Please note that this agenda is subject to change as we adjust to our new online conference format and dates of October 14-16, 2020.
Wednesday, 10/14
| General Session | Bolivar A | Bolivar B | Bolivar C | Montecarlo A | Montecarlo B | Mobile Workshop |
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| 1:00 – 3:00 pm | | Sustaining and Growing Your Trail Program – Ann Baker Easely | Waterloo Greenway: For the Benefit of All – Peter Mullan | Go Beyond The Road With TxDOT – Rebekah Dobrasko | Making Bicyclists and Pedestrians COUNT in Texas: Why Count – Robert Benz, Michael Martin, Shawn Turner, Phil Lasley, Bonnie Sherman, Ana Ramirez Huerta, Minh Le | FHWA Bikeway Selection Guide – Andy Clarke | Pilot your Destinations – Jessica Brunson |
| 3:15 – 5:00 pm | | Continued: Sustaining and Growing Your Trail Program – Ann Baker Easely | Impactful Transportation Engineering – Eric Virag | Trail Inception and Management – Kent Browning, PE, Kevin Thuesen, Ph.D., George Cofer, Hill Abel | Continued: Making Bicyclists and Pedestrians COUNT in Texas: Verifying Counts – Robert Benz, Michael Martin, Shawn Turner, Phil Lasley, Bonnie Sherman, Ana Ramirez Huerta, Minh Le | Caracara Trails Taking Flight – Rose M.Z. Gowen, M.D., Eva Garcia | Continued:
Pilot your Destinations – Jessica Brunson |
Thursday, 10/15
| General Session | Bolivar A | Bolivar B | Bolivar C | Montecarlo A | Montecarlo B | Mobile Workshop |
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| 7:00 – 8:50 am | • Opening Announcements
• Keynote Address: Half a Century of Playing in the Woods and Getting Paid for It – Charlie Dundas | | | | | | |
| 9:00 – 10:15 am | | Getting It Built – Strategies to Fund Trail and Bikeways – Mr. Lenny Hughes | Planning for an Equitable and Comfortable Active Transportation Network – Jeremy Williams | Blue Zones Project Fort Worth: Creating an Environment for Wellbeing – Ricky Cotto | Building the Multi-Faceted Violet Crown Trail – Butch Smith | Powered by San Antonio: Getting to Carbon Neutrality Through Transportation & Climate Initiatives – Julia Murphy, John Bailey | |
| 10:30 – 11:45 am | | Dreams On Wheels: Encouraging Under Served Communities | Virtual Reality to Reality, Technology Applications in Trail Design – Russell Thomman | Wellness: Are We Well? Improve the Well-being of Your Community by Breaking Free of Business Silos and Exploring the Opportunities in Mother Nature’s Gym – Melanie Webb, B.S. | Prioritizing Alternative Mode Investments – Monisha Khurana,
Mariana Raschke, Robert McHaney | Getting There from Anywhere: TDM Opportunities & Challenges – Liza Meyer, Jillian Harris,
Lisa Kay Pfannenstiel | |
| noon – 1:20 pm | • Keynote: Urban Hiking San Antonio: Highlights, Lessons, and Challenges – Liz Thomas | | | | | | |
| 1:30 – 2:45 pm | | Technical Trail Building – Charlie Dundas | A Bold Initiative: The Great Springs Project – Bill Barker’s | Trail Meets Tech: Leveraging Partnerships and Technology on the new 45SW Trail – Mike Heiligenstein | Taking Bicycle Facilities from “Almost” to “Exemplary” – Lauren Simcic | Programming, Education and Engagement Strategies for Austin’s Urban Trails – Ana Seivert, Katie Robillard, Ivey Kaiser | Bike Tour of the Salado Creek Greenway – Brandon Ross,
Adelyn Alanis |
| 3:00 – 4:15 pm | | Continued: Technical Trail Building – Charlie Dundas | A Unified Strategy for San Antonio’s Visionary Greenways – Katie Coyne | Maximizing Leverage with Public Private Partnerships – Philip Hiatt Haigh | The International Invisible Cyclist – Frank Rotnofsky | Getting Your Message Out in 2020 and Beyond: Social Media and Email Best Practices – Su Wilcox | Continued: Bike Tour of the Salado Creek Greenway – Brandon Ross, Adelyn Alanis |
| 4:15 to 6:00 pm | Exhibitor Reception | | | | | | |
| 6:00 to 8:45 pm | • Keynote: James Bass, TxDOT; Rodney Franklin, TPWD; Rodney Ellis, Harris County Precinct 1 | | | | | | |
Friday, 10/16
| General Session | Bolivar B | Bolivar C | Montecarlo A | Montecarlo B | Mobile Workshop |
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| 7:00 – 8:50 am | • Keynote: Cycling for Everyone – Ralph Buehler | | | | | |
| 9:00 – 10:15 am | | More Than Just A Mile: How a scrappy 0.9 mile trail navigated a path through local, state & federal oversight, a dozen acquisitions, 6 years of planning and one very tall bridge. – Drew Carmen, Williamson County Commissioner Terry Cook | Building a Vision for a County-Wide Trail through Health Advocacy in the Paso del Norte Region – Jana Renner, Jorge Castillo | Accelerating Active Transportation Network Build Out in Texas – Laura Dierenfield | Designating 130 miles of the Trinity River in DFW Area as a National Recreation Trail with plans to extend to the Gulf – Alex Dubovsky, Dale Harris | |
| 10:30 – 11:45 am | | Filling In The Gap | The Amazing Layers of Health Benefits of Off-Road Trails – Bill Barker | Recumbent Cycling: Making Cycling Accessible to All – Jane Knight | Connecting Seven Million: The DFW Veloweb Takes Shape – Bud Melton,
Mr. Lenny Hughes | |
| 12:15 am – 1:30 pm | • Keynote: The State of Our State – Active Transportation in Texas in 2020 – Jim Carrillo | | | | | |
| 1:45 – 3:00 pm | | Vision Zero San Antonio: Big City, Bigger Solutions – Marco Hinojosa,
Greg Reininger | Bringing Municipalities Together to Build a Healthier Landscape & Improve Health Equity – Amanda Davé, Alma Ochoa-Del Toro | Creating Your Community’s Signature Trail – The Beginning of the Red Line Parkway – Tom Wald | Managing Construction Impacts on Active Transportation – Ryan Ward, Ryan Mooney, Mani Kumar, Paloma Amayo-Ryan | Mission Reach Tour – Michael Gramley |
