Carl Sundstrom is a Senior Research Associate at the Highway Safety contributing to engineering and research projects surrounding general highway safety and pedestrian and bicycle-related issues. Mr. Sundstrom led the development and serves as the Program Manager for the Walk Friendly Communities program, a national program to evaluate and promote walkability to cities through recognition, assistance, and education. He also serves as a Program Manager for the FHWA-sponsored national bicycle and pedestrian clearinghouse, the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC), a Federal Clearinghouse of pedestrian- and bicycle-related training materials and resources. Mr. Sundstrom is an instructor for Road Safety 101, an online certificate aimed at teaching the fundamentals of road safety coordinated through the Highway Safety Research Center and has been involved in developing and teaching a graduate-level pedestrian and bicycle planning course. Mr. Sundstrom is a registered professional engineer in North Carolina and a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering.

Vivian Coleman has 19 years of experience in municipal planning with expertise in multi-modal transportation planning, zoning and subdivision administration and landscape design. She has a broad background in project management, policy development and implementation and ordinance revisions. Vivian is a certified planner and a registered landscape architect in North Carolina and is a qualified instructor for the North Carolina Safe Routes to School program. Vivian currently serves as the Center City Transportation Program Manager for the Charlotte Department of Transportation where she oversees a variety of planning and design initiatives in Uptown, including complete streets projects, implementation of the wayfinding and parking guidance system, and curb lane management and freeway underpass projects. She previously served as the City of Charlotte’s Pedestrian Program Manager, the Planning Director for the Town of Knightdale, North Carolina and held various planner and inspections positions for the City of Raleigh, Town of Knightdale and Town of Cary. Vivian holds a Master’s Degree of Landscape Architecture from North Carolina State University. During her graduate work she lived overseas as a park designer in Kotka, Finland.