SOATS was a great success. Thanks to everyone who attended, spoke, and sponsored!
We have added PDF versions of the presentations given in most of the sessions. Click on the boxed links in the schedule below to see the presentations.
Event schedule and links (presentation links are boxed below)
- 9:00am – Welcome – Jenna Stanke, Jackson County Roads & Parks
- 9:15am - Jerry Cohen, State Director for AARP Oregon:
- 9:45am – Russ Roca and Laura Crawford of The Path Less Pedaled:
- 10:45am – Breakout session 1 – choose between:
- Bikes Mean Business – Cycling Infrastructure and Economic Development
Russ and Laura of The Path Less Pedaled; Merrill Hayes, Ashland and Medford Cycle Sport
- Land Use Planning & Active Transportation - Why Active Communities Depend on Good Land Use Plans and Active People
Greg Holmes, 1,000 Friends of Oregon; Michael A. Black, AICP, Community Development Director for City of Grants Pass; Craig Anderson, Jackson County Development Services
- Bikes Mean Business – Cycling Infrastructure and Economic Development
- 11:45am – Lunch served
- 12:15pm – Keynote: Scott Bricker, Executive Director of America Walks
- 1:15pm – Briefs: ODOT’s Active Transportation Agenda - David Lohman, Oregon Transportation Commission; and Chris Rall, Transportation for America:
- 1:45pm – Breakout session 2 – choose between:
- 3:00pm – The Big Idea – Attendees will vote on ideas from the group to choose a favorite Big Idea for advancing active transportation in the region
- 3:30pm – summit ends
Thanks to our sponsors! ODOT Transportation Options, RVTD, Jackson County, REI, Cycle Sport, Ashland Parks & Recreation, City of Central Point, City of Medford, Bear Creek Greenway Foundation, Hampton Inn Medford, and Creative Marketing & Design
