Pedestrian Legal Clinic
• July 21, 2008
•
6:00 to 7:30 pm
• Hillsdale Library, Community Room
1525 SW Sunset Blvd
The
Pedestrian Legal Clinics are a presentation by the Willamette Pedestrian
Coalition and lawyer Ray Thomas. The 90 minute course will use : "Oregon Pedestrian Rights; A Legal Guide for Persons on
Foot" and cover the laws that protect pedestrians and information on how to use the courts to
prosecute dangerous drivers. This is an
opportunities to learn how to make our street safer for those who run, walk and use mobility devices on our city streets.
Walking
is the most sustainable and oldest form of transportation. It is
good for
us and it is an activity many of use enjoy, together we can make our streets and
sidewalks safe for the young, the old and everyone in between.
The venue is accessible by bus lines 54 and 44, check TriMet trip check for specific directions.
Register in Advance (walk-ins ok): 503-223-1597
download flyer
For more Information
email us.
Check our website for the time and location of the next Pedestrian Legal Clinic.
Ray
Thomas and the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition will be presenting clinics
around the Portland metro region. If your group or neighborhood would like to sponsor a clinic, call Lynn at 503-223-1597.
IBPI offers Bicycle and Pedestrian Design & Planning course
Initiative for Bicycle & Pedestrian Innovation - IBPI- is
offering a summer course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Design & Planning, August
3-8, at PSU, Portland, Oregon.
The week-long course will provide practitioners with the
fundamentals of pedestrian and bicycle planning and design through an intensive
week of classroom, field, and project experience.
IBPI offers professional development courses deigned
to enhance knowledge and expertise in all facets of policy development, policy,
design, and programs that advance bicycle and pedestrian travel and safety.
Citizen Prosecution of Dangerous Drivers:
A User’s Guide on
How Others Have Done it and How You can Do It for Your Self
Pedestrians and Cyclists have a new tool available to
against dangerous drivers. The new guide by Ray Thomas provides examples
of how bicyclists have used the law to make the roads safer. This site also provides
information and resources pedestrians need to make a case and
prosecute dangerous drivers.
Street Photos from Recent Trip to Europe by WPC Director
The WPC director recently took a trip to The Netherlands and
Luxembourg, she
and her husband took the opportunity to photograph streets and developed a
presentation “Complete Streets in The Netherlands and Luxembourg”.
“There is so much
talk about making our cities more sustainable.
A key part is to create streets that allow for people on foot, in
mobility devices, and on bicycles to move comfortably and easily around our
cities.”
Take a look at the many ways to design
a street. Our streets will never look like their streets, but like the
bike boxes, we can learn from others how to make the streets, sidewalks and crossing safe for everyone.
WPC in the News
Portland Tribune publishes “Protect the Pedestrians" Portland
livability hinges on safety, July 3, 2008, written
by Lynn Lindgren-Schreuder, WPC Director.
WPC hires its first director
In September, the Board of the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition
unanimously approved a plan to hire its first paid professional
Director, Lynn Lindgren-Schreuder. We are tremendously excited. This is
a milestone for our 15-year-old organization. It continues our
growth. It strengthens our position. And it enables us to expand
in exciting new directions.
Continue reading …
Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Grants
Lynn Lindgren-Schreuder assumed the position of coordinator
for the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) Pedestrian Safety
Enforcement Grants.
The program provides funds to police departments around the
state to stage crosswalk enforcement actions against motorists who fail to
yield to pedestrians. In these operations, a decoy police officer attempts to
cross a street at an intersection or marked crosswalk. Crosswalk laws also apply
to unmarked crosswalks. If passing motorists fail
to stop and yield for the pedestrian they are issued either a warning or a
citation. The operations include a media outreach component, with the purpose
of raising awareness around motorist responsibility toward pedestrians.
The 2008 operations began in March following a training
seminar. This year 25 city police and county sheriff departments throughout the
state applied for and received the grants. Oregon
has had the Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Grant since 2002. The Bicycle
Transportation Alliance (BTA) and WPC began coordination responsibilities in
2004.
We will update on some of the stories from around the state
on the effect this grant is having on pedestrian safety throughout the state. The BTA web site has more information about this grant.
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