Explore the upcoming active transportation safety events this month!

MTI Presents: Artificial Intelligence for Real-Time Traffic Vision, Detection, Tracking, and Counting  

Host: Mineta Transportation Institute

Feb. 10, 2022 | 10am PT | Register

Traffic fatalities, which are on the rise, leave pedestrians and bicyclists highly vulnerable. Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered systems that monitor and manage traffic flow can significantly improve safety for everyone. Until recently, there was no effective automated system for monitoring the movement of vulnerable road users. MTI funded research contributed to the development and implementation of an accurate, real-time, and automatic system based on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision to monitor, detect, track, count, and manage traffic elements like pedestrians, bicyclists, cars, and more. This cost-effective system does NOT require installing new cameras. Instead, the system has been trained on videos captured from existing traffic cameras in Los Angeles. The results demonstrate more than 97% accuracy in pedestrian counting. In this meeting, we will present the system’s features and capabilities.

Expanding Our Reach: The Role of State Highway Safety Offices in the Safe System Approach

Host: Governors Highway Safety Association

Feb. 10, 2022 | 11am PT | Register

The Safe System approach is all about breaking down barriers and silos. In this webinar, learn how U.S. DOT’s new National Roadway Safety Strategy lays out a framework for collaboration within the Safe System approach. A panel of national highway safety experts will discuss how State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs) can create innovative partnerships with new stakeholders to strengthen the safety net that prevents roadway injuries and fatalities. The panelists will share perspectives on how SHSOs can welcome more community involvement in safety planning and implement projects in more diverse communities. Finally, panelists will consider how SHSOs can lead from where they are and promote the Safe System approach among peer stakeholders.

Preview of the FHWA Crosswalk Marking Selection Guide

Host: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center

Feb. 15, 2022 | 10am PT | Register

Host: Transportation Research Board

Feb. 15, 2022 | 11am PT | Register

Edge lane roads (ELR), also known as advisory bike lanes, are shared streets in which two-way traffic shared a single center lane, and edge lanes on either side are generally reserved for vulnerable road users. TRB will host a webinar on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 from 2:00-3:30 PM Eastern that will present safety applications of ELRs. These applications include their potential use as a town’s main street, as an on-street connector for a shared use trail, and as a countermeasure for road-departure crashes on low-volume roads. Presenters will discuss research that explore the safety of ELRs versus that of standard two-lane roads.

E-Bikes Furthering Active Transportation in California

Host: Active Transportation Resource Center

Feb. 16, 2022 | 9:30am PT | Register

E-bikes are here! You are invited to attend an Active Transportation Resource Center (ATRC) webinar for an overview of e-bikes. Who is using them? For what type of trips? How often? How do e-bikes further active transportation, health, and climate goals? Learn how e-bikes are helping people overcome known barriers to cycling and are attracting those who previously might not have considered cycling. You will also hear about two innovative local California e-bike programs and where to find resources on e-bike policy, research, and advocacy. Presentations will be followed by a robust question and answer period with the presenters.

Accommodating Active Transportation Through Work Zones

Host: Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals

Feb. 16, 2022 | 12pm PT | Register

Safety and comfort for a broad range of people are a few of the guiding principles for bikeway planning and design. When construction near a bikeway happens, a typical default approach can be to close the bicycle facility and merge people on bicycles into traffic. While this may be ok for the most confident of people on bicycles, it doesn't serve all bicycle user profiles. Accommodating people on bikes through work zones requires a decision-making process and criteria that serve all levels of bicyclist comfort. This webinar will walk through a flow of alternatives work zone designers should consider for accommodating people on bikes while they are developing the staging and management of a work zone. Special considerations such as existing major barrier crossing closures will be examined, as well as the need for notification, engagement, and signage.

