Category: Update
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,…
Transportation Safety Questionnaire for City of Eugene Candidates
This transportation safety questionnaire was distributed to all City of Eugene candidates running for office in the May 2020 primary election. It was developed by BEST and community partners to assist candidates in informing voters…
Transportation Safety Questionnaire for City of Springfield Candidates
This transportation safety questionnaire was distributed to all City of Springfield candidates running for office in the May 2020 primary election. It was developed by BEST and community partners to assist candidates in informing voters…
Irene Ferguson
Active River Road resident Carleen Reilly shared the following message on January 23, 2019… Dear River Road Community Resource Group: We urgently need volunteers to work intensely on the River Road Corridor Study. Transportation Working…