Moving People First Summit
On April 13, 2016 ULI Idaho with other partners sponsored a Summit to engage members, professionals and the public on ways in which our streets and highways can be designed to put people first.
Over 150 attended with national and local speakers, including: Dr. Richard Jackson, Professor and chair of the Environmental Health Sciences at UCLA and host of the PBS series Designing Healthy Communities; Kelli Fairless, Valley Regional Transit; Maureen Gresham, ACHD Commuteride; Terry Little, ACHD; Mike Flynn, Sam Schwartz Engineering; and Gary Toth, Senior Director at the Project for Public Spaces and Author of a Citizen’s Guide to Better Streets How to Engage your Transportation Agency.
Resources:
http://uli.org/research/centers-initiatives/building-healthy-places-initiative/
www.designinghealthycommunities.org
http://pds.cityofboise.org/media/413915/151221_BoiseTAP_DRAFT.pdf
Results:
After the speaker’s presentations, the audience participated in an interactive discussion on Best Ideas on how to move people first.