Explore our round-up of webinars coming up in April highlighting the latest road safety trends and best practices in planning and designing safe spaces for walking, biking, scooting, and rolling! Have a webinar you'd like us to share? Please submit webinar details here.
April 8, 2020
Interim Policy for Timely Use of Funds Workshop
California Transportation Commission
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM PT | Register
The CTC is hosting a virtual workshop on the interim policy for timely use of funds. Additional meeting details and agenda materials will be made available prior to the meeting on the Commissions's Website
Potential Competitive Program Schedule Revisions
California Transportation Commission
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT | Register
The workshop includes the following programs: Active Transportation Program, Local Partnership Program, Local Partnership Program, Solutions for Congested Corridors Program, and Trade Corridor Enhancement Program. Additional meeting details and agenda materials will be made available prior to the meeting on the Commissions's Website
April 9, 2020
BIG Data for Big Cities and Rural Routes - How Data Can Make Cycling Safer
National Bike Summit
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT | Register
This year the National Bike Summit is going virtual. Sign up online to access the full schedule of webinar presentations.
Local Streets and Roads Program Schedule Revisions
California Transportation Commission
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PT | Register
Join the CTC's workshop on local streets and roads program schedule revisions. This is the second workshop scheduled to accommodate stakeholder attendance. Additional meeting details and agenda materials will be made available prior to the meting on the Commission's website
April 14, 2020
From Victim-Blaming to Solutions - Five Strategies for Changing the Narrative about Traffic Crashes
PedalLove
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT | Register
Researchers at Texas A&M and Rutgers will be discussing the Five Strategies for Changing the Narrative about Traffic Crashes. Their research has shown that victim-blaming in news stories about traffic crashes involving pedestrians reduces readers' support for roadway safety improvements.
April 15, 2020
Unusual Bedfellows: Expanding and Developing New and Different Partnerships
America Walks
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT | Register
The walking movement has interdisciplinary partners among land use, transportation, and health disciplines. It's seen as an essential part of building safe, accessible, equitable places to walk and move. Join America Walks in their exploration of developing new partnerships.
April 21, 2020
Preparing for the Day After: How Micromobility Can Get Communities Moving Post-COVID
Lime
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT | Register
Throughout April and May, Lime will be hosting webinars on how local governments, community organizations, and the micromobility field can prepare for the post-COVID world. They will be discussing how to adapt and learn from this pandemic and how to improve the resiliency of cities. For the first webinar, the panel will include industry-leading experts: Elizabeth Velez, New York Building Congress; Clarence Anthony, National League of Cities; Calvin Thigpen, PhD, Lime, Barb Chamberlain, WA State Department of Transportation; and Brianne Eby, Eno Center for Transportation for the first webinar.
April 22, 2020
Considerations for Selecting Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon Locations
FHWA's Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT | Register
Join panelists in this webinar on determining when and where to appropriately install pedestrian hybrid beacon (PHB). Although the PHB is an effective measure to improve ped bike safety, there is some difficulty in deciding where to place them.
Understanding Safe Systems as the Foundations of Vision Zero
Vision Zero Network
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT | Register
Jessica Truong of the International Towards Zero Foundation will be discussing the safe systems approach as the basic foundation of Vision Zero. It's important to understand that Vision Zero is not a slogan or tagline, but a fundamentally different approach to safe mobility. It all begins with safe systems.
April 27, 2020
The Intersection Between Health and Transportation
Transportation Research Board
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT | Register
Join the Transportation Research Board for a discussion on how transportation networks impact public health. There will be a conversation on how federal and state departments of transportation are considering health impacts of transportation investments.