Texas leads the nation in traffic deaths. We believe Texas can lead the nation in ending traffic deaths.

ARCHIVE – 2022 Texas Vision Zero Summit

Monday & Tuesday, May 23 & 24, 2022
in person at the Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH) in Midtown, Houston, Texas

The people of Texas deserve a transportation system where we aren’t risking our lives or limbs when we make our daily decisions to visit friends, get home from work, or go to the library. The Texas Department of Transportation, the biggest county in Texas, almost all of the biggest cities, and one Texas metropolitan planning organization are all committed to ending traffic deaths by 2050 or earlier.

For those who believe meeting these goals is not only possible, but imperative, the Texas Vision Zero Summit is a place to work with peers across the state and allies from other sectors to envision real changes. Calling all city, county, MPO, and state staff who believe part of their work is ending traffic deaths. Calling all advocates, elected officials, nonprofit professionals working to change our deadly transportation system.

Sessions will include keynote speeches, panel discussions, pecha kucha style lightning rounds, and breakouts for participants to join the discussion. We will share best practices and inspiration to get to zero.

On Wednesday May 25th, 2022 there will be a bonus technical training hosted by the FHWA: “A Primer to Complete Streets.” Read more about the training here.

Over the course of this two day summit we will be exploring a variety of topics about how we can make our streets and roads safer for everyone, including:

From Zero to Vision Zero: adopting meaningful goals and plans
Comprehensive speed management strategies
Disproportionate impacts of traffic crashes
Equitable approaches to Vision Zero
Safe Metro Regions: the TxDOT/MPO Safety Task Force

View the full Agenda

Featured Speakers include:

James Bass,
CTRMA Executive Director
Andrew Ceifetz,
WSP USA
Rodney Ellis,
Harris County Commissioner
Sofia Font,
City of Houston
Millie Hays,
Federal Highway Administration
Laura Ryan,
Texas Transportation Commissioner
Stephen Ratke,
Federal Highway Administration
Lance Simmons,
Texas Department of Transportation
Kathy Sokolic,
Central Texas Families for Safe Streets
Marc Williams,
TxDOT Executive Director
Robert Wunderlich,
Texas A&M Transportation Institute

View all our Speakers

MATCH: Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston

3400 Main Street

Houston TX 77002

Location and Parking

Thank you to our Steering Committee members for all of their invaluable contributions:

Noah Budnick — Executive Director, Together for Safer Roads
Ed Burgos-Gomez — Safety Engineer, FHWA Safety
Andrew Ceifetz — Transportation and Road Safety Specialist, WSP
Joe Cutrufo — Executive Director, BikeHouston
Ben Ettelman — Texas A&M Transportation Institute
David Fink — Regional Incident Management Program Manager, Houston-Galveston Area Council
Sofia Font — City of Houston Planning & Development
Lauren Grove — City of Houston Public Works
Joan Hudson — Research Engineer, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Dexter Handy — Greater Houston Complete Streets Coalition
Amelia (Millie) Hays — Safety & Traffic Operations Specialist, FHWA Safety
Lewis Leff — Transportation Safety Officer, City of Austin Transportation Department
Robert McHaney — Chief of Integrating Planning, The Goodman Corporation
Joel Meyer — Program Manager, Vision Zero, City of Austin Transportation Department
Josh Pederman, PE, RSP1 — Principal | Dallas Office Leader, Fehr and Peers
Tony Pham — Coordinator, Walkable Arlington
Ryland Potter — Vice President of Business Development, WDM USA Limited
Stephen Ratke — Senior Safety and Geometric Design Engineer, FHWA Safety
Kristina Ronneberg — BikeHouston
Ines Sigel — Interim Executive Director, LinkHouston
Kathy Sokolic — Co-Founder & Chair, Central Texas Families for Safe Streets
Mark Solano — City Policy & Engagement Manager, Nuro
Jamie White — Founder, Allie’s Way

OUR SPONSORS

In addition to covering summit and accelerator costs, sponsors will be supporting the Vision Zero Texas program of Farm&City, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.

We work with local nonprofits and leaders toward adoption of Vision Zero policies in every city, every county and every MPO across Texas to make our streets safer, and end traffic deaths in Texas.

We staff and support Central Texas Families for Safe Streets to empower those hurt by crashes to prevent them. With your support, we will expand this model to the Houston region next.

Farm&City, a 501c3 nonprofit, hosts the Texas Vision Zero Summit as part of our Vision Zero Texas program. We invite firms, corporations, and public entities to join us in our optimistic vision that Texas can lead the nation in ending traffic deaths, as summit sponsors.

All sponsors will receive complimentary passes, recognition, and opportunities to collaborate on the mission to further Vision Zero across Texas, commensurate with level of sponsorship. Please ask if you want to bring special elements to the summit experience.

Download the Sponsorship Opportunity Flyer (pdf) or call Scott White at 915-240-260 or scott@farmandcity.org for more information about becoming a 2023 Summit Sponsor.