Speaking

Presentations Dom Nozzi can give

in your community

Transportation is Destiny: In an entertaining, easy-to-understand, inspirational manner, Transportation is Destiny evaluates why cars are deadly to the health of a city, and provides a cookbook of tactics that can be used by citizens, activists, professional planners, and elected officials to protect the community quality of life and overall sustainability. The speech briefly summarizes my book, published by Preager in 2003—perhaps the most provocative speech I give, and the one I have most fun delivering.

Effective Tactics for Increasing the Number of Bicyclists and Pedestrians: Effective tactics are rarely used in America. By effectively growing the number of bicyclists and pedestrians, we also significantly improve their safety.

Complete Streets: The many important benefits of Complete Streets (streets that are safe, convenient & comfortable for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, as well as cars), and how to change the street design paradigm in your community so that Complete Streets are the default design.

Transforming Strip Commercial into a Walkable, Livable Place: Most all American communities have “Anywhere USA” strip commercial road corridors. Learn how they can be incrementally transformed into a community asset, rather than an unlovable liability.

The Car is the Enemy of the City: Why over-dependence on car travel is detrimental to the health of a city. This one summarizes my forthcoming book.

Government Opposition to Smart Growth: How local governments, not evil or greedy developers, are usually the biggest opponents of Smart Growth.

One-Way Streets: Are the benefits worth the costs?

Big Box Retail: What can a community do about these large retailers? Big Box retail problems and strategies to reduce their harmful potential.

Sprawl: How to define it, why it is a problem, strategies to minimize it, and smart growth techniques.

Walkable Neighborhoods: How We Lost Them & How We Can Get Them Back: A summary of the history of community development, how we lost our way, and how we can return to the walkable tradition.

Healthy People, Healthy Streets, Healthy Communities: Fighting obesity and other health problems with urban design.

Pedestrian Design Principles: An introductory kick-off for creating a pedestrian master plan.

Bicycle Transportation Design Principles: An introductory kick-off for creating a bicycle master plan.

Protecting Neighborhood Quality of Life: An overview of strategies.

Road "Diets": Improving streets by narrowing them.

Creating a Community Vision: Essential elements for creating a vision.

Forgiving Streets vs. Attentive Streets: The need for a change in the street design paradigm.

A Recipe for Addressing a Downtown Parking Problem: Downtowns need to use parking spaces more efficiently. It all starts with a downtown vision.

Electronic Signs: Regulatory options needed to control this emerging threat to the character of communities.

Great Streets, Great Neighborhoods: A recipe for creating healthy streets and healthy neighborhoods.

Bicycle Parking: Best designs and best locations.

Select which speech is best for you, and schedule me for a speech by sending email to dom@walkablestreets.com

