Walk Bike Roll Kansas

Active Transportation Summit 2025

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October 29–30, 2025

Lawrence, Kansas

Mark your calendars for this two-day, in-person event for transportation professionals, advocates, and community members from across the state. You will deepen your understanding of the Kansas Active Transportation Plan and build valuable partnerships as you learn how to improve walking, biking, and rolling in your community through workshops, presentations, and other activities.

Keynote Speaker: Wes Marshall, PhD, PE, professor of civil engineering at University of Colorado Denver, and author of Killed by a Traffic Engineer

Registration coming soon!

Plan Your Summit Experience

The Walk Bike Roll Kansas Active Transportation Summit will provide opportunities for attendees to learn from experts in the field, connect with Kansans from across the state, and leave with practical actions for improving walking, biking, and rolling. Explore the many sessions and activities we have planned, and check out the travel and lodging information as you plan your visit to Lawrence.

Look Back at the 2023 Summit

In September 2023, we gathered in McPherson, Kansas. You can still learn from the incredible speakers at that event: Click here to view slides from all 2023 Summit sessions.

Kansas Active Transportation Vision and Goals

Vision: Kansas will be a place where people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds have safe and convenient options to walk, bike, roll, and use other active modes for transportation and recreation.

  • Reduce the frequency and severity of crashes involving pedestrian, cyclists, and other Active Transportation users.

  • Invest in underserved communities and prioritize the needs of populations that rely on Active Transportation and transit to reach jobs and essential services.

  • increase the regular use of walking, biking, wheeling, and other Active Transportation modes.

  • Promote Active Transportation activity and infrastructure to improve people’s health, positively impact the environment, improve quality of life, and spur economic development.

  • Normalize Active Transportation as a vital part of the overall transportation system.

  • Maintain and preserve Active Transportation system investments and funding sources.