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All breakout, plenary sessions, and mobile workshops are open to all Summit attendees unless otherwise noted. Let us know you would like to partipate by adding it to your schedule here. Space in all Mobile Workshops is limited, so sign up quick!
The Active Transportation Leadership Institute is designed for Summit attendees who are staff of local and/or state-wide advocacy organizations.
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The National Bike Summit is the premier bike advocacy event of the year for bike advocates and professionals!
WITH NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE OVAL OFFICE, we need your voice FOR BIKES on Capitol Hill! Congress will be in session to hear your voice.
This INSPIRING event builds our movement for 2017 and beyond. Focus will be on regional planning, national and local messaging, and the road map of our work together in advancing the bicycling movement. Networking opportunities, keynote addresses from top government officials, workshops highlighting innovative advocacy ideas, and an organized Lobby Day to bring our pro-bicycling message to our elected officials on Capitol Hill - experience it all during our few days together!
This year’s event will be held March 6-9, 2017 at the Renaissance Hotel in Downtown DC, located at 999 Ninth St. NW Washington, DC 20001.
National Public Radio (NPR) is an award-winning, multimedia news organization that reaches 26 million radio listeners each week, and nearly 20 million people monthly on digital platforms. In collaboration with more than 900 independent public radio stations nationwide, NPR strives to provide the public with a deeper understanding and appreciation of events, ideas and cultures.
Participants of the mobile workshop will get a behind the scenes look at NPR’s new state-of-the-art bike facilities and hear from NPR bike group members The tour of this Gold level Bicycle Friendly Business will finish with a visit to the two-story, open floor newsroom bustling with NPR activity.
On this mobile workshop to the Bicycle Friendly Business, National Geographic Society, you'll visit impressive bike facilities such as indoor bike parking, bike repair area & employee locker rooms. Just as impressive - along the way you'll visit the African Savanna, swim with Great White Sharks, and examine tiny tree frogs, all through a telephoto lens. Experience National Geographic as you never have before. You'll have complimentary access to the NGS museum and the opportunity to view exotic and iconic NGS photography. This is the newest addition to the mobile workshops of the Summit and is limited to 20 people. Sign up now by adding yourself to the list through Sched.
The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. They are not a bank in the ordinary sense but exist as a unique partnership to reduce poverty and support development. They have more than 10,000 employees in more than 120 offices worldwide. The organization is a Silver level BFB.
The colossal World Bank building accommodates hundreds of bikes, and offers workstands, tools, and locker rooms for their abundance of bike commuters. Walk through the World Bank’s picturesque atrium to visit the (bike) Commuter Services’ desk and experience one of the most beautiful working places in the city. Participants will have the opportunity to talk with bike group members and a representative of The World Bank’s Corporate Responsibility Program.
As a member of an advocacy organization member of the League of American Bicyclists you are invited to attend the Active Transportation Leadership Institute sessions. They will occur on:
These sessions will be structured for peer learning and listening. On Monday you will have the opportunity to suggest breakout topics that you would like to discuss on Thursday. Thursday will be split into two parts:
1. Peer learning and best practices – where you lead discussions or presentations on topics of interest to your organizations.
2. Listening session for the Active Transportation Leadership Institute – where League staff will lead discussions on topics suggested by you about how the Active Transportation Leadership Institute can serve your organizational needs.
This session is for state and local advocates. For more information on the Institute visit http://institute.bikeleague.org/.
This is a walking tour and will START at the Bikestation at Union Station at 10:00AM and END at NoMa-Gallaudet University New York Ave Metro Station.
Visit some of DC's newest and most innovative protected bike lanes and hear directly from DC's Department of Transportation, Washington Area Bicyclists Association and the Business Improvement District on how they worked together to increase ridership, safety, and neighborhood satisfaction. Of course, its never quite so easy so we'll also hear about tradeoffs and complications of the project. Put your walking shoes on, this is a walking tour!
In this 90-minute presentation, you'll be given the specific tools you need to revolutionize your presentation skills. Pedal Love's Founder/Director Melissa Balmer will share the key steps you need to take to put power in your powerpoints, craft engaging stories, and give memorable live presentations and webinars. Further, Balmer shares the science behind storytelling and why it can change hearts and minds over data alone, skills to harness from some of our nation's greatest speakers and presenters, and why your approach - from visuals, language choice, and body language - is as important as your content.
On this mobile workshop to the National Geographic Society, you'll visit impressive bike facilities such as indoor bike parking, bike repair area & employee locker rooms. Just as impressive - along the way you'll visit the African Savanna, swim with Great White Sharks, and examine tiny tree frogs, all through a telephoto lens. Experience National Geographic as you never have before. You'll have complimentary access to the NGS museum and the opportunity to view exotic and iconic NGS photography. This is the newest addition to the mobile workshops of the Summit and is limited to 20 people. Sign up now by adding yourself to the list through Sched.