Speech Chronology

2009 National Scenic Byways Conference, Denver CO	August 25, 2009
Great Lakes Metros & New Opportunity Summit, Buffalo NY	June 18, 2009
Canadian Institute of Traffic Engineers conference, Montreal Canada	June 3, 2009
Richmond VA Chapter of the Sierra Club, Richmond VA	May 13, 2009
General Education/Sustainability, Temple University, Philadelphia PA	March 31, 2009
Urban Design class, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA	November 13, 2008
Intro to Public Planning class, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA	October 28, 2008
2008 Cornelius O’Brien Historic Preservation & Indiana Mainstreet Conference, Bloomington IN.	October 17, 2008
Virginia Recreation and Park Society Annual Conference, Richmond VA	October 5, 2008
Roanoke River Group of the Sierra Club & the Environmental Concerns Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Roanoke.	July 11, 2008
Neighborhood Council of St Augustine, Annual Mtg, St Augustine FL.	July 1, 2008
2008 Virginia American Planning Association Annual Planning Conference, Reston VA	March 28, 2008
South Anastasia Communities Association, Crescent Beach FL	December 5, 2007
Historic MidNorth Neighborhoods Initiative, Indianapolis IN	October 23, 2007
Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center, Indianapolis IN	October 23, 2007
Ball State University Luncheon at Meridian Center, Indianapolis IN	October 23, 2007
National Community Planning Month & Urban Planning Scholar Speaker Series, Bloomington IN	October 22, 2007
Indiana Department of Transportation, Indianapolis IN	October 22, 2007
Bioneers Conference, Keynote Speaker, Bloomington IN	October 19, 2007
ProBike/ProWalk Florida Conference, Orlando FL	August 29, 2007
ProBike/ProWalk Florida Conference, Orlando FL	August 28, 2007
Rally for the Rivers Conference, FL Defenders, Palatka FL	February 17, 2006
Glatting Jackson Urban Design Consulting, Orlando FL	November 3, 2005
Ecology Action Center, Halifax Nova Scotia	July 11, 2005
Public Policy Institute, Central Florida Community College, Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala FL	April 13, 2005
Dr. Najafi's Engineering class, University of Florida	February 17th, 2005
Dr. Connerly's Urban Planning class, Florida State University	January 11, 2005
Environmental Summit, Florida Coastal School of Law, Jacksonville FL	November 20, 2004
Dr. Najafi's Engineering class, University of Florida	October 20, 2004
Meadowview Conference Center, Kingsport TN	October 1, 2004.
Tampa-Hillsborough County FL Metro Planning Organization, County Center Bldg, Tampa FL	August 3, 2004
Evansville Preservation Alliance, Evansville Pub. Library, Evansville IN	July 10, 2004
Evansville Preservation Alliance, 1^st Presbyterian Church, Evansville IN	July 9, 2004
Winston-Salem Neighborhood Alliance, Wake Forest University Law School, Winston-Salem NC	June 25, 2004
Western North Carolina Sierra Club, Unitarian Church, Asheville NC	June 24, 2004
City of Asheville Planning Department, City Hall, Asheville NC	June 24, 2004
Central Florida Sierra Club, Orlando FL	April 21, 2004
Citizens Advisory Committee of the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization, Tampa FL	April 14, 2004
Suncoast Chapter of the Florida American Planning Association, Ybor City FL	April 13, 2004
Alternatives to Sprawl conference, Boulder CO	March 20, 2004
Urban Planning Class, St Louis University, St Louis MO	March 15, 2004
The Ethical Society, St Louis MO	March 14, 2004
Commonspace, St Louis MO	March 13, 2004
Dr. Najafi's Engineering class, University of Florida	March 4, 2004
NE Florida Chapter Sierra Club, Lakewood Presbyterian Church, Jacksonville FL	February 9, 2004
Community Design Center, Chamber of Commerce, Gainesville FL	February 7, 2004
Goering's Books, Gainesville FL	October 22, 2003
Gainesville FL chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons	October 6, 2003
Imagine Manatee County, Bradenton/Sarasota FL	January 11, 2003
Florida Sierra Club Annual Conference, Ocala FL	November 9, 2002
Gainesville FL Kiwanis Club	July 30, 2002
Port St Lucie Audubon Society	July 20, 2002
Volusia County FL Public Workshop	April 20, 2002
Smart Growth Coalition, Silver Springs Shores, Ocala FL	January 20, 2002
Smart Growth Coalition, Webber Center at Central FL CC, Ocala FL	September 16, 2001
Gainesville Regional Utilities Multi-Purpose Room Public Workshop	August 22, 2001
Gainesville City Commission	January 16, 2001
4-6 Urban Design/Transportation/Planning classes, Univ of Florida	1997-2001
Florida Planning and Zoning Association Annual Conference	October 26, 2000
TB McPherson Recreation Center Public Workshop (Gainesville FL)	July 12, 2000
Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee (Gainesville FL)	June 27, 2000
Westside Park Recreation Center Public Workshop (Gainesville FL)	June 21, 2000
NE Recreation Center Public Workshop (Gainesville FL)	June 1, 2000
Millhopper Library Public Workshop (Gainesville FL)	May 23, 2000
City Plan Board (Gainesville FL)	February 24, 2000
Citizens Advisory Committee (Gainesville FL Metro Transport Planning)	March 7, 2000
Suwannee-St Johns (FL) Chapter Sierra Club	October 7, 1999

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