Connected Networks & Network Connections: Built Environment Changes to Support Youth Active Travel

Monday, March 10, 2025

10:15 AM – 11:30 AM PT

Location: 103-AB

Moderator(s)

Pam Shadel Shadel Fischer, MLPA

Senior Director of External Engagement
Governors Highway Safety Association
Hackettstown, New Jersey

Slides

Speaker(s)

Nancy Pullen-Seufert, MPH

Director
National Center for Safe Routes to School, UNC Highway Safety Research Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Slides
Theresa Vallez-Kelly, MPH

Coordinator, Safe Routes to School
San Mateo County Office of Education
Redwood City, California

Slides
Kristin Haukom

Alta Planning + Design
Matt Biggar, PhD

Principal and Founder
Connected to Place

Handouts

Communities are increasingly focusing their transportation and safety investments in ways that support safe active travel for youth. Youth-focused road safety initiatives, especially those built on partnerships between transportation agencies and school districts, can help generate widespread support for active transportation investments. Learn from panelists about their processes and successes to support projects that increase youth safety and access to active transportation opportunities.