SCYP is EPIC: Since 2017, the Educational Partnership for Innovation in Communities Network (EPIC-N) has shared the SCYP model on a global scale, supporting the expansion and quality enhancement of over 35 programs based on our Oregon model. On November 2nd, SCI Co-Director Marc Schlossberg, SCYP Program Manager Megan Banks, past SCYP TriMet partner Jeb Doran, and our program counterpart at the University of Washington Branden Born, travelled to Spokane, Washington to train other universities and communities how to adopt the EPIC-N university-community partnership model. Hosted by the Western Transportation Institute, the workshop was attended by over 50 people from five states, representing universities, local communities, and other potential sponsoring agencies. The workshop covered the basics of the model and included hands-on time for participants to begin organizing their own partnership programs, following the “just start” ethic evident across the network. We are excited to help share our own knowledge to help new partnerships launch elsewhere!
SCI Research @TRB: In January, SCI will be sharing the production of its latest research book, Rethinking Streets for Bikes, at the Transportation Research Board. This design guidebook features case studies of over twenty completed bicycle infrastructure projects from across the United States and is the second volume in SCI’s “Rethinking Streets” series. SCI’s Marc Schlossberg joined with University of Oregon Architecture Professor John Rowell, Oregon Institute of Technology Civil Engineering Professor Roger Lindgren, and current UC Berkeley PhD student (and co-author of the first book) Dave Amos on the compilation. Rethinking Streets for Bikes is targeted toward policymakers, transportation planners and engineers, urban designers, and the general community. The book is designed to ease the process of communities’ investment in high-quality, safe, convenient, and comfortable infrastructure for people on bike or other micro-mobility modes of transport. A limited number of printed copies of the book will be available, but unlimited free access to a PDF will be available online at rethinkingstreets.com, where the first volume remains available as well. The project has been supported by the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC).
