Complete Streets 201: Designing Your Streets For People (Virtual)
Date: 10/19/2020 1:00 PM - 10/20/2020 3:30 PM
Location: Virtual
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Capacity:
Overview
Course Description
This virtual live instructor led training will provide an in-depth technical review of various Complete Streets design elements. Attendees will learn:
• Benefits of Complete Streets;
• Design guidance for people walking, biking, and taking transit;
• Methods to balance roadway users and apply flexibility;
• Complete Street Funding Program requirements; and
• Best practices for public engagement.
The course will be held over two, two-hour sessions held on back-to-back days. The elements discussed will be applied through a design exercise, that will include a 30 minute homework assignment between the first and second day. The following will be covered each day:
Day 1/Session 1:
• Introductions
• What is complete streets?
• Overview of MassDOT’s Complete Streets Funding Program
• Designing for Walking
• Designing for Biking
• Introduce Homework: Design Exercise
Day 2/Session 2:
• Designing for Transit
• Signal Design
• Review Design Homework activity (Virtual group activity)
• Public Engagement
• Wrap up/Course Survey
Each session has a 50 attendee maximum.
Attendees will receive links to the two classes after registering for the course.
Target Audience
The workshop is intended for Engineers, Designers, and Planners who are interested in developing Complete Streets solutions for municipal roadways. Municipal representatives requiring training eligibility for the Complete Streets Funding Program are encouraged to attend.
Attendees
First Name | Affiliation |
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Richard | |
Matthew | MA Association of Health Boards (MAHB) |
Gabriella | Madison Park Development Corporation (Boston) |
Margaret | Private Citizen |
Kenneth | Bayside Engineering, Inc. |
JoAnn | Town of Falmouth Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee |
Ed | MassBike |
Scott | Town of Falmouth Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee |
Valerie | Town of Kingston |
Chris | Private Citizen |
Lynda | Newcomers Biking Chair |
Michael | Private Citizen |
Jason | Town of Milford (NH) |
Edward | Town of Falmouth Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee |
Judy | Ideal Block |
Timothy | GPI (MA) |
Edward | Town of Falmouth |
Donald | |
Paul | Town of Falmouth |
Matthew | City of Framingham |
Ralph | Town of Falmouth |
James | Town of Falmouth |
Faye | Central Mass Regional Planning Commission (CMRPC) |
Carol | Town of Paxton |
Scott | Town of Falmouth |
Travis | Town of Paxton DPW |
Instructors
- Conor Semler
Principal Planner at Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
- Caitlin Tobin
PE, Senior Engineer at Kittelson & Associates, Inc.