Institute for Traffic Safety Management & Research

Join us for our Vulnerable Road User Safety Panel Presentation at the 2024 Walk, Bike, and Roll Symposium! 🚶♀️ 🚴♂️🛴 ♿ Vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists, and “other rollers”) account for a growing share of roadway fatalities and serious injuries. As such, comprehensive planning and action at multiple levels of government is necessary to provide a safe transportation system that accounts for the needs of all users. This panel will discuss projects, programs, and partnerships between government agencies, municipalities, and private organizations Speakers include: • Teresa Haslauer, Federal Highway Administration • Jesse Vogl, LaBella Associates • Sarah Carroll, P.E., PTOE, Creighton Manning Engineering • Michael Amabile, AICP, Creighton Manning Engineering • Andrew Sattinger, NYS Department of Transportation The Walk, Bike, and Roll NY Symposium brings together people from various disciplines and provides participants with the tools to work together to create safe and inclusive transportation in the State of New York. Register today at https://lnkd.in/gDWMYYbp *Schedule and speakers are subject to change.

Join us for our Lightning Roundtable Talks at the 2024 Walk, Bike, and Roll NY Symposium with the following presentations: ⚡ Increasing Cycling Accessibility with Jacob Rotary, Lee Barta Community Center - United Way ⚡Kids on Wheels: Enhancing pedestrian safety among preschool and elementary school-based children with Elizabeth Baker and Joe Mushock, Cayuga County Health Department ⚡In My Safe Pedestrian ERA with Lauren Zimmerman-Meade, MA and Louis Pratt, SADD, Inc. ⚡Innovative Approaches to Counting Visits to New York’s Greenway Trails with Dylan Carey, Parks & Trails New York ⚡Using the AARP Walkability Toolkit with Robyn Haberman, AARP New York The 2024 Walk, Bike, and Roll NY Symposium brings together people from various disciplines and provides participants with the tools to work together to create safe and inclusive transportation in the state of New York. Register today at https://lnkd.in/gDWMYYbp *Schedule and speakers are subject to change.

🚲 Here is a sneak peek of some of the amazing presentations we have lined up for the 2024 Walk, Bike, & Roll New York Symposium in Binghamton, New York. Register today at https://lnkd.in/gDWMYYbp ➡ A Review of NYSDOT's Role in Expanding the Two Rivers Greenway with Scott Reigle, Binghamton Metropolitan Transportation Study and Jillian Newby, New York State Department of Transportation ➡ The New Public Rights-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG) with Ted Green, P.E., New York State LTAP / Cornell Local Roads ➡ Pedestrian Planning – 12 Years of Lessons Learned with Emily Dozier, Dutchess County Transportation Council ➡ Vision Zero Village with Matt Carmody and Elaine Du, PE, AKRF, Inc. and Leilani Yizar-Reid, Village of Mamaroneck ➡ Pedestrian-Focused Data and Grant Opportunities with Benjamin Engwer, Technical Sergeant Kerra Burns, and Brian DiPalma - Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee ➡ E-Bike and E-Scooter Laws and Safety Concerns with Mark Hoffacker, New York Bicycling Coalition and Scott Earing, NYS Governor's Traffic Safety Committee  ➡ South End Connector - Linking Albany's Multi-Use Trails with Tony Christian, PE , Creighton Manning Engineering ➡ The Spackenkill Sidewalk Study: Stakeholder Coordination & Multi-faceted Public Outreach with Tara Grogan, Dutchess County Transportation Council The Walk, Bike, and Roll NY Symposium brings together people from various disciplines and provides participants with the tools to work together to create safe and inclusive transportation in the state of New York. *Schedule and speakers are subject to change.

📽 FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION: Join us for a special film screening & discussion with our Keynote Presenter, Courtney Williams - Founder of The Brown Bike Girl - at the Walk, Bike, and Roll NY Symposium (September 16-18 in Binghamton, New York). 🚲 Her film, Equity in Real Life features her in conversation with fellow equity policy champion Mitchell Silver, past NYC Parks Commissioner & American Planning Association president, during a 2021 "rolling seminar." It was conceived as an opportunity to address the question that many willing or already initiated advocates have: "After becoming aware of DEIA, how do I personally take the steps to enact it?" 📋 Register Today! The Walk, Bike, and Roll NY Symposium brings together people from various disciplines and provides participants with the tools to work together to create safe and inclusive transportation in the state of New York. Register at https://lnkd.in/gDWMYYbp *Schedule and speakers are subject to change.

📢 We are excited to announce our Opening Keynote Presentation: "Our Ability to Navigate" with John Robinson, CEO of Our Ability, for the Walk, Bike, and Roll NY Symposium (September 16-18 in Binghamton, New York) ➡ Our Ability is a technology company with roots in navigating an inaccessible world. As CEO, John Robinson will share stories of overcoming obstacles to build a coalition. Robinson is a quadruple amputee living and thriving in today's world. Our mission is to build a coalition among businesses interested in hiring, building a diversity of businesses owned by individuals with disabilities, and creating an accessible world. We inspire those individuals with disabilities to achieve their dreams through education and employment, as well as to educate able-bodied individuals about the differences in ability around us. 📋 Register Today! The Walk, Bike, and Roll NY Symposium brings together people from various disciplines and provides participants with the tools to work together to create safe and inclusive transportation in the state of New York. Register at https://lnkd.in/gDWMYYbp *Schedule and speakers are subject to change.

📣 DON'T DELAY - REGISTER TODAY! The Walk, Bike, & Roll New York Symposium fee is $75 by August 16, 2024. After August 16, 2024, the fee increases to $125. 📜 Register on Eventbrite: https://lnkd.in/e-TtbAwU 📅 Symposium Schedule with Session Titles and Presenters can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eSRs7pdH **Schedule is subject to change**

🎉 Happy Independence Day! The ITSMR office will be closed on Thursday, July 4, 2024.

Help support highway safety and reduce crashes by sharing your driving habits! Take the New York State 2024 Driver Opinion Survey at https://lnkd.in/g-Mv47E6 The information gathered will help support effective highway safety measures and further reduce crashes and fatalities on New York’s roadways. Your responses are completely anonymous. (NOTE: This survey is for New York State licensed drivers only.)

Join us at the Walk, Bike, & Roll New York Symposium! Register on Eventbrite at https://lnkd.in/gDWMYYbp This symposium brings together people from various disciplines and provides participants with the tools to work together to create safe and inclusive transportation in the State of New York. This year's event is happening Monday, September 16 to Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Binghamton, NY.

❓ Why Exhibit at The 2024 New York State Highway Safety Symposium? The symposium is New York State’s premier gathering of highway safety professionals from local, state, federal, and private agencies who are involved in the effort to reduce deaths and injuries related to traffic crashes. These professionals attend the symposium to exchange information on current activities and new developments in the promotion of injury prevention programs. This year's symposium takes place Monday, October 21 to Thursday, October 24, 2024 at the Lake Placid Convention Center in Lake Placid, NY. Register to exhibit at https://lnkd.in/d65iXtnG