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NJBWC announces the 2013 New Jersey Bike & Walk Summit, on Saturday, February 23, 2013, in collaboration with the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Rutgers University in New Brunswick. There are over 20 interesting and informative panel sessions planned and over 60 speakers will be joining us. We anticipate a sellout crowd as we had last year!

The 2013 Summit is themed, "Sharing Responsibility," a concept that we as cyclists and pedestrians need to keep in the forefront as we work to make New Jersey’s roads safe for all users.

The Summit theme builds on an ongoing initiative by the Morris Area Freewheelers Foundation to educate both cyclists and drivers on their rights and responsibilities. The initiative led to the summer letter-writing campaign urging a driver-cyclist dialogue in which NJBWC took a lead public role along with the Foundation and five NJ bike clubs.

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#a.172281Saturday February 23, 3:00PM to 4:00PM Bicycle Friendly America	CM \| 1.00
Is your town or college ready to become a Bicycle Friendly Community or University? Get an overview of the BFC and BFU programs and learn from a panel of expert ... more Is your town or college ready to become a Bicycle Friendly Community or University? Get an overview of the BFC and BFU programs and learn from a panel of experts on how their communities and university achieved a Bronzelevel designation from the League of American Bicyclists. This panel features representatives from Ocean City, Hoboken and Princeton University as well as Nicole Wyands from the League of American Bicyclists. Instructors: Debbie Kingsland Section Chief, NJDOT, Office of Bicycle & Pedestrian Programs Nicole Wynands League of American Bicyclists, Bicycle Friendly America Program Specialist Arthur Chew Engineer, P.E., P.P., C.M.E., C.F.M., C.P.W.M., Ocean City Engineer Susan Poliwka AICP Mobility and Planning Division, City of Hoboken Department of Transportation & Parking Andrea DeRose Manager, Transportation Demand Management, Princeton University

#a.172283Saturday February 23, 4:00PM to 5:00PM Building Community Support For Trails	CM \| 1.00
Trails are about much more than bikers or walkers or horsemen. Trail users are fishermen, kids, teachers, handicapped, seniors, people rehabbing from injury or ... more Trails are about much more than bikers or walkers or horsemen. Trail users are fishermen, kids, teachers, handicapped, seniors, people rehabbing from injury or stroke, naturalists, bird watchers, amateur entomologists and astronomers, students and teachers, dog-walkers, parents of toddlers, and any of them could be on bike, foot or horseback. This is your constituency; all these people can be found on a trail on any given day. To build support for trails, this is the message to take to public officials and your neighbors: Trail users are all of us. To increase sensible, passive access to preserved, open space and other public lands, these are your constituencies from which you can build support, not just from a narrowly based group of loud and visible cyclists. Instructors: Michael Gray Project manager, Lawrence Hopewell Trail Becky Taylor Co-President, Lawrence Hopewell Trail Corporation Charles Latini AICP Township planner for Ewing Township, professional planner Janice Elsishans NJ Horse Council Trails Advocate, Equestrian Chairperson for the Heritage and Agricultural Association (Lusscroft Farms), participant in the Sussex County Trails Partnership, President of the Paulinskill Valley Trail Committee. Wally Tunison WJersey Off-Road Bicycle Association, and Owner, Bicycle Hub of Marlboro

#a.172278Saturday February 23, 2:00PM to 3:00PM Connecting the Circuit: Creating a Regional Bike and Pedestrian Network for Greater Philadelphia	CM \| 1.00
The Circuit is a regional bike plan for the City of Philadelphia and the greater metro area, including the Delaware Valley region of New Jersey. John, Matt and ... more The Circuit is a regional bike plan for the City of Philadelphia and the greater metro area, including the Delaware Valley region of New Jersey. John, Matt and Andy will share information on how to create a regional plan and why regional bike and trail plans are important in providing bicycle connectivity between neighborhoods, municipalities and larger regions. Today, The Circuit is a 250+ mile network of walking and biking trails in the Greater Philadelphia/ South Jersey Region. When complete, The Circuit will include 750 miles of bicycle and pedestrian trails. Instructors: John Boyle Research Director, Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia Matthew Norris South Jersey Advocate, Tri-State Transportation Campaign Andy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Coordinator, East Coast Greenway Alliance

