Announcing Silicon Valley Bike Summit 2015
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition is excited to announce our Fifth Annual Silicon Valley Bike Summit, with co-host and presenting sponsor, Stanford Health Care. The annual summit is the region’s largest gathering of active transportation leaders and organizers from government, law enforcement, non-profit, and the public.If your organization or agency is actively involved in active transportation issues, wishes to get involved, or if you are passionate about a healthy environment, economy and community for Silicon Valley, this is the Summit for you. Registration is $35, and you can sign up here.This year will focus on how San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties are addressing safety for people who bike and how we can all work together toward achieving Vision Zero, the goal to have zero deaths and major injuries on our roadways.Our Keynote Speakers are Nuria Fernandez and Jim Hartnett, both relatively new to their positions of head of Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and San Mateo County Transit District, respectively. They’ll discuss how their agencies approach bicycle issues and what is in the works for the future.Next we’ll hear the results from over a year’s worth of research from San Mateo County Health System and Santa Clara County Health Department, who have both produced collision reports that focus on the what, where, why, and how of bicycle collisions in our region. These reports dig deep into existing data from a multitude of sources to provide a baseline snapshot of crashes in our area. However, there’s much more work to do!Using those data reports as a launching point, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition will debut our Vision Zero Toolkit, a reference for city officials on how to implement this hot policy and prevent traffic violence in our communities. Follow the lead of San José, San Mateo, San Francisco, and New York City by focusing on the true causes of collisions and proven methods to avoid them. SVBC will be providing copies of the toolkit for you to take home and enact!Building on the theme of the day, there will be a panel discussing data and technology: how fresh tools can boost the facts available to help us provide real solutions to people who bike.Finally, putting it all together, we will have focused break-out groups on the 5 E’s: education, enforcement, engineering, encouragement, evaluation, and (bonus) engagement. This will be an opportunity to dive deep, speak with facilitators who are working on innovative concepts in these areas, and solve existing problems together. Apply what you’ve learned throughout the day to see how we can collectively move forward toward Vision Zero and safer streets for all.Stick around afterward for a free happy hour to mingle with colleagues and friends and to discuss all the new info!You can read more about the event and find information on our BikePool from Caltrain to the venue on our event page.Register today!
