European Bicycling Presentation - John Pucher will Speak at PSU
Posted by: ScottSep 24 2007, 4:53 pm
Professor John Pucher will be giving a brown bag presentation at Portland State University this Friday on the topic of Promoting Safe Walking and Cycling to Improve Public Health: Lessons from Europe.
Dr. Pucher has researched and written extensively about bicycling around the world including:
- Comparative analysis of urban transport systems and travel behavior in the USA, Europe, and Canada.
- Urban transport in China and India.
- How to promote safe walking and cycling in the USA on the basis of successful policies in Canada and Europe.
- Public health impacts of land use and transportation policies.
- Transportation impacts of economic transformations in formerly socialist countries of Central Europe.
- Multi-modal coordination of public transport services and fares throughout metropolitan areas and integration of non-motorized modes (bicycling and walking) into the overall urban transport system.
Attend the discussion:
Friday September 28th - Noon - PSU, Room 204 Distance Learning Center Wing of the Urban Center.
Can't make it? View a live streaming discussion online.
This workshop is free and open to the public.
Transportation upon the USA has been nothing but motor vehicles and cheap gasoline. All Federal Gas Taxing is solely with transportation. It hasn't changed since 1993. Much has changed elsewhere; housing, hospitalization, food prices etc.. America is fighting new technology such as solar and wind power. We need a change and President Bush isn't helping.
Sep 25 2007 at 2:28 amSafe walking is a joke upon Cape Cod, MA. Under 9% of its 3,770 + miles are sidewalks, many not changed in 40 years or more! Awakening
to pedestrians and bicycling is at our threshold.