Boca Raton mobility workshop at FAU has Oct. 26 signup deadline

Boca Raton residents can hear city transportation updates and see student mobility ideas at a free workshop at Florida Atlantic University on Thursday, Oct. 29. Preregistration is required, and the city lists an Oct. 26 deadline for signing up.

The second annual Mobility Workshop runs from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at Gangal Hall in FAU’s Engineering East building, 777 Glades Road. The city says capacity is limited and the event is open to residents and community members. Registration closes at 11:45 p.m. Eastern on Monday, Oct. 26, according to the city’s event listing.

The evening has three distinct parts. An exhibit hall featuring local agencies and partners opens at 4:30 p.m. and runs until 5:30 p.m. City mobility project updates follow from 5:30 to 6 p.m., with student posters scheduled from 6 to 7 p.m. All listed times are Eastern.

Residents can use the city registration page to sign up and confirm the details before traveling. The notice does not provide parking instructions or name the specific projects included in the update session.

A wider transportation agenda

The workshop comes against a broader city effort to consider how people travel by foot, bicycle, transit and car. Those policies provide context for the event, although the workshop notice does not identify them as individual presentation topics.

Boca Raton’s City Council adopted its Complete Streets policy on Nov. 28, 2023. The approach calls for safe access for pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit riders of different ages and abilities. The city says it seeks to incorporate those principles throughout transportation projects wherever possible.

That framework extends the discussion beyond traffic moving through an intersection. A transportation project can also involve the conditions facing someone walking along a road, cycling to a destination or reaching public transportation. The city’s policy places those users within the same planning framework.

Boca Raton’s mobility and connectivity information also describes work with the Florida Department of Transportation, Palm Beach County, the metropolitan planning organization and the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority. Its stated scope includes bicycle, pedestrian and public transportation networks. That is background on the city’s transportation work, rather than a confirmed list of workshop exhibitors.

Safety is part of the context

The City Council unanimously designated Boca Raton a Vision Zero city on Oct. 25, 2022. The initiative aims to eliminate severe traffic injuries and deaths through a Safe System approach. The designation is an earlier policy decision, not a new approval announced with this workshop.

The city has previously gathered public input through neighborhood meetings that included walks and bicycle rides. Sessions held Jan. 21–23, 2025, addressed bicycle and micromobility issues at Spanish River Library, pedestrian and transit issues at Downtown Library, and suburban safety at Sugar Sand Park.

For the October workshop, the published agenda offers a sequence of exhibits, city updates and student work within one evening. Residents interested in attending have until the listed registration cutoff to act. The city has not supplied a construction timetable, project budget or new infrastructure approval in the event notice.