Summit Registration is Open!
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
2:00 – 4:00 PM
Kansas Active Transportation Advisory Committee meeting
Kansas Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee meeting
4:00 – 6:00 PM
Registration table open
Traffic garden demonstration project installation: Hotel parking lot
Group bike rides (weather permitting; bring your own bike and helmet)
Jump to the bottom of this page for more bike ride information!
6:00 PM
Organized restaurant excursions: Meet in hotel lobby
4:45 – 6:30 PM Break for dinner and networking
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
8:00 – 9:30 AM
Registration and coffee
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Bike to school event: With Limestone Community School in East Lawrence
9:30 – 10:00 AM
Welcome
Mike Dever, Mayor, City of Lawrence
KDOT Representative
Active Transportation in Kansas: Updates from around the state
Kansas Active Transportation Committee Members
9:00 – 9:15 AM Break
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Keynote
Wes Marshall, PhD, PE, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado Denver, Author of Killed by a Traffic Engineer: Shattering the Delusion that Science Underlies Our Transportation System
10:15 – 10:30 AM Break
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Facilitated conversation
Wes Marshall, PhD, PE, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado Denver, Author of Killed by a Traffic Engineer: Shattering the Delusion that Science Underlies Our Transportation System
David Cronin, City of Lawrence engineer
Haley Dougherty, KDOT engineer
11:45 AM – 1:15 PM Break for lunch and networking
12:00 – 2:00 PM
Lunch break: Meet in the lobby for organized restaurant excursions
Traffic garden: Touch and ride an e-bike and cargo bike
Vendor tables
2:00 – 5:00 PM
Crash Analysis Studio Workshop: Presentation and crash site visits led by Strong Towns
2:15 – 2:30 PM Break
5:00 – 7:00 PM
Evening gathering and reception
Vendor tables
Traffic garden: Touch and ride an e-bike and cargo bike
Screening of From Rails to Trails PBS Documentary: View the trailer.
3:30 – 3:45 PM Break
7:00 PM
Dinner: Meet in the lobby for organized restaurant excursions
Thursday, October 30, 2025
7:00 – 8:00 AM
Registration and coffee
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Day 2 Welcome: Recap of Crash Analysis Studio and identified solutions
Jay Aber, HDR
Active Transportation 101 and Tools to Engage Leaders Locally and Statewide: The connection between active transportation and improved physical and mental health, the economy, the environment, quality of life, vibrant neighborhoods, and safety for all
Tammy Sufi, Toole Design
9:30 – 10:30 AM
Human Centered Streets and Economic Benefits
Michael Kelley, BikeWalkKC
Trails and Gravel Routes: Maximizing trails efforts to promote biking
Kelli Mark, Sunflower Foundation
Jeff Carroll, Ottawa Bike and Trail
LeLan Dains, Emporia Spanish Speakers
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Closing keynote
Kim Negrete, Multimodal Transportation Safety Planner, WAMPO
Concluding remarks and discussion
12:00 – 2:00 PM
Lunch break
2:00 – 4:00 PM
Optional Workshops
Kansas Safe Routes to School Workshop
Background, latest developments, ways to build a SRTS community, more!
Transportation Alternatives Grant Workshop
Information on the upcoming Call for Projects and how to develop a strong application
Bike Rides
Lawrence Loop and USBR 55
October 28, 2025 - 4pm
Amtrak Depot to Fields and Ivy - features: raised crossings, exercise equipment, businesses, neighborhood and playground access, K-10 alternative
Lawrence Loop – to Peterson Park
October 28, 2025 - 4pm
River path, new tunnels, needed connections. 6th to river trail past Sandra Shaw park, get to Michigan, take bike lane to Loop, continue to Peterson Park, return the same way.
21st Street Bike Boulevard and Iowa and 19th tunnel
October 28, 2025 - 4pm
21st street from Barker to Ousdahl, Ousdahl to 19th, 19th to the tunnel under Iowa, if construction complete, take route through KU Innovation Park to 21st, cross Iowa at the light and return on the bike boulevard. If construction, return on 19th to Naismith, south on Naismith to neighborhood cut through, zig zag back to east Lawrence neighborhood.
North Lawrence Levee gravel ride ending at Northside Social
October 28, 2025 - 4pm
Springhill Suites over the Kansas River bridge to the levee trail that is parallel to the Kansas river for an inspiring view. Take the levee trail to the end at Alexander Rd (optional Lawrence River Trail exploration for those that are MTB curious). Left/west onto Alexander road. Left/west onto N 1700 Rd. Left turn/South turn onto 1600 rd. Right or west on 1650 rd. Left or west on N 9th St for one block. Right turn/west onto Locust St all the way to Northside Social. 8.8 miles. 5.1 miles of gravel. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52116729
Group Ride Lead: Martin
Bonus gravel loop: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52117400