Every Thursday evening BikeAthens invites anyone who needs help with their bike to come in for solid advice, access to our inventory of tools and spare parts, and a welcoming place to hang out. Fix your own bike night is held virtually, via Zoom. More information.
How are artists and the transportation sector collaborating to solve intractable problems and envision a more just future of mobility and infrastructure? Amidst a change in political leadership, our roundtable will feature leading voices at this intersection and will tackle issues like transportation policy, construction mitigation, COVID-19, safer streets, local ownership and creative solutions. More ... Read more
Learn how the White Mountain Trail Collective is implementing the Collective Impact Model to add capacity to its partners and change the way they do trail work in the White Mountain National Forest. More information.
The development of safety of metrics within signalized intersections is an important effort for cities. Safer pedestrians and bicycle crossings can be created by eliminating or mitigating conflicts with turning traffic, but what the research suggests is that in order to achieve Vision Zero, we need to identify new requirements for protected turns. This webinar ... Read more
Join The 82 Alliance, a not-for-profit mobility think tank, and partner host DS&MG, founders of Arlington Transportation Partners, and the Mobility Lab, for another webinar in their series, "A Better Tomorrow" discussing the critical role of Public Policy in shaping future mobility. Panel speakers: Ken McLeod, Policy Director, The League of American Bicyclists More speakers ... Read more
Saturday, April 24, 2021, is Celebrate Trails Day (formerly Opening Day for Trails)! Join Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and people across the nation in shaking off the winter and celebrating America's amazing trails. Since 2013, thousands of trail users have celebrated America's exceptional trails and the people who care for them by participating. This year, the celebration ... Read more
Join Ayesha McGowan for the "Do Better Together" Virtual Activity Challenge! Y'all can set goals and earn prizes right along side her as she prepares for her 2021 race season! With a week long challenge window in January, February, and March, you'll have three opportunities to shoot for the stars. This year, you can choose ... Read more
Every Thursday evening BikeAthens invites anyone who needs help with their bike to come in for solid advice, access to our inventory of tools and spare parts, and a welcoming place to hang out. Fix your own bike night is held virtually, via Zoom. More information.
Whether you are riding our city streets out of necessity to get to work, to the pharmacy, to the grocery store, or to an appointment or you are wanting to just get out and move your body, the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition is here for you. In this lesson, you will: know where to get a ... Read more
Explore how trails influence many aspects of quality of life as we explore the catalytic impact of trails through the Triple Bottom Line of People, Planet, and Profit. Registration and more information.
Join Bruce Hagen from Bike Law GA for an informal 101 discussion about bicycle laws in GA, what do to if you are in a bike crash, insurance, bike cameras, defensive cycling and useful tips for daily commuters and weekend warriors. More information.
Join America Walks for a conversation with Sara Hendren about her book What Can a Body Do? How We Meet the Built World. Walking or wheeling, accompanied or alone, getting around in public space means getting into the public sphere–and for people with disabilities, the very fabric of streets and sidewalks and architecture has had to ... Read more
Staying physically active is important for both physical AND mental health. That's Bike Walk Savanna is encouraging everyone to get out for a walk around their neighborhood or yard! Tune in on Wednesday for a prompt of something to share from your adventure or a new place to explore, and take photos to share your ... Read more
Even though there are tremendous uncertainties in the timing and evolution path of the Autonomous Vehicles (AV) technology, it may become a likely reality within most MPOs' long-range regional transportation plan horizon of twenty years. Yet a recent survey of the largest MPOs in the US indicates only one of them "even mentions driverless, automated, ... Read more
Learn from two case studies how former industrial sites were turned into trail destinations. More information.
TransitCon is a free and virtual transit conference where everyone has the opportunity to speak. This conference was created with the idea that many transit enthusiast, advocates, nerds are fully engaged on social media, but are limited to the comments and threads these mediums allow. TransitCon wants to provide a space for those transit passions ... Read more
Whether you are riding our city streets out of necessity to get to work, to the pharmacy, to the grocery store, or to an appointment or you are wanting to just get out and move your body, the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition is here for you. In this lesson, you will: know where to get a ... Read more
The Southeast Urban Design Summit is a gathering of city government urban design programs to meet, collaborate, and discuss solutions for common challenges regarding programming, operation and budget, and forecast future trends affecting cities in the Southeast. More information.
