Status of Eugene’s Vision Zero
Time: Noon to 1:15 pm
Venue: WOW Hall
291 West 8th
Eugene, Oregon
97401
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We will meet at the WOW Hall, 291 W 8th. Learn more: https://wowhall.org/about-us/. Walk, ride a bike or take the bus. You may park on the street or in the parking lot of FOOD for Lane County's Dining Room, across 8th from the WOW Hall. A freewill donation acknowledging the Dining Room's generosity may be made at the meeting.
Sorry - we no longer offer lunch. However, you are welcome to bring your own food.
Topic:
This program will address the progress of the City of Eugene’s Vision Zero, the goal of which is to reduce fatal crashes on our streets to zero. It will focus on traffic safety in our community and ongoing efforts across the public and non-profit sector to reduce fatal and serious injury traffic crashes. It will emphasize the importance of ongoing regional partnerships between transportation organizations and the City of Eugene’s continued commitment to pursuing the Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries on our roadway network.
Logan Telles, transportation planner with the City of Eugene, will discuss the increase in traffic deaths that occurred following the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and the City’s ongoing efforts to reverse that trend. This will include an overview of the City’s multifold approach to improving traffic safety through a combination of transportation safety infrastructure, strategic signal improvements, speed limit reductions, high visibility traffic enforcement, community education, and more. Rob Zako, executive director with Better Eugene-Springfield Transportation, will discuss how protecting lives can’t simply be a government program but rather takes collective efforts across the public, nonprofit, academic, and private sectors.
Speakers
Title: Transportation Planner
Organization: City of Eugene
Website: https://www.eugene-or.gov/4270/Vision-Zero
Biography:
Biography is provided by the speaker
Logan Telles is a transportation planner with the City of Eugene focused on traffic safety efforts that aim to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes and bring our community closer to achieving Vision Zero. He has been with the City of Eugene for over six years and had worked previously on transportation projects across public and private sector roles in Portland and in Colorado. Logan received his M.A. in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Colorado, Denver, and his B.A. in Political Science from the University Colorado, Boulder.
Title: Executive Director
Organization: Better Eugene-Springfield Transportation
Website: https://best-oregon.org/
Biography:
Biography is provided by the speaker
Since its founding in 2012, Rob Zako has been the executive director of Better Eugene-Springfield Transportation (BEST). BEST’s mission is to build a successful community by bringing people together to promote transportation options, safe streets, and walkable neighborhoods. With 28 years of experience in transportation, land use, and climate policy, Rob previously worked with the Sustainable Cities Institute at the University of Oregon, the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, and 1000 Friends of Oregon. As a private consultant, Rob led the effort to form the Lane Area Commission on Transportation.
Rob holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.A. in mathematics from Harvard University.
