Designing for Pedestrian Safety Webinars
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) will offer an 8-part Webinar series intended to help communities address pedestrian safety issues through design and engineering solutions. Modeled after the FHWA's/PBIC's in-person training course "Designing for Pedestrian Safety," the free Webinars will cover topics ranging from sidewalk design to road diets.
Part 1: Introduction to Pedestrian Safety Design and Planning Principles
Presented by Craig Allred, FHWA Resource Center Technical Specialist and Michael Ronkin, Owner, Designing Streets for People LLC.
Part 2: Sidewalk Design
Presented by Peter Eun, FHWA RC Safety Engineer
Part 3: Treatments at Unsignalized Pedestrian Crossings
Presented by Charlie Zegeer, PBIC Director
Part 4: Intersection Geometry
Presented by John LaPlante, Director of Traffic Engineering, T.Y. Lin International, Inc and Keith Sinclair, Acting Assistant Division Administrator, FHWA Connecticut Division
Thursday, September 9 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Part 5: Signalized Intersections
Presented by Michael Moule, President, Livable Streets, Inc. and Fred Ranck, FHWA Resource Center Safety Design Engineer
Monday, September 27 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Part 6: Interchanges and Roundabouts
Presented by Fred Ranck, FHWA Resource Center Safety Design Engineer and Hillary Isebrands, FHWA Resource Center Safety Specialist
Tuesday, October 5 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Part 7: Pedestrians and Transit
Presented by Dan Nabors, Senior Transportation Engineer, VHB
Date TBD
Part 8: Road Diets
Presented by Peter Lagerwey, Senior Planner, Toole Design Group
Date TBD
