Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Transport
By Nick Grossman · Jun 17, 2008
The opening keynote speaker at the Towards Carfree Cities conference is Mia Birk, from a bike/ped planning firm here in Portland called Alta Design. 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.