Vision Zero: Safer Streets, Better Places
May 20, 2015
8:30 – 10:30 AM
Kohn Pedersen Fox
11 West 42nd Street
Join the Forum + Institute for Urban Design, Kohn Pedersen Fox, and New London Architecture for our seventh New York – London Exchange discussing best practices in safe streets and cycling infrastructure.
Mayor de Blasio is committed to eliminating pedestrian and cyclist deaths and expanding its bike sharing program through the Vision Zero Action Plan. In London, Boris Johnson’s Vision for Cycling has committed London to a new Central London grid, Cycle Superhighways and Quietways, in addition to a push for more suburban cycling.
Seats are available to Forum + Institute Fellows and invited guests. This event is free to attend but advance registration is necessary. Breakfast will be served from 8:30 and the event will start promptly at 9:00.
Speakers
| josh | Joshua Benson Joshua Benson is the Assistant Commissioner, Street Improvement Projects as well as the Director of Cycling and Pedestrian Programs for the New York City Department of Transportation. In addition to his work on Vision Zero, he has overseen the city’s 3-year 200-mile on-street bicycle network expansion, which includes new street designs to improve safety and comfort for cyclists. |
| Burr | Sarah Burr Sarah Burr is Transport for London’s senior strategy & planning manager for Surface Transport, where she has been influential in the development and launch of Barclay’s Cycle Hire and the London stages of the Tour de France. As manager of the Cycling Strategy & Outcome Planning team, she leads TfL’s strategic direction for all cycling investment across the Capital. She has played a key role in the scoping, initiation and implementation of the Mayor’s Cycling Vision for London. |
| paul | Paul Steely White Paul Steely White is the Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives, New York City’s leading advocates for bicycling, walking and public transportation. In 2011, he received the Rockefeller Foundation’s Jane Jacobs Medal, which recognizes those whose creative uses of the urban environment build a more diverse, dynamic, and equitable city. |
| matt | Matt Winfield Matt Winfield is Deputy Director for the London Region of Sustrans, a leading UK charity dedicated to enabling travel by foot, bike, or public transport. He previously headed up the Transport for London Quietways Pilot Programme, where he led work on London Greenways, the National Cycle Network in London, and a major program to extend walking and cycling infrastructure into the heart of communities. |