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Upcoming Electronic Events (Webinars) about Pedestrians And Bicyclists
 TRB Webinar: How to Survive and Thrive at the TRB Annual MeetingNovember 14, 2017 TRB will conduct a webinar on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 from 1:00PM to 2:00PM ET and Tuesday, December 19, 2017 from 1:00-2:00PM ET that will help both new and returning Annual Meeting attendees get the most out of their meeting experience. The webinar will review issues related to planning for the meeting, including hotel reservations, airline reservations, and other basics; help attendees pl... |
Recorded Electronic Sessions about Pedestrians And Bicyclists
TRB Webinar: Designing Multimodal Roundabouts: Making Them Safe and Efficient for AllSeptember 11, 2017 TRB conducted a webinar on Monday, September 11, 2017, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET that addressed the misconceptions and misinformation about modern roundabouts, which inhibits their implementation. Presenters discussed state-of-the-art roundabout design procedures that make roundabouts safe and efficient for all modes of travel, including transit, trucks, bicycles, and pedestrians. This webinar...
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 TRB Webinar: Development of Crash Modification Factors for Pedestrian Crossing TreatmentsAugust 23, 2017 TRB conducted a webinar on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that featured research from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)’s Report 841 : Development of Crash Modification Factors for Uncontrolled Pedestrian Crossing Treatments. This webinar discussed the effort to quantify the relationships between pedestrian safety and crossing treatments at uncontr...
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TRB Webinar: Innovative Statewide Partnerships for Active Transportation PlanningAugust 15, 2017 TRB conducted a webinar on Tuesday, August 15, 2017 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that highlighted three statewide approaches to planning for pedestrians and bicyclists that include innovative partnerships between state departments of transportation, state departments of health, and metropolitan planning organizations or local governments. The presenters discussed the approaches to collecting and ...
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TRB Webinar: Practical Techniques for Successfully Communicating Technical TopicsNovember 16, 2016 TRB conducted a webinar on Wednesday, November 16, 2016, from 2:00pm to 3:00pm ET about presenting technical information clearly and succinctly when presentation time is short. If you are steeped in technical expertise and presenting in conferences or meetings, you can learn practical techniques that make your hard work meaningful to others. Know what you want from the audience and what they wa...
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Highway Capacity Manual Webinar SeriesNovember 9, 2016 TRB and the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) are cosponsoring a series of webinars about implementing the new 2016 Highway Capacity Manual 6th Edition (HCM6): A Guide for Multimodal Mobility Analysis . This series of webinars will present the new analysis procedures incorporated into HCM6 and why these tools are vital to helping analyze today’s transportation problems. The webinars w...
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TRB Webinar: Vulnerable Road Users Safety: What Cities Can Do To Make Things Better?September 27, 2016 TRB conducted a webinar on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET on improving the safety of vulnerable road users, who are more likely to be severely injured if involved in a crash. These users include pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists, children and senior population, and people with special needs. The number of vulnerable road users is expected to increase as cities increas...
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 2016 TRB Annual Meeting: Five Webcast Recordings AvailableJanuary 11, 2016 Five recorded sessions from the 2016 TRB Annual Meeting, January 10-14, 2016, are now available. The meeting covered all transportation issues, with more than 5,000 presentations in more than 800 sessions. This year's meeting attracted more than 12,000 transportation professionals from throughout the United States and 70 other countries. Transportation and the Environment: What’s Hot...
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TRB Webinar: Multimodality in Major Cities: Urban Success StoriesSeptember 16, 2015 TRB conducted a webinar on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 from 2:00-3:30PM ET that provided information about urban multimodal projects and the successes and challenges these projects faced with implementation. This webinar discussed lessons learned from these urban multimodal projects and practices of multimodal implementation. This webinar was organized by the TRB Standing Committee on Tr...
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TRB Webinar: Innovative Intersections for Pedestrians and BicyclesAugust 19, 2015 TRB conducted a webinar on August 19, 2015, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm ET that examined how to integrate pedestrian and bicycle facilities into innovative intersection designs, such as diverging diamond interchanges and superstreets. Webinar presenters also covered how conventional intersection design may be reinvented for non-motorized users. This webinar was organized by the TRB Standing Committee...
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TRB Webinar: Tools for Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data CollectionJanuary 29, 2015 TRB conducted a webinar on January 29, 2015, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm ET that explored NCHRP Report 797: Guidebook on Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data Collection . Webinar presenters provided an overview of the guidebook's contents and a short summary of the research. This webinar introduced applications for non-motorized count data, technologies and methods for collecting non-motorized count da...
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TRB Webinar: Estimating Demand for Non-Motorized TravelAugust 18, 2014 TRB conducted a webinar on August 18, 2014, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm ET that discussed NCHRP Report 770: Estimating Bicycling and Walking for Planning and Project Development: A Guidebook . This report provides a comprehensive overview of the characteristics of bicycle and pedestrian travel and the factors that influence their demand. The report also introduces a set of tools for estimating demand...
