2020

The transportation sector, which employs millions of persons worldwide, is affected significantly by the challenges of a growing and shifting population, climate change, and rapid technological change such as automation and electrification. To address these challenges, the sector faces an unprecedented acceleration of workforce transformation, resulting in major challenges in staffing its several domains with qualified personnel. Considered one of 12 critical issues in transportation by TRB, workforce affects both the public and private sectors in all modes of transportation and calls those sectors to work out strategies for adapting their workforce capacities and for addressing changing employment types and future skills gaps and needs.

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An interactive crash course in applying human-centered design thinking to a real-life situation. The participant will empathize with a user; define a problem; and ideate, test, iterate, and prototype solutions. The hands-on experience will enable participants to experience end-to-end application of design thinking. Fast-paced, engaging, and fun, this course is suited for anyone at any stage of leadership or in any function. This is not a lecture—it is an experience.

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Constantly changing demands, stretched financial resources, and finding skilled employees are issues all organizations face. Little wonder leaders find themselves struggling to set a “North Star” or find the information needed to know what, if any, progress is being made. This workshop will discuss aligning organizations around performance, identifying strategies, and using information to understand and improve organizational performance. Learning common challenges & pitfalls, hearing insights from private & public sector leaders, and interacting with fellow attendees are all intended to help avoid future rapids. Attendees will gain information on how to avoid getting drenched as they dive into alignment and performance management efforts.

Speed management is integral to safer roadways, especially for nonmotorized users like pedestrians and bicyclists; however, limited resources and policy challenges make speed enforcement difficult. This workshop will provide an overview on communitywide speed management strategies and resources, followed by three case studies of the city, state, and international experience. It will conclude with a breakout session to discuss topics like speed-setting laws, design solutions, and level-of-service impacts.

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Cities face the challenge of allocating curb among different uses with coarse assumptions and few principles. This workshop’s objective is to improve decision-making tools by seeking a framework for understanding the value of different curb uses to society and a system for balancing allocations to meet the social and economic goals of urban centers. As a follow up to a workshop convened four years ago, participants will explore this topic in light of changing curb demands and management practices.