#a.172280Saturday February 23, 3:00PM to 4:00PM East Coast Greenway	CM \| 1.00
The East Coast Greenway is the nation’s most ambitious long-distance urban trail project. Often called “the urban Appalachian Trail,” it is formed by connecting ... more The East Coast Greenway is the nation’s most ambitious long-distance urban trail project. Often called “the urban Appalachian Trail,” it is formed by connecting existing and planned shared-use trails. The ultimate vision for the Greenway will be a continuous, traffic-free route, serving selfpowered users of all abilities and ages. When complete, the Greenway will be 3,000 miles long and will link Calais, Maine at the Canadian border with Key West, Florida. In New Jersey, the Greenway has made use of a number of preexisting trails, most notably the Delaware and Raritan Canal Towpath. Elsewhere, the trail has been the catalyst of new trail construction such as the Middlesex Greenway, the Lenape Trail in Union County, the construction of Newark’s first road diet with a bike lane on Irvine Turner Blvd, and the first foot and bike connection between Newark and Jersey City. Andy Hamilton, the Mid-Atlantic Coordinator, will discuss how the Greenway has been critical to getting long planned New Jersey trail projects built, how to sell a trail to a community, and the economic impacts of a trail on communities. Instructors: Andy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Coordinator, East Coast Greenway Alliance Mike Dannemiller Principal Engineer, The RBA Group Dennis Markatos- Soriano Executive Director, East Coast Greenway Alliance David Brickley President, Sept 11th National Memorial Trail

#a.172276Saturday February 23, 11:00AM to 12:00PM Getting from Here to There Improving the Built Environment through Policy Change	CM \| 1.00
Sidewalks, bike paths, parks and playgrounds all increase opportunities for physical activity. Complete Streets, Safe Routes to School and Joint Use policies ca ... more Sidewalks, bike paths, parks and playgrounds all increase opportunities for physical activity. Complete Streets, Safe Routes to School and Joint Use policies can help change the built environment and improve the bikeability and walkability of a neighborhood. This session will highlight the activities of the New Jersey Partnership for Healthy Kids and the New Jersey YMCA State Alliance in creating healthier communities where we work, live and play. Instructors: Darrin W. Anderson PhD, CSCS, Deputy Director, New Jersey Partnership for Healthy Kids, Associate Executive Director, NJ YMCA State Alliance Bryan Morton Safe Play Coordinator, New Jersey Partnership for Healthy Kids, Camden Akram Abed Manager, Camden Metro Area, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Paul Mickiewicz Associate Executive, YMCA of Eastern Union County, Five Points Wellness Center Branch

#a.172284Saturday February 23, 4:00PM to 5:00PM Market Street Redesign: Making Newark’s Streets Complete	CM \| 1.00
This session will introduce a concept design for the redevelopment of Market Street in Newark, NJ. Market Street is a vital corridor through the city’s rejuvena ... more This session will introduce a concept design for the redevelopment of Market Street in Newark, NJ. Market Street is a vital corridor through the city’s rejuvenating downtown historic Four Corners District. The concept design includes such improvements as a roundabout with fountain and plaza, bike and bus lanes, new greenery and street furniture, lane diets, and intersection and street reconfigurations. Session participants should expect to walk away with the understanding of how design improvements can allow Newark to improve its pedestrian, bike, and bus facility infrastructure by combining urban design and traffic planning techniques. Instructors: Michael Lawson Bloustein School MCRP Candidates Bradley Stuart Bloustein School MCRP Candidate Daniel Dominguez Bloustein School MCRP Candidate

