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Great turn out for the Annual Meeting

March 18th, 2010 - With featured speakers including Dr. Philip Wu, Pediatric Lead for Weight Management and Community Health at Kaiser Permanente, Washington County Commissioner Dick Schouten and Andy Cotugno, Metro Senior Policy Advisor, the WTA's 2010 Annual Meeting was a great success. The group presented the results of a recent Transportation Research Board study on the community and environmental impacts of the built environment and compared the findings with local models. Mr. Cotugno was a member of the TRB study committee producing the report: Driving and the Built Environment.

We want to thank our excellent speakers for their wonderful presentations. Also, a big thanks for everyone who attended the meeting.

If you would like a copy of our speakers' presentations, please click on their name below.

• Dr Philip Wu, Pediatric Lead for Weight Management and Community Health at Kaiser Permanente
• Dick Schouten, Washington County Commissioner
• Andy Cotugno, Metro Senior Policy Advisor

For additional information on the presentations or a copy of them, please contact Pete ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

The Bicycle Friendly Business program evaluates applicants’ efforts to promote bicycling in four primary areas: encouragement, education, engineering, and evaluation. Examples of these measures include:

Engineering

Safe cycling access; bike racks for employees and guests; showers and lockers for commuters and lunchtime riders.

Education

Bike-safety programs; mentorship for new commuters; and equipment tutorials.

Encouragement

Benefits for bike commuters; paid mileage for trips made by bike; loaner bikes for errands and short trips; and earn-a-bike programs.

Evaluation

An assessment of what’s already being done and what to aim for in the future; in-house bike coordinators; and target ridership numbers. This is also the section to highlight your business’s unique programs and policies that promote and celebrate bicycling—from loaner bikes for short trips and in-house spin classes to supporting charity rides and sponsoring bike-racing teams.

For more information about this great program, please click here.

Top 100 Green Companies

The Westside Transportation Alliance is pleased to have the following two member companies recognized for their outstanding green efforts.

#9 - Vernier Software & Technology

#20 - EasyStreet Online Services

Oregon Business along with additional research partners distributed a confidential employee survey last fall to over 30,000 employees state-wide and the results show that being green makes your employees and co-workers happy.

The Westside Transportation Alliance makes the Beaverton Valley Times

Executive Director Karen Frost talks about the WTA and the impact that we have been having to date. Great article! To take a look, please click here.

Member company EasyStreet Online Services receives Bronze award from LAB

The League of American Bicyclists (LAB) announced the first winners of its new Bicycle Friendly Business designation. The Bicycle Friendly Business program assists companies and organizations of all sizes in developing bicycle commuting programs and incentives for their employees and recognizes them for their efforts to promote bicycling. In total, thirteen businesses from across the country were recognized by the League.

For more information, please click here.

So, how much does transportation add to global warming?

Check it out and then get on the bus.

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