2021 Summit Agenda
Day 1, Thursday Aug 12, 2021
8:30 am: Connect to Zoom
8:45 am: Introduction with Shiloh Ballard, President & Executive Director
9:00 am: Keynote: A discussion with Assemblymember Laura Friedman she/her
This year’s Bike Summit will be kicked off by a keynote from Assemblymember Laura Friedman, who was elected to the California State Assembly in 2016. She has worked on a number of transportation-related measures, including one that created the Zero Traffic Fatalities Task Force. She is currently working on a bill that would give local governments more flexibility to reduce speed limits, as well as a bill that encourages active transportation and other environmentally-friendly forms of transit. Join us to learn more about the Assemblymember’s forward-thinking policies on topics such as investing in mass transit, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, zero-emission vehicles, road safety, and sustainability.
Moderator: Jamie Chen, SVBC Board Member she/her
09:50am: Break (Join Session of your choice)
10:00 am: Session 2a: Safe Routes Back to School
This session will talk about three elements of SRTS: Evaluation, Programming and Policy.Dr. Anurag Pande will kick-off with a presentation on what factors make SRTS program successful. Followed by speakers from the Alameda County SR2S Program who will share how they adapted their educational and encouragement programs during the past year. They will share success and challenges, and lessons learned for the upcoming academic year. Finally, Speakers from the City of Palo Alto will share how they converted SRTS projects into opportunities to rethink diversity and inclusion and deepen local and regional partnerships.
Moderator: Ann Jasper, City of San José she/her
Dr. Anurag Pande, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Cal Poly State University he/him
Mia Candy, Project Planner II, Toole Design she/her
Stephanie Jim, Program Manager, Transform she/her
José Palma, Palo Alto SRTS Coordinator, City of Palo Alto he/him
Rosie Mesterhazy, Palo Alto SRTS Coordinator, City of Palo Alto she/her
10:00 am: Session 2b: Continuous, Connected, and Joyful: Exploring Bicycle Highways in the Bay Area
While bicycle highways are common in Europe, Asia, and South America, few exist in the United States. Two projects in the Bay Area seek to change that: the Caltrans Bay Area Bike Highway Study and the VTA Central Bikeway Study. This panel discussion will examine the potential for bike highways in the Bay Area. The speakers will review worldwide best practices for bicycle highways and provide context for the implementation of such facilities through the regional Caltrans lens. VTA representatives will also share design considerations at the jurisdictional and corridor levels. The panel will complement these perspectives by examining what a bicycle highway means to community residents.
Moderator: Jessica Burton, Bike Program Manager, LinkedIn she/her
Mauricio Hernandez, Senior Planning Associate, Alta Planning + Design he/him
Elliot Goodrich, Associate Transportation Planner, Caltrans he/him
Jacqueline Franco Co-founder, META she/her/they
Lauren Ledbetter, Senior Transportation Planner, VTA she/her
10:50am: Break
11:00 am: Session 3: Depolicing Traffic Enforcement
Speakers will give updates on efforts around alternatives to policing, decriminalizing biking and walking, and decreasing the impact of policing on BIPOC communities. Learn about how Bay Area cities are working to find alternatives to policing, as well as other kinds of advocacy related to traffic enforcement.
Moderator: Poncho Guevara, Executive Director, Sacred Heart he/him
Chiamaka Ogwuegbu, Executive Projects Analyst, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency he/him
Darrell Owens, Activist, East Bay for Everyone he/him
Tamisha Walker, Executive Director, Safe Return Project she/her/ella
11:50am: Wrap-up (Review Day-1 Preview Day 2) & Closing Remarks – Shiloh Ballard
12:00 pm: Lunch Networking via breakout groups
Continued discussion on depolicing traffic enforcement - Adina Levin she/her
Hauling anything and everything by bike. -Tim Oey he/him
Bike commuting tips and tricks, including clothing options when biking to work - Deanna she/her
Storytelling Breakout Room: The longest ride of my life - Eleni she/her
"Hills for lunch!" Do you dread hills? Are they easy peasy? Do you seek out the challenge? Have tips to conquer hills? - Violeta she/her
Continued discussion on Safe Routes to School - Chelsea she/her
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Day 2, Friday Aug 13, 2021
8:30 am: Connect to Zoom
8:45 am: Introduction with Shiloh Ballard, President & Executive DirectorAwards: Learn about the Summit 2021 Award Winners for the three categories: Person, Project, and Program of the Year.
