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Funding for transportation infrastructure has been misrepresented and misunderstood for decades. Misrepresented by powerful interest groups and misunderstood by regular people. Highway builders have dominated the conversation about funding priorities, making anything less than a highway or bridge seem insignificant or unnecessary.
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Bicycle infrastructure advocates have accepted the “innovative funding” label as their best – perhaps only – hope to increase the maintenance and construction of projects that make bicycling safe and convenient for people of all ages. There is a better way to pursue funding.
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APA Learning Objectives for AICP credit:
(1) Understand why non-professional planners (ordinary people) mentally check out when you talk about your goals and projects.
(2) Learn how professionals in other fields have solved this problem.
(3) Take home some practical examples to generate excitement and endorsement for your work as a professional planner.
About the speaker:
Andy Boenau, AICP leads the urban planning practice at Timmons Group. His primary focus is helping to create comfortable and inviting places for people to walk and ride a bicycle. Andy’s projects often involve retrofitting public streets to enhance livability. He also provides public engagement and new media consultation as part of his work.
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Modern traffic engineering prioritizes the automobile. What does that mean for you? It means streets are expanded to allow for higher motorist speeds at the expense of people walking or riding a bicycle.
Safe transportation should begin with the most vulnerable users -- pedestrians and bicyclists. When non-motorized traffic moves safely, everything else falls into place.
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Nobody cares about your boring planner story.
How can we share our contributions with other people in a way that educations AND inspires? The answer lies in human psychology. Tell interesting and compelling stories that focus on the human experience.
“You do what? Plan stuff? Meh.” Let’s face it. The professional planning industry has an image problem. Planners are viewed as a generic mob best known for blue tops, khaki bottoms, and pointing at maps. Or worse, we get labeled as centralized busybodies determined to impose regulations that make life a little less worth living.
Marketers have known for ages that people love stories, especially stories they can relate to.
During this talk, the audience learned why non-planners roll their eyes at us, how other professions have solved the communication problem, and heard practical examples they could take home and apply to their work.
[Originally presented at the American Planning Association's 2015 National Conference.]
APA Learning Objectives for AICP credit:
(1) Understand why non-professional planners (ordinary people) mentally check out when you talk about your goals and projects.
(2) Learn how professionals in other fields have solved this problem.
(3) Take home some practical examples to generate excitement and endorsement for your work as a professional planner.
About the speaker:
Andy Boenau, AICP leads the urban planning practice at Timmons Group. His primary focus is helping to create comfortable and inviting places for people to walk and ride a bicycle. Andy’s projects often involve retrofitting public streets to enhance livability. He also provides public engagement and new media consultation as part of his work.
Andy produces Urbanism Speakeasy, an award-winning podcast about human-scale design, livability, and community activism. He also created the short film "Walk Don't Walk", Walkability Award winner at the 2014 New Urbanism Film Festival. Andy loves having a microphone in hand, whether it’s delivering keynotes, producing webinars, or spicing up sessions at professional planning conferences.
__________________________
Inspirational contributions and influence from Frank Zappa, George Lois, Russell Brand, and Peter Norton.
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***originally presented as a live webinar on Nov 21, 2014***
“Complete street” is a transportation term that refers to a corridor designed for all modes of transportation. Washington, DC has made national news for its emphasis on the fundamental modes of transportation – walking and biking. It’s also home to one of the most recognizable mass transit systems.
So why would the District Department of Transportation propose a scenario that eliminates complete streets? How do they propose safely accommodating users from so many different modes of travel?
This webcast will cover the following:
• Trade-offs associated with physically separating travel modes;
• Corridor planning vs. network planning;
• Transportation mode hierarchy; and
• Placemaking treatments based on street function.
Andy Boenau leads the urban planning practice at Timmons Group, a Virginia-based consulting firm. His expertise is guiding infrastructure projects in such a way that all travel modes are accommodated on streets. It would be fair to label him as a pro-walk/pro-bike advocate.
He facilitates workgroups, stakeholder meetings, and social media engagement for planning and design projects. He enjoys translating technical jargon and transportation issues in ways that promote active and meaningful public involvement.
