The 2019 KeepLAMoving Conference was held on October 4th and 5th at The Mar Vista, right in the middle of the disastrous Venice Blvd Road Diet. It was an unqualified success, with over 70 attendees from as far away as Seattle to the north, New Orleans to the south and New York City to the east. Everyone enjoyed meeting face to face, many for the first time, and discussing the facts and data behind road diets, traffic calming and the push to tranform our cities by making it more frustrating and more expensive to choose to travel about by car.
The videos below are a recording of the entire conference. You can watch each panel in its entirety or watch the short “Panel Recaps”, each hosted by one of the presenters from the panel. There is a lot of great information in here and if your community has recently been subjected to a road diet, or is considering one, watch these videos so that you’re armed with the facts, and not the rhetoric that is pushed by those who want to “re-imagine” your town. If you have any questions or need more information please contact us and we will put you in touch with people who can help.
Panel One - The Big Picture:
How Complete Streets, Vision Zero, and road diets fit into the latest land-use fads
Presenters: Mariya Frost, Director of the Coles Center for Transportation at Washington Policy Center - Randal O’Toole, Cato Institute - Wendell Cox, Demographia - Jay Beeber, Safer Streets L.A.
Panel One Recap
Randal O'Toole (Cato Institute) gives a brief recap of the highlights from Keep LA Moving National Conference 2019
Panel One Full Video
Panel Two : Complete Streets, Vision Zero, and road diets
THe impacts on local businesses and economies
Presenters: Ken Alpern M.D. - 6 term member of the Mar Vista Community Council and leader of Friends4Expo - James Moore, University of Southern California - Matthew Schneider, Entrepreneur and business owner - Demetrios Mavromichalis, Entrepreneur and business owner
Panel Two Recap
Matthew Schneider (Neighborhood Home) and James Elliott Moore II, Ph.D (USC) provide a brief recap of the highlights from Keep LA Moving National Conference 2019 Panel 2: Impacts of Road Diets on Local Businesses and Economies
Panel Two Full Video
Panel three: Complete Streets, Vision Zero, and road diets
They are supposed to make our streets safer. Are they?
Presenters: Kathleen Calongne, American Dream Coalition - Thomas A. Rubin, CPA, CMA, CMC, CIA, CGFM, CFM - John Forester, author, Effective Cycling
Panel Three Recap
Thomas A. Rubin (CPA, CMA, CMC, CIA, CGFM, CFM) provides a brief recap of the highlights from Keep LA Moving National Conference 2019 Panel 3: Are Complete Streets, Vision Zero, and Road Diets Actually Safer?
Panel Three Full Video
panel four: Streets to Courtrooms
How Communities Can Fight Back
Presenters: Shelia Dunn, National Motorists Association - Lydia Grant, Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council - John T Russo, KeepLAMoving/KeepTheUSMoving
Panel Four Recap
Lydia Grant (Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council) provides a brief recap of the highlights from Keep LA Moving National Conference 2019 Panel 4: Streets to Courtrooms: How Communities Can Fight Back.
Panel Four Full Video