conference in Boston focused on Walkability.Held in conjunction with WalkBoston’s 25th anniversary, the conference is produced by the APBP Boston Chapter, WalkBoston, Project for Public Spaces (PPS), and Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), and hosted by the Boston Society of Architects.

professionals to explore the freshest thinking about walkability and place-making.

Schedule at a Glance8:00 - 8:45 AM Breakfast and Registration8:45 - 9:15 AM Opening Welcome: Wendy Landman, Executive Director WalkBoston

Walking Evolution and Revolution in One Minute! 9:15 - 10:45 AM Classroom Sessions: Vision Zero / Site Planning for Walkability10:45 - 11:00 PM Coffee Break11:00 - 12:30 PM Classroom Sessions: Go Boston 2030 / Multisector Partnernships: Effective Advocacy12:30 - 1:15 PM Lunch in Gallery1:15 - 2:00 PM Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Gina Fiandaca, City of Boston Transportation Commissioner2:00 - 5:00 PM Mobile Tours: Placemaking Studio / Evolution and Revolution of the Greenway /

East Cambridge Walking Tour5:00 PM Social Hour at Lucky’s Lounge, 355 Congress Street, Boston, MA

Thursday, March 26, 2015

290 Congress Street #200Boston, MA 02210

Register now at http://www.apbp.org/event/WERC

Registration includes breakfast, coffee breaks, a box lunch, all classroom sessions and mobile tours!

The Walking Evolution and Revolution

Conference

APBP Members: $50Non-Members: $65

For volunteer opportunities contact: Jessica Mortell, Toole Design Group at jmortell@tooledesign.com

Morning Classroom SessionsVision Zero in Massachusetts An idea that originated in Sweden, Vision Zero is the overarching goal that any loss of life in traffic is unacceptable. It has been adopted in cities across the United States from San Francisco to New York City. Levels of implementation differ, but all emphasize creating streets and public spaces designed for people, rather than vehicle throughput. But what does Vision Zero look like in Massachusetts? This session will bring together Massa

-chusetts Department of Transportation and City of Boston representatives from transportation, public health, and law enforcement to discuss what Vision Zero means in the Commonwealth, and examine the current state of traffic safety. This interactive session will discuss how we can work together to start improving street safety now, and the opportunities and challenges on the road ahead toward Vision Zero.

Facilitator: Brendan Kearney, WalkBostonPresenters: Charlotte Fleetwood, Boston Transportation Department; Alyssa Bechtold Cabrera, Boston Public Health Commission; Captain Jack Danilecki; Boston Police Department; Carlos Cannon; Boston Police Department

Site Planning for Walkability Vibrant walkable places are designed with the pedestrian in mind. Every detail - from the layout of the site, to the design of crossings and sidewalks, to the placement of the front door – contributes to a person’s willingness to walk. But how do you create walkable places from the ground up? How do we maximize a downtown or neighborhood-center location and make it truly walkable? How can we work with developers, municipalities, and the public to make key site design decisions early on in the project development process to secure walkability? This session will provide multi-sector viewpoints and discuss the details of walkable site design. From public schools to housing projects, mixed-use developments, and urban land use contexts, session participants will learn key components to redesigning public spaces to improve walkability in a variety of settings.

Facilitator: Stacey Beuttell, WalkBostonPresenters: Michael Chavez, Southwest CDC; Gianna Allentuck, Brookings School; Laura Wernick, HMFH Architects

The Future of Walkability in Boston: Go Boston 2030Learn about the City of Boston's mobility planning initiative - Go Boston 2030 - and its innovative public engagement process - the Question Campaign. After collecting thousands of questions about getting around Boston in the future, the Boston Transportation Department has worked with the plan's advisory board, other city departments, state agencies, and community partners to identify key questions that will guide the vision for this plan. Take part in a discussion that imagines the future of walkability by addressing key questions about walking that have emerged.

Facilitator: Jessica Mortell, Toole Design GroupPresenters: Vineet Gupta and Alice Brown, City of Boston, Department of Transportation

Multisector Partnerships – Effective Advocacy As we move from a vision and theory of walkable communities to on-the-ground implementation, what is the recipe for success? Engaging local residents, working with police and public works staff, and showing the realities of existing walking conditions all help to build enthusiastic participation across sectors. This interactive panel discussion will include state, municipal, and advocacy staff representing transportation, public health, and community organizing. The panel will discuss the ingredients for success, reflect on challenges and opportunities, and brainstorm with session attendees to discuss and develop ideas for engaging new stakeholders to bring walking solutions to neighborhoods, clients, and projects.

