Fourth Avenue Building, Suite 175 Conference Room, Portland State University
Course Faculty: Robin Wilcox, George Hudson, and Karen Vitkay of Alta Planning + Design.

This is a highly interactive 1.5 day course that includes classroom presentations on trail design, and field tour of some of the biggest trail challenges and best solutions in Portland. The classroom overview will include discussions of trail widths, surfacing, road crossings, safety, user types, trail types, including rails with trails, and more using examples from the best trails around the country. The field tour will take participants along the I-205 path highlighting connections to Portland's light rail system, along the Springwater Corridor including places where the route follows neighborhood greenways, and along the Eastbank Esplanade. Participants are encouraged to bring examples of trail challenges in their community. Suggestions may be trail gaps, difficult crossings, and challenging connections to the on-street network. We will work as a group to examine issues, find precedents, and sketch potential solutions.

Who Should Attend: Professionals who are planning, designing or advocating for bicycle and pedestrian networks at the community or regional level. The course is also open to engineering and planning students.