Speaking

Types of speeches 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.

  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.

 

 

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

Speech Chronology

 

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, 1st 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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