September Active Transportation Webinar Round-Up

August 27, 2020
SUBMITTED BY KAORI KURODA

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Explore our round-up of webinars coming up in September 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.

September 2, 2020 

Understanding Micromobility: Transportation's New Disruptor

Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT | Register

As micromobility revolutionizes transportation, there is a need to assess the challenges presented. This webinar will explore six micromobility challenges and the role state highway safety offices can play to help address them. Join panelists Eric Miesse (Austin Police Department), Staci Hoff (Washington Traffic Safety Commission), Melissa McMahon (Arlington County Department of Environmental Services), Colin Hughes (Lyft), and Annie Chang (Lime). 

September 3, 2020 

Avoiding Gridlock: Strategies to Keep Cities Moving in a Pandemic & Beyond

NACTO
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT | Register
As cities begin to reopen and traffic increases once again, the possibility of congestion and gridlock is concerning. Public transit ridership has decreased since the pandemic has hit cities. Meanwhile, roadways are expected to experience even more congestion than pre-pandemic times. These two factors among many others are expected to result in gridlock that will hamper economic recovery efforts. This webinar will go over recent transportation trends, the risk of congestion, and the techniques cities are using to avoid gridlock. Join panelists Andrew Stober (Waze), Dan Howard (SFMTA), Josiel Ferrer (Miami Beach), and Sarah Kaufman (NYU Rudin Center for Transportation) for this conversation. 

Noteworthy Speed Management Practices

ITE
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT | Register
FHWA and ITE have collaborated to develop resources on how best to manage speed. This webinar will cover 8 noteworthy speed management case studies, followed by an opportunity to discuss speed management issues among peers. Contributors to the webinar include Neal Hawkins (Iowa State University), Shauna Hallmark (Iowa State University), Joel Meyer (Austin Transportation Department), Bill Lambert (New Hampshire Department of Transportation). 

September 8, 2020 

Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America - A Conversation with Angie Schmitt

America Walks
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT | Register
This webinar will be in conversation with Angie Schmitt, author of Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America. Schmitt was a national editor at Streetsblog and her writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, Bicycling, GOOD, and Landscape Architecture Magazine. Right of Way documents the traffic violence that occurs daily and reveals the racist policies and practices that create this tragedy. The discussion will be moderated by Charles Brown (America Walks, Rutgers University Transportation Center), who wrote the foreword to the book. 

September 10, 2020

Effective Wayfinding Signage: Trail System Planning, Design, and Implementation

America Walks
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT | Register
This webinar will go over effective wayfinding signage in the trail system planning, design, and implementation process. Presenters will discuss how to prepare effective, user-friendly, and time-dynamic wayfinding signage guidelines. The speakers include Justin Azevedo (Coffman Studio), Travis Menne (City of Redding Community Services), Micharl Reed (Mayer / Reed), Kathy Fry (Mayer / Reed). 

September 15, 2020

CPSC Micromobility Forum

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
6:00 AM - 2:00 PM PT | Register

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) staff is holding a forum on micromobility products (e-scooters, e-bicycles, and hoverboards). CPSC staff invites interested parties to attend or participate in the forum via webinar.

How Federal Legislation May Support Your Vision Zero Efforts

Vision Zero Network 
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT | Register

Although safe mobility work at the local, regional, or state level may feel disconnected from from federal legislation at times, there are promising developments at the federal level. This webinar will be discussing some of the Vision Zero efforts included in the draft federal transportation reauthorization bill, which was approved by the House of Representatives. The bill has a while to go before being finalized, but it includes support for Vision Zero and the Safe Systems approach. Join the conversation with Jane Terry, VP of Government Affairs with the National Safety Council, to help explain what's in the bill, what's next, and action steps to help. 

Pedestrian Safety, Travel Monitoring, and Relating the Two 

NaTMEC
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT | Register

In recent years, pedestrian injuries and fatalities have increased both nationally and in many states. It is important to improve pedestrian crash prediction methods to have a better understanding of factors associated with pedestrian safety. This information could then assist in prioritizing and selecting countermeasures to improve pedestrian safety. This webinar will share three different approaches used to improve pedestrian safety through better estimation tools. Two will focus on efforts that utilize pedestrian push button data at signalized intersections. The third will discuss a new method for identifying and prioritizing additional count locations.

September 16, 2020

A National Scan of Bike Share Equity Programs

Portland State University TREC
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT | Register

Join speakers Nathan McNeil and John MacArthur for a conversation on a study on an evaluation of bike share equity programs funded by Better Bike Share Partnership conducted at Portland State University. The report documents equity programs in over 70 bike share systems. This webinar is intended to examine best practices and lessons learned from various bike share systems.

Read the research here

Innovative Applications of Pedestrian Crossing Guidance

APBP
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT | Register

Find more information on the site here.

September 17, 2020

The National Digital Trails Network Project

American Trails
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT | Register

The US Geological Survey and DOI are working to better provide access to public lands and improve connectivity on the nation's public trail systems with the Nation Digital Trails Network (NDT) project. This webinar will provide an overview of the project and a demonstration of the Trail Routing, Analysis, and Information Linkage System (TRAILS) tool. Join presenters Elizabeth McCartney and Tatyana DiMascio of US Geological Survey. 

September 24, 2020

Trail Marking Standards Across Varying Landscapes

American Trails
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT | Register

This webinar will be joined by trail designers and builders in who work in different landscapes as they discuss the unique marking challenges that their environment presents. The webinar will be led by Scott Landes of Rhino Marking & Protection Systems.

How MPOs Can Lead on Vision Zero & Equitable Mobility

Vision Zero Network
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT | Register

Regional leadership for Vision Zero is growing in the US, especially with a focus on health and racial equity. Two Metropolitan Planning Organizations' will discuss their development of Vision Zero plans as they begin to take action. Oregon Metro and the Denver Regional Council of Governments will present on their equity-focused plans.