Explore our round-up of webinars coming up in February 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.
February 11, 2020
Promising Practices to Manage Speed in Cities for Pedestrian Safety
Vision Zero Network
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT | Register
Register now for an extra-informative Vision Zero Network webinar about strategies and countermeasures to address pedestrian safety via traffic-speed management in urban environments. Learn about how research backs up the creative thinking in cities across the U.S. on topics ranging from countermeasure selection to stronger collaboration between local and state staff on flexibility in roadway design, changing laws or regulations that govern speed-limit setting, and finding a balance between local safety needs and regional mobility needs.
You’ll hear from two of the report’s co-authors, Rebecca L. Sanders of Arizona State University and Sara Schooley of Toole Design, as well as practitioners from Seattle and Austin leading the way towards managing speed for safety in cities. The Vision Zero Network is happy to share important related research on safety and speed, supported by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program. Read the research here.
February 12, 2020
Walkability for All: Putting Equity into Practice
America Walks
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT | Register
February 13, 2020
Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Assessments - An Interactive Approach to Learning from 15 Case Studies
American Society of Civil Engineers
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT | Register
This webinar describes the pedestrian and bicycle safety assessment study process and provides guidelines for transportation professionals conducting such studies. While this webinar uses the experience gained in specific communities, the methods described are applicable to communities throughout the United States. Webinar participants should use both national and locally adopted standards, practices, or references as needed as well as those resources identified in this webinar. The results from 15 assessments conducted by the presenter will be shared with webinar participants.
Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian
Vision Zero Network and FHWA
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT | Register
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Safety and The Vision Network invite you to STEP UP pedestrian safety in 2020! Join us for a webinar on STEP, Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian, on Thursday, February 13, 2020 from 1pm-2:30pm EST.
Pedestrian crashes and fatalities have increased 58% over the last ten years and reached 6,283 in 2018. This webinar, exclusively for the Vision Zero communities, will provide an overview of the pedestrian safety problems and how STEP countermeasures can be used to improve pedestrian safety. Come learn about STEP’s “Spectacular 7”.
Protecting user data and expanding mobility for all communities
National Complete Streets Coalition
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Register
On February 13 the National Complete Streets Coalition is partnering with Lyft to answer a key question about mobility data: What systems can cities put in place to ensure data actually leads to safer, more accessible streets for all?
February 19, 2020
Street Typologies: An organizing framework for more walkable, bikeable streets
Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT | Register
Many cities transportation goals have shifted in recent years-- becoming more multimodal, safety-focused, and equitable. While cities transportation goals have changed, many still rely on the Federal Functional Classification System, which prioritizes vehicle mobility and access, as the main framework for organizing, designing, and managing their streets. Recognizing this dissonance, cities are developing new street typology systems that better align their approach to streets with overall transportation goals. This presentation will share strategies used in Des Moines, IA and Phoenix, AZ to develop new street typologies that align with existing and future land use and create more walkable, bikeable streets.
February 20, 2020
Solutions for Managing Conflict on Shared-Use Trails
American Trails
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT | Register
Let’s face it. Motorized, equestrian, biking, and hiking users do not always get along. The truth is, different user types often need different amenities, but we all have far more in common than not. When conflicts inevitably arise, what do we do? This webinar will continue the conversation from our 2019 International Trails Symposium and Training Institute that was held in April 2019 and dive into the issues around multi-use conflicts by first understanding the needs of the different user groups, and then exploring best practices for meeting those needs through innovative planning and design techniques.