| TITLE: |
SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOL SERIES |
| DATE: |
Tuesday-Thursday, August 26-28, 2008 |
| TIME: |
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Eastern |
| SITE FEE: |
Site
Registration Fee for three (3) SRTS Modules |
| PDH/CEU: |
4.5 PDH/.45 IACET CEU |
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BACKGROUND: |
These courses are offered with funding support from the
National Center for Safe Routes to School. These seminars will focus on the transportation professional’s role in creating Safe Routes to
School, identifying critical barriers discouraging children from walking or bicycling to school
and various traffic controls used for school areas. |
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PRESENTER: |
David J. Parisi P.E., Principal, Parisi Associates Transportation Consulting , Mill Valley, CA, USA. Parisi provides Safe Routes to School training throughout the U.S. and assisted in the development of FHWA’s training program. He is the lead contractor for the Marin County, CA, Safe Routes to School Program and the Pasadena, CA, Suggested Routes to School Project. He is ITE’s liaison with the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center in the development of a Safe Routes to School Guidebook. |
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| TITLE: |
OVERVIEW SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOL |
| DATE: |
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 |
| TIME: |
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Eastern |
| SITE FEE: |
Site Registration Fee |
| PDH/CEU: |
1.5 PDH/.15 IACET CEU |
|
BACKGROUND: |
This seminar will focus on the transportation professional’s role in creating Safe Routes to School. The seminar will provide input and guidance on:
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What are Safe Routes to School programs?
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What types of activities are usually part of Safe Routes to School programs?
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How does a transportation professional become actively involved?
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How are Safe Routes to School programs and improvements funded and resources are available?
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES: |
At the conclusion of the course, participants should be able to:
1) Know what are Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs
2) Describe types of activities that are usually part of SRTS programs
3) Understand how transportation professionals can become actively
involved in Safe Routes to School programs
4) Identify how Safe Routes to School programs and improvements are
funded and what resources are available
5) Identify the seven steps in conducting an organized interview |
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PRESENTERS: |
David J. Parisi P.E., Principal, Parisi Associates Transportation Consulting , Mill Valley, CA, USA. Parisi provides Safe Routes to School training throughout the U.S. and assisted in the development of FHWA’s training program. He is the lead contractor for the Marin County, CA, Safe Routes to School Program and the Pasadena, CA, Suggested Routes to School Project. He is ITE’s liaison with the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center in the development of a Safe Routes to School Guidebook.
Tim Arnade,
Office of Safety,
Federal Highway
Administration,
Washington
,
DC
,
USA
. Arnade leads FHWA’s new Safe Routes to School Program. He has worked for
more than 20 years in
Washington
DC
, including a position with the General Services Administration and as Special
Assistant to the head of FHWA. He is a natural to head up FHWA’s Safe Routes
program since he is an avid cyclist turned runner, is married to an avid walker,
and has two young children that walk to their neighborhood schools. |
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| TITLE: |
IDENTIFYING BARRIERS AND ENGINEERING
SOLUTIONS FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL |
| DATE: |
Wednesday, August 27,
2008 REGISTER NOW! |
| TIME: |
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Eastern |
| SITE FEE: |
$ Site Registration Fee |
| PDH/CEU: |
1.5 PDH/.15 IACET CEU |
|
BACKGROUND: |
This seminar will focus on identifying critical barriers discouraging children from walking or bicycling to school and on short-term and long-range engineering solutions. The following topics will be covered in this seminar:
- Conducting a Safe Routes to School audit
- Identifying issues
- Engineering tools for the School Zone
- Measures to use along the School Route
- Techniques to improve street crossings
- Means of slowing down traffic
- Safe Routes to School resources
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES: |
At the conclusion of the course, participants should be able to:
1) Identify issues and engineer tools for school zone
2) Identify measures to use along the school route
3) Know techniques to improve street crossings and means of slowing
down traffic |
|
PRESENTER: |
David J. Parisi P.E., Principal, Parisi Associates Transportation Consulting , Mill Valley, CA, USA. Parisi provides Safe Routes to School training throughout the U.S. and assisted in the development of FHWA’s training program. He is the lead contractor for the Marin County, CA, Safe Routes to School Program and the Pasadena, CA, Suggested Routes to School Project. He is ITE’s liaison with the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center in the development of a Safe Routes to School Guidebook. |
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| TITLE: |
SCHOOL AREA TRAFFIC CONTROLS |
| DATE: |
Thursday, August 28, 2008 REGISTER NOW! |
| TIME: |
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Eastern |
| SITE FEE: |
Site Registration Fee |
| PDH/CEU: |
1.5 PDH/.15 CEU |
|
BACKGROUND: |
This seminar will focus on the various traffic controls used for school areas. The seminar will provide input and guidance on:
- School route plan maps
- Crossing supervision, including crossing guards and student patrols
- Types, use and location of school area signing
- Types, use and location of school area pavement markings
- Developing signing and pavement marking plans
- Application of Chapter 7 of the MUTCD
- State modifications to the MUTCD
- Available resources
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES: |
At the conclusion of the course, participants should be able to:
1) Identify traffic control devices used in school zones
2) Understand key elements of school traffic controls
3) Describe methods that can be used to comply with the new standards
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PRESENTER: |
David J. Parisi P.E., Principal, Parisi Associates Transportation Consulting , Mill Valley, CA, USA. Parisi provides Safe Routes to School training throughout the U.S. and assisted in the development of FHWA’s training program. He is the lead contractor for the Marin County, CA, Safe Routes to School Program and the Pasadena, CA, Suggested Routes to School Project. He is ITE’s liaison with the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center in the development of a Safe Routes to School Guidebook. |
