GEARS, the City of Eugene, BTA, and Commuter Solutions held a press conference today to announce the start of the Eye-to-Eye campaign. The speakers represented a wide range of representatives and organizations:

Kitty Piercy - Mayor of Eugene
Christine Lundberg - Springfield City Council President
Paul Adkins - GEARs President
Karl Rhode - Government Relations and Public Affairs Director for BTA
Barbara Nichols - Regional Manager for AAA Oregon/Idaho
Senator Floyd Prozanski
Lt. Rex Barrong - Eugene Police Department
Chief Randy Groves - Eugene Fire Department
Tom Jefferson - Jane Higdon Foundation

It was a great start to some of the events that we are working on that will “foster a culture of awareness and respect on our shared paths and roadways and to make the streets of our communities safer for everyone.”

Eugene