Sandy’s Donuts, more Sandy’s Donuts, hot cocoa, to celebrate Fargo’s evolving transportation options

Now that got your attention! Swing by the Fargo Public Library’s community room Tuesday November 24th at 1:30 p.m.. We’ll learn about and celebrate the many new ways to get around town, user friendly parking info and tools, housing tips and programs, and the positive impact Great Rides Bikeshare has made and how they’re all related.

You’ll also get a chance to look and step inside a super cool new sixty foot articulated bus being demonstrated at this event. This bus is being delivered to San Francisco. New Flyer’s are made in St. Cloud and use several components made right here in Fargo!

In one short hour, we’ll hear quick hitting updates from experts like:

• Fargo Matbus Director Julie Bommelman, Moorhead Matbus Director Lori Van Beek, will share about the new Transit Development Planning that is underwayGregg Schidberger about Matbus’s latest national Grand Award and new user friendly tools for folks to enjoy. Gregg and Taaren receiving APTA’s top national award for transit marketing. Congrats team MATBUS!
• Dan Mahli Fargo Community Development and Housing Planner on the latest housing study and the challenges and opportunities for housing options and huge cost and health advantages of good walking neighborhoods
• Andy Renfrew Interstate Parking manager for Fargo Parking on new user friendly, high tech ways for accessing parking information and transactions

• Jeremy Gorden Fargo Traffic Engineer will talk about complete streets and the first protected bike lanes in Fargo and North Dakota. The progress with more on street bike facilities has helped increase number of people biking and fewer bike related accidents. 
• Sara Watson Curry of Great Rides Bikeshare will talk about their national record setting, matbus inspired, student led business model and how it works. Great Rides kicked off with a grand entrance at this years St. Patricks Day parade on a 70 degree day on March 15th with over 17,000 happy folks

Just in the past year, all these cool new options to get around town.
Thanks to good work by many, Fargo’s added several new options for the way we move around our community with expanding transit, the fun, fast, and free Link FM, Great Rides Bikeshare, Uber Fargo, and Fargo’s and North Dakota’s first protected bike lanes all just in the last 9 months.
These improvements and continuing to focus on infill, complete streets, and mixed use will make them even more efficient and easy to use.

Hope to see you on Tuesday!