By Matt Ferris-Smith, Portland Bureau of Transportation

Nearly a dozen organizations helped promote traffic safety at the Portland Safe Streets Fair on June 6, 2016. People who attended the fair shared their vision for safe streets, pinpointed problem spots and learned about the city’s Vision Zero effort.

Arnoud Van Sisseren of PBOT (middle) and Nomin Lyons of Design+Culture Lab (right) illustrate a participant’s vision for safe streets, adding to visions articulated by other participants. Photo by Felicity J. Mackay, Portland Bureau of Transportation.

Living Cully and Verde hosted the event at Living Cully Plaza in Northeast Portland. Other partner organizations included AARP, Andando en Bicicletas en Cully, Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Black Parent Initiative, Elders in Action, Hacienda, Metro, Oregon and Southwest Washington Families for Safe Streets and Oregon Walks.

Tony DeFalco of Living Cully (left) and Teresa Raigaa of Andando en Bicicletas en Cully share information about community-led projects in the neighborhood. Photo by Felicity J. Mackay, Portland Bureau of Transportation.

More than 40 people attended the fair, which provided food, childcare, prizes, Spanish translation and entertainment from bike-themed clowns. 

PBOT Capital Project Manager Liz Mahon (left, in vest) spoke with fair attendees about Connected Cully, a $3 million project to make walking and biking safer. Photo by Felicity J. Mackay, Portland Bureau of Transportation.

PBOT will hold additional outreach events this summer leading up to the completion of the Vision Zero Action Plan, which will describe how Portland will eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries. Partner organizations are contributing to this effort through an executive committee, a task force and a technical advisory committee.

Sharon White of PBOT helps attendees sign the Vision Zero Pledge , which identifies actions individuals can take to make streets safer. Photo by Felicity J. Mackay, Portland Bureau of Transportation.

View additional photos of the event at: https://flic.kr/s/aHskBUvsg6