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| #e.22612 | Thursday 2:00PM to 3:30PM
January 31,
2013 | CM | 1.50 |
Toward Zero Deaths: Strategies for Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (Webinar)Highway Safety Research CenterChapel Hill, NC Free event The vision of "Toward Zero Deaths" (TZD) is predicated on the assumption that no traffic death or serious injury should be considered to be acceptable.
Launched as a plan for highway safety in Europe, the principle has gained popularity in the U.S. in recent years, and some state and local agencies have adopted TZD language among their agencies' safety goals.
Researchers at the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center have developed a list of key TZD strategies that are considered to be among the most effective in reducing pedestrian- and bicycle-related deaths and serious injuries on our nation's streets and highways.
Presenters Charlie Zegeer, PBIC director, and Carl Sundstrom, PBIC program manager, will discuss a wide range of engineering, education, enforcement, policy, and funding strategies that are the most promising in in reaching TZD successes for non-motorized travelers.
This webinar is part of the PBIC's Liveable Communities webinar series.
More Instructors: Charlie Zegeer Charlie Zegeer’s extensive experience studying bicycle and pedestrian safety led directly to his position as project manager of the HSRC’s new Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center.
Funded by a five-year, $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, the information center’s goal is to connect communities with the resources they need to create safe places for walking and bicycling. At the heart of the new center are its websites at www.walkinginfo.org and www.bicyclinginfo.org which serve as integral resources for creating a world-wide information exchange.
Recently, Charlie was the principal investigator for a $5.7 million research project funded by the Federal Highway Administration which evaluated bicycle and pedestrian traffic designs and analyzed injuries to bicyclists and pedestrians.
On staff at the HSRC since 1986, Charlie has studied different areas of roadway safety and design, including evaluating locations with high-crash incidences, examining issues affecting large truck safety, and gauging the effectiveness of various traffic control devices.
An active instructor in the field of highway safety, Charlie has taught Federal Highway Administration training courses in more than 20 states, instructed graduate-level courses at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and made research presentations throughout the United States, Europe, and Canada.
Before joining the HSRC, Charlie was a vice president at Goodell Grivas, Inc., a Michigan consulting firm, and previously worked with the Kentucky Department of Transportation. He is a registered professional engineer in Kentucky and Michigan. Carl Sundstrom Carl Sundstrom is a Senior Research Associate at the Highway Safety contributing to engineering and research projects surrounding general highway safety and pedestrian and bicycle-related issues. Mr. Sundstrom led the development and serves as the Program Manager for the Walk Friendly Communities program, a national program to evaluate and promote walkability to cities through recognition, assistance, and education. He also serves as a Program Manager for the FHWA-sponsored national bicycle and pedestrian clearinghouse, the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC), a Federal Clearinghouse of pedestrian- and bicycle-related training materials and resources. Mr. Sundstrom is an instructor for Road Safety 101, an online certificate aimed at teaching the fundamentals of road safety coordinated through the Highway Safety Research Center and has been involved in developing and teaching a graduate-level pedestrian and bicycle planning course. Mr. Sundstrom is a registered professional engineer in North Carolina and a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering. (32 Ratings)
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