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Stefan Chavez-Norgaard
Stefan Chavez-Norgaard is a Teaching Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Korbel School’s Douglas and Mary Scrivner Institute of Public Policy at the University of Denver.
October 21, 2025
Nicholas Dagen Bloom
Nicholas Dagen Bloom is a professor of Urban Policy and Planning at Hunter College and acting chair of the department. His research examines the long-term planning outcomes in essential urban systems, including subsidized housing and mass transportation. He is the author of “The Great American Transit Disaster: A Century of Austerity, Auto-Centric Planning, and White … Continued
October 17, 2025
Melissa Bruntlett
Melissa Bruntlett is the founder of Modacity Creative, an independent consultancy that bridges the gap between creative thinking and behavior change to develop projects with a positive social impact.
October 16, 2025
Qiuyang Lu
Qiuyang Lu is a Senior Transportation Engineer at the Institute for Transport and Development Policy, with expertise in transport demand modeling, public policy, and logistics and supply chain management. Her recent work centers on the electrification of transportation, including electric two- and three-wheelers, trucks, and buses. Qiuyang holds a master’s degree in Transport from Imperial … Continued
October 14, 2025
Brandon W. Chamberlin
Brandon W. Chamberlin is an attorney and safe streets advocate. He is of counsel to the Law Office of Adam D. White, where he represents pedestrians and cyclists injured on New York City streets. In 2023, he was honored as Transportation Alternatives’ Citywide Activist of the Year for his work tracking New York City’s progress … Continued
October 14, 2025
Cathy Chase
Cathy Chase is President of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, an alliance of consumer, public health, law enforcement and safety organizations and major property-casualty insurance companies and trade associations. Chase has over 25 years of experience in public policy, law and advocacy across the nonprofit and government sectors. Before joining Advocates in 1996, she … Continued
October 14, 2025
Isaac Levy
Isaac Levy is a Senior Transportation Planner with the City of San Antonio’s Transportation Department, where he leads efforts to advance multimodal transportation. Originally from Galveston, Texas, Isaac developed an early interest in transportation. He moved to San Antonio in 2015 to attend the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he earned a Bachelor … Continued
October 14, 2025
Talia Goddard
Talia Goddard is an undergraduate student at Occidental College double-majoring in Urban & Environmental Policy and Economics. She interned with the Festival Trail during the summer of 2025. As a Los Angeles native, Talia was drawn to the project’s commitment to creating a positive Olympic legacy for the city. Her studies currently center on global … Continued
October 14, 2025
Lucia Cappella
Lucia Cappella is a Los Angeles-based writer, advocate, and current Outreach Coordinator for the Festival Trail. She is passionate about expanding access to arts programming, public transportation, and urban nature — seeing these spaces as vital to creating more connected, empathetic, and resilient communities.
October 14, 2025
Tom DeVito
Tom DeVito is the National Director of Families for Safe Streets, with 12 years of experience in transportation and safety advocacy. He helped launch Families for Safe Streets in New York during his first tenure at Transportation Alternatives (2013–2020), and later served as Senior Policy Manager for the Bluebikes and Citi Bike public bikeshare systems … Continued
October 14, 2025