Andy is responsible for the APA New Urbanism Division’s newsletter and is APA-Virginia’s vice president of external affairs. He will be facilitating the discussion about implementing complete street design principles.
Colleen Hawkinson is a transportation planner for the District Department of Transportation in Washington, DC. She has a master’s degree in Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia.
Colleen manages DDOT’s Strategic Planning Branch, which covers neighborhood transportation and livability studies and citywide planning. She recently managed the massive long-range transportation plan called moveDC.
Throughout her career, Ms. Hawkinson has developed and managed an array of diverse projects promoting sustainability, economic development, and enhanced quality of life through transportation networks.
Chris Shaheen manages the Public Space Program Washington, DC’s Office of Planning. He has an undergraduate degree in landscape architecture and urban planning, and a graduate degree in historic preservation.
Chris helps developers implement city regulations and guidelines that enhance the pedestrian experience and promote sustainable development practices. His work ranges from citywide initiatives to small-scale streetscape or open space plans proposed by the private sector. He plays a key role in drafting legislation for green buildings in the District and is active in current efforts to adopt green building and sustainable development standards for the Washington metropolitan area.
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Professional planners and engineers often talk about making streets more accommodating for humans, regardless of travel mode. That means embracing and protecting the fundamental modes of transport -- walking and bicycling.
You will meet resistance in your quest to improve American infrastructure. Here are 9 myths commonly spread.
This presentation was originally delivered for the 2014 American Planning Association - Virginia Chapter annual meeting.
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Livability is a concept that has enjoyed tremendous popularity in recent years. The Federal Highway Administration established a formal “Livability Initiative” and in 2010, published a guidebook to educate transportation planning and design professionals.
So how are we doing? Are we improving the health and safety of the traveling public?
Even with the enormous amount of data showing direct and tangible connections between street design and public health and safety (i.e. livability), bad design continues to show itself on a regular basis on our street networks.
If good design promotes livability, then bad design must promote the opposite of livability…killability.
We can do better! Help put an end to dangerous design and save some lives!
This presentation was originally delivered during the 2014 National Planning Conference in Atlanta, GA.
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The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) revised its Road Design Manual in 2008 to include a policy statement on roundabouts. The policy says that “[...when a roundabout is feasible] it should be considered the Department’s preferred alternative due to the proven substantial safety and operational benefits.
This is one of the stronger policy statements of any state in the United States. However, it has been difficult for VDOT to consistently implement and adhere to this policy on intersection projects throughout the state without a supporting process and/or tool and appropriate guidance.
Timmons Group and Kittelson & Associates, Inc. were hired to develop a repeatable process and series of tools to quickly and efficiently evaluate roundabouts. The intent was to create a procedure that could be used early in project planning and continue through project design.
Presented by Andy Boenau and Chris Tiesler at the Transportation Research Board's 4th International Conference on Roundabouts.
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The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) revised its Road Design Manual in 2008 to include a policy statement on roundabouts. The policy says that “[...when a roundabout is feasible] it should be considered the Department’s preferred alternative due to the proven substantial safety and operational benefits.
This is one of the stronger policy statements of any state in the United States. However, it has been difficult for VDOT to consistently implement and adhere to this policy on intersection projects throughout the state without a supporting process and/or tool and appropriate guidance.
Timmons Group and Kittelson & Associates, Inc. were hired to develop a repeatable process and series of tools to quickly and efficiently evaluate roundabouts. The intent was to create a procedure that could be used early in project planning and continue through project design.
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In 2007, the Virginia General Assembly made news throughout the transportation industry when it approved legislation granting authority to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to develop access management regulations and standards. Information about the shift in Virginia’s statewide policy was presented during the biannual Transportation Research Board (TRB) Access Management Conferences in 2008 and 2010. In 2011, VDOT led a series of public information meetings soliciting opinions from the general public and consultant community in order to further refine the statewide access management program. Regulatory changes to Virginia’s Land Use & Transportation program became effective January 1, 2012.
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