PROUD TO SPEAK ABOUT UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND INCLUSIVE MOBILITY

IN FRONT OF THE NATION’S TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY THOUGHT LEADERS AT THE 2025 JOINT ITE INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL MEETING

I was gratified to speak to the transportation, transit and mobility industry’s leaders – from the private, public, nonprofit and academic sectors – at the ITE International meeting this week in Orlando.

I spoke on: Creating Accessible, Healthy, and Smart Multimodal Communities Through Transportation.

I underscored design fails that make sidewalks, curbramps and crosswalks dangerous or impossible to use by people who use assistive mobility devices.

At the end of my presentation to a full ballroom, I implored those in attendance to get at the root of disability inclusion.

I challenged the nation’s leading mobility designers, builders and regulators to aggressively recruit, hire and retain people with various disabilities.

Without those personal insights, the most brilliant engineers and planners in the world are doomed to creating barriers that strip people with disabilities of independence, dignity and safety.

GRATIFIED TO BE A KEY SPEAKER AT THE 2025 JOINT ITE INTERNATIONAL

AND FLORIDA PUERTO RICO DISTRICT ANNUAL MEETING AND EXHIBITION

I am honored to bring my passionate speaking about the value of Universal Design and Inclusive Mobility to the International ITE meeting.

I will be joined by my friend and colleague David Haight and a host of other mobility planning industry giants.

Our topic: Creating Accessible, Healthy, and Smart Multimodal Communities Through Transportation

I proudly speak globally about a better built environment for people with disabilities.

HONORED TO SHARE MY UNIVERSAL DESIGN/BETTER MOBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITES EXPERTISE ON THE GRANDEST OF STAGES

CREATING ACCESSIBLE, HEALTHY, AND SMART

MULTIMODAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH TRANSPORTATION

I’m proud to share that my “The Universal Design Toolbox for Complete Streets: INCLUSIVE MOBILITY MADE EASY,” will be part of the prestigious 2025 Joint ITE International and Florida Puerto Rico District Annual Meeting and Exhibition taking place this August in Orlando, Florida.

My Universal Design-driven expert session was co-created with David Haight, FAICP LEED AP ND, Transportation Planner/Urban Designer of global built environment firm AtkinsRéalis.

Our expertise will be shared via “Creating Accessible, Healthy, and Smart Multimodal Communities Through Transportation” – a curated technical podium session.

ITE, A Community of Transportation Professionals, was founded nearly a century ago as the Institute of Transportation Engineers.

It has 18,000 members and chose our presentation out of hundreds of abstracts submitted.

It is extremely rare to have a non-engineer, non-certified planner chosen as an expert speaker.

I am honored to create better mobility and inclusion for people with disabilities.