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WS 3A Sunday Parkways and New Portlanders: Engaging Immigrants and Refugees in Open Streets - Portland
- 1. Portland Sunday Parkways Opening Our Streets, Connecting Our Communities Integrating Equity and Engagement
- 19. Opening Our Streets, Connecting Our Janis McDonald City of Portland, Bureau of Transportation Janis.McDonald@portlandoregon.gov
- 22. Introduces families new to biking and walking to a safe and friendly environment as well as fun and free options for kids to recreate at Portland Parks •43% of children in Portland bike, walk or roll to school
- 23. Safe Routes to School at Sunday Parkways
- 24. 2016 Portland Sunday Parkways
Editor's Notes
- started in 2008 with one event in North Portland – chosen because no off-street paths to use, gentrification and wanted to show people that it wasn’t a “bad part of town”
- We shut the streets down to cars, opening them up to walking, biking, jogging
- The first one we had hoping for 5000 people, had 15,000 people come out and play together
- Entertainment in the parks
- music
- Dance and fitness classes
- Tons of activities for families
- marketplace
- We now have 5 events and over 120,000 people participate
- 75 youth volunteered for our NE event at cornerstransportationfoodMoses biking back and forth on my mom’s bike to check in with everyone
- Commissioner Fritz handed out certificates
- after that year Aman moved to a different city and Moses added a second paying job to his already busy schedule In 2010 We met a new champion - Kathy Wai at Asian Family Center, and again had Junior Cops with 30 youthIn 2011 we changed from Junior Cops to organizing a bike ride along Sunday Parkways with youthSafe Routes to School staff brought bikes, we worked with Asian Family Center, Africa House and El Programa. Each organization got to invite up to 30 youth to borrow the bikes. Trauma Nurses donated helmets so each youth got to take a helmet home. Safe Routes staff taught bike skills and safety. And off they went on a guided ride along the route, seeing all the activities and being part of the Portland community.That year after the ride the Asian Family Center youth set up a volleyball net in one of the parks and played, plus taught Sunday Parkways attendees __________ which is like hackie sack but the ball is wooden.When the event was ending and Kathy told the youth that it was time to go I overheard one youth say “that was so much fun can we do it next weekend?”Since 2009 we have also started working with families at New Columbia and Hacienda - some have volunteered, some joined us on bike rides which has opened worlds to the youth because they don’t necessarily explore outside of their neighborhoods.To end, I will quote Polo’s recipe to success: 1) take something government is already doing; 2) imagine how that would benefit families not already inside that lucky world; and 3) asks community elders and activists to connect the dots and hold their hands. It’s that simple”Thank you!
- Welcome to Portland. Our population is about 600,000 and we are one of the fastest growing cities in the US. And the people who are moving to Portland are hungry for getting around without having to drive everywhere. We are also one of the distantion spots for Immigrants and Refugees from across the globe. They are moving to Portland to live a car-free or car-light lifestyle. Sunday Parkways is one way we address this demand for more biking and more livable streets.
- Welcome to Sunday Parkways! Sunday Parkways closes streets to motor vehicles and opens them up to biking and walking and rolling. It is anchored by 4 or 5 parks or marketplaces along the way for people to stop, play, eat and connect with one another. It is a bicycling event, but it is so much more than just a bike ride on a Sunday afternoon. My presentation will focus on all the parts of Sunday Parkways that entice families and children to get on their bikes. Everything we do to start is geared toward reaching audiences to bicycling. We have done a pretty good job in Portland of getting MAMILs (middle-aged men in lycra) and the 25 to 45 year old healthy Portlanders and people moving to Portland to ride for transportation. 7.2% of commuters go by bike in Portland. This is the highest percentage among large cities in the US where the national average is 0.5%. 43% of our school-aged children bike or walk to school
- The importance of engaging our target audiences that are tougher to reach and engage in cycling and at our event has been a priority of Sunday Parkways from the beginning. In particular, we have worked to serve as a welcome wagon of sorts for our Immigrant and Refugee populations. Identifying our target communities and their leaders Understanding their stories and learning to connect Making Partnerships Evolving as a program and in partnership
- Communication can be a barrier for New Portlanders. Have you ever had to navigate a city without know the language or as you learned a language? Backpack flyers to 4,400 families for the May event for 8 area elementary and middle schools. English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese, and Somali. Safe Routes has also organized bike rides and riding clinics for children to learn how to ride safely and practice those skills along the routes.
- This year, 119,000 participants walked, biked, rolled and enjoy in five Sunday Parkways, on 37.5 miles of traffic-free streets Average 15,000 to 31,000 per event. Having a big crowd is part of our goal, but making sure that crowd is representative of the city is in keeping with our Equity goals. Equity is front and center for Sunday Parkways. Our organizing efforts focus on working with low-income families, people of color, Spanish-speaking organizations and other under-represented constituencies to participate and organize their own programs at Sunday Parkways. This is at the Bi-lingual Bike Fair at one of the events this year.