Movement and Access
(two 30 minute talks plus a 15 minute Q&A session)

Catherine L. Ross, nationally recognized transportation expert, is Director of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development at Georgia Institute of Technology. She has been published extensively in the fields of urban planning, transportation planning, and public participation and has served on the Executive Committee as a senior policy adviser to the National Academy of Sciences’ Transportation Research Board.

Antanas Mockus is a Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician who served as Mayor of Bogotá for two terms. He frequently used humorous initiatives, such as hiring 20 mimes to make fun of traffic violators, to improve city life. Under his leadership Bogotá saw improvements in water, security, sewage, and traffic.