Slow Down in Town — Streets Are for Everyone
See & Share / In-Person Education – June 4, 2026
Working on improving walking, biking, ADA accessibility, and access to transit in your community now? Thinking about doing so in the future? You should plan to attend the 2026 Statewide Active Transportation Summit to meet people doing this work in various parts of PA, see examples of work underway, and discover key elements to help you bring active transportation improvements home for your area.
The event will take place in Harrisburg at the Rural Electrical Association building at 212 Locust Street from 8:30am to 4:30pm on Thursday, June 4, 2026. The location is in the center of the city, three blocks from the Capitol Complex, one block from the downtown bus transfer center, and four blocks from the Amtrak station.
We are pleased to announce that the keynote speaker will be Barkha Patel, former Director of Infrastructure in Jersey City, NJ, which holds the distinction of having made meaningful progress on the city’s Vision Zero goals, even achieving zero deaths on local roads in a recent year.
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This event is suitable for a wide variety of participants, whether people who have formal roles with municipalities or those who are engaged activists and advocates as well as anyone just interested in getting involved in promoting active transportation in their communities. There will be people involved in active transportation from the state agency side, metropolitan and regional planning organizations, county and city planners, and design consultants, like engineers, planners, and landscape architects.
For those coming in the evening before, there will be an option to do an evening walk in town. And there will be a reception at Millworks where people can meet the founders of the Coalition for Active Mobility in Pennsylvania.
There will also be tours integrated into the event day-of. Check out the event schedule literally at a glance below and in a downloadable file including full session descriptions HERE.
DOH PRIORITY COMMUNITY BENEFIT
Travel Cost Assistance Available!
The Department of Health, this year’s principal Summit sponsor, has a particular interest in providing technical assistance and funding for planning in priority communities, so people attending who work or live in those areas may be able to access funding to help cover travel expenses. The current DOH priority counties are Berks, Clearfield, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Green, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mercer, Northumberland, and Philadelphia. This includes several new counties that have not been on the priority list in previous years. The DOH county list is supplemented by the DEP PennEnviroScreen 2.0 assessment, with municipalities with overall ratings of 60% or higher on the Environmental Justice index also qualifying as priority locations.
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The room block at the Harrisburg Hilton is now in place.
Guests have two ways to book:
- Booking Link https://group.hilton.com/c0jn3b
- Call reservations at 717-233-6000 (option 1) and provide the group code 91P
The room block rate booking deadline has been extended! Guests must now book by Monday, May 18th at 11:59pm, or before the block is sold out.
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Support Active Transportation Promotion, Education, and Planning in PA!
This year, the principal sponsor of the Statewide Active Transportation Summit is the PA Department of Health, with funds from a Public Health Improvement Grant awarded in connection with implementation of the State Health Improvement Plan. In addition, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is supporting the event at the Safe Streets Champion Level as part of the education component of a Community Conservation Partnerships Program Grant made possible by the Environmental Stewardship Fund. PDC is seeking additional sponsors interested in showing their support for Active Transportation in Pennsylvania. Do you have an organizational commitment or stake in public health and physical activity? Are you a service provider with skills and expertise that Active Transportation advocates should be aware of? Do you supply products or equipment that improve road safety and enhance opportunities for walking and biking? Sign on to sponsor the 2026 Statewide Active Transportation Summit and put your program, brand, name, and/or product in the mix. This is an opportunity to reach people in a range of roles and from communities across the Commonwealth. You can see the outline of the sponsorship levels here.
Become a SponsorTHANK THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION SUMMIT SPONSORS!
Registration Now Open
Registration is open now for the 2026 event. The cost is $75 per attendee prior to the late registration period which starts May 21. Speakers and approved Priority Community attendees are eligible for reduced registration rates.
The reception the previous evening is $40.
Partial refunds of registrations are available for cancellations before May 21.
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