Day 1 May 2, 2018 -Agenda
Noon to 6 pm: Zlotnik Exhibit Space Registration and packet pickup
1:00 pm to 1:30 pm: Zlotnik Ballroom General Session: Welcome, & Announcements Robin Stallings & John Rath, BikeTexas
Opening Address Mike Heiligenstein, Executive Director, Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority
Service Awards Presentation
1:45 pm to 5:00 pm: In-depth workshops and breakouts
- Room 101 Designing and Building Protected Bike Lanes (Including a Sneak Peak at the 2018 AASHTO Bike Guide) Sean Corcoran & RJ Eldridge, Toole Design Group
- Room 104 Natural Surface Trails – Design For Sustainability Cam Lockwood, Trails Unlimited
- BikeTexas Registration Desk: Mobile Workshop: Trail Projects at Lady Bird Lake (3 hours) Al Godfrey, AIA, LEED AP, Limbacher & Godfrey Architects
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm: Breakout Sessions
- Room 106 Trail Development – A 20 Year Perspective Geri Bischoff, Texas Equestrian Trail Riders Association
- Room 105 The Head and the Heart Behind One of Texas’ Most Innovative Trail Network Projects Brandi Horton, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy; Eva Garcia, City of Brownsville Parks & Recreation Department
3:15 pm to 5:00 pm: Breakout Session
- Room 106 Plan, Fund, and Implement | A Case Study of the West Little York Bike-Ped-Transit Project Mariana Raschke, TGC
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm: Welcome Reception Austin Saengerrunde, 1607 San Jacinto Blvd
Day 2 – May 3, 2018 – Agenda
7 am to 6 pm: Exhibit Area Registration
7:00 am to 8:50 am: Zlotnik Ballroom Breakfast and Announcements Robin Stallings, John Rath
Opening Remarks Austin Mayor Steve Adler
Panel Discussion: Gentrification, Equity, Health, and Bike Lanes Rose MZ Gowen MD, Brownsville City Commissioner; Shannon Jones III, Travis County Central Health Board of Managers; Ann Kitchen, City of Austin Council Member; Jeff Travillion, Travis County Commissioner; Moderated by Alberta Phillips, Austin American-Statesman
9:00 am to 10:15 am: Breakout Sessions And Mobile Workshops
- Zlotnik 1 “Right-Sizing” The Master Plan for Your Community Jim Carrillo FAICP ASLA & Christian Lentz AICP, Halff Associates
- Zlotnik 3 Working with Tourism to Develop, Promote and Fund Bicycling Virginia Sullivan, Bean Ayala, Drew Pickle
- Zlotnik 2 Work With Your City, County, or MPO To Develop a Vision Zero Action Plan Jay Crossley, Nic Moe, Kathy Sokolic
- Room 104 Recreational Trail Grants Program Erick Heizel & Chris Sheffield, Texas Parks and Wildlife
10:30 am to 11:45 am: Breakout Sessions
- Zlotnik 1 A Case Study for Linking Town and Gown: The Plan for University Boulevard Daniel Rudge, Bryan-College Station Metropolitan Planning Organization; Christian Lentz AICP, Halff Associates, Inc.; Aaron Cooper PLA CLARD ASLA, Halff Associates, Inc.
- Zlotnik 3 Action Oriented Active Transportation Planning for Texas MPOs RJ Eldridge
- Zlotnik 2 Improving Trail User’s Experience Through Signage & Interpretative Graphics Grady Brown SEGD, iZone Imaging; The Evolution of A Trailhead Clark Hancock, Hill Country Conservancy
- Room 104 Make the Vision Happen! – Ideas and Experiences from San Antonio Greenways Implementation Brandon Ross AICP, City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department
Noon to 1:15 pm: Zlotnik Ballroom Lunch, Plenary, and Announcements
Plenary: The Age of Connectivity: A Strategy for Putting Trails at the Center of Our Lives Keith Laughlin & Brandi Horton, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy; Dr. Rose Gowen, Brownsville City Commissioner
1:30 pm to 2:45 pm: Breakout Sessions and Mobile Workshops
- Zlotnik 1 Connected Community: A Case Study of the Willow Fork Drainage District Matt Klein, TBG
- Zlotnik 2 TxDOT’s Bicycle Tourism Trails Study Carl Seifert, Jacobs; Virginia Sullivan, Adventure Cycling Association
- Zlotnik 2 Docked and Dockless Bike Sharing: A Panel Debate Elliot Mcfadden, Carter Stern, JD Simpson, Will Rub, Moderated by Tom Riddle
- Room 104 Natural Surface Trail Design for Landscape Architects Sean Bigsby, S&S Trail Services; Ryan Spates, Professional Trail Builders Association
- BikeTexas Registration Desk Mobile workshop: Violet Crown Trail, Phase 1: A Community Based Trail Success (3 hours) Butch Smith, Hill Country Conservancy
