Stay up to date with the latest road safety trends and best practices in active transportation with webinars happening in April 2019!
This month, learn about ways to improve the health and safety for people walking and rolling for transportation with webinars from ChangeLab Solutions, the Federal Highway Safety Administration (FHWA), the Transportation Research Board (TRB), ITS Professional Capacity Building Program, America Walks, the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals, and Portland State University’s Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC).
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UPCOMING WEBINARS
Programs to Support the Deployment of Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
The Transportation Research Board (TRB)
April 3, 2019 | 11:00 a.m. – 12: 30 p.m. | Registration
This webinar, organized by the TRB Standing Committee on Transportation and Air Quality, will discuss programs and funding sources that are supporting the distribution of electric vehicle infrastructure. Presenters will examine potential public-private partnerships to facilitate the transition from higher polluting conventional fueled vehicles to less polluting or “zero” polluting vehicles.
Differences Between the ADA and ABA Accessibility Standards
U.S. Access Board
April 4, 2019 | 11:30 a.m. – 12: 30 p.m. | Registration
The Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) is the first federal law to address access to the built environment. Passed by Congress in 1968, it ensures access to many federally funded facilities to this day. The ABA greatly informed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and its requirements for access to facilities in the private and state and local government sectors. This session will compare the ABA and ADA and review differences between the accessibility standards issued under these laws. The presenter will explain how the ABA and ADA Accessibility Standards differ in application, scope, specific provisions, and enforcement. The relationship of these laws to other federal mandates that address facility access, such as the Rehabilitation Act and the Fair Housing Act, will also be covered.
Friday Transportation Seminar: Deriving Lane-level Insight from GPS Data: Innovations for Traffic & Autonomous Driving
Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC)
April 5, 2019 | 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Registration
This presentation will give a pedagogical style summary and overview of some of the on-going research work at HERE Technologies(link is external) and how have pushed the state-of-the-art in lane-localization of noisy GPS probe data using novel Machine Learning Algorithms and how some of these innovations is being applied to power new products for real-time traffic, routing and navigation systems, maps for autonomous vehicles, incidents and safety services.
Toward Zero Deaths National Strategy Development: Key Partner/Stakeholder Engagement and Communication
University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies
April 10, 2019 | 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Registration
Implementing a successful TZD program takes a multitude of partners and stakeholders. This webinar will introduce a self-assessment tool of your agency’s engagement and communication practices and suggest strategies to get key partners on board and keep them engaged.
Automated Vehicle Liability and Insurance
UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS)
April 10, 2019 | 10:00 – 11: 00 a.m. | Registration
Who is likely to be held liable when AVs crash, and under what circumstances? Explore the current policy landscape surrounding liability in AV crashes in this webinar presented by Gordon Anderson, Legal Fellow from the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy.
What’s Next for Walkable Communities
America Walks
April 10, 2019 | 11:00 a.m. – 12: 30 p.m. | Registration
Transportation, mobility, and city planning are changing. With these changes come new opportunities and challenges for walkable community advocates. This webinar will explore programs, resources, and practices that are putting walking front and center of the future of communities. This webinar is intended for those who are familiar with topics and issues related to walking and walkability.
Signal Timing Optimization for Improved Mobility and Air Quality
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office (JPO)
April 10, 2019 | 11:00 a.m -- 12:00 p.m. | Registration
By the end of this webinar, individuals can expect to be more knowledgeable on how to estimate emissions from cars and buses using macroscopic traffic stream characteristics, estimate vehicle and person delay for cars and buses traveling in mixed-use lanes, optimize signal timings to minimize a weighted combination of delay and emissions, and examine trade-offs between pollutant emissions and mobility metrics.
U.S. Federal Policy Webinar
Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
April 10, 2019 | 12:00 p.m. - 1: 00 p.m. | Registration
Join Caron Whitaker, CLW Consulting, LLC, for a briefing on the latest developments in U.S. federal transportation policy and legislation. Policy briefings are scheduled quarterly, with additional dates added as needed.
Identifying and Prioritizing Environmentally Impacted and Vulnerable Communities
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
April 16, 2019 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Registration
This webinar will provide state management and staff with a basic overview on the factors, data sources and tools that can be used to identify environmentally impacted and vulnerable communities. It will discuss ways this information has been used to prioritize attention to such communities and consider their issues in the decision-making process. The webinar will highlight the ways that California and Minnesota have incorporated this information into their programs. We will hear special remarks from Myra Reece, Director of Environmental Affairs, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Affairs, to kick off the webinar series.
Affordable Clean Transportation in Rural Disadvantaged San Joaquin Valley
Caltrans
April 17, 2019| 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |Registration
Caltrans' Workforce Development Branch coordinates an educational forum every other month (as well as adding occasional special sessions) called Planning Horizons. Speakers for this forum are selected from both within Caltrans and the Planning community. This month's speaker is Caroline Rodier, Associate Director of UC Davis' Urban Land Use and Transportation Center.
Bikes by the Numbers: A Closer Look at Ridership and Safety Data
April 17, 2019 | 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Registration
Designing Streets for the Speeds You Want
Association of Pedestrian & Bicycle Professionals (APBP)
April 17, 2019 | 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Registration
Should 85-percentile speeds determine the design and operation of streets in your community? How can we lower speeds to improve safety if we don’t have the right tools and policies? This webinar will examine the relationship between posted design and target speed in designing safer streets.
Toward Zero Deaths National Strategy Development: Leadership and Safety Culture
April 24, 2019 | 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Registration
Successful safety programs require strong leadership and passionate safety champions—who are not necessarily one and the same. This webinar will discuss these roles, how to identify them, and several strategies to strengthen your organization’s traffic safety culture.
Virtual Public Involvement--Extending Our Reach
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
April 25, 2019 | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Registration
Public involvement tools and practices have expanded and shifted dramatically over the past decade due to changes in communications, technology, and lifestyles. As transportation professionals, we can no longer expect the public to come to us, but need to reach them in their everyday lives–online, at home, and in chosen gathering spaces. To help practitioners navigate this changing environment, FHWA is developing a series of short videos highlighting innovative and proven public involvement techniques for today's transportation plans and projects. This webinar, the first in the series, will feature speakers from agencies featured in the first three videos, which cover the following techniques: meeting-in-a-box, pop-up outreach, and interactive maps.
Equitable Development: Back to Basics (Equitable Development Training Part 1)
America Walks
April 29, 2019 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Registration
America Walks engages and empowers communities across the US to create safe, accessible, and enjoyable places to walk and move. Increasingly the infrastructure changes that make places more walkable are creating rapid change and potentially contribute to the displacement and disenfranchisement of some community members. To ensure that community improvements can allow residents to stay and thrive in place, a deliberate, inclusive plan that reflects community priorities and safe-guards local culture and affordability is required. This is the first in a three-part training in partnership with the 11th St Bridge Park Project that will explore the practice of Equitable Development and hear from experts on the ground who are on the path to creating communities for all.