Category: News
Springfield Ward 1 candidates offer views on making streets safer
SPRINGFIELD — Four of the eight candidates applying to fill the City Council Ward 1 vacancy offered their views on making streets safer in Springfield. In early 2015 after a driver hit and killed three…
Transportation Safety Questionnaire for Springfield City Council Ward 1 Candidates
This transportation safety questionnaire was distributed to all candidates applying to fill the Springfield City Council Ward 1 vacancy. It was developed by BEST and partners to assist candidates in informing the community on an…
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims – Speed Kills
The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR) is commemorated on the third Sunday of November each year. WDR is a high-profile global event to remember the many millions who have been killed…
Lane Transit District turns 50!
On Nov. 23, 1970, Lane Transit District began operations. During the month of November 2020, LTD will be celebrating the past 50 years and the major milestones over this time.
Ride 4 Justice: equity in transportation and safe streets for all
The Ride 4 Justice bike ride on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, was in the name of protesting racism and police brutality and calling for increased accountability on transportation and other city policies. The ride was…
Driving Down Emissions: Transportation, land use, and climate change
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, save lives, promote better health, and create places where people want to live, a new report from Transportation for America and Smart Growth America recommends: Getting onerous government…
Ride 4 Justice: Statement by Aimee Okotie-Oyekan
Aimee Okotie-Oyekan is the Environmental and Climate Justice Coordinator for NAACP Eugene/Springfield and a graduate student studying planning at the University of Oregon. At home in Atlanta during the pandemic, she asked that the following…
BEST People: Marianne Nolte
Marianne Nolte says that biking is the way to go. She was BEST’s Transportation Options Coordinator for two years while earning a degree in planning from the UO. Now she is on the BEST Board…
After fatal traffic stop shooting, Springfield agrees to pay $4.55M, review police use of force
UPDATE 12/28/2020: Added links to recent Washington Post podcast and Atlantic story. UPDATE 10/17/2020: Added information from Washington Post story about police shootings involving people in the throes of a mental health crisis. On March…
Black Unity activist struck by driver during Children’s March
Multiple eye-witnesses report that Isiah Wagoner, 29, a leader of the activist group Black Unity, was intentionally struck by Travis Paul Waleri, 34, driving a white Subaru during a Children’s March on Sunday, June 28,…