TGM Education and Outreach services include workshops, lectures, conferences and public forums for local governments at no charge. The program also provides publications, references, and guidance documents to support local transportation and land use planning.
Highlighted Publications
Traditional Housing Choices Guidebook
The
Traditional Housing Choices Guidebook (2nd edition) shows examples of compact housing types across Oregon. This guidebook provides fifty local examples of duplexes, cottages and cottage clusters, small apartments, courtyard apartments, and townhouses. Additional materials complement the guidebook:
Vibrant Oregon Downtowns
Vibrant Oregon Downtowns is a comprehensive guidebook that provides tools and resources to overcome common barriers to development, redevelopment, and recovery of downtowns. Read the guidebook to review compelling case studies and glean best practices for downtown development. The resources provided recognize that change is inevitable, the future is uncertain, and adaptability is paramount. This guidance focuses on small and mid-sized cities (population between 5,000 and 50,000 people).
Workshops
TGM provides consultants to lead community workshops and write short memos on transportation and land use. Topics could include:
- Health impacts of urban design and transportation networks
- Urban design supporting vibrant, walkable, livable, neighborhoods and downtowns
- Main street and downtown revitalization
- Changing one-way streets to two-way streets
- Housing choices and design
- The costs of different growth patterns
- Parking management
- School siting and safe routes to school
Our services explore local solutions to transportation and growth management issues. Services are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Local governments provide support, but there is no required cash match.
Lecture Series and Conferences
We sponsor conferences and lecture series to reach targeted audiences or the general public.
TGM Education Assistance
If your community would like education and outreach services, please contact
Kathy Kleczek to discuss your idea.
To apply, send a short letter (1-2 pages) addressing:
- The specific issue or problem to address
- Background for the workshop or lecture (e.g., geographic areas in the community, recent problems, new challenges, recent or current planning)
- What you want the event to accomplish
- How you plan to promote the event.
Include a resolution from local decision makers (e.g., planning commission, city council, mayor) supporting the request.
Communities are expected to provide:
- A location to accommodate desired audiences, that can handle visual computer presentations
- Relevant background materials
- Any refreshments
- Event publicity such as local newspaper notices and flyer distribution
Example Projects
Lexington Downtown Safety and Multimodal Transportation report –This project created a report with recommendations for safety and multimodal transportation improvements in the Lexington downtown area. (Community presentation slideshow).
TGM Parking Reform presentation – This project looked at opportunities to boost the diversity of housing choices by looking at the hidden cost of parking.
TGM Publications
TGM develops publications to guide Oregon communities on complex transportation-related issues, including:
- Urban design supporting vibrant, walkable, livable, neighborhoods and downtowns
- Housing choices and design
- The costs of different growth patterns
- Parking management and reform
Additional Resources
Articles and Guidebooks
Websites