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Making The Case For Funding System Preservation
Tuesday, May 29 from 1:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m., CST
Hosted by State Smart State Initiative
The Interstate-building era provided elected officials and the
public with very obvious evidence about how their money was being spent. Today, with a mature highway system that requires more support for
preservation than new construction, DOTs must work harder to show these stakeholders the benefits of investment.
Iowa DOT has been working with SSTI and Spitfire Communications to hone this message. DOT Director Paul Trombino, DOT planning Director Stuart Anderson, and Spitfire's Beth Kanter will present.
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Raised Median Islands and Pedestrian Safety
Wednesday, May 30 Noon to 1:30 p.m., CST
Part of the FHWA Pedestrian Focus Webinar Series
This webinar will discuss design considerations for raised median islands, discuss barriers to implementing these countermeasures, and present case studies of agencies that have been using these treatments to improve pedestrian safety.
Charlie Zegeer, of the UNC Highway Safety Research Center, will present design considerations for raised median islands and discuss research findings related to their effectiveness in improving pedestrian safety.
Sheila Lyons, of the Oregon Department of Transportation, will discuss how the agency has installed dozens of median islands to assist pedestrians and bicyclists across state and local roadways.
Gary Sokolow, of the Florida Department of Transportation, will present the history of Florida's Restrictive Median Policy, which has been implemented since the early 1990s and requires essentially all new multilane arterials to include median islands.
Finally, Jack Ecklund, of the City of University Place in Washington, will provide a local perspective on the use of raised median islands and their benefits.
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Transportation Asset Management (Part 2)
Wednesday, May 30 Noon to 2:00 p.m., CST
Hosted by the National Transit Institute, in cooperation with TRB.
The webinar will highlight two active research projects that offer technical assistance to the transit industry in developing and improving transportation asset management and state of good repair practices.
Participants must register in advance of the webinar, there is no fee for registrants, and no Professional Development Hour certificates will be provided to attendees. The first webinar in this two part series, held on May 16, 2012, highlighted practices and potential next steps to improve asset management and state of good repair, as discussed during the 9th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management.
Audio recordings for both webinars are available upon request through the National Transit Institute.
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Eco-Logical Webinar: Regional Ecosystem Frameworks (REFs) - Illustrations at Multiple Scales
Thursday, May 31 from Noon - 1:30 p.m., CST
Presented by the FHWA Office of Project Development and Environmental Review, in coordination with Eco-Logical signatory agencies.
This Eco-Logical webinar will provide participants with best practices for establishing Regional Ecosystem Frameworks (REFs) at the local, State, and National levels. Discussion will also compare the benefits of REFs at the different scales and illustrate how REFs can contribute to transportation planning with better environmental outcomes.
Click here to register and here for previous recorded webinars.
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Tools for Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety and Exposure Analysis
Tuesday, June 5 from Noon - 1:30 p.m., CST
Part of the Livable Communities Webinar Series Researchers at the UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research & Education Center (SafeTREC) will describe several tools that are available to evaluate pedestrian and bicycle safety. David Ragland, Ph.D., will provide an overview of several initiatives to reduce pedestrian and bicycle crashes in California. These efforts have produced tools and methodologies that have been used in California and could be applied in other communities outside of the state. John Bigham, MPH, will discuss the Transportation Injury Mapping Tool (TIMS), an interactive website to query, map, and download collision data in California. The presentation will include a live demonstration of TIMS to view maps of pedestrian and bicycle collision data and evaluate the benefit-cost of constructing different safety countermeasures. Robert Schneider, Ph.D., will present the final topic, estimating exposure for pedestrian and bicycle crash risk analysis. This will include an overview of the importance of exposure data, different methods of estimating pedestrian and bicycle volume data, and recent volume modeling efforts in Alamdea County and San Francisco, California.
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Adapting Cities To Climate Change
Wednesday, June 6 from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m., CST
Hosted by the American Planning Association and coponspored by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Cities and smaller communities are facing more severe hazards and sea-level rise. In this program, planners explore the issues of infrastructure and land changes, as well as environmental and economic changes. How do we know what the effects of climate change will be and how do we adapt? Explore both research and planning preparation. Click here to register. There is a cost to register for this webinar.
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Lessons Learned from Irene: RPC Involvement in Recovery of Vermont's Transportation Network
Thursday, June 7 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m., CST
Hosted by the NADO Research Foundation In August 2011, intense rainfall from Tropical Storm Irene caused flash flooding and inundation across Vermont, particularly in the southern half. Due to the extent and magnitude of the damage, the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) requested assistance from the state's Regional Planning Commissions (RPCs) that was beyond the normal scope of their work, training, and funding. No advance plans or procedures were in place for this type of response and recovery effort. This free webinar will focus on how the lessons learned in Vermont can help other regional planning and development organizations be a valuable asset in future disaster recovery for transportation infrastructure. Click here to register.
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A Guidebook for Sustainability Performance Measurement for Transportation Agencies
Tuesday, June 7 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m., CST
Hosted by the Transportation Research Board
The NCHRP guidebook provides a generally-applicable framework and approach to understanding sustainability, and identifying and applying sustainability-related performance measures for transportation agencies. The guidebook discusses the integration of sustainability measures into a transportation agency's core functions and also contains a compendium of sustainability performance measures and various other resources useful to transportation practitioners.
The webinar will be most useful to those who are challenged with providing useful information to agency leadership on how effectively their organization is meeting or can meet sustainability goals.
The webinar will provide participants with an understanding of the concepts of sustainability and the framework provided in the guidebook, including an overview of the resources available as part of NCHRP Report 708. The webinar will include a discussion of the application of sustainability performance measures, ways to use the guidebook from a practitioner perspective, and experiences of a public sector and private sector practitioner in applying the contents of the guidebook.
Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees.
A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDH) will be provided to attendees who register and attend the webinar as an individual.
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Recent Roadway Geometric Design Research for Improved Safety and Operations
Tuesday, June 19, 2012, from Noon - 1:30 p.m., CST
NCHRP Synthesis 432 reviews and summarizes published literature from 2001 to 2011 related to safety and operational aspects of geometric design practices.
The webinar, like the report, will provide options to practitioners on where to find these sources to help them make more informed decisions on geometric design issues that impact safety and operations.
The report is structured to correspond to chapters in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, more commonly referred to as the Green Book.
The webinar will review NCHRP Synthesis 432 material on a corresponding chapter-by-chapter basis, highlighting key findings and important topics of geometric design research throughout the previous decade.
Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDH) will be provided to attendees who register and attend the webinar as an individual.
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Pavement Data Analysis Tool (PaveDAT)
Wednesday, June 20 from Noon - 1:30 p.m., CST
This webinar will provide an overview of the Pavement Data Analysis Tool (PaveDAT), followed by two pilot states providing their experiences with using the tool and what outcomes it can produce for overweight truck permit calculation.
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Estimating The Economic Impact of Transportation Investments
Friday, June 29 from 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., CST
Hosted by the State Smart Transportation Initiative
New software makes assessment more convenient, but it often leaves out important economic outcomes, such as property value change or economic transfer within a state or metro are. SSTI has worked with Center for Neighborhood Technology and several member DOTs to produce updated guidance designed to improve economic impact assessment.
An online tool will take practitioners through a set of steps to help them select the best methods to produce the most valid estimates. CNT's Sarah Campbell presents.
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Marta Perales
ILMPO Statewide Coordinator |
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