Dr. Anne Lusk, Ph.D.

Anne Lusk, PhD, is a leading expert on bike infrastructure in the US and operates at the research/practice nexus. Dr Lusk began in the small town of Stowe, Vermont, where, starting in 1981, she created the award-winning Recreation Path. She earned her doctorate from the University of Michigan in Architecture/Environment and Behavior, and holds a Master of Arts in Teaching, Housing and Historic Preservation from the University of Vermont.  Lusk spent twenty years leading research and teaching at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, with national and international news outlets citing her work. Her research with colleagues in 2011 on cycle tracks/protected bike lanes was the first publication in North America to demonstrate the preference and lower injury risk posed by cycle tracks. Her research with colleagues in 2013 showed that the practice, starting in 1974, of the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) was to cut and paste recommendations against cycle tracks in their design guidelines. This early research helped lead to the approval of cycle tracks by the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Dr Lusk received two lifetime achievement awards—the Congress for New Urbanism in 2011 and the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals in 2013. Lusk, now a Lecturer at Boston University, is an experienced keynote speaker, writer, scholar, consultant, and teacher.