Check Out Our 2011-2013 Events!

We aren’t shy about sharing our message about safe healthy streets at Seattle Neighborhood Greenways!

Our events take the form of walks, rides, grand opening parties, panels, conference presentations, and educational meetings.

We’re good at documenting these events with YouTube and PowerPoint decks so you can learn along with us!

• Mayoral Candidate Forum on Livable Streets July 1, 2013, eight candidates for Seattle mayor discussed their plans for making Seattle’s streets great places for walking, playing, using transit, shopping, biking, getting to school, and raising a family.

• John Pucher How to Increase Walking & Cycling: Lessons from Across the Globe 6/13-21

  Seattle Neighborhood Greenways hosted Professor John Pucher in Seattle and Vancouver in June 2013

• Seattle Neighborhood Greenways-sponsored  lecture on health, community, economic, and environmental benefits of active transportation (YouTube).
• Keynote address at the Bike Urbanism Symposium at University of Washington 6/20/13 (pdf)
• How to Increase Cycling for Daily Travel: Lessons from Cities Around the Globe (webinar slides)

• Greenways Vancouver BC study trip 6/13

  See the Vancouver 2013 Study Tour Guidebook and photos from this visit at Flickr and Facebook. Vancouver Greenways photos on Facebook. 

• More Confessions of a Traffic Engineer. SNG Meetup with Peter Koonce 3/13

  Peter Koonce, P.E. PBOT Signals Manager talks about why traffic signals, lighting, and Level of Service have a huge impact on safe healthy streets for people–and how we can work with existing codes to make our streets even safer! Peter http://koonceportland.blogspot.com is PBOTs (Portland Bureau of Transportation) Division Manager for Signals, Street Lighting & Intelligent Transportation Systems. Brilliant, creative, and unafraid, hear some of Koonce’s insights on Seattle! YouTube of Peter’s Presentation. Presentation Deck: http://seattlegreenways.org/wp-content/uploads/Confessions.pdf

• UW School of Public Health Meetup on Rainier Valley Greenways & Lake City Greenways.
• Seattle Neighborhood Greenways & SDOT Panel Discussion 2/13. Presentation to the Northeast District Council with Andres Salomon, Cathy Tuttle, Clint Loper, Dongho Chang, Eli Goldberg, and Kevin O’Neill. YouTube of the presentation and questions.

• What can we learn from Dutch street design? SNG Meetup with Fred Young 2/13

  Recently back from a 600-mile bicycle journey through northern Europe, Fred’s goal was to experience some of the best bicycle, pedestrian and public transportation facilities in the world. He rode his bike from urban centers to rural villages, transitioned from bike to public transportation, and navigated by using maps and local wayfinding systems and maps. He took 5,000 photographs along the way, some of which he shared in this interactive evening event. YourTube of Fred’s presentation. Presentation deck: http://ugreenways.org/media/FredYoungPresentation.pdf

• PBOT Brown Bag 1/13.

  Portland’s Bureau of Transportation heard Seattle Neighborhood Greenways organizers Eli Goldberg, Bob Edmiston, and Cathy Tuttle share some of the key ways that Portland’s work has inspired us — and we introduced them to the kinds of amazing programs that have resulted from their inspiration. We shared the unique magic that is born when programs are invented and designed by community professionals bringing a diverse, multi-disciplinary perspective — public health, anthropology, and even biology and software user experience. We introduced SNG’s programs such as Safe Routes to Health — and everyone’s perennial favorite — Safe Routes to Bars. YouTube of the PBOT presentation. Presentation deck: http://ugreenways.org/media/PBOT%20Brownbag%20-%20final.pptx

• Institute of Traffic Engineers 1/13.

  Dongho Chang, Seattle’s City traffic engineer, invited Eli Goldberg and Cathy Tuttle to speak at the monthly luncheon of the Washington State ITE. YouTube of the ITE presentation. Presentation deck: http://ugreenways.org/media/WA%20ITE%20Brownbag%20Final.pptx

• Seattle Children’s Hospital Greenway opening celebration 10/12

  .Children’s Hospital, Beacon BIKES, and Wallingford Greenways were the first groups to form the SNG coalition in the summer of 2011 to get greenways constructed in Seattle. YouTube of ribbon cutting by Cascade Bike Club.

