Designing Bicycle Facilities
Don’t miss this opportunity!
DESIGNING BICYCLE FACILITIES
Friday , January 22, 2010
This live interactive web seminar will begin promptly at 11:00 a.m. and conclude at 12:30 p.m. central time on January 22, 2010, at the City of Maryland Heights (Government Center – Municipal Court Room) at 11911 Dorsett Rd. The web seminar is being sponsored by Great Rivers Greenway and the City of Maryland Heights. This is brown bag session, so please bring your lunch.
Immediately following this web seminar there will be a brief discussion from Great Rivers Greenway regarding the St. Louis Regional Bicycle Master Plan development, which is currently under way
DESCRIPTION:
This web seminar provides guidance on the best practices for designing a variety of bicycle facilities. Various treatments that have been implemented by public agencies on heavily traveled corridors in large urban areas will be discussed. Guidance will be provided on geometric design parameters for bicycle lanes, off-street bike paths and intersections. Signing and striping for bicycle facilities will be discussed, especially at locations where bicyclists have to cross heavily traveled streets and intersections. A variety of resources will be referenced including the 2003 MUTCD and AASHTO Guide for development of bicycle facilities, manuals developed by state highway departments, and recent publications on designing bicycle facilities. The presentation will conclude with special designs to accommodate bicyclists in challenging locations.
Learning Objectives:
This webinar will cover the various treatments that are being used to improve the safety of a variety of bicycle facilities from bike trails to bike boulevards. The discussion will also focus on accommodating bicyclists on expressway type facilities.
This program has been approved for 1.5 PDHs.
PRESENTER:
Nazir Lalani, PE., M.ASCE, President of Traffix Engineers in Ventura California
WHAT: American Society of Professional Engineers
DESIGNING BICYCLE FACILITIES – Live Web Seminar
WHEN: Friday , January 22, 2010
11:00 am – 1:30 pm, Central Time
WHERE: City of Maryland Height’s Center (City Hall – Municipal Court Room)
at 11911 Dorsett Rd
COST: FREE
RSVP requested
Make reservations not later than 5 pm, January 19, 2010:
by e-mailing Paul Wojciechowski at paul.wojciechowski@ch2m.com
