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_Dangerous By Design: Strategies on How We Can Counter the Rising Number of People Being Struck and Killed While Walking, Biking, or Rolling

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This webinar is led by ITE Complete Streets Council and Safety Council.

Webinar Description:
The number of people struck and killed while walking reached yet another new high in 2020. More than 6,500 people were struck and killed while walking in 2020, an average of nearly 18 per day, and a 4.5 percent increase over 2019. This epidemic continues growing worse because many of our nation’s streets are dangerous by design, designed primarily to move cars quickly at the expense of keeping everyone safe. Although everyone is affected by dangerous street design in some way, this burden is not shared equally. Despite other changes, the pandemic perpetuated existing disparities in who is being killed at the highest rates: Black and Native Americans. To reverse these trends and save lives, we need to protect all users of the transportation system through our policies, programs, and funding, while prioritizing the safety of those who are most at risk. This webinar will present case studies on cities that are already implementing those strategies.

Learning Objectives:

  • Recall how legacy designs promote unsafe conditions for the most vulnerable users of the roadway network.
  • Describe how to focus design objectives around a safety basis.
  • Recognize the keys to creating sustainable project implementations.

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This webinar is led by ITE Complete Streets Council and Safety Council.

Webinar Description:

The number of people struck and killed while walking reached yet another new high in 2020. More than 6,500 people were struck and killed while walking in 2020, an average of nearly 18 per day, and a 4.5 percent increase over 2019. This epidemic continues growing worse because many of our nation’s streets are dangerous by design, designed primarily to move cars quickly at the expense of keeping everyone safe. Although everyone is affected by dangerous street design in some way, this burden is not shared equally. Despite other changes, the pandemic perpetuated existing disparities in who is being killed at the highest rates: Black and Native Americans. To reverse these trends and save lives, we need to protect all users of the transportation system through our policies, programs, and funding, while prioritizing the safety of those who are most at risk. This webinar will present case studies on cities that are already implementing those strategies.

Learning Objectives:

  • Recall how legacy designs promote unsafe conditions for the most vulnerable users of the roadway network.
  • Describe how to focus design objectives around a safety basis.
  • Recognize the keys to creating sustainable project implementations.

Policies: Registration for this webinar closes 30 minutes prior to start. The webinar recording will be made available on-demand it will have a shelf life of 60 days to register before it is archived. Participants are able to purchase and retrieve their PDH credit certificate until their access to the content expires. After the content expires and goes into archive, the PDH credit certificate opportunity is forfeited.

To learn how to purchase your PDH Certificates and see more information about the webinar including fees and later on-demand access, please view the webinar course page here.

Contributors

  • Moderator: Ebony Venson, Program Associate, Thriving Communities | Smart Growth America | Washington, D.C.

    Ebony has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the College of Charleston, SC and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Charleston, WV. Upon graduating from her master’s program, Ebony worked with the City of Chattanooga to help expand economic mobility opportunities in communities of color and support minority business development. She has spent the last year and a half working as a Program Associate with Smart Growth America's Thriving Communities team, assisting communities in planning and building safe, equitable, and accessible streets, as well as collaborating on creative placemaking work at the intersection of art and transportation.

  • Hans Larsen, P.E., Public Works Director | City of Fremont | Fremont, California, United States

    Hans Larsen is the Public Works Director for the City of Fremont, California. He has served as a public works and transportation professional for over 37 years. He is a graduate from San Jose State University with a degree in Civil Engineering. Prior to joining Fremont in 2015, Hans was the Director of Transportation for the City of San Jose. A significant part of his career has focused on the transition of communities from being car-centric to multi-modal. In 2021, he received ITE’s Transportation Safety Achievement of the Year Award for the Fremont Vision Zero Program.

  • Kelly Fearon, P.E., Vision Zero Engineer | City of Tampa | Tampa, Florida, United States

    Kelly Fearon is the Vision Zero engineer with the City of Tampa. She is focused on implementing the City’s Vision Zero Action Plan and developing sustainable transportation policies and projects. Kelly works in the Transportation Engineering division with a focus on designing Quick Build projects. She is also currently working on the development of the City’s 30-year Mobility Plan, Tampa MOVES.

  • Alex Henry, AICP, Vision Zero Coordinator, Mobility Department | City of Tampa | Tampa, Florida, United States

    Alex is the Vision Zero Coordinator for the City of Tampa Mobility Department. Throughout his career, Alex has led a variety of multi-disciplinary safety initiatives including multi-modal corridor studies, local safety action plans, grass roots education campaigns, and complete streets implementation. Alex joined the City of Tampa in September of 2022, following several years working for the Florida and Washington State Departments of Transportation.

  • Ethan Fawley, Vision Zero Program Coordinator | Department of Public Works | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

    Ethan Fawley is the City of Minneapolis Vision Zero Program Coordinator focused on traffic safety. Ethan led the creation of the Minneapolis Street Design Guide, which guides the planning of all future street projects. He also led the Minneapolis speed limit evaluation (2020) and Vision Zero Action Plan (2019). Prior to joining the City in 2018, Ethan worked for 10 years on transportation policy and community organizing related to Complete Streets, transit funding, and electric vehicles. He has a Masters of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Minnesota. Ethan lives in Minneapolis with his wife and 7-year old son.

  • Luke Hanson, Senior Transportation Planner | Department of Public Works | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

    Luke Hanson is a Senior Transportation Planner at the City of Minneapolis. Luke manages the planning and delivery of multimodal capital projects, and manages many of the City’s capital programs, including the Protected Bikeway, Vision Zero, and Pedestrian Safety programs. Prior to his time at the city, Luke worked for nearly 7 years as a Transportation Planner for the City of Saint Paul, helping author St. Paul’s first Bicycle Plan, and managing many of their bike and ped capital projects. Luke holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Minnesota. He lives in St. Paul with his wife Libby and ten-month-old Olivia. In his free time, he enjoys biking around town, searching for new records, and tracking drums in his basement studio.

October 4, 2022
Tue 3:00 PM EDT

Duration 1H 30M

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