2023 Washington Region Vision Zero Summit Recap
On Wednesday, June 14th, WABA hosted the 7th annual Washington Region Vision Zero Summit.
The event featured a number of panels (you can find the full agenda here!) and a keynote session featuring Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld and Montgomery County Councilmember Natali Fani-González.
Secretary Wiedefeld shared remarks about his Vision Zero goals for Maryland, how traffic safety work can include community leaders, and shared a few lessons for the region overall. Montgomery County Councilmember Natali Fani-González led an engaging and informative Q&A session with the Secretary after he gave his remarks.
Throughout the day, our speakers emphasized how we as practitioners, decision makers, and advocates can authentically seek and incorporate community feedback and build lasting community buy-in for safer streets. Recordings can be found on WABA’s Youtube channel (here’s the link to the 2023 Summit playlist) and the evening session with Charles Allen can be found here.
A big thank you to all of our speakers:
Charlie Willson, DC Vision Zero’s Interim Director
Heather Foote, Transportation Footeprints
Ameen Beale, D.C. Pedestrian Advisory Council Ward 8 representative
Eileen McCarthy, former D.C. Pedestrian Advisory Council chair, Ward 3, and America Walks representative to the International Federation of Pedestrians board of directors
Christine Mayeur, D.C. Vision Zero and Highway Safety Office Transportation Specialist)
Charles Turner, DDOT Automated Traffic Enforcement
Christine Baker, Arlington County Vision Zero Program Manager
Wade Holland, Montgomery County Vision Zero Coordinator
Victor Weissberg, Special Projects Manager at Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation
Alexandria Carroll, Alexandria VA Vision Zero
Alex Baca, DC Policy Director at Greater Greater Washington
Charlie Grymes, Greater Prince William Trails Coalition
Michele Burton, Project Manager at Institute for Public Health Innovation
Earnie Porta, JD, PhD; Mayor, Town of Occoquan and Chair, Prince William County, Joint Environmental Task Force
Erin Palmer, DC ANC 4B02
Josh Jacobson, DC ANC 1E06
Ashley Ruff, DC ANC 7F02
VJ Kapur, DC ANC 5C07
Kori Johnson, Safe Routes Partnership
Jacob Smith, Executive Director at National Organizations for Youth Safety
Katie Davis, Education Program Coordinator at Washington Area Bicyclist Association
Duwan Morris, Montgomery County Vision Zero Youth Ambassador Program Manager
Paul Ruffins, Streetcar Suburbs News
Ron Weiss
Jo Percell, Outreach Librarian at DC Public Library
Liliana Garcia, Library Associate at DC Public Library
Kristy Daphnis, Montgomery County Families for Safe Streets
Helaina Roisman, DC Families for Safe Streets
Patrick Wise, Alexandria Families for Safe Streets
Hung Truong, Arlington Families for Safe Streets
Sonya Breehey, Fairfax Families for Safe Streets
Andrew Turner, Director at R+D DC
Mike Doyle, Northern VA Families for Safe Streets
Trisalyn Nelson, Professor of Geography at UC Santa Barbara
Ward 6 DC Councilmember Charles Allen