Fee: $50 members / $85 nonmembers

Transportation Data Webinar: Video-Image Processing Technology for Bikes and Pedestrians

Host: Portland State University TREC

Feb. 16, 2022 | 2pm PT | Register

Join us for the latest event in our new Transportation Data Webinar series; a two-part seminar looking at video-image processing technology for bicyclists and pedestrians. First, Shaun Quayle of Washington County and Chase Hildner of DKS Associates will summarize the goals and evaluation results of Washington County, Oregon's pilot project efforts to leverage infrared video cameras to distinguish bikes on approach at signalized intersections. Next, we'll hear from Subhadipto Poddar of Clark County, Washington as he presents a case study of different video detection systems for Clark County, WA, with a focus on the evaluation of these detection systems.

Walking Towards Peace: Veterans Healing on America’s Trails

Host: American Trails

Feb. 17, 2022 | 10am PT | Register

Author Cindy Ross shares current research and perspectives of professional therapists and provides information on organizations devoted to healing veterans in the outdoors. Through the veterans’ collective stories of wartime traumas and their present lives, what becomes clear is that anyone suffering from any form of PTSD may discover the powerful comfort and healing that can be found in the outdoors.

Detailed Field Research Findings from the FHWA Crosswalk Marking Selection Guide

Host: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center

Feb. 17, 2022 | 10am PT | Register

This webinar will dive deeper into the original research conducted for forthcoming Crosswalk Marking Selection Guide to be published by the Federal Highway Administration. The guide provides crosswalk marking recommendations for agencies. Topics include existing safety research and guidance, materials, maintenance, cost, and overall effectiveness. Kittelson & Associates, Inc. and HSRC conducted original research evaluating whether basic versus HVC markings affect yielding rates at crosswalks by measuring and comparing driver yielding rates at sites with HVCs and sites with basic markings. The results informed guide recommendations and provided evidence for yielding effects of high-visibility crosswalk markings.

The Safe System Approach: Post-Crash Care

Host: National Transportation Safety Board

Feb. 17, 2022 | 11am PT | Register

On February 17, from 2 PM - 3:30 PM (Eastern), Chair Jennifer Homendy will host the next installment of NTSB's Most Wanted List Roundtable Series on The Safe System Approach: Post-Crash Care. In this sixth installment of The Safe System Approach Roundtable Series, we will look ​​​at what happens in the seconds and minutes following a traffic crash--an aspect of a safe system that is often overlooked in discussions around strategies to save lives and prevent serious injuries on our roads. 

Transportation in an Aging Society—The Future is Now

Host: Transportation Research Board

Feb. 23, 2022 | 10am PT | Register

What has changed in the realm of transportation for older adults? It has been more than thirty years since TRB’s Transportation in an Aging Society: Improving Mobility and Safety for Older Persons was released. TRB will host a webinar on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 from 1:00-2:30 PM Eastern that will identify past, present, and future initiatives to ensure easier mobility for an aging society. Presenters will discuss the current mobility landscape and will provide solutions about how to improve it.

Fee: some will have to pay $100

Exploring micromobility user safety behavior

Host: Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety

Feb. 23, 2022 | 11:30am PT | Register

Micromobility vehicles have expanded faster than our traffic management and injury surveillance systems can adapt. This webinar will highlight the results of past work aiming to understand safety through the lens of survey questionnaires and police crash data analysis. The webinar will also introduce a survey resource that can be used to consistently measure behavior between cities. Last, the presenters will discuss some direct observation behavior analysis that is ongoing to untangle the factors that influence safe riding behavior.

Let’s Get Together: Engaging Communities and Creating Change through Safe Routes to School

Host: Safe Routes Partnership

Feb. 23, 2022 | 12pm PT |Register

To mark the launch of our new toolkit, Let’s Get Together: A Guide for Engaging Communities and Creating Change, the Safe Routes Partnership is hosting a free two-part webinar and Zoom networking session for Safe Routes to School practitioners and champions. Join us on Wednesday, February 23rd at 3pm ET for an in-depth look at the new guide and how to apply its principles to Safe Routes to School programs. The session will highlight Safe Routes Partnership’s community engagement framework and tips and strategies for implementation. Check out the guide here!

