Key PresentersBob Chauncey (keynote speaker)Bob Chauncey is the Director for Policy Analysis at the National Center for Bicycling & Walking (NCBW) in the USA. In his current role, Bob has co-authored 'Are We There Yet?', a report on state transportation departments; 'Does it Work?', a primer on conducting bike and pedestrian audits; and 'Taking Steps, a study of Metropolitan Planning Organizations'.He is presently involved in conducting workshops for the NCBW. These customised workshops focus on issues ranging from creating bicycle-friendly and walkable communities, starting Safe Routes to School programmes, providing technical training for transportation professionals, to offering briefings for business groups on the economics of walkable communities. Bob is also leading two NCBW projects focused on building an "active community" advocacy movement in Minnesota and involving high school students in Michigan in programs to improve their neighborhood infrastructures. Bob is also a leader of the Traffic Justice Initiative, a campaign to redefine America's thinking on motor vehicle crashes, substantially reducing the occurrence of crashes and thereby significantly decreasing the attendant number of injuries and fatalities.
Jon Bridges (MC)Jon Bridges is a man of many talents. He writes and produces television programmes, is a regular commentator on Radio NZ and in the Listener, and performs as a stand-up comic. Born in the USA and educated in Palmerston North, he owns 5 bicycles, has enjoyed a 5000 kilometre cycle tour in Europe, is a champion veteran road cyclist (2003), and collects Matchbox cars. |
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Last updated 13 November 2007 by Glen Koorey
