EPIC Training – Planning and Designing Safer Roads for Pedestrians and Cyclists

EPIC Training – Planning and Designing Safer Roads for Pedestrians and Cyclists

This course covers methods and best practices used by professional planners, engineers, and consultants/researchers This course does not focus on advocacy; rather, it introduces current approaches to planning for bicycle and pedestrian safety. A key objective of this course is to help you become better pedestrian/bike practitioners. The course is broadly divided in three parts

Part 1: The point of this course (or involving oneself in bicycle and pedestrian planning) is not to spend time preaching to the choir. Rather, it is important to learn how to measure and justify bicycle and pedestrian improvements to local authorities, elected officials, transportation staff, and citizens.

Part 2: This section of the course focuses on the varying characteristics of pedestrians and bicyclists that will need to be considered in the planning profession. It will include facility design needs, important safety considerations, and aspects of the connection between land use and transportation planning, including planning for accessibility for all types of pedestrians.

Part 3: This section will focus on the elements of pedestrian and bicycle plans – what they are, what their purpose it, and how they are created, implemented, evaluated, and updated.

Date: April 12-14, 2023
Time: 7 – 9:45 a.m. (each day)
Location: Online
Cost: $695
Learning Units (LUs): 7 Non-core
Register: Click here