Our standard dwell month-to-month webinars can’t probably accommodate all of the content material related to advancing walkability. So we’re launching an on-demand video collection that we’re calling “The Technical Sequence”. Pre-recorded with main professionals, our imaginative and prescient is to current subjects that permit a deeper dive into the small print of insurance policies, implementation or greatest practices. Our purpose is to assist advance the information of practitioners within the area, whereas concurrently de-mystifying subjects for group advocates.
So what are we speaking about? Listed below are our first 4 technical collection webinars:
Understanding the New Guide on Uniform Site visitors Management Gadgets (MUTCD)
Offered by Matthew Roe, Senior Affiliate, Mobility Planning & Design at Stantec and former Technical Lead at NACTO, and Mike McGinn, Government Director at America Walks
At America Walks we name the MUTCD “a very powerful pedestrian security doc you’ve got by no means heard of.” However truly, in case you work on avenue design as an expert or an advocate it has most actually come to your consideration for the way it shapes our native streets. On this two half collection, Matthew Roe, previously Technical Lead at NACTO and now with Stantec, takes us via the numerous revisions not too long ago adopted.
Half 1: Understanding the New MUTCD – Velocity Limits, Crosswalk Markings & Sidewalk Extensions, Asphalt Artwork, Alerts & Warrants
Half 2: Understanding the New MUTCD – Bike Infrastructure
A Framework for Integrating Land Use and Transportation
Offered by Ian Lockwood, Livable Transportation Engineer at Toole Design, and Mike McGinn, Government Director at America Walks
Ian Lockwood takes us via his conceptualization of how planners, group members, and leaders can deal with the inherently associated subjects of land use and transportation. Shifting via historic shifts in transportation planning (from historical cities to the appearance of ideas like LOS, VMT, and the Common Equation), you’ll learn to plan walkable, equitable, and memorable locations.
Mapping Excessive Damage Streets
Offered by Theja Putta, PhD, Analyst III at Toole Design, Sarah Abel, Sustainable Security Apply Lead at Toole Design and Mike McGinn, Government Director at America Walks
Discover ways to use the Safer Streets Precedence Finder, an open supply device to establish the streets in your group which have the very best threat to pedestrians and different avenue customers.
Proper now we’re providing the technical collection webinars without spending a dime – all that we ask for is a registration – however we anticipate that we might migrate this to premium content material for our members solely as we add to the video library.
And in case you are an expert fascinated with working with us to develop further content material, tell us. We hope you benefit from the movies and we’re grateful to Toole Design and the Nationwide Affiliation of Metropolis Transportation Officers for sharing their experience with us and also you!
