Community Event
Washington Bike Walk Roll Summit
Program and Keynote
Download the Bike Walk Roll Agenda:
2024 Bike Walk Roll Summit Program
Wednesday, Sept. 11 |
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5 p.m. FREE Pre-conference event: Explore downtown Tacoma's trails with Leafline Trail Coalition |
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5 p.m. FREE Pre-conference event: Happy hour at Seven Seas Brewing (BYOB) |
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Thursday, Sept. 12 |
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8 a.m. Check-in opens. Light breakfast and coffee provided (YMCA Community Room, 303-304) |
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8:45 - 9:45 a.m. Morning Plenary: State of Active Transportation with Tacoma and Pierce County Leaders (YMCA Community Room, 303-304) |
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Thursday, continued |
Track A: Designing Bikeable, Walkable Communities YMCA Community Room 303-304 |
Track B: Community Building Dougan Hall Room 270 |
Track C: Street Ecosystems Dougan Hall Room 160 |
10:05 - 11:20 a.m. |
1A: Small Money, Big Impact: Quick Build Projects for Safer Streets Nancy Pullen-Seufert, National Center for Safe Routes to School; Ashley Probart, Transportation Improvement Board; Megan Ramey, Hood River County School District |
1B: Strategies to Foster Local Elected Champions for Bike, Walk, Roll Investments Laura Svancarek, Tacoma Downtown on the Go; Cecelia Black, Disability Mobility Initiative; Jane Rebelowski, Bremerton City Council member |
1C: Youth in the Lead: Engaging Youth as Decision Makers in the Planning Process Clara Cheeves, WSDOT; Cailin Henley, City of Tacoma; Lorraine Mulholland, Student; Joanna Ly, Duwamish Valley Sustainability Association; Matthew Kelley, University of Washington |
11:40 a.m. - 1:20 p.m. Lunch Keynote sponsored by Toole Design: Jessie Singer, journalist and author of "There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and Disaster -- Who Profits and Who Pays the Price" Boxed lunch provided (YMCA Community Room, 303-304) |
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Thursday, continued |
Track A: Designing Bikeable, Walkable Communities YMCA Community Room 303-304 |
Track B: Community Building Dougan Hall Room 270 |
Track C: Street Ecosystems Dougan Hall Room 160 |
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1:40 - 2:55 p.m. Session 2 |
2A: Applying Standards, Guidance, and Research to Design for Better Walking and Biking Briana Weisgerber, Alex Liaw, and Kenneth Loen, WSDOT |
2B: Biking and Walking as Tools for Developing Student Leaders Arthur Orsini, Feet First; Tina Castillo, Cascade Bicycle Club; Levi Hamilton, Second Cycle |
Case Studies in Safety Action Planning and Implementation Ben Bakkenta, Puget Sound Regional Council; Michael Houston, Toole Design |
2:55 - 3:10 p.m. Break |
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3:10 - 4:25 p.m. Session 3 |
3A: Slow Your Roll: Speed Management in Practice Carrie Wilhelme, City of Tacoma; Venu Nemani, City of Seattle; Briana Weisberger, WSDOT |
3B: Peer-to Peer Roundtable: Building Power Via a Statewide Advocacy Network Hosted by Washington Bikes State Coalition Officer, Rachel Schaeffer |
3C: Peer-to Peer Roundtable: Building Power Via a Statewide Advocacy Network Hosted by Washington Safe Routes to School Network |
4:30 - 6 p.m. Tacoma community bike ride, co-hosted by Second Cycle and Downtown on the Go. Bikes available upon request (Gather from 4:30 to 5 p.m.; roll out at 5 p.m., end at 6 p.m.) |
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6 p.m. Post-Summit Connection Space at E9 Brewing downtown (2506 Fawcett Ave, Tacoma WA) |
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Friday Sept. 13 |
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7:45 a.m. Check-in Opens. Light breakfast and coffee provided (YMCA Community Room, 303-304) |
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8:10 - 8:50 a.m. Morning Plenary: State of the State: Active Transportation with State Legislature Transportation Leaders (YMCA Community Room, 303-304) Joe Nguyen, State Senator 34th LD, and Jon Snyder, Senior Policy Advisor to Gov. Inslee |
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8:50 - 9 a.m. Statewide Bike Education Program Overview with Cascade Bicycle Club's Executive Director Lee Lambert |
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Track A: Designing Bikeable, Walkable Communities YMCA Community Room 303-304 |
Track B: Community Building Dougan Hall Room 270 |
