Webinars

Webinar Sept. 16th!

Join the TRB Transportation Issues in Major Cities Committee for a webinar on

Multimodality in Major Cities: Urban Success Stories

Wednesday, September 16, from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm (Eastern Time)
Register here: http://www.trb.org/PedestriansAndBicyclists/Blurbs/172907.aspx

Speakers:

  • Chris Pangilinan, New York City Transit
  • Rob Viola, New York Department of Transportation
  • Colin Quinn-Hurst, City of Salt Lake
  • Katherine Gregor, City of Austin
This webinar will provide information about urban multimodal projects and the successes and challenges these projects faced with implementation. This speakers will discuss lessons learned from these urban multimodal projects and practices of multimodal implementation. This webinar is part of the committee’s 2015 Webinar Series: Multimodality in Urban Context.

Note that this webinar is sponsored by TRB, so there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor or non-TRB Sustaining Affiliate employees. You must register in advance

Webinar June 26th!

Join the TRB Transportation Issues in Major Cities Committee and the National Association of City Transportation Officials for a free webinar on

Measuring Multimodal Transportation

Data Driven, Multimodal Approach for Urban Streets Performance Measurement

 

Friday, June 26, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4806544034889798913

Speakers: Jamie Parks (City of Oakland), Eric Hanss (City of Chicago), Shaunna Burbidge (Active Planning)

This is the second webinar in the series of webinars on multimodal transportation planned for this year, cosponsored by the TRB Committee on Transportation Issues in Major Cities (ABE30) and the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO). As the first webinar, held in April, provided the introduction to multimodal trends in major cities, the second webinar is focused on performance measurement practices. Webinar speakers will bring insights on operations, safety and public health outcomes of multimodal transportation solutions. The goal of the webinar is to inform practitioners about the existing tools and research in development, which they may use as multimodal transportation performance indicators.

This webinar is part of the 2015 Webinar Series: Multimodality in Urban Context.

2 upcoming committee events

Multimodal Trends in Transportation Webinar
Tuesday, April 7, 12 noon – 1pm ET

This is the first in a webinar series the committee is doing in order to create a space for experts from industry, government, and academia can disucss potential advancements in multimodal transportation. The first webinar will focus on major issues in urban multimodal transportation, including the definition of multimodal transportation, performance metrics suitable to measure the success of multimodal projects, successful urban projects and implementation challenges, most recent research in technology and urban freight, and the potential for bridging the gap towards practical application. See the attached flyer and please share widely!

Speakers: Sylvain Haon (UITP), Jamie Parks (City of Oakland), Paul Supawanich (Nelson\Nygaard), Allison Conway & Candace Brakewood (City University of New York)

Register here: http://goo.gl/yftxFs

Committee Meeting
Thursday, April 16, 3-4pm ET

Join us for an update on committee activities and an extended discussion of our planned calls for papers and workshop proposals. We will be sending around proposed ideas in advance of the call. The agenda is posted in Committee Documents.