Explore our round-up of webinars and events coming up highlighting the latest road safety trends and best practices in planning and designing safe spaces for walking, biking, scooting, and rolling! Have an event you'd like us to share? Please submit your event here.
Also, these opportunities can be found on the event calendar here
Webinars
Engaging Communities During COVID - What We Learned
Host: UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks
Wednesday, August 4, 2021 | 9:00am - 10:00am PT | Register(link is external)
Santa Ana Active Streets (SAAS) for the past year has adapted many of its in-person active transportation safety programs for the COVID-19 reality. Join UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks for our latest Focus Cities webinar with SAAS staff and volunteers to learn how they took their programs online when needed, updated activities with COVID-19 public health guidelines, and how they are continuing to engage residents in diverse and meaningful ways, such as through the Lonely Hearts Ride, a self guided biking tour of downtown Santa Ana.
Learn more about this project here(link is external)
Reducing Crashes through Systemic Safety Analysis
Host: Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Wednesday, August 4, 2021 | 11:00am - 12:30pm PT | Register(link is external)
TRB will host a webinar on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 from 2:00-3:30 pm Eastern time to present systemic safety management approaches in program safety improvement projects. Presenters will go over differences between the three primary safety management approaches that highway agencies use for programming safety improvements. They will discuss existing methods and tools to conduct systemic safety analyses. They will address software tools and appropriate applications for conducting systemic safety and guidance. Presenters will also cover the data needs to successfully implement and conduct systemic safety analyses as well as best practices of agencies implementing systemic safety analyses.
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Safe Routes to School - Back to School 2021 Session #2
Host: Safe Routes Partnership
Wednesday, August 4, 2021 | 11:00am - 12:00pm PT | Register(link is external)
Join Safe Routes Partnership for an informal Zoom session on preparing your Safe Routes to School program for Back to School 2021. Learn about Back to School resources from Safe Routes Partnership, see highlights from Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT)’s Safe Routes to School program that engaged students and families during the pandemic, and connect with other Safe Routes practitioners during informal breakout sessions.
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Accessible Pedestrian Trails and Shared Use Paths
Host: US Access Board
Thursday, August 5, 2021 | 11:30am - 1:00pm PT | Register(link is external)
This webinar will review the differences between accessible pedestrian trails and shared use paths. Presenters will review the technical and scoping requirements in the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) Accessibility Standards for newly constructed or altered pedestrian trails on federal sites, as well as proposed supplementary provisions for shared use paths. Presenters will also address some frequently asked questions and common sources of confusion concerning accessible pedestrian trails and shared use paths.
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Broadening the Toolbox for Kinetic Energy Management
Host: Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS
Friday, August 6, 2021 | 10:00am - 11:30am PT | Register(link is external)
A core premise of Safe Systems relates to managing the kinetic energy in the system. Commonly offered solutions include piecemeal engineering treatments to manage speed at individual locations or corridors. In this session, panelists discuss more network-level approaches to managing crash forces in the system through land use policies and transportation decisions that affect core travel behaviors.
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A Complete Streets Framework for Allocating Road Space
Host: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
Tuesday, August 10, 2021 | 11:00am - 12:30pm PT | Register(link is external)
This webinar will feature four case studies on how cities in North America have reached decisions for allocating right of way space in challenging project environments. The case studies span a variety of city sizes and roadway contexts – from neighborhood collector streets to downtown arterial roadways. The subject experts will report on a variety of strategies that were employed to move from guiding policy to design and implementation and will describe the strategies that led to project success.
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The New Mobilities: Smart Planning for Emerging Transportation Technologies
Host: Eno Center for Transportation
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 | 11:00am - 12:00pm PT | Register(link is external)
Todd Litman, author of the new book New Mobilities: Smart Planning for Emerging Transportation Technologies will discuss 12 emerging transportation modes and services that will likely significantly affect our lives as they become more commonplace. Litman will explain how these modes and services, including bike and car sharing, micro-transit and electric vehicles, may affect travel activity, costs and affordability, infrastructure design and cost, and other elements.
