<br /> III News Release Walkable Eugene <br /> April 30, 1998 <br /> Page 2 <br /> <br /> ~I Burden has more than 20 years experience in traffic safety and related planning and <br /> <br /> II desi n, including 16 years as the pedestrian/bicycle coordinator for the Florida Department of <br /> g <br /> Transportation. He has overseen the preparation of numerous local and state pedestrian plans <br /> and research rojects and has conducted many visioning workshops. He is currently conducting <br /> <br /> I P <br /> pedestrian research projects for the Federal Highway Administration and has analyzed streets, <br /> activity centers, neighborhoods, and town centers in more than 200 cities in North America, <br /> Europe and Australia. <br /> As part of his visit to Eugene, Burden will also meet with transportation officials from <br /> other agencies, including Lane Transit District, and will conduct a design review of proposed <br /> project to improve Ayres Road from Gilham Road to Delta Highway. Burden has visited Oregon <br /> several times, including a session last February in which he met with more than 100 staff from <br /> local public works and transportation planning agencies. <br /> <br /> I <br /> For more information, call the Eugene Public Works Transportation Division at 682- <br /> 5218, or visit the City of Eugene Home Page, www.ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br /> I~ <br /> <br /> i <br /> <br /> I <br /> <br />