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TRAILS CONFERENCE
Our fall conference brings together trail users, supporters, advocates, designers, and builders in our region. Each year we host speakers to share best practices and emerging trends in issues around trails for active recreation and mobility.
Join us on September 24th from 5-7:30 in Puyallup, as we explore "Telling the Story of Trails" through data and quantifiable measures. Our presenters are doing cutting edge work in this field:
Whether you are a trail advocate, agency staff, elected official or in private sector trail planning and development, this will be a valuable event to attend.
4:30 Check-in & Networking
4:45 Dinner – Cuisine TBA
5:00 Welcome – John Palmer, FGT President
5:10 Keynote – Yvonne Kraus, Executive Director, WA Wildlife & Recreation Coalition
5:25 Featured Presentation – Telling the Story of Trails (with data)
6:50 Legislative & ForeverGreen Trails Updates – Larry Leveen, FGT Director
7:00 Trail Awards – Larry
7:15 Closing – John Palmer, FGT President
7:20 Bonus “Turbo 10 Minute” Networking
Keynote Speaker
Yvonne Kraus
Executive Director, Washington Wildlife & Recreation Coalition
Bio coming soon.
Presenters
Lawrence D. Frank, Ph.D., CIP
Professor, Urban Studies and Planning @ UC San Diego
President, Urban Design 4 Health, Inc.
Dr. Frank specializes in the interaction between land use, travel behavior, air
quality, health, energy use, and climate change impacts of urban form policies. He
is a “walkability pioneer” and first to quantify connections between built
environment, active transportation, and health. He coined the term “walkability” in
the early 90’s and his work led to WalkScore and has been cited over 60,000 times.
His citation “H” Index is 106 and highest among planning and transportation policy
academics in North America (and globally) according to Google Scholar. He is
listed in Thompson and Reuter’s top 1% in the social sciences. Dr. Frank has
published over 200 peer reviewed articles and co-authored Heath and Community Design and Urban Sprawl and Public Health mapping the nexus between built and natural environments, transportation, and public health. Dr. Frank founded Urban Design 4 Health, Inc. in the late 1990s to help decision makers.
David Wasserman, AICP
National Civic Analytics Leader
Alta
David specializes in research and data-driven planning for active and multimodal
transportation. He applies scientific computing, spatial analysis, and scenario-
focused storytelling to support community-centered transportation solutions.
David leads and contributes to active transportation research, including projects
for Utah’s UTRAC program developing mode shift tools, NCHRP studies on
digitizing active transportation facilities, and research on evaluating the benefits
of active transportation gap closures.
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