Open Streets Summit

Open Streets Summit Los Angeles, April 2014Open Streets movementDid not only start in Bogota, ColombiaHas NW rootsSummer Parkways started in 2010In 2009, there were 33 cities and one state that had programs when Spokane began organizing. Currently 69 cities and one state have open streets programs.

Common Goals for OS eventsIncrease activityIncrease communityIncrease businessShow off new infrastructureAnd more . . .

Whats Unique About SpokaneOur biggest event: June Manito Park Evening Loop

OS ideas from other citiesResidential neighborhood art studio toursStreet scrabbleVolunteer prize incentivesComprehensive business and participant surveysFocus on business districtsTactical urbanismAdopt and intersection volunteer programsConnected disconnected populationsTactical Urbanism (Ohio)

Street Scrabble (New Zealand)

Ciclovia Salinas (Salinas, CA)

CicLAvia (Los Angeles, CA)