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Changing Deadly Streets: Learn the Facts to Stop Designing Streets that Kill Pedestrians
Host: Vision Zero Network
Thursday, August 12, 2021 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm PT | Register
People are dying and suffering severe injuries at record numbers every day in our communities – simply while trying to walk somewhere. We can predict, to a surprising extent, who and where and why. And we can prevent their deaths and injuries, largely by changing the designs of streets, the speeds we encourage people to drive at, and other feasible design and policy decisions. The tragic reality that 42,060 people died last year in crashes and millions more injured should not surprise anyone, because we are getting the results that we have designed for. But that can change.
Join us to hear key findings from a study that identified the top fatal pedestrian crash “hot spots” in the U.S.
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Redistributing Responsibility for Safety
Host: Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS)
Friday, August 13, 2021 | 10:00am - 11:30am PT | Register(link is external)
The US has long taken a safety individualism approach, both in its messaging around safety behaviors and in its laws and structures for accountability for a traffic-related injury. As Safe Systems advocates promote a more “shared responsibility” for safety, there is a need to unpack what shared responsibility means and what aspects of our system must change to redistribute the balance of power and accountability to prevent a crash. Panelists will talk about how system structures are designed to protect corporations and roadway owners from responsibility and crash liability, perpetuating a burden on individuals
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Planning for All Ages and Abilities Through Inclusive and Virtual Walk Audits
Host: APBP
Wednesday, August 18, 2021 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm PT | Register(link is external)
Walk audits are a common public engagement activity used in pedestrian planning, but often are not accessible to or inclusive of people with disabilities. People with disabilities are more likely to rely on walking for daily trips and may be more aware of and impacted by problems in the transportation network. Planning and street design processes benefit from incorporating the expertise of people with disabilities; when a street is accessible for people with disabilities, it is accessible for all people. The Inclusive Walk Audit Facilitator's Guide, developed by the Minnesota Department of Health and Alta Planning + Design, provides specific guidance and information on how to better include people with disabilities and to highlight disability in walk audits so that planning processes are more inclusive.
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Rails-with-Trails: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Host: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Thursday, August 19, 2021 | 10:00am - 11:00am PT | Register(link is external)
Many communities across the United States recognize the benefits of developing shared use paths and other trails to make transportation network connections for bicyclists and pedestrians and to increase physical activity and improve health. A new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Rails-with-Trails: Best Practices and Lessons Learned, examines safety, design, and liability issues associated with the development of shared use paths and other trails adjacent to active railroad and transit rights-of-way. It explores lessons learned from the experience of rails-with-trails, and suggests best practices to enhance safety and security for railroads, transit, and trail users. During this webinar, the authors will share findings, recommendations, and lessons learned. Following the presentations, the panelists will respond to questions from webinar participants.
Conversations with Colleagues - Evaluating Network-Level Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety
Host: ACP 70(2) Bicycle and Pedestrian Data Subcommittee
Tuesday, August 24, 2021 | 11:30am - 12:30pm PT | Register(link is external)
The systemic safety approach recognizes the need to screen networks for conditions that are linked to crash outcomes – whether any one of those locations specifically have had crashes. However, many of the tools available for systemic safety analysis have heavy data input requirements or require sophisticated analytic techniques, beyond the capacity of many local agencies and advocates for safer streets.
In response to these data and analysis constraints, we have developed an interactive tool that is intended to help users identify higher risk portions of the roadway network as part of their safety planning efforts or Vision Zero initiatives. The output is similar to a High Injury Network for bicyclists and pedestrians, but goes further by not only taking into consideration areas where a disproportionate share of fatal and serious injury crashes have already occurred, but also areas that have other kinds of factors present that may indicate potential risk of crashes. Specifically, this tool provides:
1. A new Modeling Framework with lower data and analytical barriers to entry for use
2. Outcomes linked to the planning process, specifically for estimating the cost of crashes, and tied to specific network locations in order to inform project prioritization
3. A built-in crash dashboard and visualizations for quickly summarizing and sharing findings
This webinar will introduce this free, fully open-source tool to practitioners and demonstrate how it can be used - using built-in national datasets or local inputs - to assess safety for vulnerable users on your network and prioritize impactful projects in your jurisdiction.
