2020 Missouri Active Transportation Summit - presenter powerpoints, links, notes from today's statewide Summit

The 2020 Missouri Active Transportation Summit--our fifth annual--took place today with a full day's worth of informative and inspiring sessions.

Chuck Flink, The Greenway Imperative - our Keynote Speaker

If you missed the Summit this year, you can catch some of the high points below.

• Save the date: 2021 Missouri Active Transportation Summit planned for August 13th, 2021 in Jefferson City

PRESENTATION POWERPOINTS

• Chuck Flink, The Greenway Imperative (25 meg PDF)
   
• Brent Hugh, Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation, "Art, Culture, History, Tourism, Economic Development, and Bicycling: Implementing an Ambitious Statewide Bicycle Touring Route System in Missouri--With YOUR Help"
   
• Shaun Tooley, MoDOT, "MoDOT's Practice of Active Transportation, Past and Future"
   
• Mary Kromrey, Ozark Greenways, "From Trash to Treasure, the Former Fulbright Landfill/Superfund Site Takes on New Life as the Fulbright Spring Greenway"
  

  Fulbright Spring Greenway - a former landfill & Superfund site (photo: Ozark Greenways)
  
   
• Jerany Jackson, Great River Engineering, "Building Johnson County's Spirit Trail - A Courageous Team Effort"
   
• Paul Wojciechowski, Getting Liveable Streets Done (7meg PDF)
   
• Terry Atteberry, Ron Bentch, Cindy DeBlauw, “The Livable Street Experience: Missouri Physical Activity and Nutrition Program (MPAN)”

 LINKS & RESOURCES MENTIONED

Summit Keynote Speaker Charles Flink's book, The Greenway Imperative.

Summit partners & sponsors:

• Missouri Livable Streets
• Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation
• Association of Pedestrian & Bicycle Professionals - Missouri Chapter
• Alta Planning & Design - webinar system for the Summit & IT support to back it up
  

  Livable/Complete Streets elements in Kirkwood MO

Links & resources from sessions:

• Brent Hugh, Developing Statewide Bicycle Routes
  • Cross-state routes:
    • Butterfield Stage Experience route (downloadable)
    • Missouri cross-state bicycle & touring routes existing and under development
    • Missouri gravel bicycle routes
       
  • Local cycling routes in every Missouri city:
    • Springfield is one of the best current examples of the type of bicycle touring routes we would like to see created and promoted on the local tourism web site, of every Missouri City. Thanks Ozark Greenways for providing a really excellent example!
       
• Mary Kromrey, "From Trash to Treasure, the Former Fulbright Landfill/Superfund Site Takes on New Life as the Fulbright Spring Greenway"
  

  Warren Manning's National Recreational Ways (Chuck Flink, The Greenway Imperative)
   
  • Ozark Greenways news article with details about the project
  • EPA article about reclamation of the Superfund site
     
• Jeranie Jackson, "Building Johnson County's Spirit Trail - A Courageous Team Effort"
  • About the Spirit Trail