Acting with Urgency: Zero Traffic Deaths

Host: Vision Zero Network

Feb. 24, 2022 | 10am PT | Register

Join Vision Zero Network for a series of strategy discussions – Acting with Urgency: What’s Next to Advance National Zero Traffic Deaths? We’ll welcome smart, straight-talking people from around the nation to help lay out specific steps needed to move from vision to actions and life-saving changes. Each session, we’ll focus on different aspects of the new National Safety Strategy and zero in on what’s most important and what actions stakeholders (yes, all of us) can take to make a difference. 

Promoting the Use of Safety Cameras: The Growing Safety Case and Best Practices

Host: Governors Highway Safety Association

Feb. 24, 2022 | 12pm PT | Register

Automated enforcement is a proven countermeasure for addressing many road safety challenges including speeding, red light running and distracted driving. Join us for this webinar, where a panel will discuss the versatility and effectiveness of safety camera technology, how these programs can be leveraged to change dangerous driving behaviors and how states and cities are leveraging the technology to obtain critical data. With the recently enacted Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allowing the use of federal funds for automated enforcement programs in school and work zones, what do you need to know? Ask your questions of a panel of experts who will dispel the myths and misconceptions about traffic safety cameras, the role of State Highway Safety Offices in supporting transparent, data-driven programs, and real-world lessons learned.

Dream ● Play ● Build: Hands-On Community Engagement for Enduring Spaces and Places

Host: Smart Growth Network

Feb. 25, 2022 | 10am PT | Register

For two decades, James Rojas and John Kamp have been looking to art, creative expression, and storytelling to shake up the classic community meeting.

Join the Maryland Department of Planning and the Smart Growth Network as these two authors share their insights into building common ground and inviting active participation among diverse groups. Their approach, “Place It!,” draws upon three methods: the interactive model-building workshop, the pop-up, and site exploration using the senses.

They will offer their lessons learned distilled from workshops held around the world and a deep dive into the transformational approach and results from a community in southern California.

Livesavers 2022 Conference

Host: SAFE Kids Worldwide

The 2022 Lifesavers National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities is an opportunity to learn about the latest highway safety research, best practices, and cutting-edge initiatives; and to explore innovative technology and strategies used to combat risky driving behaviors and save lives. The Lifesavers Conference is also historically the world’s largest gathering of leaders and advocates in traffic safety. Now in its 40th year, the Lifesavers Conference will take place March 13-15, 2022 in Chicago, IL. 

REGISTRATION RATES 
$350 – Early Bird (deadline extended to 2/15) 
$450 – Regular (1/8/22 - 2/14/22) 
$500 – Late/On-Site (after 2/15/22) 
$350 – Speakers/Moderators/
Peer Exchange Facilitators
$100 – Needs Based
$100 – Students* (full-time high school/college) 

Learn more and register.

Safe System Pilot Application 

Sponsor: FHWA

FHWA is seeking agencies to participate in a Safe System pilot project as part of a larger effort to identify Safe System solutions for highway safety improvement projects. FHWA envisions the pilot to be similar to a road safety assessment, but through a Safe System lens. The pilot project could be a review of an existing or proposed project, or also include a review of agencies policies and procedures with a Safe System lens. If selected, FHWA will work with the host agency to assemble a review team, develop and host a workshop, lead project review, prepare recommendations report, and develop case study.

To submit a proposed pilot project, please complete the application by February 11, 2022. FHWA will review the applications and select up to eight (8) Safe System pilot projects. FHWA anticipates notifying successful applicants at the beginning of March and begin scheduling the pilots immediately thereafter. Learn more and submit.

2022 AARP Community Challenge Grant

Sponsor: AARP Livable Communities

The AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to fund quick-action projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages. This year, applications will be accepted for projects to improve public spaces, housing, transportation and civic engagement; support diversity, equity and inclusion; build engagement for programs under new federal laws; and pursue innovative ideas that support people age 50 or older.

The deadline to apply is March 22, 2022 at 2pm PT | 5pm ET. Learn more about the program. There will also be a webinar on Thursday, February 17^th between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. (Eastern Time) to answer applicant questions about the 2022 Community Challenge, the application process, and to highlight the work of past grantees who jump-started long-term changes in their communities. Register for the webinar.