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OTREC-funded student group presents roadway redesign in forum
Thousands of University of Oregon students use the 13th Avenue corridor in Eugene reach campus largely by bus, bike and foot, yet the return journey from campus to downtown cannot be made along the same route. The land uses adjacent to 13th Avenue are transforming to support an improving downtown and a growing campus, but the roadway is not adapting to these changes, but the roadway has not yet adapted to these changes, causing concerns about safety and undermining economic potential that should be of major interest to the City of Eugene and the University of Oregon given its policies to support sustainable transportation, urban revitalization.
University of Oregon students, as part of an interdisciplinary organization called LiveMove ByDesign, have spent the 2012-2013 academic year conducting a study for the 13th Avenue corridor. Through extensive observation of transportation behavior, parking utilization, and of case studies across the globe, the group developed a preferred roadway re-design that improves safety and access for all modes of transportation. LiveMove, the OTREC-funded student transportation group, is hosting an open house today to unveil its findings and innovative designs.
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Sustainable transportation class at University of Oregon is a success
A new transportation class at the University of Oregon, launched in January 2013 and funded by grants from OTREC and NITC, by all accounts had a wonderful first term.
Conceived as part of the curriculum for the Oregon Leadership in Sustainability (OLIS) program at U of O, the course, titled Sustainable Transportation, will be a permanent part of the OLIS class roster and will be open to all graduate students at the university.
The class this winter, led by instructors Ann Scheerer and Larisa Varela, taught applied research in a real-world setting. Students worked on planning projects for the university and for its home community, the City of Eugene, Ore.
On March 20, 2013, U of O's Transportation and Livability Student Group, LiveMove, hosted a public event where students were invited to present their research and interested community members were invited to attend.
Tags: bicycling, emissions, livemove, marc schlossberg, otrec, university of oregon
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
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