The Environmental Center

Electric Vehicles; Charging, Fleets, and Feasibility, Ebikes: Incentives, Policy and Adaptive Uses
2020-09-29 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Jeff German, National Car Charging: Commercial, Government and Individual Applications
Emobility: EV Chargers and you.
Brief history of EV Charging, How to select the best chargers for your home, business, long distance travel, and government applications. Jeff will include a topline view of feasibility studies, fleet management, and transit applications.
Sterling McCord, Bend Electric Bikes
Electric bikes: An expanding movement:
What are they, How much do they cost, what do they do? What are their uses?
Sterling will discuss the ever expanding uses for ebikes: from delivery, to commuting, and recreation. He’ll discuss real life examples of creative uses for the hottest new Multimodal trend.
John MacArthur, Sustainable Transportation Manager, Portland State University, Principal researcher for the TREC study.
Ebikes for equity, environment, government, and business
John will discuss his 10 years of research on ebikes that show environmental, health, and social benefits. He will include the most recent TREC study, in its final stages.
He will highlight City, Utility, and business Incentive programs, project examples, and an incentive policy tool.

Transportation: Multimodal, Carpool Options to Benefit Everyone
2020-09-29
Kim Curley, Community Engagement Coordinator for Commute Options Partner (COP) program. How and Why to get your group or business enrolled. How to reward your employees for trips on any of 45 Transportation Options trips logged on Get There, the place for carpool matches, transit info and trip logging.
Emma Geurts, Responsibility Committee at The Gear Fix. How Get There works in the Business Setting.
Amanda Pietz, Director, ODOT Climate Office; Geoff Crook, ODOT Climate Office Policy Lead
Prevent and Prepare for Climate Change:
Improving transportation decision-making for businesses, individuals, and government
An overview of ODOT Climate Office priorities and actions outlined in Executive Order 20-04, planning for electric vehicles, clean fuels, construction, and climate resiliency.