#a.172275Saturday February 23, 10:00AM to 11:00AM Navigating the Maze of Politics and Policy	CM \| 1.00
Understanding local and state policies and how to work with local politicians can determine whether or not we are successful in obtaining the funds and approval ... more Understanding local and state policies and how to work with local politicians can determine whether or not we are successful in obtaining the funds and approvals needed to implement bike and pedestrian projects in our towns and communities. Learn how to build relationships, how to build a constituency, and how to make your “ask” from those on both sides of the discussion. The moderator, Ken Podziba, President & CEO of Bike New York and former NYC sports commissioner under both the Guiliani and Bloomberg administrations, has almost a decade and a half experience in working with NYC politicians and officials; his successes with these relationships resulted in tremendous growth for the sports commissioner and more recently, for Bike New York. Instructors: Ken Podziba Kenneth J. Podziba is the president and CEO of Bike New York, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization whose mission is to facilitate and promote cycling in New York City through education and public events as well as collaboration with both community organizations and municipal agencies. He joined Bike New York in 2010 and has helped expand Bike New York’s free education programs to include all five boroughs, year round classes, nine summer camp program sites for underserved children and multilingual classes. Additionally, Bike New York will be the education partner of the Citi Bike bike share program that is expected to launch next spring. Under Mr. Podziba’s leadership, Bike New York created the East Coast’s largest bike expo, Bike Expo New York (BE NY), in 2012. BE NY, a free public event which attracted more than 43,000 attendees, was envisioned to serve as a forum to bring the bicycling community together to discuss relevant concerns and encourage cycling as a safe and sustainable means of transit and recreation. This three-day expo, will be an annual event, preceding Bike New York’s annual TD Five Boro Bike Tour, the largest recreation bicycling event in the United States, that aims to promote cycling as a green, healthy addition to one’s daily life. Prior to joining Bike New York, Mr. Podziba served as the New York City Sports Commissioner from 1998 through 2010. He was appointed to this position by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and then reappointed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in 2002. In his role as Sports Commissioner, Mr. Podziba oversaw an organization responsible for attracting sporting events to New York City for the purpose of improving the city's economy and providing New Yorkers and visitors with an exciting array of amateur, professional and interscholastic sports. Mr. Podziba also served as the Deputy Commissioner/Chief Financial Officer of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission; Assistant Commissioner of Finance for the New York City Department of Youth and Community; and Senior Project Manager for the New York City Economic Development Corporation. Mr. Podziba began his career as an urban planner for the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development where he served as the agency's project manager for MetroTech, a $1 billion commercial, academic, and high-technology urban renewal project that served as the catalyst for revitalizing downtown Brooklyn. Mr. Podziba graduated from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Whitman School of Management. He received a scholarship to Columbia University's School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, where he received a Master of Science degree. His graduate school thesis on the Canary Wharf development in London came in first place at Columbia. Mr. Podziba is active in a variety of organizations and serves on committees and boards of the following organizations: 2014 NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee, Achilles International, After-School All-Stars, Ice Hockey in Harlem, New York Athletic Club, Armory NYC Foundation, Play Soccer Nonprofit International, Syracuse University's David B. Falk Center of Sports Management, United Jewish Appeal's Sports for Youth, and the National Sports Marketing Network. He also served on the Board of Directors of Benihana of Tokyo. Mr. Podziba has been honored by numerous organizations including the following: United Jewish Appeal, New York Road Runners, Metropolitan Wrestling Association, Achilles Track Club, New York Athletic Club, New York University's Preston Robert Tisch Center, New Balance Track & Field Center, New York Amateur Sports Alliance, National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education, World Police & Fire Games, and Sports Angels. James Corless Director, Transportation for America Hans van Naerssen Chair, Board of Directors, League of American Bicyclists

