If you liked Eugene Sunday Streets, you’ll love the

Better Ways Block Party

Come learn about safe, healthy, affordable, and clean ways to travel!

Fun • Free • Kid-Friendly

Sunday, May 19, 2024
Farmers Market Pavilion & Plaza
85 East 8^th Avenue, Eugene

12:45 – 1 pm
Mini parade with the One More Time Marching Band circling the West Park Block

1 – 5 pm
Transportation exhibits, demonstrations, and activities

Part of May is Bike Month

Venue

Indoors in the Farmers Market Pavilion, outdoors on the Plaza, and across East 8^th Avenue to the West Park Block — all closed to motor vehicles to reclaim the feel of Eugene Sunday Streets.

Added bicycle parking will be available on the West Park Block.

General Exhibits

• Better Eugene-Springfield Transportation (BEST)
  Building a successful community by bringing people together to promote transportation options, safe streets, and walkable neighborhoods
• Cycle of Change
  Effecting positive change while having fun and building community
  • Citizens United to Repair our Broken Sidewalks (CURBS)
    Petitioning for safe, clean and hazard-free sidewalks
• University of Oregon LiveMove
  Promoting healthy, sustainable communities by integrating transportation and livability through collaboration, education, research and outreach
• AARP Oregon
  Helping create livable communities for people of all ages
• Better Housing Together
  Working collaboratively to increase housing affordability, diversity and supply in Lane County
• City of Eugene Transportation
  Working with community stakeholders and agency partners to design and build transportation projects for a complete transportation system
• Eugene Police Department Community Engagement Team
  Empowering the community through proven crime prevention strategies with an emphasis on education to reduce crime and promote safety
• City of Eugene Waste Prevention
  Working to support a livable and prosperous community and to develop educational and community partnerships
• City of Springfield
  Working to provide an efficient multi-modal transportation system of roads, paths, sidewalks and other facilities for the benefit and use of auto, truck, bicycle, and bus users and pedestrians of all ages and abilities
• Lane Council of Governments (LCOG)
  Providing a wide range of transportation services

Biking Exhibits

• City of Eugene Recreation
  Creating transformative experiences that build social connections and enhance the health, happiness, and livability of our community, including providing adaptive bicycles to children, teens, and adults with disabilities
• Cascadia Mobility / PeaceHealth Rides
  Operating equitable shared and active transportation programs in the Pacific Northwest
• Shift Community Cycles
  Providing bicycle access and education to our underserved communities
• Free Bikes 4 Kidz Eugene-Springfield
  Helping all kids ride into a happier, healthier childhood by providing bikes to those most in need
• Creswell Bike Mobile Shelters
  Providing the City’s unhoused population safe place to sleep by building Conestoga huts on wheels
• Greater Eugene Area Riders (GEARs)
  Promoting and encouraging safely riding bicycles for transportation, health and recreation
• Climate Revolutions by Bike
  A campaign striving to decrease dependence on fossil fuels by creating a fun and open bike culture and community. Now hosting Quest by Cycle, an eco-adventure game where you pedal your way to sustainability, earn rewards, and transform communities—all while having fun!
• Eugene Bike Polo
  Playing every Thursday under the Washington-Jefferson Bridge until the slayin’s done or around 10
• Bike Friday
  A second generation family business born in 1992 from passion to see the world and appreciation for the healthy, low impact beauty of a human on a bike
• Eugene Electric Bicycles
  Proudly serving all types of cyclists, including new and veteran riders, road and mountain aficionados, and recreation and transportation cyclists
• Pedego Electric Bikes Eugene
  Producing great electric bikes and putting people first
• Pedalers Express
  Providing the Eugene-Springfield area with affordable pedal-powered courier and delivery service since 1992

Walking, Rolling & Running Exhibits

• Southeast Neighbors / Charlemagne Elementary PTO
  Petitioning for flashing lights and/or protected crosswalks at all school locations in town
• Leadership Eugene-Springfield
  Increasing safety, equity, and access to the Ruth Bascom Riverbank Path System
• Melinda Preciado, Ms. Wheelchair Pacific Coast USA
  Fiercely advocating for disability rights and innovation
• Emerald City Roller Derby
  We encourage athleticism and personal growth in a supportive and positive environment

Bus, Train & Electric Vehicle Exhibits

• Lane Transit District (LTD)
  Working with partners to provide transportation services that improve the quality of life in our community
• Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT)
  Providing a safe and reliable multimodal transportation system that connects people and helps Oregon’s communities and economy thrive
• Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Advocates (AORTA)
  Working to educate the public about the need for safe, fiscally responsible, environmentally sound transportation
• Emerald Valley Electric Vehicle Association (EVEVA)
  Accelerates the adoption of electric vehicles by educuting the community about the benefits of driving electric

Transportation Chats

Chat informally with these local experts in a small group setting:

Mobile Exhibits

Circling the West Park Block:

• The Glory
  A 1,500-pound, four 7’-wheeled, 5-seater, human-powered kinetic sculpture vehicle
• Emerald City Pedicab
  Fun, safe, and eco-friendly transportation and tours
• E-Trike
  Hayrides on an electric tricycle with music

Music

All concerts will be performed outdoors on the northeast corner of the Farmers Market Plaza:

For Kids

Are you a kid — or a kid at heart? Then these activities are for you!

• The Arc of Lane County
  Striving to improve outcomes for people who experience disabilities by helping them live meaningful lives, be gainfully employed, and recreate in the communities in which they live
• Poppinfrizzle
  Face and body paint art
• BEST Coloring Contest
  Ages 5 to 13: Color in the BEST cats at the Block Party for a chance to win a new scooter
• BEST Scavenger Hunt
  All ages: Transport yourself around, learn, and gather stickers for a reward

Food & Drink

Get something to eat or drink from these local vendors:

Media

Help us spread the word!

Thanks

Proudly presented by BEST, AARP Oregon, and the LiveMove student group at the University of Oregon.

Made possible with generous support by the City of Eugene and the Oregon Department of Transportation.