Ep. 23: 5 Steps to Planning Complete Intersections

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to make intersections safer and more connected for all modes of transportation. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 23:

• How to measure walksheds to determine walking accessibility.
• How to assess the quality of walking and biking infrastructure at intersections.
• Strategies for separating users at intersections to foster more safe movement between users of different modes.
• Key elements of bicycle and pedestrian detection and confirmation at intersections.
• How to support the construction of walking and biking infrastructure through policies.

Links:

• Federal Highway Administration. 2023. Zero Deaths and Safe System. https://highways.dot.gov/safety/zero-deaths
• Federal Highway Administration. 2017. Improving Intersections for Pedestrians and Bicyclists. https://highways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.dot.gov/files/2022-06/fhwasa22017.pdf
• Transportation Research and Education Center at Portland State University. 2021. An Assessment of Bicycle Detection Confirmation and Countdown Devices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6qvajdpA0A
• National Cooperative Highway Research Program. 2022. Traffic Signal Control Strategies for Pedestrians and Bicyclists. https://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/182635.aspx
• 2010. Complete Intersections: A Guide to Reconstructing Intersections and Interchanges for Bicyclists and Pedestrians. https://nacto.org/references/california-department-of-transportation-caltrans-2/
• National Association of City Transportation Officials. 2019. Don’t Give Up at the Intersection. https://nacto.org/publication/dont-give-up-at-the-intersection/
• American Council of the Blind. Accessible Pedestrian Signals. https://www.acb.org/content/accessible-pedestrian-signals-aps
• Smart Growth America. Complete Streets Policies. https://smartgrowthamerica.org/program/national-complete-streets-coalition/policy-atlas/

 

Co-Hosts:

• Keli Kemp, AICP, PTP has 25 years of experience in transportation planning and consulting and co-founded Modern Mobility Partners in early 2018 with Jennifer Zhan. Keli holds a M.S. degree in Urban Planning from Texas A&M University.
• Kirsten Mote, AICP has over 14 years of experience in transportation planning and is certified by MIT Media Lab’s Beyond Smart Cities program. Kirsten is an Associate Vice President and Director of Smart Mobility Planning with Modern Mobility Partners. Kirsten holds a M.S. degree in City Planning from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Guest Speaker:

• Amber Berg, AICP has five years of experience as a transportation planner, specializing in visual communication and active transportation. She has a master’s degree in Regional and Community Planning from Kansas State University.

Modern Mobility Partners is an Atlanta-based women and minority-owned transportation planning and traffic engineering consulting firm.  Service areas include smart mobility and transportation planning, demand modeling and traffic engineering, and data analytics and visualization.

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