2018 National Bike Summit: Grassroots Grow Together

Opening address by Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao.

Panel discussion: Perspectives from Stakeholders: What is moving in transportation in 2018 and after?

Featuring:        
Rob Puentes, Eno Transportation
Kevin McCarty, US Conference of Mayors

Award Presentation and panel discussion: A Celebration and Discussion of Washington, DC as a Bicycle Friendly Community 

Featuring:
Mayor Muriel Bowser (Invited)
Greg Billing, Washington Area Bicyclist Association
Jeff Marootian, District Department of Transportation
Veronica Davis, Black Women Bike
Ellen Jones, Downtown DC BID

Our keynote speaker is Kim Jordan, co-founder and Executive Chair of returning Summit sponsor New Belgium Brewing. Kim serves as a link between New Belgium’s management group and its Board of Directors. She continues to champion foundational aspects of New Belgium that make it a business role model with its progressive business practices.

Kim and her two sons launched the New Belgium Family Foundation in 2013 as a way to continue to express their commitment to social and environmental impact through mission-aligned investing and philanthropy.   

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.)

First, Toks Omishakin is the Deputy Commissioner of Tennessee Department of Transportation, and the Vice Chair of the Council on Active Transportation for AASHTO. Under AASHTO's new organization the Council on Active Transportation is at the same level as their Council on Rail, Highway and Air travel.  Commissioner Omishakin will talk about the Council's new Strategic plan and how bicycling and walking advocates can work with their State DOTs to improve bicycling and walking in their State.

Then a panel discussion will inspire bicycling advocates to think holistically about development, transportation, housing, and land use in the work to build more equitable, healthy, and resilient communities. 


Dr. Jane Delgado, CEO, National Alliance of Hispanic Health
Charles Brown, Senior Researcher of Rutgers University, Board of America Walks
Dr. Rose Gowen, Commissioner, City of Brownsville, TX
Harriet Tregoning, Planning Nerd and Public Policy Entrepreneur