Perils for Pedestrians

TV talk about people who walk

Perils for Pedestrians Episode 145

Topics in Episode 145:

  • We visit a parking lot depaving project in Portland, Oregon.

  • We drop in on the international Towards Carfree Cities conference.

  • The Bicycle Transportation Alliance is developing Bicycle Boulevards.

  • We meet a custom bicycle builder.

     

depaving a parking lot

Volunteers remove pavement from a parking lot in Portland, Oregon. The group Depave was converting the underutilized parking lot into a community garden. It was a prelude to the eighth Towards Carfree Cities conference. It was the first time the conference had been held in the United States.