Hundreds of people dedicated to achieving more active walkable and bikable communities are coming to Seattle the week after Labor Day to see and hear about the great progress the Puget Sound region has made creating healthier active communities.

Over the past three decades, ProWalk/Pro Bike has become the preeminent event focusing on bicycling and walking programs in America. From September 2 - 5, 2008, this national event further expands its agenda to include public health and climate change and will return to Seattle to learn about the many changes around the region since the conference was held there in 1986.

Join bicycle, pedestrian, active living and climate change advocates, elected and appointed officials, bike/ped specialists, transportation experts, land-use planners, safe routes to school coordinators, public health practitioners, and many more who want to make our cities and communities more walkable and bicycle-friendly places. The 15th biennial Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference will set the tone for how to move to greater action and implementation to transform communities all over north
America.

The Westin Seattle Hotel will be the headquarters for the event, but there will be ample opportunities to get out and see first-hand examples of great facilities and programs that are making Seattle and the Puget Sound a model city and region for the role of bicycling and walking in 21st century communities.

To learn more about this dynamic and comprehensive conference, and to register, go to the link just below.

Coming September 2-5, 2008
Westin Seattle Hotel
Complete Streets
http://www.bikewalk.org/2008conference/index.html

Or, you can also direct your web browser to the conference organizer’s website - National Center for Biking and Walking (NCBW) – by entering bikewalk.org and then, when site comes up, click on “Pro Walk/Pro Bike”

Conference registration is on-line now and you can save $50-100 if you register by August 1st, so don’t miss out!