#a.172282Saturday February 23, 3:00PM to 4:00PM Organizing the New Brunswick Ciclovia From Idea to Launch	CM \| 1.00
The City of New Brunswick in partnership with New Brunswick Tomorrow will launch the first New Brunswick Ciclovia in 2013. Lead organizers who include a communi ... more The City of New Brunswick in partnership with New Brunswick Tomorrow will launch the first New Brunswick Ciclovia in 2013. Lead organizers who include a community health program manager, the city planner, and a city resident will discuss the impetus, challenges, and key milestones in organizing the event. Panelists will cover key topics such as building support, member recruitment, designing a route, and creating a strong planning team and operating structure. Instructors: Fatimah Williams Castro, Program Manager – New Brunswick Tomorrow, New Jersey Partnership for Healthy Kids, New Brunswick Glenn Patterson Glenn Patterson, Director of Planning – Community & Economic Development, City of New Brunswick Joe Linton Greenway Director, Bronx River Alliance

#a.172285Saturday February 23, 4:00PM to 5:00PM Safe Routes to School – Mom, Apple Pie and Your First Two-wheeler: Getting Children Back on Bikes and Using Their Feet	CM \| 1.00
Safe Routes to School in NJ continues to build momentum and bring visibility to the benefits of walking and bicycling to school for children, families, schools ... more Safe Routes to School in NJ continues to build momentum and bring visibility to the benefits of walking and bicycling to school for children, families, schools and communities. This session will help participants understand why Safe Routes to School is important to everyone, highlight successes in NJ, and provide resources including those who can help implement walk and bike to school projects in your neighborhood. Participants will walk away with technical assistance to start or enhance a Safe Routes to School program. Instructors: Leigh Ann Von Hagen Senior Research Specialist, NJ Safe Routes to School Resource Center, Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center Elise Bremer-Nei Statewide Safe Routes to School Coordinator, NJDOT Laura Torchio New Jersey Advocacy Organizer, Safe Routes to School National Partnership Maeve Johnston Project Coordinator, NJ Safe Routes to School Resource Center, Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center Jay DiDomenico Director, HudsonTMA

#a.172279Saturday February 23, 2:00PM to 3:00PM The Complete Streets Implementation Plan: Translating Policy into Action	CM \| 1.00
Complete Streets are streets designed for everyone – all users, travel modes, and ability levels – balancing the needs of drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists, tran ... more Complete Streets are streets designed for everyone – all users, travel modes, and ability levels – balancing the needs of drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists, transit vehicles, emergency responders, and goods movement. Writing and adopting a Complete Streets policy is just the first step on the journey to building safe multimodal streets, and creating healthy, sustainable communities. The New Jersey Department of Transportation is now focused on the next step: how to take a municipal Complete Streets Policy and use it as a roadmap for implementing strategies, procedures, plans, and projects in ways that create networks of safe, multimodal streets. Instructors: Sheree Davis Manager, NJDOT - Bureau of Commuter and Mobility Strategies, NJ Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator Tiffany R. Robinson Planner, The RBA Group Peter F. Kremer Supervising Transportation Planner, Parsons Brinckerhoff Jerry Fried Lead AIM Ambassador, Voorhees Transportation Center Brian McGuire Associate State Director, Advocacy, AARP New Jersey

2013 New Jersey Bike & Walk Summit

Bicycle Friendly America

Building Community Support For Trails

Connecting the Circuit: Creating a Regional Bike and Pedestrian Network for Greater Philadelphia

East Coast Greenway

Getting from Here to There Improving the Built Environment through Policy Change

Market Street Redesign: Making Newark’s Streets Complete

Navigating the Maze of Politics and Policy

Organizing the New Brunswick Ciclovia From Idea to Launch

Safe Routes to School – Mom, Apple Pie and Your First Two-wheeler: Getting Children Back on Bikes and Using Their Feet

The Complete Streets Implementation Plan: Translating Policy into Action

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