Track C: Street Ecosystems Dougan Hall Room 160 |
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9:20 - 10:35 a.m. Session 4 |
4A: Local Impacts of Updates to the National Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) Dongho Chang, WSDOT |
4B: Who’s Excluded in Transportation Planning? Disparities in Transportation and Health Outcomes Ethan Campbell and Matthew Sutherland, Transportation Choices Coalition; Jessie Knudsen, Washington Traffic Safety Commission |
4C: Policy Leadership and Action for Safe System Approach Barb Chamberlain, WSDOT; Claudia Balducci, King County Council member; Jon Pascal, Kirkland City Council member; Zack Zappone, Spokane City Council member |
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10:50 a.m. - 12:05 p.m. Session 5 |
5A: Designing for Safe Intersections: Hands-on Workshop Charlotte Claybrooke, WSDOT; Krista Nordback, UNC Highway Safety Research Center; Lee Rodergerdts, Kittleson & Associates |
5B: A Statewide Trails Network of Cycle Highways that Connect Rural, Suburban, and Urban Washington Brian Wood, WSDOT; Michael Hintze, City of Redmond; Mat Lyons, TREAD; Jakub Mamczak, London Cycling Campaign |
5C: More than a Grant Application: A Holistic Approach to Funding Your Active Transportation Projects Stevan Gorcester, Performance Plane LLC |
12:25 - 1:55 p.m. Lunch Keynote:: Barkha R Patel, Director of Infrastructure for Jersey City – Getting to Vision Zero Boxed lunch provided (YMCA Community Room, 303-304) |
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Track A: Designing Bikeable, Walkable Communities YMCA Community Room 303-304 |
Track B: Community Building Dougan Hall Room 270 |
Track C: Street Ecosystems Dougan Hall Room 160 |
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2:15 - 3:30 p.m. Session 6 |
6A: Evolution in Complete Streets Policy and Practice Ursula Sandstrom, WSDOT; James Morin, WSDOT; Yvette Liufau, WSDOT; Colin Quinn-Hurst, City of Spokane |
6B: Travel a Mile in Someone Else’s Shoes (Outdoor Mobile Workshop. Sign up required as space is limited to 20) Tanisha Sepulveda and Amara Schemerhorn, Empower Movement Washington |
6C: Next Level Partnerships to Build Trails Katherine Hollis, Eastrail Partners; Larry Leveen, ForeverGreen Trails; Shayla Miles, Foothills Trails Coalition |
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3:30 p.m. End |
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Keynote Speakers
Jessie Singer is a journalist and the author of "There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and Disaster -- Who Profits and Who Pays the Price," a Slate, Fortune Magazine, Mother Jones, and The Economist best book of the year. Her writing appears in the Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Nation, Bloomberg News, New York magazine, The Guardian, and elsewhere. Jessie is an expert in safe systems, injury prevention, harm reduction, transportation safety, and the ongoing rise in "accidental" death. She studied journalism at the Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism at New York University, and under the wing of the late investigative journalist Wayne Barrett.
Barkha R Patel is the Director of Infrastructure for the City of Jersey City, NJ, one of the most densely-populated, transit-rich, and ethnically diverse cities in the US. She oversees the planning, design, and implementation of the City’s critical public infrastructure including all municipal streets, transit, parks, public spaces, buildings, and other public facilities. She serves as a senior advisor to the Mayor and leads the City’s Architecture, Engineering, Transportation, Sustainability, and Innovation agencies.
As a public official and advocate, Barkha’s work is rooted in a commitment to justice, equity, and smart growth. She is responsible for the development and implementation of many of Jersey City’s most transformational initiatives including the City’s first Vision Zero and Climate Action plans, first on-demand microtransit system, a robust network of protected bikeways and safe streets, a renowned plaza program, innovative parks and public spaces, and a number of award-winning placemaking projects. As her portfolio expands, she is currently exploring ways to infuse joy and dignity into the public realm through meaningful infrastructure improvements.
Barkha previously served as Jersey City’s Deputy City Manager and Director of Transportation, and earned a Master’s Degree in City and Regional Planning from the Bloustein School at Rutgers University.
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