Regional Safety Task Force

10:00 am, October 12, 2023

Try It Before You Buy It: Planning for Quick-Build Projects

Thursday, October 12, 2023

2 PM - 4 PM ET

Via Zoom

Please join us for the next Regional Safety Task Force (RSTF) meeting, which will be devoted to exploring how to plan for quick-build projects, like bike lanes or painted crosswalks, for temporary or demonstration purposes. Guest speakers will discuss lessons learned from projects in both the Delaware Valley and North Jersey regions.

Please register for the meeting at: https://dvrpc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYldOihqDgvGtec76cb-UEkdIXT8_hlKxdP

Featured Speakers

Jasmine Grossman, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority

Jasmine Grossman is a Principal Planner at the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority and a lecturer at Rutgers University. Her work incorporates her passion for urban design, sustainability, architecture, transportation and mobility, and the environment. Jasmine will be presenting lessons learned from NJTPA’s Complete Streets Demonstration Library program.

Cassidy Boulan, AICP, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission

Cassidy Boulan is the Associate Manager of the Office of Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Planning at the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. She began her time with DVRPC in 2010 and has since worked on a variety of projects including access plans for transit stations and a variety of bicycle and pedestrian facility design projects. Cassidy will be presenting lessons learned from DVRPC's Experimental Pop-Ups program.

After the presentations and Q&A, RSTF members will break into groups to discuss reactions to presentations and how to apply lessons learned to potential or existing quick-build projects.

Announcements

October is Pedestrian Safety Awareness Month, sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Find the 2023 resource guide here.

National Week Without Driving is October 2-8, 2023. Consider the following: What if taking the bus, riding a bike, walking or asking for rides weren’t a choice you could make, but a necessity? What would it be like getting around without driving yourself?

Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals is hosting a virtual Safety Summit October 3-5 and October 10-12.

Transportation Alternatives’ Vision Zero Cities conference is October 18-20th, with virtual and in-person options. Register soon!

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