Sneak Peek: Silicon Valley Bike Summit Program, August 1

Updated July 23, 2019.This year’s Silicon Valley Bike Summit will be a treat for new and returning guests. Hosted by City of Mountain at the city’s newly remodeled Community Center and presented by Jump Electric Bike Share, we are so pleased to bring you the 9th Annual Silicon Valley Bike Summit on August 1. Register here.

Exciting new activities this year:

• Pop-up protected bike lane on California Street between Caltrain and the Community Center

• Mountain View bike ride tour during breakout sessions (limited space)

• Bike ride after the event on the pop-up bike lane to Mountain View’s Thursday Night Live open streets event on Castro Street between Mercy and Villa, including a bike rodeo and other transportation activities

For the rest of the day we will have myriad session topics with engaging speakers for you to learn and network. Stay tuned for more updates on speakers.

Schedule (for bios of each speaker, click here):

8:30 am Bikepool departs from Mountain View Caltrain station

8:30-9:30 am Registration and breakfast

9:30- 10 am Introduction and Welcome: Mountain View Mayor Lisa Matichak and SVBC Executive Director Shiloh Ballard

10-11 am Opening plenary: Oakland's Equity Centered Bike Plan

This past year, Oakland’s Department of Transportation (OakDOT) placed equity and community-partnerships at the core of Let's Bike Oakland, an update to the City's Bicycle Plan. Tossing out the old community input playbook, OakDOT directly engaged underserved communities whose voices have historically been overlooked, investing in community-based organizations as core project team members and establishing data-based, equity-driven prioritization for bicycle investments. Partners had the autonomy to structure outreach in the best format for their communities and provided direct input into the plan’s vision, policies, and recommendations to ensure it reflected authentic community voices. In this interview, participants will share their thoughts on the process, outcomes and lessons learned.

• Moderator Margarita Parra, Board Member, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition @ciclistamaluca she/her/hers

• Jeff Knowles, Senior Associate Planner, Alta Planning + Design @knoja he/him/his

• Clarissa Cabasagan, New Mobility Policy Director, TransForm @clarrissa_c @TransForm_Alert she/her/hers

• Manuel Corona, Transportation Planner, Oakland DOT @OakDOT he/him/his

• Marquita Price, Urban and Regional Planning Officer, The East Oakland Collective @EOakCollective Queen/she/her(s)

• Phoenix Mangrum, Educator and Collective Member, Cycles of Change he/him/his

11 – 11:20 am Break

11:20 am -12:40 pm Breakouts

• New Mobility: Every day mobility, the way we move around, is changing. With new and improved devices, mergers and acquisitions, and varied policies, it is hard to keep track. This panel includes representatives from San José, Caltrain, and SVBC discussing the policies, programs, and infrastructure that is needed to enable people to get around with these new transportation opportunities. The speakers will go overbike-related transit improvements, first and last mile transit connections, equity policies and outreach needs, and city policies for new devices. 

  • Moderator: Kevin Fang, Assistant Professor, Sonoma State University he/him/his

  • Ryan Smith, Transportation Planner, City of San Jose @SanJoseDOT he/him/his

  • Dan Provence, Principal Planner, Caltrain @caltrain @caltrainbikes he/him/his

  • Mui Sam Le, Education Programs Coordinator, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition @bikesv she/her/hers

• Designing Safe & Innovative Streets: Some cities are being bold and implementing new bikeway treatments like protected bike lanes, protected intersections, and more. Speakers from San José and Fremont will present how to get these types of projects prioritized and built, the benefits of pilot and quick build projects, and how these treatments enhance safety for all people on the road.

  • Moderator:     Melissa Cerezo, Senior Transportation Planner, VTA @CerezoMelissa @VTA she/her/hers

  • Vignesh Swaminathan, CEO and President, CrossRoad Labs @viggyswam he/him/his

  • Hans Larsen, Public Works Director, City of Fremont @Fremont_CA ‏ he/him/his

  • Brooke DuBose, Northern California Office Director, Toole Design @tooledesign she/her/hers

• Creating Successful Safe Routes to Schools Community Partnerships: The Safe Routes to School Collective Impact Project focuses on Daly City. It has brought together school staff, city traffic engineers, local police, community based organizations, county public health and parents to work on barriers students face when they walk to school. This project is one of several that is part of the San Mateo County Office of Education’s Campus and Community as a Laboratory for Learning Program. Other projects are working on sustainability and greening their campuses. The Daly City group has worked together on developing, refining and implementing a Safe Routes to School action plan.

