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Laura,
We've just wrapped up our winter Complete
Streets webinar series! These webinars cover all of the basics you
need to start making your community a better place to walk, bike, and
roll.
This webinar series was supported by people like you who donate,
and grant funding from the Chittenden County Regional Planning
Commission and VTrans' Mobility and Transportation Innovations
Program.
Check out the recordings below!
How to Make Your Place Better for Walking and
Biking
How can people make their communities better for walking,
biking, and rolling? Local Motion staff discuss key strategies,
opportunities, and barriers for Vermonters working for safer streets
and sustainable transportation.
What's a Walk/Bike/Roll Master Plan and Why Your Town Needs
One
Walk/Bike/Roll Master Plans are essential tools to help
communities envision, plan, design, fund, and construct functional and
effective infrastructure networks. In this webinar, Local Motion staff
outline key elements of a good Walk/Bike Master Plan, common pitfalls,
success stories, and more. We also discuss funding and technical
assistance opportunities for this type of planning in
Vermont.
Funding Walk/Bike/Roll Infrastructure in Vermont
So your community wants better infrastructure for walking,
biking, and rolling. Funding the planning, design, and construction of
that infrastructure is a key challenge that you'll need to overcome.
This webinar helps local advocates and municipal and RPC staff
understand the funding opportunities for walking, biking, and rolling
infrastructure in Vermont, and what strategies are needed in order to
take advantage of these funding streams.
How (and Why) to Build Great Bike Parking
Bike parking is an essential, and often overlooked component
of a bike infrastructure network. When done poorly, bike parking can
be totally absent, leave bikes susceptible to theft and damage, and
even create hazards for people and the environment. When done well,
bike parking encourages more biking by ensuring that bikes are secure,
that arriving at a destination by bike is convenient, and that people
biking feel like they are treated with dignity.
This webinar explores key components of good bike parking,
including design of short- and long-term bike parking, accommodating
cargo and electric bikes, amenities, and more. We also talk about bike
parking retrofits, the importance of bike parking provisions in land
use regulations, funding opportunities for bike parking, and what
entities are responsible for ensuring adequate bike parking
facilities.
Low-Cost Traffic Calming Techniques and Walk/Bike Solutions
for Rural Vermont
Bicycle engineer Keith Bontrager once said about bicycle
componentry: "Cheap, light, strong: pick two." When it comes to
traffic calming and walk/bike/roll infrastructure in general, you
might say that a similar aphorism applies: "Cheap, effective, low
maintenance: pick two."
In this webinar, we look at lower-cost infrastructure that
can be used to slow car speeds and make rapid, effective improvements
for walking, biking, and rolling. This includes some ideas for more
rural streets and roads.
All of the recordings are available on this
page. A big shout out and thank you to our Complete Streets
Program Associate, Susan Grasso, who did amazing work on these
webinars!
Thanks for all you do to make Vermont a better place to walk, bike,
and roll!
Jonathon Weber
Director of Advocacy and Complete
Streets
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