Meeting Date: June 13, 2019
This meeting was held virtually.
The agenda and presentation for this meeting can be found below.
10:00 – 10:05: Welcome
- Mike says his intro
10:05 – 10:10: Update on 2019 Statewide Pedestrian Safety Forum
- Mike can handle. Talking points:
- Forum is August 22, 2019 from 8 to 4 at Norris Center in Austin
- Registration is open. Please register so we can start to get an accurate head
count - Full agenda will be sent out in the next month
- Sessions that are currently being put together for this year’s forum include
- Media and pedestrian safety
- Pedestrian safety enforcement education
- Equity, social justice and pedestrian safety
- Engineering countermeasures and urban design’s impact on ped safety
- Case studies on how cities are using data to improve pedestrian safety
- Pedestrian safety and transportation policy
- Intersection of public health and pedestrian safety
- Planning for pedestrian safety at the state, regional and local level
- If you are interested in presenting, please reach out to Ben Ettelman, as there
are still a couple open spots.
10:10 – 10:30: Stakeholder Updates
- We have a couple folks who have volunteered to provide updates. We should call them
and then open the floor for others- Srinivas Geedipally, TTI
- Joel Meyer, City of Austin
- Ipek Sener, TTI
- Mike Manser, TTI (budget cut, and only if you want)
- Ben Ettelman, TTI (ped safety clearinghouse funded through TTI)
10:30 – 11:15: Presentation and Discussion on Hosting Walking Tours and Reflections on
Walking Tours Held at TTI Traffic Safety Conference in San Antonio
- Laura Higgins, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
- Greg Reininger, City of San Antonio
- Marco Hinojosa, City of San Antonio
11:15 – 12:00: Presentation and Discussion on Pedestrian Safety Policy in Texas
- Jay Blazek Crossley, Farm&City, Vision Zero Texas
12:00: Adjourn