Events: How transit can reinvent itself for a new age

How the world engaged with transit changed within a few months. Now thought leaders are weighing in on the future of mobility and transit during a pandemic, reopening plans, and beyond. How do you balance safety with the need to get people to their destination? The conversation begins at 2 pm Tuesday, June 23.

Key speakers will include Dillon Twombly, Chief Revenue Officer, Via, Joshua Schank, Chief Innovation Officer for Los Angeles County Metro, and Alice Grossman Ph.D., Senior Policy Analyst, at the Eno Center for Transportation.

Register here for this free webinar.

Other (virtual) events from around the region:

Monday, June 22

Take a virtual tour of Good Hope Road: During WABA’s Ward 8 traffic safety meeting, they will take an online tour of Good Hope Road in order to “brainstorm possible engineering, education and enforcement solutions for a variety of timeframes.” The meeting begins at 5 pm and is open to the public. Register here.

Wednesday, June 24

How does local retail recover?: The Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship and the Retail Innovation Center of the George Mason School of Business is hosting a panel to discuss the future of retail and retail spaces. The conversation begins at 1 pm, Wednesday. This event is free and open to the public, but you must register.

Thursday, June 25

How to make the District’s streets safer, greener, and more equitable: Beginning at 5:30 pm, Thursday, the DC Sierra Club is hosting “Sharing the Streets, a virtual speaker series,” an online conversation about how to make transportation safer while also addressing ongoing issues like the coronavirus pandemic and Black Lives Matter. Learn how policy, people, and design make the roads safer for everyone. This event is open to the public. RSVP here.

Let’s talk about segregation and the federal government: Several conversations about systemic racism and discrimination have sprung up because of recent protests against police brutality and racism against Black people. This Thursday, from 7 to 7:30 pm you can join historians and authors as they unpack the legacy of segregation of the federal government during Woodrow Wilson’s administration. Click here to register for this free event.

Learn about accessory apartments: Join architect Ileana Schinder as she unpacks the sometimes complicated world of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) or accessory apartment. Her webinar will be from 6 to 7 pm Thursday. This event is free to the public. Registration is required.

Check out more urbanist events at ggwash.org/calendar. Do you have an event you’d like to see featured in the weekly events post? Submit it here!