2018 Missouri Active Transportation Summit

DateTime: 
08/10/2018 (All day)

The 2018 Summit is over! Click here for information about the current years' Summit

2017 Missouri Active Transportation Summit - Aug 11th in Jefferson City

Bicycling, walking, and trails mean business in Missouri 

Friday, August 10th, 2018, 9:00am-5:00pm

Summit Registration now open!
 

Location: Jefferson City Municipal Complex
Jefferson City Police Department Building, 401 Monroe St
Jefferson City, MO

Presented by

The Association of Bicycle & Pedestrian Professionals, Missouri Chapter
Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation
Missouri Livable Streets
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
City of Jefferson City

NEW!   Download the full Summit Schedule with session descriptions and biographies of presenters (PDF)  

Keynote Speakers:

Eric Schroeter, State Design Engineer, MoDOT

David Wright, Director of Parks and Recreation, Bentonville AR

Reserve your rooms at the Summit Host Hotel (special discount by following this link)

 

About the Third Annual Missouri Active Transportation Summit

Download the full Summit Schedule with session descriptions and biographies of presenters (PDF).

We invite you to join us for the 2018 Missouri Active Transportation Summit, where we will be sharing ideas for making our communities more active, vibrant, healthy, and economically sustainable through bicycling, walking, and trails. 

  • Sessions from all across Missouri and adjoining states--from the largest cities to the suburbs to the smallest rural communities: Bike share, rural county trails plans, regional and local pedestrian plans, our statewide U.S. bicycle route connections, small towns and large cities integrating bicycling
  • An extended workshop option: Energizing your local community to maximize the economic impact of trails and active transportation on your community by New Growth.
  • Keynote speakers--Eric Schroeter, MoDOT State Design Engineer and David Wright, Parks and Recreation Director of Bentonville AR and one of the major architects of the astonishing NW Arkansas Bicycle Boom
  • Hands-on mobile sessions
  • Walk and bike tours of Jefferson City
  • Meet and mingle with other Missouri bicycle & pedestrian professionals and advocacy staff from around Missouri
  • The annual meeting of the Missouri Chapter of the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals.

Seats are very limited and filling up fast.

Click here to register for the Summit!

Schedule

Download the full Summit Schedule with session descriptions and biographies of presenters (PDF).


The Summit is organized by the Missouri Chapter of the Association of Bicycle and Pedestrian Professionals and the Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation in cooperation with pedestrian, bicycle, and trails agencies, businesses, advocacy groups, and staff from across Missouri
Plenary Speech: David Wright, Bentonville Parks & Recreation, Transforming Communities Through Trails and  Active Transportation
Plenary Speech: David Wright, Bentonville Parks & Recreation, Transforming Communities Through Trails and Active Transportation
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Come on out and hear about what is going on for walking and biking in communities around Missouri.
 

Click here to register for the Summit!

2018 Summit themes & topics

Main Summit topics and themes will include: 

  • Trail Towns: Preparing your community invite trail and non-motorized tourism and to maximize the benefit of Katy Trail, Rock Island Trail, or other trail or active transportation-related tourism and economic development
  • Complete Streets & Liveable Streets in Missouri: Building support for, passing, and implementing your Complete Streets policy
  • Tourism and the economic impact of bicycling, walking, and trails: What is the economic importance of bicycling, walking, and trails to your community, and what can you do to maximize the economic impact to your community, to your local business community, and to Missouri?
  • Health and Safety impacts of bicycling, walking, and trails
  • Making bicycling, walking, and trails succeed in rural, suburban, and urban settings, and small, medium, and large communities across Missouri 

Time, Location, Transportation, Parking

 August 10th, 2018, 9:00am-5:00pm
 Jefferson City Municipal Complex

Registration/Check-in Desk opens at 8am, Jefferson City Police Department Building, 401 Monroe St., southwest entrance lobby, near PD Classroom

Summit Registration, Plenary, and Keynote sessions will be held in the:
 Jefferson City Police Department Building, Police Classroom (SW entrance)
 401 Monroe


 Jefferson City, MO 65101

Breakout sessions will be held in the "Police Classroom," "City Hall - Council Chambers," and "City Hall - Boone/Bancroft Room"--all within the Jefferson City Municipal Complex.  Session locations and parking locations are shown in the map below.

Free parking is available in Lot 24, adjacent to city hall at the corner of Adams St. and McCarty St.  This lot has signage stating a tag is needed, but that is not necessary for the day of the summit.

Jefferson City, Summit locations, and several local hotels are easily accessible from the Jefferson City Amtrak station.

 

 Parking, registration, and session locations for 2018 Active Transportation Summit (click for full size) 

 

Summit Supporters

 

Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals, Missouri Chapter

Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals - Missouri Chapter
 

City of Jefferson City, Missouri

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

Missouri Department of
Health & Senior Services 

Missouri Livable Streets

Missouri Livable Streets

Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian FederationCapitol Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
Pique

 

 

Sponsor the Summit

You or your organization or business could sponsor the 2018 Missouri Active Transportation Summit! Reach an audience of professionals across Missouri at any level that works for you and your business.

Sponsor levels and benefits are in our sponsorship packet--click to download (PDF).

 

 

 Presented by: The Association of Bicycle & Pedestrian Professionals, Missouri Chapter - Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation - Missouri Livable Streets - Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services - City of Jefferson

Email Address: 
director@mobikefed.org
Event Details
Event Type: 
Meeting, conference, seminar, or workshop
Region: 
Statewide
Sponsoring Organization: 
The Association of Bicycle & Pedestrian Professionals, Missouri Chapter - Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation - City of Jefferson
Event Location/Address: 
Jefferson City - John G. Christy Municipal Building 320 E. McCarty Jefferson City, MO 65101
MBF Member Organization: 
Yes
MoBikeFed Advocacy Event?: 
This event is a MoBikeFed Advocacy Event
Event details
Entry Fee: 
$20 Super Early Bird (thru June 15th) - $25 Early Bird (thru July 14th) - $30 Regular Registration
SAG Service?: 
No SAG Service

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