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Preservation planner discusses legacy of historic roads in Oregon, nation
Dan Marriott, a historic road preservation planner, believes that Oregon should be proud of its heritage of excellent historic and scenic routes crisscrossing the state.
Marriott presented this message, plus a broad overview of historic road preservation, during his lecture “Historic Roads: Inspiration and Conservation in the 21st Century” at the Downtown Athletic Club in Eugene on November 10th. His lecture highlighted his years of expertise as a planner and preservationist. Marriott is the founder of Paul Daniel Marriott + Associates, a planning office that specializes in analysis and preservation strategies for historic and scenic roads.
Marriott pointed specifically to the beauty of the Columbia River Highway, built from 1913 to 1922. The highway was called “America’s greatest scenic road” when it was built and attracted pleasure drivers from far away as New York. He praised the State of Oregon’s commitment to preserve the roadway and facilities along the route, acknowledging its past while understanding its present value.
Tags: colubia river highway, dan marriott, historic preservation, historic roads, livemove
University of Oregon among bike elite, but could improve, visiting speaker says
When the executive director of the League of American Bicyclists came to Eugene May 5, the University of Oregon LiveMove transportation student group gave him more than just a photo opportunity in front of Johnson Hall. They took him out bicycling.
Equipped with a bicycle from the University of Oregon Bike Program, Andy Clarke toured Eugene’s bicycle network before returning to campus. He hit some of the bicycling hot spots: the Willamette River bicycle-and-pedestrian bridges, the Alder Street contraflow bike lane, the bike box at Seventh Avenue and High Street, and 13th Avenue.
There, Clarke presented the university with the League’s Bicycle Friendly University Silver award. In the most recent application process, Clarke said, 33 universities applied for bike-friendly status, with only two-thirds achieving bronze or higher.
Eugene has a decades-long history cycling activism that has paid off, Clarke said. At the University of Oregon, 17 percent of students and faculty now use a bicycle to get to campus. “That’s high,” Clarke said, “but that could probably be twice that number if you really put your minds to it.”
Tags: andy clarke, bicycle friendly universities, bicycling, league of american bicyclists, livemove, richard lariviere
New Chicago Transportation Department head will bring lessons from Oregon trip
When Gabe Klein starts his new job as commissioner of the Chicago Department of Transportation, the lessons of Oregon’s transportation system will be fresh in his mind. Klein, the former director of the District (of Columbia) Department of Transportation, visited OTREC programs and student groups over several packed days in Oregon.
Klein started his tour April 6 in Eugene as an expert in residence with the Sustainable Cities Initiative and LiveMove student group at the University of Oregon. He worked his way up the Willamette Valley with meetings and presentations in Salem and Portland.
On bicycle, Klein toured Eugene’s off-street paths, including pedestrian and bicycle bridges, and the street that will carry the area’s first cycle track. 
He met with city and Lane Transit District officials before touring the EmX bus rapid transit system.
In lectures in Eugene and Portland, Klein discussed the future of transportation, lauding the movement to redesign cities for walkability instead of drivability. (Watch video of the presentation here.) Klein has worked to change people’s relationships with vehicles, both in D.C., where he launched the Capital Bikeshare program, and previously with ZipCar.
Tags: alta bicycle share, bike sharing, bus rapid transit, capital bikeshare, chicago department of transportation, district department of transportation, gabe klein, livemove, step
Put roads on a diet and people will get healthier, walkability expert says
Bad streets don’t just create frustrating commutes, Dan Burden told a Eugene crowd Feb. 28. They also hurt our health, environment and economy.
Burden, executive director of the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute, spoke as part of the University of Oregon’s LiveMove Transportation Speaker Series. A national authority on bicycle and pedestrian programs, street corridor and intersection design, and traffic calming, Burden started advocating for active transportation 38 years ago.
A healthy and sustainable community is a walkable one, Burden said, and transportation and land-use planning both should serve that goal. “If you want to be a transportation planner, you’d better take a couple courses in land use,” he said. “And if you want to be a land-use planner, you’d better take a couple courses in transportation.”
Well-designed streets are key to healthy communities, Burden said. Wide sidewalks, good landscaping, buffer zones between cars and pedestrians and short crosswalks all create an environment that gets more people walking. In turn, he said, businesses will build to take advantage of foot traffic and existing owners will see their property values rise.
Tags: dan burden, eugene, livemove, walkability, walkable and livable communities institute
Bike lanes and paths only part of the equation, Mia Birk tells UO students
As a bicycle advocate in the early 1990s, Mia Birk was young, idealistic and unaware of the struggles she would face, she told a Eugene audience, with many of those attending in much the same position Birk once found herself in. Birk spoke at the “Movers and Shakers: Connecting People and Places” series presented by LiveMove, the University of Oregon transportation and livability student group.
Birk’s story started in her native Dallas, where her family drove everywhere, even across the street. “It never occurred to us to walk, and it never occurred to us that this was anything but normal.”
When the lifestyle left her overweight and unhappy, Birk found a way out through bicycling. She came to Portland to spread that happiness as the city’s bicycle coordinator in 1993.
It wasn’t so easy, Birk said, and took battles that went far beyond bikes. Opponents emerged quickly from all sectors; it took a while for allies to coalesce.
“Bicycling doesn’t exist on its own,” she said. “You need really sensible land use policy so you can choose bicycling. Good transit is really critical; really good neighborhoods with local schools and bicycle transportation—they all go hand in hand.”
Tags: bicycle infrastructure, bicycling, livemove, mia birk
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