How does your community manage road speeds? TRB is hosting a webinar on Monday, March 9, from 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern that will discuss various speed management strategies and resources. Presenters will describe case studies from their communities and identify speed management priorities.

This webinar was organized by the TRB Standing Committee on Transportation Issues in Major Cities.

Some registrants will need to pay $95 to attend this webinar. Sign into MyTRB.org to view registration information.

Webinar Presenters

• Eric Tang, VHB
• Megan Wier, San Francisco Department of Public Health
• Libby Thomas, UNC Highway Safety Research Center
• Rebecca Sander, Arizona State University
• Dongho Chang, City of Seattle

Moderated by: Eric Tang, VHB

Webinar Outline

1. Factors contributing to speed-related crashes
2. Key challenges and gaps
3. Speed management considerations
   • Effective ways to manage speed in major cities
   • Impacts of planning processes on speed
   • Role of the judiciary
   • How cities see themselves in the future
   • How to improve the ability to address speed
   • Generating stakeholder and public support
4. Question and answer session

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Identify the contributing factors behind speed-related crashes
2. Discuss techniques that effectively address speed
3. Determine how to better prioritize speed management among stakeholders and the public

Professional Development Hour Information

A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For approved webinars, TRB’s webinar program awards Registered Continuing Education Provider (RCEP) Professional Development Hour (PDH) credits associated with participation only to the registered individual and not to other members of a group that view the webinar together. To receive PDH credits, please register as an individual and sign into the webinar from your personal computer. After doing this, you may join your group in a meeting room. To be eligible for the credits, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including for any question and answer session following the presentations.

Registration is available until just before the webinar starts. Once the webinar starts, you will be unable to submit your registration. Individuals that are registered for a webinar but do not receive their confirmation emails due to their organization’s internal firewalls should contact the TRB Helpdesk for assistance in signing in.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

This webinar was developed in October 2019. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum.