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"This conference will provide a forum for traffic engineers, bicycle and pedestrian advocates, and other transportation and safety professionals to promote safer, healthier, more livable environments. We will work with many other disciplines represented at this conference that are dedicated to achieving these goals and improving communities across this nation."
    —Dr. Jeffrey Runge, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Special Features


Optional Pre and Postconference Tours
Each tour carries an additional nominal charge to cover transportation and refreshments. Space for each tour is limited and preregistration is required!

Thursday, January 22
SOLD OUT

Tour 1: Reinventing Suburbia, Part 1: Portland's Walkable Transit-Oriented West Side Suburbs
9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Tour Fee: $15
SOLD OUT

Tour 2: Green Roofs to Water Gardens: Sustainably Managing Stormwater
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Tour Fee: $30
SOLD OUT

Tour 3: Creating Opportunity from Abandonment: A Tour of Portland's Successful Vacant Property Revitalization Projects (includes a special workshop held at the Hilton Hotel)
1:00-4:30 p.m.
Tour Fee: $15
SOLD OUT

Tour 4: Building for Bicycling: A Cycling Tour of Portland's Bicycle Infrastructure
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Tour Fee: $25
SOLD OUT

Tour 5: Thirty Years of Urban Evolution and Innovation: Portland's Vibrant Downtown
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Tour Fee: $15
SOLD OUT

Tour 6: Addressing Both Economic and Social Equity through Rebuilding Main Streets in Historic NE Portland
noon-4:00 p.m.
Tour Fee: $35
SOLD OUT

Tour 7: Reinventing Suburbia, Part 2: Portland's Walkable, Transit-Oriented East Side Suburbs
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Tour Fee: $25
 
Sunday, January 25
SOLD OUT

Tour 8: Portland Walk Audit with Dan Burden
8:30-11:30 a.m.
Tour Fee: $15
SOLD OUT

Tour 9: Affordable Housing Projects in Portland: A Cornerstone of Livability
9:00-11:30 a.m.
Tour Fee: $25
SOLD OUT

Tour 10: The Portland Streetcar and Portland's Hot, New, Compact Neighborhood
9:00-11:30 a.m.
Tour Fee: $15
Tour 11: Mixed-Use Libraries: Portland's Latest Planning Coup
9:00-11:30 a.m.
Tour Fee: $25


Optional Preconference Sessions (different than the tours listed above)
Optional preconference sessions will be held the morning and afternoon of Thursday, January 22. There is no additional charge for these sessions and they will be open to all participants. Please visit the Agenda section for more information on these sessions.

Special Hosted Kick-Off Networking Reception
The conference starts Thursday evening, January 22, with an opening keynote session. In keeping with the conference theme of collaboration, a hosted kick-off networking reception will immediately follow the session.

This social event is designed to get our multidisciplinary audience talking and networking with each other early in the conference and will inspire and motivate them to get the most from the next two days, filled with dynamic speakers, interactive sessions, implementation tools, successful case studies, and motivating stories of successful collaboration.

Other Conference Features

  • networking opportunities
  • continental breakfasts and lunches on Friday and Saturday
  • a participant packet full of useful resource materials
  • displays
  • conference bookstore
  • and much more!



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