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Welcome to the 19th annual National Bike Summit! Be sure to use the #NBS18 tag in your social media posts. And snap a #bikesummitselfie while you have your phone out!
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Tuesday, March 6 • 9:00am - 10:00am
The State of Play in Congress and the Administration

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This is our opportunity to hear from our leaders in Congress. Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) will talk through what he thinks are the opportunities and challenges ahead for improving federal funding and policy for bicycling and walking.

Repesentatitve Elizabeth Esty (D-CT) is both the sponsor of HR 4241: The Transportation Access and System Connection Act to improve data and planning for biking (and all modes). She is also a co-lead in the Problem-Solvers' caucus Infrastructure report. The Problem solvers is a bipartisan caucus looking for common sense solutions.

Bella Dinh Zarr is a member and former Vice Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) . This agency is in charge of investigating crashes and major safety issues in our transportation system. NTSB investigated the Michigan crash which killed 5 cyclists, and recently released a report on how speed effects safety on our roadways (the speed report will also be covered in detail in the panel sesssion following the plenary.)
Speakers
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Representative Blumenauer

Democratic Congressman from Portland, OR and Co-Chair of the Congressional Bike Caucus
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Representative Elizabeth Esty

Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-CT) is the lead sponsor of HR 4241 The Transportation Access and System Connection Act.She is also the co-lead on the infrastructure plan for the Bi-Partisan Problem Solvers Caucus
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Bella Dinh-Zarr PhD, MPH

Dr. Dinh-Zarr is on the Board of the National Transportation safety Board, the agency charged with determining the probable cause of transportation crashes and promoting transportation safety.

Dinh Zarr Bike Summit 3 6 18 pdf
Tuesday March 6, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am EST
Grand Ballroom
  Plenary

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