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Natalie Draisin
Natalie Draisin is a visionary leader in safe, sustainable mobility. As Director of the North American Office and United Nations Representative for the FIA Foundation, she has championed transformative initiatives. Natalie played a pivotal role in integrating road safety into the UN Sustainable Development Goals, led Congressional efforts urging the World Bank to adopt minimum … Continued
October 14, 2025
Elif Ensari
Elif Ensari is a research scholar at NYU’s Marron Institute of Urban Management, where she works with the Transportation and Land Use group. Her research focuses on the costs of building passenger rail, ridership estimation, Transit-Oriented Development, and the walking and cycling infrastructure of New York City. She contributes to the Transit Costs Project, which … Continued
October 14, 2025
Mike Wilson
Mike Wilson is a senior safety engineer at Cal/OSHA and a commissioner on the Berkeley, California, Disaster and Fire Safety Commission, where he led the effort to establish a Street Trauma Prevention program at the Berkeley Fire Department. He previously served for 13 years in the California EMS and fire service as an EMT, firefighter, … Continued
October 14, 2025
Max Markham
Max Markham is the executive director of the Policing Project. Max has served in leadership roles at national nonprofits since 2020 and across local government in New York prior to this. He is an experienced campaign operative, managing or advising candidates for mayor, district attorney, borough president, state legislature, and city council. Max’s work has … Continued
October 14, 2025
Emily Salazar
Emily Salazar is the Director of Social Impact and Advocacy at Lime. She builds programs and partnerships that deepen Lime’s community impact and help serve the cities and riders who rely on shared transportation every day.
October 10, 2025
Bill Fulton
Bill Fulton is a veteran urban planner and former mayor who writes the Future of Where Substack newsletter. He’s the author of eight books, including Place And Prosperity: How Cities Help Us To Connect And Innovate.
October 3, 2025
Tom Fucoloro
Tom Fucoloro is the founder and editor of Seattle Bike Blog, which has been covering the Emerald City since 2010.
October 1, 2025
Leslie Vasquez Guzman
Leslie Vasquez Guzman works as the Outreach Specialist at High Road Strategy Center. She grew up in Selma, California (the raisin capital of the world). Before moving to Wisconsin in 2021, Leslie attended the University of California, Berkeley where she earned degrees in Political Science and Public Policy. Prior to joining High Road Strategy Center, … Continued
September 26, 2025
Liya Rechtman
Liya is the senior transportation policy lead for Evergreen. Liya previously advised on policy for the US Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary and for the California State Transportation Agency.
September 26, 2025
Kristina Curtiss
Kristina Curtiss, MPP, is a transportation planner, safety policy wonk, and researcher. She has worked on transportation system safety since she moved to Detroit without a car in 2016, focusing on transit, roadway, and pedestrian safety. She is a fierce advocate for the adoption of safety culture and the innovation of the Safe System Approach.
September 19, 2025