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TRB Webinar: Roundabout Accessibility – What Designers Should Know About National Research and PolicyMay 28, 2014 TRB conducted a webinar on May 28, 2014, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm ET that covered accessibility challenges at roundabouts for pedestrians with vision disabilities. Webinar panelists presented a framework for evaluating accessibility at a complex intersection and discussed the impacts of site geometry and operational characteristics on the accessibility of the site for blind pedestrians. A certific...
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TRB Webinar: Transportation Asset Management: Highlights from Beyond Pavement and Bridges TrackJuly 18, 2012 TRB conducted a webinar on July 18, 2012, from 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. ET that explored asset management techniques for safety, geotechnical, and ancillary structures; signs and sidewalks; and more. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu for a link to the recorded webinar. The webinar will high...
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TRB Webinar: Six Top Road Safety Papers from the 2011 Annual MeetingAugust 3, 2011 On August 3, 2011, TRB conducted a web seminar or “webinar” that featured brief presentations on six 2011 Annual Meeting papers nominated for the Patricia Waller Award for the best paper in road safety. Email Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu to receive a link to the recording of this session. The six nominated papers and webinar panelists are: 1. “Development of a Hardwa...
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Webinar: Signals for Pedestrians Who Are Blind – Overview of Current Issues and Available TrainingJuly 20, 2011 On July 20, 2011, TRB co-sponsored a web briefing or "webinar" that explored information about a National Cooperative Highway Research Program project on Accessible Pedestrian Signals workshops . Transportation professionals are making pedestrian safety enhancements at traffic signals and street crossings for persons who are blind and/or visually impaired. Some of the audible signals curr...
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TRB Webinar: Safety and Operation of Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons (HAWKs)December 2, 2010 On December 2, 2010, TRB conducted a web briefing or "webinar" that explored the origin, installation, and operational experience of the Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon or HAWK. For more details, view a summary of this webinar. Email Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu to receive a link to the recording of this session. There is no fee for employees of TRB spon...
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TRB Webinar: Knowledge Is Power: How TRB's Databases Improve Access to Transportation ResearchApril 19, 2010 On Monday, April 19, 2010, TRB conducted a web briefing or "webinar" that explored practical tips for using the Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS), Research in Progress (RiP), and Research Needs Statements (RNS) databases. For more details, view a summary of this webinar. Watch a recording of the webinar. You will need Windows Media Player 9 or highe...
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 2009 TRB 88th Annual Meeting: Conference RecordingJanuary 11, 2009 View and listen to selected presentations given at the 88th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on January 11-15, 2009, as part of the TRB’s Conference Recording series. The TRB Conference Recording series is designed to bring information presented at TRB conferences and meetings to those who were not able to attend. To request an archived recording, email Reggie Gillum . There is no fee for...
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TRB Webinar: Accommodating Pedestrians at Signalized IntersectionsMay 8, 2008 On May 8, 2008, TRB conducted a web-seminar or “webinar” that examined issues and recent research findings related to pedestrians at signalized intersections. For more details, view a summary of this webinar. Email Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu to receive a link to the recording of this session. There is no fee for employees of TRB sponsors to receive this recording. Others...
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 2008 TRB 87th Annual Meeting: Conference RecordingsJanuary 13, 2008 View and listen to selected presentations given at the TRB 87th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. , on January 13-17, 2008 , as part of the TRB’s Conference Recording series. The TRB Conference Recording series is designed to bring information presented at TRB conferences and meetings to those who were not able to attend. To request an archived recording, email Reggie Gillum ...
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 2007 TRB 86th Annual Meeting: Conference RecordingJanuary 21, 2007 View and listen to selected presentations given at the 86th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., on January 21-25, 2007, as part of the TRB’s Conference Recording series. The TRB Conference Recording series is designed to bring information presented at TRB conferences and meetings to those who were not able to attend. To request an archived recording, email Reggie Gillum . There is no fe...
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2006 TRB 85th Annual Meeting Summary of Major Issues: Conference RecordingMarch 15, 2006 View and listen to selected presentations given at the TRB 2006 Annual Meeting Summary of Major Issues in Albany , NY , on March 15, 2006 prepared by the New York State Department of Transportation , as part of the TRB’s Conference Recording series. The TRB Conference Recording series is designed to bring information presented at TRB conferences and meetings to those who were not able to atten...
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 2006 TRB 85th Annual Meeting: Conference RecordingJanuary 22, 2006 View and listen to selected presentations given at the 85th Annual Meeting in Washington , D.C. , on January 22-26, 2006 , as part of the TRB’s Conference Recording series. The TRB Conference Recording series is designed to bring information presented at TRB conferences and meetings to those who were not able to attend. To request an archived recording, email Reggie Gillum . There is no...
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2005 Joint Summer Conference: Conference RecordingJuly 10, 2005 2005 Joint Summer Conference : Conference Recording View and listen to selected presentations given at the Joint Summer Conference in Boston , MA , on July 10-12, 2005 , as part of the TRB’s Conference Recording series. The TRB Conference Recording series is designed to bring information presented at TRB conferences and meetings to those who were not able to attend. To request an... |
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