3:00 pm to 4:15 pm: Breakout Sessions and Mobile Workshops
- Zlotnik 1 Design Guidelines for Active Transportation Networks in Small Towns and Rural Areas Paul Wojciechowski AICP PE, Alta Planning + Design
- Zlotnik 3 Trails – The OTHER TOD Bud Melton, Halff Associates, Inc.; Elissa Hoagland, HR&A
- Zlotnik 2 Potential Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles on Active Transportation Tom Williams AICP, DKS Associates; Shawn Turner PE, Texas Transportation Institute, Kelly Porter AICP, Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Authority
- Room 104 Springs, Karsts & the 100 yr Flood: Design Thinking for Trails in Environmentally Sensitive Zones Drew Carman PLA, RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture
4:15 pm to 6:00 pm: Exhibitors’ Reception
- Room 104 TxDOT Bike/Ped Count Research Project Meeting
6 pm to 9 pm: Dinner, Plenary Session, and Live Auction
Keynote: Breaking Down The Silos – Building Trail Community In Unexpected Ways Mike Passo, American Trails
Live Auction Gayle Stallings, FUNauctions
Musical Entertainment SaulPaul
Day 3 – May 4, 2018 – Agenda
7:00 am to noon: Registration
7:00 am to 8:50 am: Breakfast, Keynote, and Announcements
Keynote: Walk Your City Like A Backcountry Adventure Liz Thomas
Service Award Presentation
9:00 am to 10:15 am: Breakout Sessions
- Zlotnik 1 Near Northwest Corridor Case Study Kelly Porter AICP & Oscar Solis PE, Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Authority
- Zlotnik 3 Tactical Engagement: How Do You Engage Historically Underserved Communities In A Public Engagement Process? Brianna Frey, Asakura Robinson; Sharon Otero; Jolene Holland Neve,
- Zlotnik 2 Bike Laredo: Grassroots Advocacy and City-Making Frank Rotnofsky AIA, George Altgelt Esq, Karen Gaytan
- Room 104 Re-Imagining Texas Trails As Destination Worth Riding Ryan Spates, S&S Trail Services; Bikepacking in Texas: An Economic and Tourism Opportunity John Blum
- BikeTexas Registration Desk Mobile Workshop: Exploring the Best of Austin’s Downtown (3 hours) Heyden Black Walker CNU-A, Black + Vernon; Adam Greenfield
10:30 am to 11:45 am: Breakout Sessions
- Zlotnik 1 Diversified Portfolio: How Thinking About Trail Ecology, Restoration, and Green Infrastructure Can Improve Your Trail Work Katie Coyne AICP Certified Ecologist-ESA SITES AP, Asakura Robinson; Heidi Anderson & Beth Carroll, The Trail Foundation; Mateo Scoggins, City of Austin Watershed Protection Department; Jonathan Ogren, Siglo Group
- Zlotnik 2 Bicycle and Pedestrian Count Data at the State, Regional, and Local Levels Teri Kaplan, TxDOT; Shawn Turner PE, Texas Transportation Institute; Jillian Harris, City of San Antonio Transportation & Capital Improvements Department; Daniel Snyder, North Central Texas Council of Governments Transportation Department; Robert Benz PE, Texas Transportation Institute
- Room 104 Let’s Go Ride Bikes! Building the Cycling Community Through Education Hugh Hulse, Albuquerque Parks and Recreation Department
- Zlotnik 3 US Bicycle Routes Spur Opportunities for Wealthy & Healthy Communities Virginia Sullivan, Adventure Cycling Association; Rose MZ Gowen, MD, Brownsville City Commissioner
11:45 am to 12:15 pm: Break and Hotel Checkout
Noon to 1:15 pm: Zlotnik Ballroom Lunch, Keynote, Announcements
Keynote: Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, and Where We’re Headed WJ Bud Melton
1:30 pm to 2:45 pm: Breakout Sessions
- Zlotnik 1 Transforming El Paso Active Transportation – The TxDOT Way Matt Bucchin AICP, Halff Associates, Inc.; Claudia Ortega, TxDOT
- Zlotnik 3 Trails As Critical Infrastructure: Building Community Resilience in Post-Harvey Houston Eric Leshinsky, Asakura Robinson; Amy Morris, The Trust for Public Land; Charles Place, Capital Programs for the Houston Parks Board; Amar Mohite, Office of Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis
- Zlotnik 2 Can We Design Out Crime? Jamie Rae Walker PhD & Mike Lopez MUP, Texas AgriLife Extension
- Room 104 Bike Parking Standards and Installations Lou Fineberg, Dero
2:45 pm to 4:00 pm: Closing Reception
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm: BikeTexas Registration Desk Happy Trails! “Tour d’Austin” Mobile Workshop Lynn Haas, BikeTexas