This project was developed by a project team led by the City of New Orleans along with New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, University of New Orleans Transportation Institute, and Toole Design Group, with funding from the USDOT Safety Data Initiative (SDI).
Developing and Delivering Relevant and Impactful Traffic Safety Messages
Host: Governors Highway Safety Administration
Wednesday, August 25, 2021 | 11:00am - 12:00pm PT | Register(link is external)
Conveying traffic safety messages that not only reach your target audience but compel them to look, listen and act doesn’t happen by accident. The most effective campaigns and messages are built -- and retooled -- using research and data. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how NHTSA is using research and data to reinvigorate a legacy traffic safety brand and why the agency communicates the way it does. Explore what was involved in developing “Go Safely,” the California Office of Traffic Safety’s new safety campaign, and how focus groups and ongoing discussions with marijuana advocates inform the Colorado Highway Safety Offices’ “Cannabis Conversations” and “Don’t Drive High” campaign. And delve into how GDC Marketing and Ideation works with states, nonprofits and others to build traffic safety campaigns using evidence-based strategies that deliver results.
Change Management Tools for Safe System Implementation
Host: Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS)
Friday, August 27, 2021 | 10:00am - 11:30am PT | Register(link is external)
As communities seek to adopt more Safe System oriented approaches, they are likely to experience policy feedback and unanticipated outcomes. In this session, we explore how communities can equip themselves with more integrated data, adaptive leadership methods, and systems-oriented tools to help them evaluate and better manage the change process.
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Conferences
2021 APBP Virtual Conference: Welcoming a New Transportation ERA: Equitable, Resilient, Active
Host: Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
Wednesday, August 4, 2021 | Register(link is external)
Join active transportation professionals and advocates at the 2021 APBP Virtual Conference, “Welcoming a New Transportation ERA: Equitable, Resilient, Active.” The Conference will be held on three consecutive Wednesdays this summer: July 28, August 4, and August 11.
Learn more about this conference here(link is external)
2021 APBP Virtual Conference: Welcoming a New Transportation ERA: Equitable, Resilient, Active
Host: Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 | Register(link is external)
Join active transportation professionals and advocates at the 2021 APBP Virtual Conference, “Welcoming a New Transportation ERA: Equitable, Resilient, Active.” The Conference will be held on three consecutive Wednesdays this summer: July 28, August 4, and August 11.
Learn more about this conference here(link is external)
2021 World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research
Host: World Society for Transport & Land Use Research
August 9-13, 2021 | Register(link is external)
The 2021 World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research (WSTLUR) has been rescheduled and will be held virtually August 9-13, 2021, hosted by Portand State University in Portland, Oregon, USA. Given the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic and the conditions for travel in August, we have decided, after much discussion, that the conference will be 100% virtual. We seek original papers on the interaction of transport and land use from the broad set of disciplines. Papers must be submitted by March 15, 2021. WSTLUR membership is not required to submit a paper.
Learn more about this conference here(link is external)
Silicon Valley Bike Summit 2021
Host: Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition
August 12-13, 2021 | Register(link is external
Silicon Valley’s largest gathering of active transportation leaders and organizers from government, the private sector, non-profits, and the general public. This is THE most information rich event of the year for bicycle professionals, elected & appointed officials, and citizen advocates in and around Silicon Valley. Well worth attending by professionals and advocates from elsewhere in the US as well.
31st World Traffic Safety Symposium - Making Safer Cities
Host: Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA)
Thursday, August 19, 2021
The US has made remarkable progress in reducing vehicle crash deaths from nearly 53,000 in 1970 to 36,096 in 2019. Still, progress in the 21st century has slowed in the US, while accelerating in other developed nations. The World Health Organization has found that the US has fallen behind 19 other high-income countries during the past two decades.
This year’s symposium will examine traffic safety best practices for buying a safer car, building safer cars, implementing programs and laws that make roads safer for all highway users, in addition to continuing the dialogs on teen safety, and advanced driver assist technologies. Crash characteristics trending during the pandemic will be examined.
Admission is free, but registration is required. Please contact Chris Sams at chris@samscrispe.com to register for the symposium.