Bus stops that require passengers to cross a bicycle lane to access the stop present both wayfinding and safety challenges for passengers who are blind or have low vision. A recently completed evaluation of a prototype floating bus stop in Montgomery County, MD confirmed the usefulness of features to aid wayfinding, including on-vehicle announcements, visual and tactile signage, tactile walking surface indicators, and speech messages at accessible pedestrian signals. This webinar will share further details on this project that included extensive interaction with stakeholders, including people with a range of vision disabilities, people with ambulatory disabilities, local governments and transit systems, and advocacy groups.
In the early 1990s, Minnesota became the first state in the nation to prohibit discrimination based on a person’s sexual orientation and gender identity. Yet the state continues to use male-female categories when investigating the role of gender in transportation issues such as travel behavior and transportation accessibility. Since a person’s identity can have a significant influence on their own and others’ behavior and experiences, excluding gender diversity in behavior or accessibility research could result in an incomplete understanding of the issues and perceptions about quality of life. This webinar will present a study funded by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) that collected travel behavior data and integrated it with existing data to identify patterns based on gender identity.
Roadway operations technology organizations are aligning towards a collaborative national approach to transform connectivity and create a national roadway network digital infrastructure layer. This webinar will explore the status and nature of this evolving strategy, and its context for Roadway Operations Data Exchanges (RODx) and platforms to enable vehicle-roadway connectivity.
Agencies are seeking cost-effective, sustainable solutions to rebuild national roadway infrastructure without compromising performance. Cold In-place recycling (CIR) and Cold Central Plant Recycling (CCPR) are two sustainable, low-carbon approaches to rehabilitating and building asphalt pavements that are seeing an increased use. This webinar will provide an overview of the state of the practice with CIR and CCPR of asphalt mixtures.
Climate change is creating huge impacts to infrastructure worldwide. Identifying adaptation measures to prevent damage to roads, culverts, and pavements is a priority. This webinar will provide proven methods of culvert design to minimize damage from climate-related major storms, including the concept of stream simulation.
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