This presentation will discuss the major steps and considerations for planners and designers when designing in brownfields. Registration and more information.
Join Smart Growth America for three straight days Jan. 26-28, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a three-day virtual summit where it will convene an exciting group of experts, practitioners and policymakers to discuss how to center improving racial equity in smart growth work. The impressive lineup of speakers will discuss how to promote ... Read more
Join representatives from the League of American Bicyclists as they preview the 2021 Benchmarking “Mini-Report” on Walking and Biking Among Older Adults. The report aggregates national trend data on biking and walking to inform advocates on how best to advocate for older adults by expanding active transportation resources. The webinar will also preview a new ... Read more
Join Smart Growth America for three straight days Jan. 26-28, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a three-day virtual summit where it will convene an exciting group of experts, practitioners and policymakers to discuss how to center improving racial equity in smart growth work. The impressive lineup of speakers will discuss how to promote ... Read more
Join Smart Growth America for three straight days Jan. 26-28, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a three-day virtual summit where it will convene an exciting group of experts, practitioners and policymakers to discuss how to center improving racial equity in smart growth work. The impressive lineup of speakers will discuss how to promote ... Read more
What makes a great street? Chat with a panel of national experts on what makes them work and how we can make the Peachtree Shared Space an exceptional public space for Atlanta. Based on community input during the Discovery Workshop in November, this event will focus on four factors that will influence the success of ... Read more
Run a 6.2 mile distance anywhere (in your neighborhood, at a park, on a treadmill). Keep track of your time and submit your time. The race series will consist of four events providing running/walking opportunities in towns formerly linked by the historic Athens Branch of the Georgia Railroad. This 39-mile transportation corridor is being converted ... Read more
The Community Advocates Network (CAN) is a network of neighborhood leaders, community members, and business owners from across Atlanta working to achieve Vision Zero. The first call of the year is scheduled for Jan. 21 at 6 p.m. Participants will discuss safe and active transportation around school zones and provide feedback on ABC's 2021 policy platform. More information.
The active transportation movement has been maturing for decades. Miles of bicycle and pedestrian facilities are on the ground for communities that embraced more livable, complete, and green streets. In the era of COVID-19 and rapid social change, communities are recognizing the necessity of prioritizing people rather than cars through rich and responsive public space ... Read more
This webinar will describe the Walking College and present research on community outcomes from this fellowship program, which is designed to build the capacity of local change agents to increase walking and improve walkability in their communities. During the 6-month course, Walking College Fellows study online materials, complete community assignments, take part in video discussion ... Read more
Courtney Williiams, The Brown Bike Girl, is a woman of color bicycle advocacy consultant based in Brooklyn NY. She has been a contracted to partner with city and regional government agencies, and nonprofit bike organizations across the nation to provide strategic guidance and her anti-privliege & anti-bias cultural competency training (Outside Advocate). Pre-COVID, Williams also coordinated free ... Read more
On Tuesday, Jan. 19 from 1 – 2:30 p.m. Eastern, Safe Routes Partnership is hosting a free training led by Place It! on how to creatively engage students, parents, staff, and teachers around Safe Routes to School. This virtual workshop will help generate ideas and designs for improved routes to school that place an emphasis ... Read more
What’s likely to linger in the aftermath of the global COVID crisis are the impacts on local and regional governments that provide the services citizens experience most directly in their daily lives. Faced with budget shortfalls, growing to-do lists for routine tasks delayed by the emergency, and general uncertainty about a “new normal,” how might ... Read more
Join Ayesha McGowan for the "Do Better Together" Virtual Activity Challenge! Y'all can set goals and earn prizes right along side her as she prepares for her 2021 race season! With a week long challenge window in January, February, and March, you'll have three opportunities to shoot for the stars. This year, you can choose ... Read more
Each year, TransportationCamp DC brings together a sell-out crowd of up to 500 thinkers and doers in the fields of transportation and technology. It’s not your traditional conference. In addition to talks and presentations from big names in the field, the heart of TransportationCamp is sessions and activities led by attendees themselves. Held on the ... Read more
Whether you are riding our city streets out of necessity to get to work, to the pharmacy, to the grocery store, or to an appointment or you are wanting to just get out and move your body, the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition is here for you. In this lesson, you will: know where to get a ... Read more
Join the Adventure Cycling Association on Thursday, January 14 at noon Mountain time to learn more about a new initiative that will introduce bicycle travel to more people. We're creating shorter and more accessible routes and developing communities of Ambassadors who will empower more people to travel by bicycle. More information.
