The 2017 California Bicycle Summit is one of the nation’s leading bicycle-related conferences. As one of the state’s most important bicycle events, the California Bicycle Summit brings together 400+ bicycle and equity advocates, transportation planners, and policy leaders from around the state. Alta is proud to sponsor the 2017 California Bicycle Summit. Alta staff will present at the following sessions:
Workshops & Presentations
The CV Link—a Mega Trail with Mega Issues
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m, Wednesday, October 4th
When completed, CV Link will provide a 50-mile multi-use path not just for walking and biking but also for low-speed electric vehicles such as golf carts. Stretching across 12 jurisdictions (including three tribes) in the Coachella Valley, it’s been lauded as a long-distance lifeline providing critical access to jobs. It’s also been criticized as a luxurious amenity for golfers that monopolizes funding that could be better invested in the region’s disadvantaged communities and conversely as a conduit for “undesirables.” Hear about the project’s rollercoaster ride toward implementation, and take away lessons for developing your own ambitious regional projects.
LeGrand Velez, Coachella Valley Association of Governments
Mike Rose, Principal, Alta Planning + Design
Sustainable Youth Education Programs Through Partnerships:
the Story of YES and SRTS Santa Monica
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm, Wednesday, October 4th
This panel brings together two collaborative models of teaching bicycling to children at school, working to sustain momentum beyond grant programs. Youth Educational Sports, Inc. (YES) has delivered bicycle programs to children for over 25 years. YES teaches their own curriculum on school grounds with outside professionals or by training P.E. teachers. Safe Routes to School in Santa Monica works with local advocacy organization Santa Monica Spoke to draw long-lasting support from parents, community members, and City staff. This collaboration continued to provide education following a 2012-2013 pilot program, bridging to an expansion grant in 2016.
Tana Ball, SCI, USAC, Executive Director, Youth Educational Sports, Inc.
Kellie Morris, LCI, SCI, President of Youth Educational Sports
Cynthia Rose, Director, Santa Monica Spoke, LCI, key coordinator of SRTS efforts and bicycle education in Santa Monica
Kendra Bridges, MS, Planning Associate at Alta Planning + Design, current manager of SRTS expansion in Santa Monica
Moderator: Colin Bogart, Education Director, LACBC
Dr. Kim Price, Specialized Foundation
Pop-up Demonstrations & DIY Infrastructure Workshop & Panel
9:45 am – 10:45 am, Thursday, October 5th
Pop-up and Do-It-Yourself bikeways allow advocates to fix the street themselves if they are impatient with the official pace of change, especially after a fatal collision. Sometimes, public agencies collaborate with advocates to demonstrate in real life what a plan will look like. This is a workshop for advanced DIY infrastructure. Learn about designs which are kept in place longer than one day, community-driven popup bikeways, and guerrilla actions.Dave Campbell, Bike East Bay;
Dave Campbell, Bike East Bay; an SFMTrA representative
Alek Bartrosouf, Assistant Regional Planner, Southern California Association of Governments
Erin Webb, Senior Planner, City of Garden Grove
Ryan Johnson, Planning Associate, Alta Planning + Design
Better Bikeway Design Symposium Rapid-Fire Opening Session
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm, Thursday, October 5th
The Better Bikeway Design Symposium is an innovative way to learn and teach about the latest in bikeway designs. In this first session, you’ll hear from eight professionals in rapid-fire format. Fast-paced, entertaining, and informative, you’ll learn about the breadth of issues regarding each design idea — but you won’t learn in depth and you won’t get to ask questions. In the following two sessions, each professional will staff a table and present their design again, in a relaxed and informal session where you get to ask questions, debate, and get as technical as you want.
Sean Co, Toole Design
Michael Williams, Alta Planning + Design
Laura Stonehill, Mike Sallaberry, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Susan Altenbach, DezignLine
Jarrett Mullen, City of Palo Alto
Jennifer Donofrio, City of Davis
Eric Anderson, City of Berkeley
Do It Yourself: Advanced Advocacy Tools
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm, Thursday, October 5th
Another chance to go into depth with presenters from the main workshop! Presenters from the session on do-it-yourself infrastructure and pop-up demonstrations and others with similar experience will be on hand to share what they know.Dave Campbell, Bike East Bay;
Dave Campbell, Bike East Bay; an SFMTrA representative
Michael Anderson, People for Bikes
Alek Bartrosouf, Assistant Regional Planner, Southern California Association of Governments
Erin Webb, Senior Planner, City of Garden Grove
Ryan Johnson, Planning Associate, Alta Planning + Design
Advisory Bike Lanes: Lessons Learned in North America
4:45 pm – 5:30 pm, Thursday, October 5th
Designed for narrow roads with low traffic volumes and low to moderate speeds, “advisory bike lanes” delineate space on both sides of the roadway for bicyclists, leaving motorists with a two-way travel lane in the middle. This presentation will discuss the design’s success in Europe and review lessons learned from installations in North America.
Michael Williams, Alta Planning + Design