Slog - Comments on Pro Walk/Pro Bike Comes to Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pro_walkpro_bike_comes_to_seattle Pro Walk/ Pro Bike 2008--that would be the same bike/ped conference Seattle almost forfeited when it mysteriously demoted bike/ped manager Peter Lagerwey, one of the most respected bike planners in the nation, early last year--is happening this Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at the Westin in downtown Seattle. You can still register as a walk-in participant--I'm particularly interested in Thursday's panel on "How to Develop and Implement a Successful Bike Master Plan," headlined by Lagerwey, given the extent to which Seattle's own Bicycle Master Plan has been whittled away--but Friday afternoon's event, which will look at how biking and walking can... Copyright 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:29:14 -0800 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:11:05 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by DOUG. I love how their GETTING THERE link has no suggested route for bicycling. Maybe that's because the poorly designed curb-side SLUT tracks run right in front of the Westin. And Greg Nickels giving the keynote at this conference is akin to Sarah Palin speaking to Planned Parenthood.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pro_walkpro_bike_comes_to_seattle#c1119811 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pro_walkpro_bike_comes_to_seattle#c1119811 City Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:11:53 -0800 Comment by Hernandez Nickels giving the keynote address? Gee, I guess the Pro Bike/Pro Walk conference organizers thought that there might be a shortage of platitudes being tossed around...

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pro_walkpro_bike_comes_to_seattle#c1119833 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pro_walkpro_bike_comes_to_seattle#c1119833 City Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:37:21 -0800 Comment by Giffy An “interactive workshop”. How exciting!

]]> Giffy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pro_walkpro_bike_comes_to_seattle#c1119906 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pro_walkpro_bike_comes_to_seattle#c1119906 City Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:10:28 -0800 Comment by Joe M I was thinking of going. Will they validate parking?

]]> Joe M http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pro_walkpro_bike_comes_to_seattle#c1119907 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/pro_walkpro_bike_comes_to_seattle#c1119907 City Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:11:05 -0800