Join America Walks for a conversation with Mindy Thompson Fullilove about her recently released book Main Street: How a City’s Heart Connects Us All. Main Streets, already weakened by malls and online shopping, have taken a terrible beating because of the need to shelter-in-place during the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet Main Streets are centers for conviviality ... Read more
This year the traditional raffle, co-hosted by Bike Walk Savannah, is a virtual auction. All proceeds from the auction will benefit our local non-profits, Bike Walk Savannah and Mountainfilm on Tour - Savannah. Bids will help support local outreach programs, including Movies that Matter, an educational program that screens free documentary films for public school ... Read more
The Enmarket Encourage Health Educational Series, in partnership with Healthy Savannah, will stream its next live broadcast on Jan. 7 exploring “Activity-Friendly Routes to Everyday Destinations." Also sponsored by Center Parc Credit Union, the program will live-stream at 1 p.m. on Healthy Savannah’s Facebook page and will be streamed on Enmarket’s Facebook page. The program ... Read more
Pedestrian and bicyclist road safety audits (RSAs) are valuable tools that can be used by transportation agencies to formally evaluate roadway conditions and better understand factors influencing road user safety and comfort. Performing audits of field conditions can provide real-world perspectives and valuable contextual information to those charged with developing and implementing safety countermeasures for ... Read more
Cities, states, and national agencies are increasingly recognizing that managing vehicle speeds is an essential component to reducing serious injuries and fatalities from motor vehicles. National agencies have recommended removing the guidance to set speeds based on the 85th percentile (National Traffic Safety Board and NACTO) or has expanded the factors being considered in setting ... Read more
Pros and advocates of color from across the biking disciplines, industry, and social justice causes assess the bike industry's response to calls for equity, representation, and access. And review the racial equity issues of 2020 and share whether organizations are helping make real progress on behalf on BIPoC. Or are they just performing for racial ... Read more
PeopleForBikes has a bold 2021 federal policy agenda to capitalize on the recent bike boom and set up our nation to support more and better bike riding. Join this webinar to learn about what the recent election means for trade and tariffs and our priorities in 2021. Priorities include: Increasing funding for better bike networks, ... Read more
In September 2020, NABSA celebrated the release of the 2019 Shared Micromobility State of the Industry Report for North America - the first report of its kind. This report marks the first time the industry has had in-depth, year-over-year metrics demonstrating its trends, growth, and success across North America. NABSA, along with partners Toole Design ... Read more
Get the scoop on the latest East Coast Greenway additions from Virginia to Florida with our regional coodinators Sarah Sanford (North Carolina & Virginia), Brent Buice (South Carolina & Georgia) and V Christiansen (Florida).
Enjoy an inside look at 2020's newest East Coast Greenway segments from Maine to Maryland with our regional coodinators Kristine Keeney (New England), Bruce Donald (Tri-State) and Daniel Paschall (Mid-Atlantic).
Law enforcement traffic stops are one of the most common entryways to the US justice system, with significant downstream impacts for both individuals and communities. Group-specific rates are typically based on jurisdiction resident populations; these rates, like many justice-system indicators, demonstrate race-ethnicity disparities. Residential-based rates implicitly assume race-ethnicity groups have equal vehicle access, equal driving ... Read more
COVID-19 has forced us to be creative in the ways we support our main streets and downtowns as commercial and social centers by moving many indoor activities outside. This has been a great lifeline during the spring and summer but… winter is coming! We'll present some of the innovative ideas submitted as part of Bench ... Read more
Do you have a stake in building an Atlanta where everyone moves safely, easily, and sustainably throughout the city? Please join Executive Director Rebecca Serna and ABC staff on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. for our second stakeholder briefing of 2020 as we provide policy and program updates and answer your questions. RSVP here.
Michael Oppenheimer, the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, the Department of Geosciences and the Princeton Environmental Institute at Princeton University, joins East Coast Greenway Executive Director Dennis Markatos-Soriano for a conversation on the climate change and environmental benefits of recent and continued development of the East Coast ... Read more
"Transportation Equity: The Time is Now!" — A national expert and speaker on issues related to the built environment and equity, Tamika L. Butler will discuss institutional oppression, the importance of inclusive urban design, and how to make transportation and public spaces more equitable. More information.