The 2017 Safe Streets Summit was the largest in Broward MPO history! Over 250 transportation professionals, community activitsts, and elected officials attended the Summit, held over two days at the Sunrise Civic Center in Sunrise. This year's Summit was the first to feature a partnership between the Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach MPOs. The event included a pre-conference workshop and bike ride, followed by a full day conference featuring local and nationally recognized speakers such as Charles Montgomery (award-winning author and principal of Happy City), Emiko Atherton (Director of the National Complete Streets Coalition) and Dale Bracewell (amanager of Transportation Planning for the City of Vancouver).
Local Complete Streets individual and community champions from each county were honored at the Annual Safe Streets Summit Award Ceremony. They include:
Broward County
- Gary Rogers: Executive Director, Lauderdale Lakes CRA
- Broward Regional Health Planning Council
Miami-Dade County
- Alina Hudak: Depty Mayor, Miami-Dade County
- Town of Cutler Bay
Palm Beach County
- Jim Smith: Chair, Safety as Floridians Expect (SAFE)
- City of West Palm Beach
The 2018 Safe Streets Summit will be held in Palm Beach County. To view presentations from this year's Summit, read profiles of award winners, and provide feedback on the sessions, please visit: http://www.safestreetssummit.org/