Technical Collection Webinars – America Walks
Our in style stay 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 sequence that we’re calling “The Technical Collection”. Pre-recorded with main professionals, our imaginative and prescient is to current matters that permit a deeper dive into the main points of insurance policies, implementation or finest practices. Our purpose is to assist advance the information of practitioners within the subject, whereas concurrently de-mystifying matters for neighborhood advocates.
So what are we speaking about? Listed here are our first 4 technical sequence webinars:
Understanding the New Handbook on Uniform Site visitors Management Units (MUTCD)
Offered by Matthew Roe, Senior Affiliate, Mobility Planning & Design at Stantec and former Technical Lead at NACTO, and Mike McGinn, Govt Director at America Walks
At America Walks we name the MUTCD “an important pedestrian security doc you will have by no means heard of.” However truly, for those who work on avenue design as knowledgeable or an advocate it has most actually come to your consideration for the way it shapes our native streets. On this two half sequence, Matthew Roe, previously Technical Lead at NACTO and now with Stantec, takes us by way of the numerous revisions not too long ago adopted.
Half 1: Understanding the New MUTCD – Pace 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, Govt Director at America Walks
Ian Lockwood takes us by way of his conceptualization of how planners, neighborhood members, and leaders can deal with the inherently associated matters of land use and transportation. Transferring by way of historic shifts in transportation planning (from historic cities to the appearance of ideas like LOS, VMT, and the Common Equation), you’ll discover ways to plan walkable, equitable, and memorable locations.
Mapping Excessive Harm Streets
Offered by Theja Putta, PhD, Analyst III at Toole Design, Sarah Abel, Sustainable Security Observe Lead at Toole Design and Mike McGinn, Govt Director at America Walks
Discover ways to use the Safer Streets Precedence Finder, an open supply instrument to establish the streets in your neighborhood which have the best danger to pedestrians and different avenue customers.
Proper now we’re providing the technical sequence webinars totally free – all that we ask for is a registration – however we anticipate that we could migrate this to premium content material for our members solely as we add to the video library.
And in case you are knowledgeable considering 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!