Welcome   Register   Sponsors   Schedule   Sessions   Speakers   Workshops   Mobile Tours   APBP Seminars   Film Festival   Contacts   Lodging   Getting to Davis   Stay and Play   Bike Rentals			Conference brings 400 to bike-friendly Davis Davis, CA—one of the nation's most bicycle-friendly communities—served as the ideal setting for the California Bicycle Coalition's Walk/Bike California 2007 Conference in mid-September. The conference, held September 11-14, 2007, on the University of California, Davis, campus, attracted some 400 bicycle and pedestrian advocates, planners, engineers, academics, public officials, policy experts and vendors from throughout California and the U.S. for three days of plenary and breakout sessions, walking and bicycling tours, vendor exhibits and more. CBC partnered with the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) and California WALKS to present the conference. Major highlights included keynote addresses by California Department of Transportation Director Will Kempton, who has sought a closer relationship with the state's bicycling community, and Rep. Jim Oberstar, chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and one of the pioneers of the Safe Routes to School movement. "We're absolutely thrilled that two such important figures could be part of the conference," said CBC Executive Director KC Butler. "These two officials play such a critical role in the future of transportation in California and nationally." The conference's three plenary sessions addressed the Complete Streets movement, research into the public health benefits of bicycling and walking, and reports on the state of climate change. The conference schedule also included breakout presentations by more than 100 advocates, policy experts, consultants and academics, as well as tours of bicycle and pedestrian facilities in Davis and beyond and a four-night, bicycle and pedestrian-themed film festival. More than 20 sponsors and vendors exhibited a variety of programs, products and services. APBP presented eight professional development seminars concurrently with the Walk/Bike conference schedule. Download Powerpoint presentations and videos from Walk/Bike California 2007 from the Sessions page. CBC publicly recognized Assemblymember Mark Leno for authoring Assembly Bill 1358, the Complete Streets Act, and gave an award to eLock Technologies of Berkeley, CA, for its pioneering efforts to create and promote the use of public bicycle lockers that function like metered public parking. In conjunction with the conference, the city of Davis held a public ceremony to honor the local activists, public officials and others who helped create the Davis bike lane network, recognized as the nation’s first. This year is the fortieth anniversary of the opening of bike lanes in Davis in 1967. The conference received financial and in-kind support from 35 sponsors, including California Department of Transportation, California Air Resources Board, California Department of Health Services, Federal Highway Administration, Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority, UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies, City of Davis, and Sacramento Air Quality Management District. Walk/Bike California Conference Photos, 2003 & 2005 Photo credits: left and right, Dan Burden; center, Mark Lavergne. Courtesy Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center.