Professional Development Half-day Workshop

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Part of A Week of Learning with the Bruntletts: Dutch Practices of Active Transportation Planning

MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver

A Week of Learning with the Bruntletts

Dutch Practices of Active Transportation Planning 
– This initiative brings Melissa and Chris Bruntlett back to Metro Vancouver for a series of events aimed at advancing active and inclusive transportation leadership.

Doors open at 8:30 for breakfast and coffee/tea. Session commences at 9am Ticket includes complimentary admission to MONOVA's exhibit: <a href="https://monova.ca/exhibits/are-we-there-yet/" title="https://monova.ca/exhibits/are-we-there-yet/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Are We There Yet: The Sustainable Transportation Journey.</a> A morning of professional development designed to engage transportation planning professionals from public and private sectors with municipal elected officials from different municipalities to share knowledge of active transportation infrastructure design, equitable mobility practices, and writing inclusive mobility policies to advance cycling and walkability across Metro Vancouver.Why Attend?<ul><li>Get a chance to meet globally renowed urban mobility experts - Melissa and Chris Bruntlett</li><li>Share experience and knowledge in a melting pot of different planners and elected officials with various local context.</li><li>Hear from practicitioners on integrating transportation solutions in large developments and what it takes for success.</li><li>Gain practical tips and tricks on using empathy in difficult planning spaces where not everyone is ready to make active transporation moves.</li></ul>Takeaways from the Event<ul><li>Explore how planning professionals and municipal elected officials can work together to write effective active transportation policy</li><li>Learn best practices bicycle infrastructure planning from Dutch mobility experts and applying the lessons on local planning and policy frameworks</li><li>Encourage and inspire more active transportation projects to be built in Metro Vancouver</li></ul>A Week of Learning with the Bruntletts is made possible with the sponsorship of Translink, Voor Urban Labs, Urban Systems, ISL Engineering, and Kingdom of the Netherlands in Vancouver.Produced by Voor Urban Labs, and co-presented by a consortium of non-profit and public agencies including SFU Urban Studies, City of Burnaby, City of North Vancouver, District of North Vancouver, Women Transforming Cities, Women in Urbanism, Dutch Cultural Association of BC, Dutch Cycling Embassy, North Vancouver District Library, Museum of North Vancouver, and HUB Cycling.

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