Washington Bike, Walk, and Roll Summit

(In-person) Thursday, Sept. 12- Friday, Sept. 13, 2024

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sponsored by Washington Bikes and Cascade Bicycle Club

The Bike Walk Roll Summit is back! After several years of virtual summit offerings, we are excited to return to an in-person Summit this year. Join us in Tacoma, WA from September 12-13. Registration for the Summit is open; save your spot! Hotel blocks are available at a discounted rate for out-of-town guests. 

Our Summit theme this year is “Safe Streets for Everybody.” Safety is the number one barrier to more people walking and biking. Safety is an important lens through which to view street improvements. Between policies like Vision Zero, the Safe Systems Approach, and new funding from the federal and state governments, this is a rapidly evolving area, ripe for exploration over our two-day summit. 

Attend to tap into new best practice guidelines, resources on new dollars available, and to hear from peers about how communities in Washington and beyond are centering safety outcomes to build safe and accessible communities for everyone who bikes, walks, and rolls. Come learn and be inspired with us! 

What is the Summit and Who Should Attend? 

The Bike, Walk, Roll Summit is a two-day event that brings together people from all around Washington who are engaged in making our state the top bike, walk, and roll friendly state in the nation. During the Summit, we host mobile workshops, panels, experiential learning forums, and collaborative spaces for people who want to see biking, walking, and rolling as an accessible, safe way to get around our communities. The content is intended to inspire, educate, and inform elected officials, community advocates, planners and engineers, and more!

Keynote Speaker – Thursday, Sept 12

Jessie Singer, Journalist and Author, “There Are No Accidents”

Jessie Singer is a journalist and the author of “There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and Disaster — Who Profits and Who Pays the Price,” a Slate, Fortune Magazine, Mother Jones, and The Economist best book of the year. Her writing appears in the Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Nation, Bloomberg News, New York magazine, The Guardian, and elsewhere. Jessie is an expert in safe systems, injury prevention, harm reduction, transportation safety, and the ongoing rise in “accidental” death. She studied journalism at the Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism at New York University, and under the wing of the late investigative journalist Wayne Barrett.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keynote Speaker – Friday, Sept 13

Barkha R Patel, Director of Infrastructure for Jersey City, NJ – the first US city to Achieve Vision Zero

Barkha R Patel is the Director of Infrastructure for the City of Jersey City, NJ, one of the most densely-populated, transit-rich, and ethnically diverse cities in the US. She oversees the planning, design, and implementation of the City’s critical public infrastructure including all municipal streets, transit, parks, public spaces, buildings, and other public facilities. She serves as a senior advisor to the Mayor and leads the City’s Architecture, Engineering, Transportation, Sustainability, and Innovation agencies.

As a public official and advocate, Barkha’s work is rooted in a commitment to justice, equity, and smart growth. She is responsible for the development and implementation of many of Jersey City’s most transformational initiatives including the City’s first Vision Zero and Climate Action plans, first on-demand microtransit system, a robust network of protected bikeways and safe streets, a renowned plaza program, innovative parks and public spaces, and a number of award-winning placemaking projects. As her portfolio expands, she is currently exploring ways to infuse joy and dignity into the public realm through meaningful infrastructure improvements.

Barkha previously served as Jersey City’s Deputy City Manager and Director of Transportation, and earned a Master’s Degree in City and Regional Planning from the Bloustein School at Rutgers University.

Get Involved!

We are actively seeking sponsors for the 2024 Summit! If you would like to learn more about sponsoring the Summit please contact Alison Driver, Development Director, at alisond@cascade.org.

Registration

Summit registration is open! We have scholarships and discounts available to ensure that cost is not a barrier to attendance and in service of ensuring attendance from people from many backgrounds and geographic locations.

The Washington Bike, Walk, and Roll Summit brings together advocates for bicycling and safe streets with professionals in planning, design, engineering, health, education, business, and tourism to connect and learn. Cascade Bicycle Club is the 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with Washington Bikes, which is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit.

The Summit will create opportunities for community advocates, planners, engineers, elected officials, and more to come together and expand on the topics shared at the Summit.

Visit cascade.org/summit to register

Contacts: rachels@cascade.org

Questions? Reach out to us!