Facilitator: Wendy Landman, WalkBostonPresenters: Ben Wood, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Healthy Community Design Coordinator, Bonnie Polin, Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Chief Safety Analyst Julie Kelly, Fall River Mass in Motion Coordinator

Opening PlenaryOpening Plenary Welcome, Wendy Landman, Executive Director WalkBoston

Walking Evolution and Revolution in One Minute!Are you working on an innovative walking project? As part of the morning plenary session, we are providing the opportunity for 10 speakers to showcase the best walking projects. The requirements of the presentation are simple – one slide, one minute, one chance!To submit your project for consideration to present, please submit the following to dloutzenheiser@mapc.org by March 19th: 1. The one slide 2. Maximum two paragraph description of the project. 3. You name, title, and organization.

For the selected projects, a large (e.g., 24”x36”’) print out of each slide will be on display for conference participants to vote for the best walking project. The winner will be announced during the social hour to follow the conference. Good luck!

Placemaking Studio Placemaking is a transformative approach that reimagines public spaces as the heart of a community, and strengthens the connection between people and the places they share. During this half day workshop, a brief classroom session will review the theory, process, and practice of placemak-ing. Participants will learn how to work with a diverse stakeholder group to determine goals and select interventions, and how to evaluate projects and develop performance metrics. Local and national experts will also review the key strategies to accelerate placemaking through tactical, implementation-oriented, and low-cost interventions. During the mobile portion of the Placemaking Studio, participants will visit recently installed placemaking projects in City Hall, and conduct a team visioning exercise and placemaking audit of City Hall Plaza. The workshop will conclude with small group presentations on strategies to enliven and activate City Hall Plaza.

Facilitator: Mark Plotz, Project for Public SpacesWalk Leaders: Kris Carter, Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics; and David Nelson, Project for Public Spaces

East Cambridge Walking Tour Over the past several decades, East Cambridge has transformed from an industrial district into a world-class technology center for biotech, high tech research, and innovation companies. This interactive tour will discuss the evolution of East Cambridge and the vision for future growth through the Kendall Square Central Square Planning Study. Participants will explore current projects, with a focus on walkability, accessibility, and provide opportu-nities for visioning, critiques, and discussion. While the focus is walking, multimodal connections will be discussed.

Facilitators: David Loutzenheiser, MAPC; Anna Biton, Volpe CenterWalk Leaders: Dan Vallee, City of Cambridge Department of Public Works, Jennifer Lawrence, City of Cambridge Community Development Department; Adam Schulman, City of Cambridge Traffic and Parking; Tom Evans, Cambridge Redevelopment Authority; Jim Gascoigne, Charles River TMA

Afternoon Mobile Tours

Evolution and Revolution of the Greenway The Greenway you see today was created by the efforts of hundreds of people over many years. What we will see on this walking tour was not what was initially envisioned for the corridor, but is the result of an evolution of design, approach and changing goals. WalkBoston played a key role in the design of the corridor in order to make it a welcoming environment for walkers. In 1994, WalkBoston and Move Massachusetts co-chaired the Surface Transportation Action Forum, a twelve-month design review of the corridor that resulted in a more pedestrian friendly downtown, and created design guidelines that were the foundation of Boston’s first Streetscape Guidelines. The walk will be preceded by a short presentation on the history and evolution of the corridor. We will review the key decisions that created the Greenway and the ongoing efforts to improve it.

Facilitator: Don Kindsvatter, Urban Designer on the Central Artery ProjectWalk Leaders: Dorothea Hass, WalkBoston, and Lauren Shurtleff, City of Boston

Luncheon Keynote SpeakerGina Fiandaca, City of Boston Transportation Commissioner

Social Hour

A special thank you to the conference organizers, sponsors,facilitators, and presenters for making this event possible!

Lucky’s Lounge, 355 Congress Street, Boston, MAJoin us to wrap up the celebrations at Lucky’s Lounge. Cash bar and free appetizers while supplies last!