Moving Together Conference is Nov. 1 in Boston

The 2018 Moving Together Conference will be held on Nov. 1, 7:45 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel in Boston.

Each year, the conference brings together transportation leaders and individuals involved in the areas of planning, public health, bike and pedestrian safety, transit, advocacy, law enforcement and education.

Workshops and panels will highlight current pedestrian, bicycle and public transportation topics.

Attendees can network with colleagues representing diverse interests from the public, academic and private sectors.

The conference will feature new site visits and mobile workshops led by engineers and bicycle/pedestrian advocates.

One topic of discussion will be the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s draft Massachusetts Pedestrian Transportation Plan, which is available for public comment. To review the plan and provide feedback, visit www.mass.gov/service-details/pedestrian-plan.

In 1998, the statewide bicycling action plan and the statewide pedestrian action plan both called for the establishment of an annual statewide conference for educational and networking purposes. The first two of these conferences were held in Worcester in 2000. In 2005, the conference moved to Boston. More than 650 people attended the event in 2014, when more workshops than ever were offered, along with the addition of site visits.

For more information and to register, visit www.movingtogetherma.org.