| The Madison, WI 2006 conference
will mark the passage of 26 years since the first meeting
in this series of conferences. In 1980, 200 bicycle professionals
and volunteers – all of them advocates–convened
in Asheville, North Carolina.
The enthusiastic group looked
at the decade ahead, and tried to imagine bicycling programs
of the future. Little did we know that we were establishing
what would become the United States' largest biennial gathering
of bicycling and walking advocates and professionals.
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In the intervening
years, we have continued to hold conferences every other
year, moving the venue around the country to better view
the wealth of information that can be gained on-site in
a community where bicycling and walking facilities are supported.
Past Conference Venues
Pro Walk/Pro Bike 2004:
Victoria, BC,Canada
To visit the 2004 site, click
here.
Pro Bike/Pro Walk 2002:
St. Paul, Minnesota
Pro Bike/Pro Walk 2000: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pro Bike/Pro Walk 98: Santa Barbara, California
Pro Bike/Pro Walk 96: Portland, Maine
Pro Bike/Pro Walk 94: Portland, Oregon
Velo Mondial/Pro Bike 92: Montreal,
Quebec, Canada
Pro Bike 90: Arlington, Virginia
Pro Bike 88: Tucson, Arizona
Pro Bike 88: Tucson, Arizona
Pro Bike 86: Seattle, Washington
Pro Bike 84: Miami, Florida
Pro Bike 82: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Pro Bike 80: Asheville, North Carolina
We Added Pedestrian
Topics
At the 1994 conference in Portland, Oregon, we expanded
our program to include pedestrian facilities and issues
as well as bicycling. Workshops and training sessions focusing
on pedestrian topics are now an important part of our overall
conference schedule.
And, as a special nod
to the growing importance of pedestrian topics, the 2004
Victoria conference was the first time the conference carried
the reversed moniker of "Pro Walk/Pro Bike." With
the conference theme of Creating Active Communities, attendees
hardly noticed the swap in the conference name: both activities
lead to active communities!
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