Bike Summit Schedule of Workshops Agenda Document as of Feb 13th - subject to change!

Listing of Workshops and Panels by Title
Listing of Presenters

Sheet for taking down Minutes at the Summit

Below are a summary of workshops that have been confirmed for the LA Bike Summit. Please take a minute to review the workshops and give us feedback. We would like to know what you think about the workshops listed below as well as ideas for workshops you think are missing.

SLOT I: 11:00 to 12:00

Workshop Title: National Bike and Alternative Transportation Movements
Presenter/s: Noah Budnick of Transportation Alternatives, New York
Room 215

Workshop Title: Women and Bikes

Panel Discussion: Moderated by Liz Elliott of C.I.C.L.E. Panelists: Erika Fick of Environmental Defense Fund, Kelly Martin Co-founder Bicycle Bitchen, Dhyana Quintanar Bike Coordinator of Mexico City, Aurisha Smolarski Waters of LACBC

Short Summary: Women in advocacy: Hear their perpective on transportation cycling and advocacy. Women in the USA account for 20% of all bike commuters, yet in countires such as Japan, China and the Netherlands women account for over half of transportation cyclists What gives? Join us for a passionate discussion.
Room 216



Workshop Title: Overcoming the Barriers of Bicycling through Social Networking
Presenter/s: Ron Milam of Bikesage
Short Summary: How does someone decide to start bicycling in LA? While many people have started bicycling in Los Angeles, the majority of people still do not ride on a regular basis. This panel explores innovative, peer-to-peer strategies for encouraging people to start riding a bicycle. The workshop will present the initial results of the BikeSage concept, areas in which it has been successful, as well as areas in which challenges remain. After an initial presentation, the format will open up into a facilitated discussion.
Room 217

Workshop Title: Bike Safety in the Inner City
Presenter/s: Mark Johnson and Lottie Cleveland of City Lites;
Short Summary: Hear representatives from South Central LA's City Lites tell of their advocacy for health and wellness through bicycling.
Room 220

Workshop Title: Advanced Bicycle Planning Tools
Presenter/s: Ryan Snyder of Ryan Snyder Associates (Urbanist transportation planning consulting firm)
Short Summary: Many of the streets that can easily add bike lanes already have them. Many of our flood control channels and other rights of way have bike paths. Yet, our network is far from complete. We have to use more innovative and assertive techniques to provide a reliable bicycle network. This session will cover newer bicycle planning tools such as bicycle boulevards, road diets, roundabouts, colored lanes, sharrows and more. The presenter will bring knowledge from across the US, Canada and Europe.
Room 219

Workshop Title: Bike Planning Interactive Community Workshop
Presenter/s: James Rojas from the Latino Urban Forum
Short Summary: Gather information from participants on how they would use and design bike facilities, helping residents increase their design fluency by helping them visualize bike boulevards and amenities.
Room 221

Workshop Title: Engaging Bicyclists in Safe Routes to School
Presenter/s: Elisa Wong and Andrea Azuma of Kaiser Permanente and Brooke Driesse of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership
Short Summary: Join the movement to improve opportunities for children to safely walk and bike to schools. Learn about the Safe Routes to School National Partnership and how organizations and individuals can get engaged.
Room 218


SLOT II: 1:00 to 2:00

Workshop Title: Biking in Mexio City
Presenter/s: Bernardo Baranda Sepulveda and Dhyana Quintanar
Room 215

Workshop Title: A Ciclovia in LA?
Presenter/s: Adonia Lugo and Bobby Gadda of Ciclovia
Short Summary: Help establish a Ciclovia (recurring car-free festival) In Los Angeles! Learn from examples in other cities and countries.
Room 216

Workshop Title: Creating a Transportation Greenway along the Arroyo Seco Corridor in Northeast Los Angeles
Presenter/s: Arturo Gonzales and Tim Brick of the Arroyo Seco Foundation
Short Summary: Learn about efforts to create a bikeway and greenway along the Arroyo Seco, incorporating watershed restoration elements.
Room 220

Workshop Title: Bicycles and the Southern California College/University
Presenter/s: Ramon Martinez of the Green Bike Program at Pitzer College
Short Summary: The goal of the workshop is to promote bike ridership on campuses, connect student activists to professional activists, and cultivate lifelong bicycle advocacy. The workshop will address the role of campus programs in moving forward the larger Southern California bike movement.
Room 218

Workshop Title: Lose up to Two Tons in One Day! C.I.C.L.E.'s Amazing Car-Lite Diet

Presented by: Liz Elliott and Shay Sanchez of Cyclists Inciting Change thru LIVE Exchange, C.I.C.L.E.

