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Accessible Shared Streets: Notable Practices and Considerations for Accommodating Pedestrians with Vision Disabilities

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm EDT, April 05, 2018   |   Organized by: Great Lakes ADA Center

Description

Date/Time: April 5, 2018 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm

Location: Webinar

Description: The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released a report that provides an overview of practices and considerations for accommodating pedestrians with vision disabilities on shared streets, which are streets in which pedestrians, bicyclists, and motor vehicles intentionally mix together. This session will describe the specific challenges pedestrians with vision disabilities face when navigating shared streets and the strategies they employ, and discusses ideas on how accessibility for pedestrians with vision disabilities can be addressed in the planning and design process.

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Daniel Goodman

Transportation Specialist

Dan Goodman is a Transportation Specialist on the Livability Team in the Office of Human Environment at the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) at the United States Department of Transportation. He has managed the development of many of FHWA’s recent bicycle planning and design resources, including the Separated Bike Lane Planning and Design Guide; Achieving Multimodal Networks; Small Town and Rural Multimodal Networks Guide; Incorporating On-Road Bicycle Networks into Resurfacing Projects; Guidebook for Developing Pedestrian and Bicycle Performance Measures, and the Strategic Agenda for Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation. He leads FHWA’s Pedestrian and Bicycle Program and its Pedestrian and Bicycle Work Group and oversees the work of the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center. He serves as one of FHWA’s representatives on the U.S.DOT Pedestrian and Bicycle Coordinating Committee and helped to launch the Safer People, Safer Streets initiative and Mayor’s Challenge. He is a member of the Transportation Research Board's (TRB) Pedestrian Committee and former chair of the Pedestrian Research Subcommittee. He serves as FHWA's representative to the AASHTO Joint Technical Committee on Non-Motorized Transportation and is a member of the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP). Prior to joining FHWA, he worked as a consultant developing pedestrian and bicycle master plans for cities and states throughout the United States.

Scott J Windley

Accessibility Specialist

Scott Windley joined the Access Board in March of 1997. He previously worked for two years with The Center for Universal Design (previously Center for Accessible Housing) as a technical assistance specialist, providing technical assistance on accessible/universal housing and the Fair Housing Amendments Act and supervising students working with the Home Modification Clinic. Mr. Windley received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Idaho and subsequently served as an architecture and planning intern with the University's Facilities Planning and Design departments for two and a half years. He has given many presentations to students, advocates, and professionals on accessibility issues. Currently at the Board Mr. Windley oversees staff work on the Board's public rights-of-way rulemaking, provides technical assistance and training on the ADAAG and other standards, and manages AutoCAD production.

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