Active Transportation Summit

Founded in 1974, Common Ground Health is one of the nation’s oldest and most effective regional health planning organizations. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the nonprofit serves the nine-county Finger Lakes region. We bring together health care, education, business, government and other sectors to find common ground on health issues. Learn more about our community tables, our data resources and our work improving population health at www.CommonGroundHealth.org.

Common Ground Health

Be part of the growing movement around active transportation by joining us at the third Active Transportation Summit on Thursday, May 23, 2019, at The Rochester Riverside Hotel.
This year’s theme, Ideas into Motion builds on the work accomplished since the last summit was held in 2013. The Summit is a forum for a unique crossroads of professionals and advocates from multiple sectors to convene and collaborate to advance active transportation and recreation opportunities for people of all ages and abilities across the Finger Lakes Region. 
Our keynote address will be delivered by Mark Fenton, a dynamic speaker and public health, planning and transportation consultant to communities around the country. Mark is a Brockport local and has worked with many municipalities across upstate New York. In line with our theme of getting people moving, Mark will also be conducting a walk audit with some of the conference attendees during a breakout session.
Our plenary speaker is Paul Beyer, director of Smart Growth Planning for the New York State Department of State. He will speak about how New York's age-friendly designation overlaps with Smart Growth community design principles and its impact on transportation systems, active living and public health.
We will also offer twelve breakout sessions covering a variety of topics around active transportation and recreation. These include: women and bike commuting; a group bike ride with Pace Bike Share; kids on the move: active transportation to, from and at school; future streets; designing complete streets; livable communities: great places for all ages; and transportation, land use and poverty.
Registration includes breakfast and lunch. If you would like to register and pay by check, please mail a check for $45 by May 20 to: Common Ground Health, 1150 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607. Please include a note with registrant name(s), email or phone number, and write that the check is for registration for the Active Transportation Summit. A limited number of scholarship tickets are available; contact Hannah Shippee at melissa.pennise@commongroundhealth.org or call 585-224-3131 for details.
This event is sponsored by Common Ground Health, Reconnect Rochester, the Rochester Cycling Alliance, the Genesee Transportation Council and the Monroe County Department of Transportation.
Agenda:
8:30 – 9:00        Registration and breakfast
9:00 – 9:10        Welcoming, opening remarks                         Wade Norwood CEO of Common Ground Health
9:10 – 10:15      Keynote: Community Design for the triple bottom line: Economic, environmental and public health Mark Fenton public health, planning and transportation consultant adjunct associate professor at Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
10:15 – 10:30     Break
10:30 – 11:45     Breakout session 1
Opening eyes with a walk Mark Fenton Jason Haremza, AICP, Senior Planner/Urban Design Specialist, City of Rochester
Good planning leads to good projects: Developing municipal active transportation plans James Stack, Genesee Transportation Council executive director  Kerry Ivers, director of development services at Town of Irondequoit  Scott Copey, department of development services director at Town of Greece  Eric Williams, assistant to the commissioner of public works, Town of Perinton
Livable communities: Great places for all ages Bill Armbruster, senior advisor, AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities Ann Marie Cook, president and CEO of Lifespan of Greater Rochester Julie Allen Aldrich, director, Monroe County Office for the Aging Moderator: Patrick Morris, director, Livable Communities Initiative
11:45 – 12:45     Lunch – Riverview Ballroom
12:45 – 1:30       Plenary: Age-friendly NY/Health Across All Policies Paul Beyer, director of Smart Growth Planning, NYS Department of State
1:30 – 1:45         Break
1:45 – 2:45         Breakout session 2
Design matrix toolkit – measuring physical tradeoffs between competing modes for complete streets (interactive session) Michael Rutkowski, P.E., AICP, board member – national complete streets coalition and principle of Stantec
The role of health impact in active transportation planning Ben Woelk, health and community infrastructure analyst, Common Ground Health and founder of Slow Road Consulting Frances Gotcsik, senior consultant and director of programs and policy, Parks and Trails NY
Women and bike commuting: Why it’s different and why it matters Natasha Dailey and Susan Levin, founding organizers, Rochester Women’s Bike Festival
Pace Bike Share group ride Jesse Peers, cycling coordinator, Reconnect Rochester, and certified instructor, League of American Bicyclists Karl Alexander, senior market manager, PACE
2:45 – 2:50        Break
2:50 – 3:50        Breakout session 3
Kids on the Move: Active Transportation to school, from school and at school Doug Kelley, Rochester Cycling Alliance Tracey Austin, League of American Bicyclists certified instructor Paul Barrows, DreamBikes Glenn Cerosaletti, Bike to School Day event organizer Moderated by: Brian Kehoe, facilities planner, Rochester City School District
Future Streets Scott MacRae, M.D., Rochester Cycling Alliance Renee Stetzer, Reconnect Rochester Nabil Nasr, associate provost and director of the Rochester Institute of Technology Golisano Institute for Sustainability Mike Thurston, research professor and director, Center of Excellence in Advanced &amp; Sustainable Manufacturing, Rochester Institute of Technology Golisano Institute for Sustainability
Transportation, Land Use and Poverty Pete Nabozny, Reconnect Rochester                
3:55 – 4:10       Closing Remarks Maria Furgiele, executive director, Community Design Center of Rochester

Rochester Riverside Hotel

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