High-speed, car-oriented roads can be transformed into safe, multimodal streets for all users by reducing lane widths, limiting long sight-lines, and adding visual friction. Unfortunately, these projects involve a long and expensive planning, approval, design, and construction process, which often triggers vocal opposition.
A similar traffic-calming impact can be achieved with a temporary, low-cost installation consisting of paint, posts, and planters. These temporary installations are called quick-builds, demonstration projects, and/or pop-ups.
This webinar will focus on how to use quick-build demonstration projects to build community support for permanent solutions. Ian Thomas will present America Walks’ Top 10 Tips for successful quick-builds, including:
- How to do “geometric design”
- Best practices for obtaining a permit
- Where to source your materials
- The importance of community engagement
After this webinar, attendees will be able to:
- Explain why narrow travel lanes and visual friction improve road safety
- Design a quick-build traffic-calming project for a high-speed corridor or intersection
- Request a right-of-way permit and negotiate with the local authority to allow implementation
- Organize a community participatory and media-friendly installation event
This webinar is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity in support of the Active People, Healthy Nation℠ initiative to help 27 million Americans become more physically active by 2027.