National Public Radio (NPR) is an award-winning, multimedia news organization that reaches 26 million radio listeners each week, and nearly 20 million people monthly on digital platforms. In collaboration with more than 900 independent public radio stations nationwide, NPR strives to provide the public with a deeper understanding and appreciation of events, ideas and cultures.
Participants of the mobile workshop will get a behind the scenes look at NPR’s new state-of-the-art bike facilities and hear from NPR bike group members The tour of this Gold level Bicycle Friendly Business will finish with a visit to the two-story, open floor newsroom bustling with NPR activity.
The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. They are not a bank in the ordinary sense but exist as a unique partnership to reduce poverty and support development. They have more than 10,000 employees in more than 120 offices worldwide. The organization is a Silver level BFB.
The colossal World Bank building accommodates hundreds of bikes, and offers workstands, tools, and locker rooms for their abundance of bike commuters. Walk through the World Bank’s picturesque atrium to visit the (bike) Commuter Services’ desk and experience one of the most beautiful working places in the city. Participants will have the opportunity to talk with bike group members and a representative of The World Bank’s Corporate Responsibility Program.
This is an exciting and insightful session that bike club presidents and board members simply can’t miss! Join us to learn about the ideas, insights, solutions, and strategies from a panel of America’s top bicycle club officials, as they discuss how they meet and address today’s ongoing club challenges and trends. Speakers will include Tulio Bertorini, President of the Memphis Hightailers Bicycle Club, winner of the League’s 2016 Bike Club of the Year award.
Among the topics to be discussed include:
This is a walking tour and will START at the Bikestation at Union Station at 10:00AM and END at NoMa-Gallaudet University New York Ave Metro Station.
Visit some of DC's newest and most innovative protected bike lanes and hear directly from DC's Department of Transportation, Washington Area Bicyclists Association and the Business Improvement District on how they worked together to increase ridership, safety, and neighborhood satisfaction. Of course, its never quite so easy so we'll also hear about tradeoffs and complications of the project. Put your walking shoes on, this is a walking tour!
Many entities are working to reduce the number of bike/car crashes in their communities though infrastructure and enforcement, but education is also a key component of crash prevention. Even though motorists are at fault 50% of the time in bike/car crashes the majority of education currently offered is focused on teaching cyclists about safe riding practices. In December 2015, the City of Fort Collins FC Bikes Program in collaboration with Bike Fort Collins, a non-profit advocacy organization, launched the Bicycle Friendly Driver Program to fill the gap in bicycle safety education. The program is designed to educate motorists about the safest ways to share the road with people on bikes.
Using a cost-effective method this innovative approach to bicyclist safety education reaches a new audience that may not be reached through traditional methods. The early success of the program – 27 companies and organizations (1700 total participants) hosted the training in the first year of the program -- illustrates the unmet demand for information about how drivers can safely coexist with all roadway users. In this session participants will receive a toolkit developed by FC Bikes and learn how to replicate the Bicycle Friendly Driver Program in their communities, regardless of size, and with relatively limited resources.
Agenda
15 min. – Background and Data - Why your community needs motorist-focused bicycle safety education
45 min. – Education in Action – see the Bicycle Friendly Driver program in action
30 min. – Launch a BFD This Year - Interactive exercise to help participants build their own Bicycle Friendly Driver programs
Attend this session to hear all the new and exciting improvements to The National Bike Challenge—including a plan for top finishers being awarded valuable prizes and recognition at the 2018 Summit.
Come and learn and how this free and easy-to-administer national bike advocacy program can be used in your community, bike club, business, university, or bike shop to encourage more people to ride for transportation, recreation, and fun—while promoting your organization at no cost! This is a not-to-be-missed session if you’re committed to promoting bicycling in your community!
CaBi Hack Night is a show & tell of apps and data visualizations about Capital Bikeshare. Are you a programmer who has built something CaBi-related? Apps, hacks, dataviz, maps etc are all welcome. Sign up by contacting Michael. Thus far we have:
• David Freifeld will show how he used Tableau to create a dashboard of CaBi data.
• Jonathan Street will explore how big the CaBi network is by computing the shortest route visiting all stations.
• Tracy Hadden Loh will show how she built a tool for Rails-to-Trails to measure level-of-service for CaBi stations in Arlington.
10am-noon Peer learning and best practices – where you lead discussions or presentations on topics of interest to your organizations.
Noon-1pm Continue the conversations at lunch on your own (and with friends)
1pm-3pm Listening session for the Active Transportation Leadership Institute – where League staff will lead discussions on topics suggested by you about how the Active Transportation Leadership Institute can serve your organizational needs.
This session is for state and local advocates. For more information on the Institute visit http://institute.bikeleague.org/.
