Archived Presentations

Pedestrian Safety Focus States/Cities Webinar

FHWA has been hosting bi-monthly Webinars for its 13 focus states and 5 cities for about three years. Recently, these webinars have been opened up to anyone who is interested in the topics.

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2005 APBP Professional Development Seminar Presentations

As part of the FHWA Office of Highway Safety project on How to Develop a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan, the project team helped to organize two half-day sessions at the APBP Professional Development Seminar, which was held on October 10 and 11, 2005 in Chicago, Illinois. State, local, and federal officials were asked to share information on successful programs and activities that have been used to improve pedestrian safety. The sessions were video-taped and the PowerPoint presentations were also obtained.

The presentations were intended to lead participants through the steps of an action plan, the goal of which would be to change the way the agency approaches pedestrian safety, and/or train their engineers and designers to provide pedestrian safety in their roadway design. Both sessions were chaired by Charlie Zegeer, director of the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC). The first session addressed the subject of pedestrian crash data and how to analyze it. It started with an overview of the How-to Guide and of the importance of stakeholders in the development of a pedestrian safety plan. Speakers for the first session included:

Peter Lagerwey, City of Seattle
Mike Cynecki, City of Phoenix, AZ
Craig Raborn, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
Richard Haggstrom, California Department of Transportation
Ken Kochevar, Federal Highway Administration
Jonathon LaValley, University of New Mexico
Ann Marie Dougherty, New York City Department of Transportation
Tom Murtha, City of Chicago

The second session focused on developing countermeasures and obtaining funding for pedestrian safety improvements. Speakers included:

David Henderson, Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization
Mike Cynecki, City of Phoenix, AZ
Tom Huber, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Pat Pieratte, Florida Department of Transportation
Mary Anne Koos, Florida Department of Transportation
Peter Lagerwey, City of Seattle
Aida Berkovitz, Federal Highway Administration
Michael Ronkin, Oregon Department of Transportation
Patt Hassen, Federal Highway Administration

The video and Powerpoint presentations are given below. Note that this site is still under construction, and more will be added to this site in the coming weeks (including the instructor notes for the second half of presentations).

*Please note: In order to view the videos, you may need to download and install the Real Video player.

Day 1

Part 1 — Intro and Peter Lagerway: "Partnerships and Data Collection"