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MARCH 7, 2009: 9:00-4:00 at Los Angeles Trade Tech College


BIKE SUMMIT AGENDA (subject to change):


9:00 to 9:30: Introduction


    Robert Gottlieb, Urban and Environmental Policy Institute


9:30 to 10:45: Keynote Speakers


    Introductions - Ron Milam, BikeSage

  1. Noah Budnick

Transportation Alternatives, New York City

  1. Dhyana Quintanar
     Bike Coordinator, Mexico City 

  2. Bernardo Baranda Sepulveda

Institute of Transportation and Development Policy, Mexico City

  1. Eleanor Blue

BikePortland.org


11:00 to 12:00: Workshop Slot I


  1. National Bike and Alternative Transportation Movements

Presenter/s: Noah Budnick of Transportation Alternatives, New York City


  1. Women and Bikes

Hear the stories from women on the frontlines of local bicycle advocacy, including women from Long Beach Association for Children with Asthma, LA County Bicycle Coalition, Bicycle Bitchen, and CICLE

Presenter/s: Aurisha Smolarski of LACBC, Liz Elliot of CICLE, Kelly Martin of Bicycle Bitchen, TBA of Long Beach Alliance for Children with Asthma, and Dhyana Quintanar, Bike Coordinator, Mexico City 


  1. Overcoming the Barriers of Bicycling through Social Networking

Learn about BikeSage's innovative, peer-to-peer strategies for encouraging people to start riding a bicycle.

Presenter/s: Ron Milam of Bikesage


  1. Bike Safety in the Inner City

Hear representatives from south central LA's City Lites tell of their advocacy for health and wellness through bicycling.

Presenter/s: Mark Johnson and Lottie Cleveland of City Lites


  1. Advanced Bicycle Planning Tools

Overview of innovative new bicycle planning tools including bicycle boulevards, road diets, roundabouts, colored lanes, sharrows, and more.

Presenter/s: Ryan Snyder of Ryan Snyder Associates


  1. Engaging Bicyclists in Safe Routes to School

Get involved with efforts by Safe Routes to School National Partnership and Kaiser Permanente to fostering walking and biking to school, including advocacy for Complete Streets, leveraging government funds, and more.

Presenter/s: Elisa Wong and Andrea Azuma of Kaiser Permanente, Brooke Driesse, Safe Routes to School National Partnership


  1. Streetfilms (Los Angeles and Beyond)

Watch bicycle advocacy Streetfilms and discuss what role innovative bike facilities could play on the streets of LA.

Presenter/s: Damien Newton of Streetsblog


12:00-1:00: Lunch


1:00 to 2:00: Workshop Slot II


  1. Biking in Mexico City

Presenter/s: Bernardo Sepulveda and Dhyana Quintanar of The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, Mexico City Office and Mexico City Bike Coordinator


  1. Bike Blogs and More: Electronic Communications Panel

How do LA's ridazz find out about what's happening in the bike word? Get connected with bulletin boards, blogs, databases and more.

Presenter/s: Damien Newton of Streetsblog, Road Block of Midnight Ridazz, Ele Munjeli of the Bikex Database, and Siel of Green LA Girl


  1. Lose up to Two Tons in One Day: The Amazing Car-Lite Diet

Learn the importance of living car-lite, and how to create great bike routes, carry loads on your bike, and keep your experiences positive and fun.

Presenter/s: Liz Elliot and Shay Sanchez of CICLE


  1. Creating a Transportation Greenway along the Arroyo Seco Corridor in Northeast Los Angeles

Learn about efforts to create a bikeway and greenway along the Arroyo Seco, incorporating watershed restoration elements

Presenter/s: Arturo Gonzalez and Tim Brick of the Arroyo Seco Foundation


  1. Success Stories From Davis, California

Learn how Davis bicyclists with differing perspectives came together work toward comprehensive change.

Presenter/s: Ted Buehler of Davis Bikes


  1. Building a Campus Bicycle Movement: Bicycles and the Southern California University

Updates on bike advocacy at local campuses, how to advance such activities, and how campuses can hook into the broader bicycle advocacy movement

Presenter/s: Ramon Martinez of the Green Bike Program at Pitzer College, Michael King of UCLA


2:15 to 3:15: Workshop Slot III


  1. Portland, Family Biking and Cargo Bikes: A Portland Perspective

From city planners to activists, this talk covers the key movements and participants in Portland's path towards being the most bicycle-friendly city in the nation.

Presenter/s: Eleanor Blue of BikePortland.org


  1. A Ciclovia in LA?

Learn about this weekly event from South America that transforms car-filled streets into bikeways. Help establish one in LA!

Presenter/s: Adonia Lugo and Bobby Gadda of Ciclovia


  1. Basic Fix-It Workshop

Hear from the Bike Kitchen, Bike Oven and Microwave on starting and running a cooperative volunteer bike wrenching space

  Presenter/s: TBA of Bicycle Kitchen


  1. Power Analysis Exercise

Planning successful advocacy campaign by identifying who has the power. Identify the stakeholders, allies and targets.

Presenter/s: Martha Matsuoka of UEPI


  1. Advocacy in Action

Hear what the Bike Coalition has accomplished and how you can get involved in the year ahead.

Presenter/s: Aurisha Smolarski of LA County Bicycle Coalition


  1. Complete Streets: Lessons from the Past as a Blueprint for the Future

How to make our neighborhoods livable, democratic spaces by learning from one hundred years ago and other parts of the world today.

Presenter/s: Erik Knutzen of Homegrownevolution.com


  1. Instigating Bicycle Fun

Bicycle events bring people together in the name of fun! Hear about examples from various communities, and the cultural impact and community building achieved.

Presenter/s: Shawn Granton of the Urban Adventure League


3:30 to 4:00: Wrap-up and Future Steps


Joe Linton, Urban and Environmental Policy Institute