Santa Monica Spoke is excited to host Paul Casey, from big blue bus at our meeting this Monday evening at 7pm for a talk on European Bikeways. Arrive at 6:30 and join us for a social meet and greet where we can chat and catch up!

When:  Monday June 11th
When    6:30pm
Where:  Colorado Room, 502 Colorado Ave. (5th & Colorado) – bike parking on the patio

Presentation:

At 7:15 Paul will give a presentation on his trip last year to Sweden where he studied how the Swedish have managed to dramatically increase the number of people walking, biking and taking public transportation. With Americans finally making the shift from the drive everywhere suburban lifestyle of the latter 20th Century and now realizing the results in the obesity epidemic, congested streets, and unhealthy air. Meanwhile we are still demolishing historic structures and bulldozing habitats for parking lots all while we are said to have the highest rate of pedestrian deaths in the developed world. Paul’s focus was a studying in practical design and engineering solutions that make walking, bicycling and public transit so convenient and safe that residents of central cities have switched over to these means rather than the car for most of their local trips and errands.