterdam, Cycling to Sustainability Pascal J.W. van den Noort, Executive Director, Velo Mondial, Amsterdam The Road to Platinum: How Davis, California Became a Bicycle Friendly City Ted Buehler, Vancouver, Washington
Room 5: Presentation	The Pacific Coast Rider - The Bicycle Trips of Major Edward A. Weed, 1896-1909 David Weed
Mobile workshops:
Thursday’s mobile workshops are free of charge and have no maximum number of participants and no advance sign-up. Both workshops leave from the corner of SW Park and Montgomery, just outside the Smith center. 2:00 - 5:00 Bicycle Boulevards - Emily Gardner, Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Portland. Bicycle ride. Helmets required. Bring water. 8 - 10 miles. Ends at BTA office at 233 NW 5th. 6:00 - 7:30 Bicycle Zine Reading - Carye Bye, Independent Publishing Resource Center, Portland. Easy, short downtown bicycle ride. Ends at NW Davis and 3rd Ave for the Square Dance.
7:00 - 10:00 pm
Old Time American Music and Square Dance in the StreetLocation: Festival Street, NW Davis between 3rd and 4th Avenues.Come enjoy old time music played by the bikey, local Greasy Chain String Band and learn the basics of traditional US American square dancing from our experienced caller.This event is free and open to all. The dancing will take place one of Portland’s new Festival Streets – regular streets specifically designed to be converted into public plazas for community events.

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Friday, June 20
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Annual General Meeting of the World Carfree Network (open to World Carfree Network members)Location: David Evans and Associates, 2100 SW River Parkway
Mobile Workshops
Friday’s mobile workshops are open to all conference registrants. Most tours meet at and return to PSU Smith Center, on the corner of SW Park and Montgomery, unless another location is noted. Most tours are free, but many suggest that you bring money for lunch or a snack on the way. Sign up sheets for tours with maximum participation limits will be available on Thursday at the conference information table. 9:00 - 10:30 Downtown Portland Bus Mall Construction walking tour - Dee Ann Sandberg, TriMet. Round trip from the fountain in Pioneer Courthouse Square. Maximum participation: 25 9:00 - 12:00 Tour of Vancouver, Washington: Visit the Columbia River Crossing, an innovative Land Bridge, Esther Short Park, and Vancouver’s new bicycle locker system - Todd Boulanger, Transportation Planner, City of Vancouver, Washington. Shuttle bus provided. Bring cash or bag lunch. Maximum participants: 14 9:00 - 1:00 Portland’s Olmsted Parks Legacy, 1903-2008: Back to the Future for Car-Free Cities? - Richard N. Ross, Urban and Regional Planner, Portland. Easy 14 mile bicycle tour including Downtown Park Blocks, Springwater Corridor rail trail, Reed College. Cost: $5 (for a picnic lunch at historic Ladd Circle Park). Maximum participation: 25 1:00 - 4:00 Transit Oriented Development light rail tour — the long version - Clay Thompson, TriMet. Round trip from the fountain in Pioneer Courthouse Square. Maximum participation: 25 2:00 - 5:00 Transportation Geeks Bike Ride - Rory Renfro, Alta Planning + Design. Meet at PSU Urban Plaza (near 1715 SW 5th Ave) by the fountain. End location is the Lucky Lab at SE 9th and Hawthorne, followed by an optional happy hour. Bring cash for optional ice cream stop. Maximum participation: 40 2:00 - 5:00 Portland Bridge Walk - Sharon Wood Wortman, founding member of Friends of Multnomah County’s Willamette River Bridges. Learn about Portland’s unique bridges from an expert. $10 tour fee, cash for an optional cookie stop. Maximum: 30 Time TBD Intersection Repair Bike Ride, City Repair Project
7:00 - 10:00 pm
Closing Party and Cultural ExchangeLocation: the Discovery Center, generously donated by the South Waterfront communityAll conference attendees are invited to finish up the week with beer, music, and cultural exchange. Feel free to bring something from your home to share.

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