RECOVERY THROUGH SAFETY & MOBILITY
VISION ZERO PHL WEEK 2021
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Vision Zero PHL Week Program
March 22 – March 26, 2021
Monday, March 22
VISION ZERO IN PHILADELPHIA AND PEER CITIES | 12pm – 3pm
Opening Remarks
Laura Fredricks | Families for Safe Streets Greater Philadelphia
Introduction
Christopher Jandoli | WSP
Keynote
Robin Hutcheson | Deputy Assistant Secretary for Safety Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation
Panel 1
Moderator – Christopher Jandoli | WSP
Michael Carroll | Deputy Managing Director, Office of Transportation, Infrastructure & Sustainability (oTIS), City of Philadelphia
Daniel P. Farley | Chief, Transportation Systems Management & Operations, PennDOT
John Taylor | Archier & Grenier P.C.
Panel 2
Ryan Russo | Director, OakDOT
Joseph Barr | Director of Traffic, Parking and Transportation, City of Cambridge
Betty Smoot-Madison | Mobility Director, Strategy & Planning, City of Atlanta Department of Transportation
Tuesday, March 23
PANDEMIC OPPORTUNITIES – Exploring Innovations and New Concepts to Help Cities Recover | 12pm – 3pm
Opening Remarks
Aaron Javsicas | Families for Safe Streets Greater Philadelphia
Introduction
Douglas Robbins | AECOM
Keynote
Salvador Rueda | President, Urban Ecology and Territorial Foundation
Panel 1
Moderator – Douglas Robbins | AECOM
Sara Studdard | Director of Local Innovation, People for Bikes
Professor Carlos Moreno | Pantheon Sorbonne University
Maria Fernanda Rivera Flores | General Director of Road Safety and Sustainable Urban Mobility Systems
Panel 2
Moderator – Lydia Grose | Michael Baker International
Leslie Richards | General Manager, SEPTA
Christopher Puchalsky | Director of Policy & Strategic Initiatives, Office of Transportation, Infrastructure & Sustainability (oTIS), City of Philadelphia
Kristin Gavin-Wisniewski | Indego General Manager, Bicycle Transit Systems
Wednesday, March 24
REGIONAL ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS FOR VISION ZERO IN GREATER PHILADELPHIA | 12pm – 3pm
Opening Remarks
Mindy Maslin | Families for Safe Streets Greater Philadelphia
Introduction
Eric Frary | Michael Baker International
Keynote
Melissa Batula | Deputy Secretary for Highway Administration, PennDOT
Panel 1
Moderator – Douglas Robbins | AECOM
Robert Pento | Manager, Traffic Engineering and Permits, PennDOT
Louis Belmonte | Assistant District Executive, PennDOT, District 6
Jaime Oplinger | Executive Manager, Traffic Engineering, NJDOT
Linda Koskoski | Borough Council President, Metuchen New Jersey
Panel 2
Moderator – Marco Gorini | DVRPC
Wesley Kumfer | Engineering Research Associate, UNC Highway Safety Research Center
Rob Henry | Executive Director, Greater Valley Forge Transportation Management Agency
Patrick Farley | Cross County Transportation Management Agency
Thursday, March 25
THE POWER OF COMMUNITIES TO ADVANCE VISION ZERO | 12pm – 3pm
Opening Remarks
Channabel Latham | Families for Safe Streets Greater Philadelphia
Introduction
Yocasta Lora | AARP
Keynote
Andrew Howard | Director of Placemaking, Co-Founder of Team Better Block
Panel 1
Ashwat Narayanan | Our Streets Minneapolis
Mel Price | Principal, Work Program Architects
Tara Woody | oTIS
Panel 2
De’Wayne Drummond | Mantua Civic Association
Kristin Albee | South of South Neighborhood Association
Stephanie Fenniri | Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
Jackie Weidman | Office of Emergency Management, Planning Division
Nicole Marcote | The Welcoming Center
Friday, March 26
EQUITY AND THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF TRAFFIC VIOLENCE ON BIPOC COMMUNITIES | 12pm – 3pm
Introduction
Latanya Byrd | Families for Safe Streets Greater Philadelphia
Keynote
Charles Brown | Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University
Panel 1
Moderator – Charles Brown | Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University
Angie Schmitt | Author of Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America
Isaiah Thomas | Philadelphia City Councilmember-At-Large
Tracey Gordon | Register of Wills
Latanya Byrd | Families for Safe Streets Greater Philadelphia
Panel 2
Moderator – Waffiyyah Murray | oTIS
Brenda Hernández Torres | Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
Stephanie Ridgeway | oTIS
Riley Titlebaum | Bicycle Transit Systems
Closing remarks
Mayor Jim Kenney