Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation Planning and Design Seminar
Agenda
Registration: 7:30 – 8:00 am
Morning Session: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 5:00 pm
Welcome and introductions
Background, current conditions and trends
Role of walking and biking
Trends in safety, public health, development and local economies
Walk/bike user profiles and needs
Approaches for improving conditions for walking and biking
Introduction to the “5Es”
Equity considerations
Policy and development framework
Engineering and infrastructure: Design for walkability and bikeability
Approaches for improving user safety
Toolbox of treatments: facilities and intersections
Selecting treatments for context and use
Resources
Design exercise
Redesigning an intersection to improve walking and biking conditions
Community engagement for project implementation and success
Why it matters
Common pitfalls, productive approaches
Safe Routes to School (SRTS) in your community
Background and overview
5Es approach
Resources for developing, funding and implementing an SRTS plan
Implementing your walk / bike plan
Effective short-term and longer term approaches
Tactical urbanism and the 5Es
Plan language and SMART goals
Implementation plan and resources for funding
Closing and evaluations
Credits
AICP Members
7.0 CM Credits
Architects
7.0 PDHs
7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Landscape Architects
7.0 PDHs
7.0 LA CES HSW PDHs
Professional Engineers
7.0 PDHs
Contractors
Non-Mandatory Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and provides American Institute of Certified Planners 7.0 CM credits. HalfMoon Education is recognized as a Certification Maintenance (CM) provider by the American Planning Association.
This course offers up to 7.0 professional development hours to Minnesota architects, landscape architects, and engineers. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Minnesota.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architect Continuing Education System for 7.0 HSW PDHs.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor for architects and landscape architects in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
This seminar is also designed for the professional enrichment of construction contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing board.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Antonio Rosell
Community Design Group (CDG)Antonio M. Rosell, P.E., AICP, is the founder and director of Community Design Group (CDG), a consulting firm specializing in bicycle and pedestrian planning, placemaking and urban design, and community engagement. In 2015, he was recognized as “2015 Minnesota Planner of the Year” by the Minnesota Chapter of the American Planning Association.
An urban planner and civil engineer with 25 years of professional experience, Antonio integrates innovation and best-practices in active transportation, community design, and citizen participation to facilitate community learning, consensus-building and project implementation. He has led numerous sustainable transportation planning, design and community engagement projects in Minnesota and neighboring states, and also internationally in Mexico and Peru.
Antonio leads trainings for engineers, planners and other design professionals on pedestrian and bicycle transportation topics, and also serves as adjunct professor in the Urban and Regional Planning Program of the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School, where he teaches a graduate course on sustainable transportation.