# Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Transport

By [The Slow Hunch by Nick Grossman](https://nickgrossman.xyz) · 2008-06-17

cities, portland

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The opening keynote speaker at the [_Towards Carfree Cities_](https://www.nickgrossman.xyz/2008/06/lsn-at-the-carfree-cities-conference/) conference is Mia Birk, from a bike/ped planning firm here in Portland called [Alta Design](http://altaplanning.com/). Check out the short episode of "Big Ideas for a Small Planet," above, featuring Mia talking about the pedestrian & bicycle planning movement in Portland -- she's very eloquent and the makes the argument for bike- and pedestrian-friendly cities in a very accessible way.

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*Originally published on [The Slow Hunch by Nick Grossman](https://nickgrossman.xyz/big-ideas-for-a-small-planet-transport)*