  • Moderator:     Rosie Mesterhazy, Safe Routes to School Coordinator, City of Palo Alto Office of Transportation @rmesterhazy, @cityofpaloalto she/her/hers

  • Theresa Vallez-Kelly, Safe Routes to School Coordinator, San Mateo County Office of Education @SMCOETweet she/her/hers

  • Kevin Fehr, City Engineer, City of Daly City @DalyCityGov he/him/his

  • Mary Vollinger, Supervisor, UC CalFresh Healthy Living she/her/hers

• Mountain View bike tour: Ride Leader: Nate Baird, Bike/Ped Planner, City of Mountain View Department of Public Works @MtnViewCA @BicyclingNate he/him/his

12:40 - 1:40 pm Lunch

1:40 – 3 pm Breakouts

• Safety on El Camino Real: El Camino Real has a higher rate of collisions than other streets in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. Learn what City of Redwood City is doing about it along with Caltrans and other local stakeholders. This panel will get into the opportunities and challenges to creating a safer El Camino Real such as economic concerns, public safety, and more.

  • Moderator:     Lindy Chan, Principal Planner, City of Redwood City @RedwoodCity she/her/hers

  • Elliot Goodrich, Transportation Planner, Caltrans District 4 @CaltransD4 he/him/his

  • Kendra Rowley, Senior Transportation Engineer, Fehr & Peers @FehrAndPeers she/her/hers

  • Stan Maupin, Fire Chief, Redwood City Fire Service @redwoodcityfire he/him/his

  • Jihan Bayyari, Owner, Cyclismo Café she/her/hers

• How to Get Things Done: Healthy Equitable Transportation Policies and Planning: How does one impact what your city is building and prioritizing? Learn from city and county officials and local advocates how to engage in the planning processes and what to push for in terms of healthy, active transportation policies.

  • Moderator: Matthew Quevado, Director, Housing Transportation, and Community engagement, Silicon Valley Leadership Group @matthewquevedo1 @SVLeadershipGrp he/him/his

  • Jessica Manzi, Transportation Manager, City of Redwood City @RedwoodCity @ManziJess she/her/hers

  • Kiyomi Honda Yamamoto, Southbay Regional Representative, Greenbelt Alliance @KiyomiBayArea @gbeltalliance she/her/hers

  • Jason Galisathus, Chair, Redwood City Transportation Advisory Committee @jgalisatus

• Rails with Trails: What can we learn from rails with trails projects and advocates in Marin-Sonoma Counties and Santa Cruz? The SMART train and trail is a light rail system with a parallel multiuse trail that is still being implemented. When voters approved funding for the project, it stipulated that a trail was part of it. The Santa Cruz Coastal Rail Trail is a trail project that will run on an old rail line, however, transit is still being considered for the right of way, alongside the trail. How can these projects help us to plan for a similar effort on the Dumbarton Corridor?

  • Moderator: Rachel Faye, Public Access Program Manager, Peninsula Open Space Trust @POST_fans she/her/hers

  • Bjorn Griepenburg, Policy and Planning Director, Marin County Bicycle Coalition @marinbike he/him/his

  • Mark Mesiti-Miller, Board Member, Santa Cruz County Friends of the Rail and Trail @railandtrail he/him/his

• Mountain View bike tour: Ride Leader: Nate Baird, Bike/Ped Planner, City of Mountain View Department of Public Works @MtnViewCA @BicyclingNate he/him/his

3 – 3:20 am Break

3:20 – 3:40 pm Awards ceremony (see winners here)

3:40 – 5 pm Pecha Kucha session

• Moderator:    Andrew Hsu, SVBC Boardmember, he/him/his

• Rafael Burde, North American Partnerships, Strava @rafaelburde he/him/his

• Sean Co, Director of Special Projects, StreetLight Data @seanaco @StreetLightData he/him/his   

• Matt Fabry, Manager, San Mateo Countywide Stormwater Program, City/County Association Governments of San Mateo County @mattfabry he/him/his

• Neal Patel, Community Affairs Manager, Lyft Bikes and Scooter @baywheels  he/him/his

5 – 5:20 pm Wrap up and intro of evening activities

5:20 – 5:40 pm Bike ride to Thursday Night Live

5:40 – 8:30 pm Thursday Night Live