Explore our round-up of webinars coming up in August 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.
August 5, 2020
Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America's Black Cities
America Walks
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT | Register
Get to know Dr. Andre M. Perry and his book Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America's Black Cities, which is both research and memoir. Dr. Perry is a fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, a scholar-in-residence at American University, and a columnist for the Hechinger Report. He will give an overview of five Black Majority cities and provide an analysis of how the assets and strengths of these places have been devalued. Knowing and valuing the strengths of Black communities is essential to address structural racism in community design.
Inclusive Mobility - Enabling Participation of Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities
NADTC & SUMC
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PT | Register
The National Aging & Disability Transportation Center and the Shared Use Mobility Center has collaborated to discuss shared mobility and how to make it accessible for older adults and persons with disabilities. Join speakers Al Benedict (Shared Use Mobility Center) and Mitch LaRosa (Shared Mobility Inc).
August 6, 2020
Trail Analytics and Data Storytelling
American Trails
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT | Register
August 11, 2020
The Role of Transportation in Improving America's Health
Eno Center for Transportation
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM PT | Register
Better Buses, Better Cities
SPUR
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM PT | Register
August 12, 2020
Planning for Urban Freight Delivery
Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development, and Education Center (STRIDE)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT | Register
Walking Towards Justice in Indian Country: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
America Walks
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PT | Register
This webinar is a part of the Walking Towards Justice in Indian Country series, focused on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Participants will learn how colonization, complex jurisdictional issues, and racialized indifference created circumstances in which crimes against Indigenous women are perpetrated and rarely prosectued. Join Moderator Margo Hill (Eastern Washington University), US Congresswoman Deb Haaland, Laura Harjo (University of New Mexico), Jessica McDiarmind (author of Highway of Tears), and Carina Miller (member of Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and candidate for Oregon State Senate). Attendees unfamiliar with Indigenous culture and governance can review the first webinar in the series. More information is available at the registration link.
August 13, 2020
Classifying, Measuring, and Valuing the Benefits of Place on the Transport System
Austroads
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT | Register
Planning has increasingly become foward-looking with emphasis on the role of roads as spaces for public life. However, understanding what "place" means in transportation remains a challenging and inconsistent proposition. Will Fooks and Ed Zhao of GTA Consultants in their presentation of Austroads' recent research project that explores the ways in which "place" is measured locally and internationally, and how transport practitioners can practically and effectively classify, measure, and value the place function of our streets. The presentation will explore experiences and challenges by over 130 participants across Australia and New Zealand.
Ensuring Equity in Public Space
SPUR
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM PT | Register
Despite their name, many public spaces have been designed and stewarded to prevent certain types of behaviors, uses and even people. If we want our public spaces to be open and accessible for all people, we must rethink how we engage, design and maintain these places. With support from the Knight Foundation, join a panel of experts from across the country to explore the challenges and triumphs of creating truly equitable public space in our cities. Join speakers Michelle Huttenhoff (SPUR), Anna Muessig (Gehl Studios), Seema Kariam (Trust for Public Land), and Brandi Marck (Designing Justice + Designing Spaces).
This is Part Two in a series on equity and public space. Find Part One here.
August 18, 2020
Restorative Justice Strategies for Safe Streets
Vision Zero Network
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT | Register
The Center for Court Innovation's Driver Accountability Program, which started in Brooklyn, incorporates elements of restorative justice and focuses on behavior change as an alternative to the traditional punishment and fine system. This works to reduce systemic harm and improves road safety for all. The method has expanded to other parts of NYC with support of City Council and transportation safety advocates. The discussion will be led by Amanda Berman, the Director of the Red Hook Community Justice Center and program coordinator. Berman will be joined by NYC Council Member Brad Lander as well.
August 19, 2020
Discovering Potential Market for the Integration of Public Transportation and Emerging Shared Mobility Services
Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development, and Education Center (STRIDE)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT | Register
Join Dr. Lili Du and Dr. Xia Jin in their exploration of potential markets for integration of public transit and shared-mobility devices (including carsharing, bikesharing, ridesharing, and private shuttles). As shared mobility gains popularity over the years, concerns over how to coexist with public transportation have become crucial for the long-term sustainability of both modes. In order to understand the impact of shared mobility, the study examines the potential supply-demand market where public transit and shared mobility can work in tandem. Researchers analyze where supply gaps exist to integrate a hybrid system.
Transit Station Connectivity
August 31, 2020
The Relationship Between Bicycle Facilities and Increasing Bicycle Trips
Transportation Research Board
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PT | Register
This webinar will examine how cyclists perceive different types of bicycle facilities and identify how to quantify bicycle trips as a result of implementing bicycle facilities. Calvin Clark of Georgia Institute of Technology will be reviewing the findings of the study that took place in southeastern US, where bicycling is less prevalent. The talk will have three main components: expressed comfort, safety and willingness to try cycling; perceptions of transportation change; and changes in metrics and cycling behavior. Find the research from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program here