Bicycles and Pedestrians: Meeting the Needs (State/Federal/Private Agencies ONLY)
Workshop | Available
WHAT THIS IS ABOUT
The objective of this session is to equip participants with information on providing safer, more connected, more comfortable, accessible communities so that walking is a viable transportation choice for everyone, including seniors, children and people with visual, mobility and other disabilities, and that bicycling is a viable transportation choice for people of all ages. The session provides current information on the design, operation and maintenance of successful pedestrian and bicycle facilities. Topics include characteristics of pedestrians and bicyclists, creating connections, road design controls and guidelines, sidewalks and associated environments, intersections and crossings, maintaining facilities for all users and bicycles facilities, including share use paths.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This course is intended for all transportation practitioners responsible for the design, operation and maintenance of pedestrian and bicycle facilities.
Ron Eck
Ron is Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at West Virginia University and Director of the West Virginia Local Technical Assistance Program (WV LTAP). He has been involved in traffic engineering, including accessibility, pedestrian and bicycle transportation, for over 45 years. He is a past member of the Pedestrian Committee of the Transportation Research Board. He authored the chapter on Pedestrians in McGraw-Hill’s Handbook of Transportation Engineering. He regularly teaches classes on pedestrians and accessibility for public works agencies throughout the United States.