Summit Presentations

Thursday, April 4

Panel: Leading with Trails and Greenways Andy Johnson, Olivia Glenn, Eleanor Horne, Sarah Clark Stuart, and Joe Syrnick

Friday, April 5

• 21st Century Parks and Public Space: What's Next Mitchell Silver, New York City Parks Commissioner

 

10:45 - 11:45 Workshop Round 1

• Frankenstein or Quilt: Stitching It All Together, NJ Trails & the Circuit Trail Pipeline DVRPC
• Activating Open Space and Creating a Bikeable Camden County Matt Ludwig, Kathy Cullen, Meishka Mitchell, Jack Sworaski
• Influencing Change Through Tactical Urbanism, Ghost Bikes, Memorial Rides Matthew Sampson, Rachel Maisler
• Making Your Trail Go Farther with Bicycle Tourism Experiences Brian James Kirk, Saara Snow
• Lessons Learned in Planning and Partnerships Along the East Coast Greenway and Northern Delaware Riverfront Greenway Chris Stanford, Rob Armstrong
• Public-Private Partnerships Plus Jonah Garnick, Twahira Khan

 

1:15 - 2:15 pm  Workshop Round 2  

• Public Engagement in Ways that Count
  • Capital Trails Coalition  Katie Harris 
  • Indego Bike Share Program  Waffiyyah Murray
• Lightning Round short sessions
  • Leveraging Volunteers to Build, Maintain and Improve the Greenway Judd Isbell
  • Growing Your Own Professionals: Makers, Innovators, Leaders  Dianielle Limonez
  • Story Trails: Using Art to Engage Communities Adrienne Mackey
  • The Role of the East Coast Greenway in Harford County, MD: Looking Ahead to 2050  David Myers
  • Feasibility Lite: Creating a Starting Point for Greenway Projects  Kevin Perry
• The Bensalem Greenway: Everybody's East Coast Greenway & East Coast Greenway State Level Strategic Planning – Get it Built!
• Safe Routes to Trails
  • Bicycle LTS & Connectivity Analysis  Sarah Moran
  • Statewide Bicycle Network Model  Paul Moser
• Counting Trail Users in the Mid-Atlantic and Beyond
  • Counting Trail Users Shawn Megill Legendre
  • Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting David Patton
  • RTC's National Trail Counting Initiative  Torsha Battacharya

 

2:45 - 3:45 pm Workshop Round 3  

• Advocating for Transportation Trails: Funding and building trail and greenway networks
• Putting Equitable Trail Development Into Action Liz Thorstensen, Jim Brown, Avery Harmon, Sterling Stone
• Recreating the Morris Canal as a 100+ mile Greenway across New Jersey from the Delaware to the Hudson & Empire State Trail
• Building a Diverse Local Trail Champion Team  Ursula Sandstrom
• Building Relationships Through Workforce Development  John Jensen, Jacqueline Weinberger

 

4 - 5 pm Workshop Round 4  

• Creative Trail Funding Strategies for Trail Development  Chris Linn, Mary Roth, Matt Meyer, Andy Johnson, Jack Keene
• Stop "Meeting" About Transportation Equity- Start DOING Transportation Equity Instead  Renee Moore
• Inclusive Trail Planning Julia Raskin, Nancy Kohn 
• Urban Trails: Baltimore Green Network Plan and Scooter Impact & John Heinz: America's First Urban Refuge
• Better Bikeways  Vignesh Swaminathan 
• Incorporating Resiliency into Our Greenways and Trails  Bill DeSantis