Monday Mailing
Year 22 • Issue 28 04 April 2016 1. City of Coos Bay Installs First Tsunami Blue Line 2. Benchmarks: Places On The Move Measure Up 3. Stalled Out: How Empty Parking Spaces Diminish Neighborhood Affordability 4. PSU Transportation Seminar: The Myth of Oregon’s “Freight Dependent” Economy – April 8th, 2016 5. Cities to Untangle Traffic Snarls, With Help From Alphabet Unit 6. Is Face to Face Community Engagement Dying Out? 7. Racist Names To Be Scrubbed From Washington Maps 8. HOPES Conference – April 7-9, University of Oregon 9. Webinar: Planning For Success – April 15, 10am-11am. PST 10. Connecting the Dots Between Health and Transportation: Mark Fenton 11. Free Farm Law Webinar Recordings Available - 8 Different Topics! 1. City of Coos Bay Installs First Tsunami Blue Line COOS BAY — On Tuesday, Coos Bay residents got the first of five Tsunami Blue Lines installed; a thin blue reminder of an all but inevitable threat looming over the region. Tectonically active coastal communities are at an elevated risk for tsunamis, and Coos Bay — perched on top of the Cascadia Subduction Zone — is no exception to that rule. To that end, Coos Bay Fire Department Chief Mark Anderson on Tuesday presided over the installation of the first Tsunami Blue Line, which points in the direction of safety when, not if, the tsunami finally comes. To access the full story, click here. Quote of the Week: “Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of the one who sees.” ~Rumi Oregon Fast Fact: The State of Oregon is approximately 350 miles from east to west. Also, from north to south, which is from Washington to California, it is between 250 and 300 miles.
2. Benchmarks: Places On The Move Measure Up As spring tempts us to pick up the pace of our outdoor activities, it’s clear that not all places have equal footing. Those well-positioned to draw us out into health-boosting active transportation are enjoying all sorts of benefits. City planners across North America are trying hard to even the playing field. The 2016 Benchmarking Report for Bicycling and Walking in the United States came out earlier this month, and if you haven’t taken the time to read it yet, here are some of the important highlights in this biennial review published by the Alliance for Biking & Walking. Safety It’s getting safer to walk and cycle in the United States. Active transportation is on the rise, with bicycling up 71 percent from 2007 to 2016 in large U.S. cities. To access the full story, click here. 3. Stalled Out: How Empty Parking Spaces Diminish Neighborhood Affordability Stalled Out: How Empty Parking Spaces Diminish Neighborhood Affordability explores the relationship between unused parking and Page 1 of 5