Short Summary: Bike your way to a better life! Drop the weight of your daily automobile usage and gain a more intimate connection with your community and yourself. Join the compassionate Car-Free gurus of C.I.C.L.E., Liz and Shay, as they show you why it’s important and fun to start living a car-lite lifestyle, and more importantly, how easy it can be to get started.
Room 217

Workshop Title: Streetfilms (Los Angeles and Beyond)
Presenter/s: Damien Newton of The Open Planning Project/Streetsblog;
Short Summary: Watch bicycle advocacy Streetfilms and discuss what role innovative bike facilities could play on the streets of LA.
Room 221

Workshop Title: Advocacy in Action
Presenter/s: Aurisha Smolarski of LA County Bicycle Coalition
Short Summary: Lessons learned by LACBC's recent campaign work; what's effective and what's not. Know who the players are, choose your campaign targets, develop timeliness and understand media.
Room 219

Workshop Title: The State of Bike Research
Presenter/s: Colleen Callahan, Urban Planning, UCLA, and TBA
Short Summary: Experts from Alta Planning and Design, BikeSage, and others will share information on existing and current bike research. We will also have a dialogue about what future research the bike community would like to see in order to advance a bike agenda.
Room 223

SLOT III: 2:15 to 3:15

Workshop Title: Complete Streets: Lessons from the Past as a Blueprint for the Future
Presenter/s: Erik Knutzen, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition and co-author of The Urban Homestead
Short Summary: Our streets used to accommodate more than big cars. We'll take a look at what streets used to look like one hundred years ago and what they look like in other parts of the world today. What does a aimlessly wandering donkey cart have to teach us about democracy? Why is it illegal to cross mid-block as a pedestrian? Can I ride an elephant down Wilshire Boulevard? With short videos and slides we'll show how the answers to these questions can make our neighborhoods and cities livable, democratic spaces once again.
Room 220

Workshop Title: Instigating Bicycle Fun
Presenter/s: Shawn Granton of Urban Adventure League
Short Summary: Bicycle events bring people together in the name of fun! Hear about examples from various communities, and the cultural impact and community building achieved.
Room 221

Workshop Title: Bicycle Advocates -- can't we all just get along?
Presenter/s: Ted Buehler of Persimmon Research and Planning, Vancouver WA
Short Summary: Examples of resolving differences in approach from Davis, CA
Room 219

Worshop Title: Wrenching Cooperatives Panel
Presenter/s: Bicycle Kitchen, Bikerowave, and Bike Oven
Short Summary: Do you want to start a bike co-op space in your neighborhood? Come hear reps from the Bike Kitchen, Bike Oven and BikeRoWave share their experiences.
Room 217

Workshop Title: Bike Blogs and More: Electronic Communications Panel
Presenter/s: Damien Newton (moderator) Streetsblog, Paula Rodriguez Righteous Velo Metal Broad, Road Block of Midnight Ridazz, Siel of Green LA Girl, and Eli Munjeli of Bikex Database ;
Short Summary: How do LA's ridazz find out about what's happening in the bike world? Get connected with bulletin boards, blogs, databases, and more.
Room 216

Workshop Title: In Pursuit of the North American Carfree Family
Presenter/s: Eleanor Blue of BikePortland
Short Summary: A Portland family's strategies for getting around without a car, their major barriers, and what is being done to support and encourage them.
Room 215

Workshop Title: Bike to School Movements: Growing the Next Generation of Cyclist Advocates
Presenter/s: Alison Kendall of Kendall Planning and Design, and Lulu Mickelson of Santa Monica High School
Short Summary: Learn about Santa Monica's middle and high school bike movement, how to start a bike-to-school program in your own community.
Room 218