• Putting Portlandia into Practice 10/12.

  A dozen very short talks by some of the people who came on Greenways study trip to Portland in August 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgGqKoeYzbo

• Portland Study Trip 8/12. Includes multiple YouTube recordings.

  Please contact Eli Goldberg at University Greenways to access to these recordings.

• PIPTA 7/12

  Eli Goldberg & Bob Edmiston presentation at Pacific Intermountain Parking Transportation Association

• Wallingford Greenway Opening 6/12.

  A street party featuring bike smoothies, Kidical Mass, and the gelato bike. Youtube of the celebration!

• VeloCity 6/12.

  Robin Randels and Eli Goldberg tell the Seattle Neighborhood Greenways story at VeloCity in Vancouver. Presentation deck: http://seattlegreenways.org/wp-content/uploads/Velo-City-2012-notes-from-Eli-Goldberg.pdf http://ugreenways.org/media/VeloCity_public.pptx

• Designing Streets for Everyone SNG Meetup with Mike Hendrix 4/12.

  Michael Hendrix, “Traffic Mike,” has been working on designing neighborhood greenways and other bike facilities for over 10 years. He has also conducted research on bike facilities, some of which will be included in the NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide’s new chapter on Neighborhood Greenways. YouTube of Mike’s talk.

• A Legacy of Greenways Dongho Chang & Peter Hahn SNG Meetup 3/12.

  As the Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), Peter Hahn directly oversees the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) staff of 750 City employees to preserve and enhance Seattle’s $12 billion dollar transportation system. His continued leadership has been instrumental in establishing Neighborhood Greenways in Seattle. Dongho Chang joined SDOT in late 2011 as the City’s Chief Traffic Engineer after a stint as the Everett Traffic Engineer. Chang, a Seattle resident, was a member of the Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board while the Bicycle Master Plan was being crafted in 2006. He’s excited to help address new road design changes and we’re excited to learn how he envisions safe, low stress transportation options. Questions we provided to Peter & Dongho prior to the interview. YouTube of Peter & Dongho interview.

• Statewide Policy SNG Meetup with Blake Trask 1/12.

  Blake is the Statewide Policy Director of the Bicycle Alliance of Washington. In this presentation, Blake walks through the context for Seattle’s current (2007) Bicycle Master Plan: who was involved in it? What was the vision? What were the biggest challenges? And how can Neighborhood Greenways be incorporated into the 2012 update to the Bicycle Master Plan? YouTube of Blake’s talk. This meetup also included Councilmember Sally Bagshaw’s announcement of early support of Greenways (YouTube). Blake’s presentation deck: :http://www.ugreenways.org/media/BlakeTrask.pdf

• Neighborhood Greenway Essentials SNG Meetup with Steve Durrant 12/11.

  Alta Principal Planner and bicycle/pedestrian infrastructure design expert Steve Durrant shared techniques and ideas for neighborhood greenway development from his work and observations in other North American cities such as Portland, Vancouver, Minneapolis, St Louis, Kansas City, Dallas, and Louisville. YouTube of Steve’s talk.

• Lessons from PBOT with Greg & Mark SNG Meetup 9/11.

  Greg Raisman & Mark Lear are the “dynamic duo” behind Portland’s phenomenally successfully Neighborhood Greenways program. Their lecture offered rich details of how and why Portland is improving pedestrian, bicycle and motorist safety, with Neighborhood Greenways as one of their tools — and jumpstarted Seattle’s Neighborhood Greenways movement. YouTube of Greg & Mark’s talk. Mark & Greg’s presentation deck: http://ugreenways.org/media/RaismanLearPresentation.pdf

• Seattle Children’s Hospital Greenways Ride with Spokespeople 4/11

  Spokespeople led a ride with Councilmember Sally Bagshaw and Paulo Nunes-Ueno from Seattle Children’s Hospital, Dylan Ahearn from Beacon BIKES, Totcyle/Ballard Greenways co-founder Julian Davies, Spokespeople NE cofounder Jim Mathieu, Spokespeople/Seattle Neighborhood Greenways cofounder Cathy Tuttle, and University Greenways founder Eli Goldberg. Read what Councilmember Sally Bagshaw blogged about this ride.