TRB Webinar: ActiveTrans Priority Tool: A Model Methodology for Prioritizing Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvements on Existing Roads
TRB conducted a webinar on Monday, October 17, 2016 from 2:00 to 3:30PM ET that featured research from
National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)
Report 803: Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation Along Existing Roads—ActiveTrans Priority Tool Guidebook. The tool may help prioritize improvements to pedestrian and bicycle facilities, either separately or together, as part of a “complete streets” evaluation approach. This webinar examined the methodology developed to assist transportation agencies establish a step-by-step prioritization process that aims to be flexible, transparent, and sought to incorporate agency and community values.
A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to attendees who registered and attended the webinar as an individual. Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu for instructions on receiving a copy of the recorded webinar.
Here are the slides from the presentation.
Webinar Presenters
- James Elliot, Toole Design Group
- Michael Hintze, Toole Design Group
Moderated by: Michael Ereti,
Gunda Corporation
Webinar Outline
- Overview of NCHRP and Report 803
- Research that led to the ActiveTrans Priority Tool (APT)
- How the APT may help to prioritize pedestrian and bicycle improvements on existing roadways
- Question and answer session
The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions. The Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP) categorizes this webinar activity as relating to health, safety, and welfare including core technical.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Understand how to access and use the APT
- Identify key features of the APT, including a programmed spreadsheet
- Understand how to assign specific goals and values in the APT
- Understand how to break the prioritization process down into discrete steps and how to explain these steps to the public
Registration Information
There is no fee for employees of TRB Sponsors or TRB Sustaining Affiliates who register using their work email address. In addition to employees of TRB sponsor organizations, the following are eligible to receive complimentary webinar registration:
- TRB and National Academies employees;
- Chairs of TRB standing committees, sections, or groups;
- Members of the media;
- Employees of tribal governments; and
- Members of Congress or their staff.
Other sites must pay $95 per site. View our pricing page for details.
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Professional Development Hour Information
A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For groups, only the person that registers and attends the session will receive a PDH certificate.
Individuals registered as Florida PEs are no longer required to email TRB with your license number to report your attendance. Instead, please use your certificate that TRB provides through RCEP.net as verification of your attendance to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.
Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.
This webinar was developed in March 2016. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Certificates of Completion will be issued to individuals who register for and attend the entire webinar session. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Website:www.RCEP.net.
American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits
This webinar is pending approval by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 1.5 Certification Maintenance Credits. Please make sure that you register for this session and log-in using the link that TRB provides to your email account. We use this as your record that you attended this session. TRB only maintains the records of attendees who use their email address to log into the webinar, and cannot verify attendance of individuals who view the webinar without personally logging into the session.
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Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.
This Summary Last Modified On: 10/17/2016