9:00 am: Session 4: Plenary Discussion on Transportation Post Covid
In this plenary session, council members from different Bay Area cities will discuss the theme of post-Covid recovery in the context of transportation. The speakers will discuss what transportation could look like after Covid, as well as what cities and agencies are doing to help retain some benefits of the Covid era, such as slow streets. They will also address how advocates can help ensure that traffic doesn’t get worse as communities continue to emerge from the pandemic.
Moderator: Cindy Chavez, Supervisor, Santa Clara County she/her
Davina Hurt, Council member, Belmont she/her
Jen Wolosin, Council member, Menlo Park she/her
Lisa Gauthier,Council member, East Palo Alto she/her
Margaret Abe-Koga, Council member, Mountain View she/her
09:50am: Break (Join Session of your choice)
10:00 am: Session 5a: Global cities comparison: Lessons on Bike Transportation
What can we learn from global cities about progress in shifting to safe bike transportation? Join representatives from Mexico City (Mexico), Heidelberg (Germany), Enschede (Netherlands) and Mysuru(India) for an exchange of ideas about bike transport. They will talk about their bike network, successes, challenges and next steps with respect to shifting the mode to bicycle transportation.
Moderator: Margarita Parra-Cobaleda SVBC Board member she/her/ella
Dr. Abhijit Lokre, Founder, The Urban Lab, India he/him
Gaby Hernandez, Architect, Bike tour guide and Bike activist, Mexico City, Mexico she/her
Johannes Sommerfeld, Heidelberg, Germany he/him
Kees Lems, Traffic Engineer, City of Enschede, Netherlands he/him
Bob Wenzlau, Palo Alto Neighbors Abroad he/him
10:00 am: Session 5b: Overcoming Roadblocks: Strategies for Successful Bike and Ped Plan Implementation
Bicycle and pedestrian master plans are the product of months of data analysis, community engagement, stakeholder coordination, and hard work. Once they’re complete, what’s next? How can agencies take a list of proposed projects and turn it into on-the-ground infrastructure improvements? How do they do this successfully, efficiently, and equitably without running into roadblocks? In this session, various partners in the project planning and implementation process will share insight on common roadblocks to implementation and discuss strategies for overcoming these roadblocks. Participants will leave this session with actionable ideas for how to successfully implement project recommendations and turn their bike plans into projects on the ground.
Moderator: Sara Rauwolf, Engineer, Toole Design she/her
Julia Malmo-Laycock, Active Transportation Planner, San Mateo County Office of Sustainability she/her
Patrick Gilster, Manager of Programming and Monitoring, San Mateo County Transit District he/him
Sneha Adhikari, Engineer, Toole Design she/her
Sue-Ellen Atkinson, Principal Transportation Planner, City of San Mateo she/her
10:50am: Break
11:00 am: Session 6: Rapidfire
This session will be rapid fire style: A presentation style in which each speaker has a presentation of 20 images shown for 20 seconds each, for a total of 6 minutes, 40 seconds. This is a high-energy, fast-paced session. Speakers will discuss the topics below.
Moderator, Emily Beach, Council member, City of Burlingame she/her
Integrating bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure into freeway interchange redesign projects - Karsten Adam, Project Manager Highway Program, VTA he/him
Autonomous vehicle design for a better transportation future - Dan Mitchell, City and Community Engagement, NURO he/him
The San Mateo Countywide Sustainable Streets Master Plan - Reid Bogert, Stormwater Program Specialist, City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County he/him
E-Bike rebate program - Phillip Kobernick, Energy Programs Manager, Peninsula Clean Energy he/him
Transit hubs (electric car share, e-scooter share, bike share, etc.) in low-income neighborhoods - Nyantara Narasimhan, Transit hub manager, First community housing she/her
