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Complete Streets Webinar - American Society of Civil Engineers. This webinar provides planners, engineers, and other members of the professional transportation design community with technical complete streets design implementation tools, creating the foundation necessary to effectively plan and create complete streets and networks that serve all users. The material covered will define the typical goals of complete streets projects along with a thorough review of the leading national design policies and guidance, including Federal and State DOT guidance. An example design project will be used to illustrate the design process for selecting key design controls and criteria to accomplish a complete street project design. An experienced instructor recognized for their design experience and teaching expertise will instruct the webinar.
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Primary Discussion Topics/Webinar Outline
• Laying the Foundation for Complete Streets Design
o Build a common understanding of complete streets and their benefits
o Overview the latest complete street design guidance and practices
o Explain how complete streets designs are achieved in constrained rights of way
• Complete Streets Design Guidance and Research
o Overview current design standard and practices in use today at the Federal, state and local levels
o Present a process for applying flexible design controls and criteria using generally accepted design guidance
o Discuss the liability considerations associated with flexible design practices
• Complete Streets Design Case Study
o Present a typical complete street project in an urban/suburban setting
o Identify project design goals and likely challenges to their implementation
o Identify and illustrate how to overcome those design challenges and barriers
Learning Outcomes
• Describe the benefits of adopting an effective complete streets design policy and deploying strategies necessary for its effective implementation: training staff, revising internal agency procedures, creating appropriate design manuals and guidance and analyzing performance data for all users
• Identify and explain design research, best practices, standards, guides, and technical tools that design professionals can utilize to balance and meet the needs of all users
• Explain technical design flexibility available within current design guidance and standards
Webinar Benefits
• Create common understanding of complete streets design
• Initiate dialogue on complete streets design processes and procedures
• Gain understanding of complete streets design practice across the U.S.
• Understand the latest design flexibility guidance and liability relationships
• Intended Audience
• Engineering, public works and roadway design staff
• Transportation, land use, and community development planners
• Health, bicycle, pedestrian, public transportation, and Safe Routes to School staff
• Metropolitan planning organization and regional planning boards and staff; and
• Stakeholders and advocates for older adults, people with disabilities, children, pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation riders, health, and the environment
Course Length: 1.5 Hours