Vision Zero PHL Week Program

March 22 – March 26, 2021

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

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

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

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

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