By Emma Shlaes | Policy Manager
The 5th Annual Silicon Valley Bike Summit was a great day learning about safety and active transportation in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, and we enjoyed seeing people from the non-profit, private, and public sectors as well as local residents and advocates!
The opening plenary featured Nuria Fernandez, head of VTA, and Jim Hartnett, head of the San Mateo County Transit District. Our own President Shiloh Ballard moderated a fascinating conversation between them about their respective counties’ involvement in bicycling, safety, and the future of transit.
Next, Jessica Osborne and Corina Chung of San Mateo County Health System and Susan Lowery and Pamela Amparo of Santa Clara County Public Health Department presented on collision and injury data involving people who bike and walk. You can look at the presentations from San Mateo County Health System (SMCHS) and Santa Clara County Public Health Department (SCCPHD) on collision and injury data involving people who bike and walk.
Some highlights from their presentations are:
Santa Clara County’s report is available online and San Mateo County Health System’s report will be released later this fall, though you can see a teaser factsheet now
Emma Shlaes and Colin Heyne of SVBC and Jaime Fearer of California Walks debuted The Vision Zero Toolkit (available for free download). This Toolkit is intended as a resource for cities and counties to adopt and implement robust Vision Zero programs, contributing to the goal of eliminating deaths and life-altering injuries on our roadways. It’s also a great resource for advocates who want their city to enact changes.
In the afternoon, a diverse panel convened to discuss Silicon Valley Solutions: Tech’s role in bicycling safety. With Jessica Weare of Microsoft moderating, we heard from Lauren Ledbetter of VTA; Richard Masoner of Cyclelicious; Andrew Casteel, creator of Team Bike Challenge and Company Bike Challenge; and Frank Hebbert of Motivate
Our final session yielded excellent discussions on ideas for addressing some of the key issues in safety on our roadways. Participants met in small groups to discuss questions related to key Vision Zero implementation steps in Evaluation and Planning, Engineering, Enforcement, Education, and Encouragement. Of course, engagement and equity were sprinkled throughout the conversation. Check out the resulting notes from that discussion here
A special thanks to our high level sponsors. Stanford Health Care was our presenting sponsor and co-host, and many thanks to Microsoft and Emison Hullervson LLP for their generous support. We would like to also thank GenZe, Palo Alto Bicycles, Paoli & Geerhart, Gary Brustin, Dero, Bank of the West, and M-Group.
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