Managing vehicular access to streets has proven a cost-effective way to reduce traffic congestion, enhance public safety, and preserve the public’s investment in the highway system. Through two current case studies, learn about the wide-reaching benefits of access management programs and techniques and how they can be used to improve existing transportation networks in communities of any size.
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Andrew Boenau, AICP
Senior Project Manager
Timmons Group
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Bio: Andy Boenau has a passion for promoting livability and economic vitality through the transportation and design process. His area of expertise can be described as “human-scale design”. Places that are created to accommodate people, regardless of their mode of travel. He enjoys translating complex transportation jargon into everyday language that is easily understood by community stakeholders and elected officials. Andy lives in Richmond, VA and works for Timmons Group, a Virginia-based planning and engineering company.
Education: BS in civil engineering from Virginia Tech
Key Publications: Andy is the host of Urbanism Speakeasy, a podcast about planning and designing places for people. Find out more at UrbanismSpeakeasy.com.
Other Publications: Andy has been published by many organizations and media outlets. These include the APA Kids Planning Toolbox blog, the Institute of Transportation Engineers magazine, the Urban Times, This Big City, and Sustainable Cities Collective.
Past Assignments: In the last year, Andy spoke for conferences and webinars including Congress for New Urbanism, APA, and Institute of Transportation Engineers.
Paul J. Grasewicz, AICP
Land Development Program Admin.
Virginia Dept of Transportation
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Bio: Paul is the Access Management Program Administrator for the Virginia Department of Transportation. He has led the agency's efforts since 2007 in developing and implementing state access management regulations and standards. Previously he worked for the McGuire Woods law firm and was Powhatan County Virginia's Director of Planning. He is a Past President of the APA Virginia chapter.
Education: Paul has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and a Masters in Urban Planning from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.
Key Publications: ITE Transportation Planning Council’s 2010 Fall Newsletter article “Virginia's Access Management Regulations Provide Flexibility in Application”.
Past Assignments: "Access Control at Highway Interchanges", National Access Management Conference in Dallas Texas, July 2012. "Access Management Techniques to Reduce Crashes", 12th National Tools of the Trade Conference in Williamsburg, Virginia, September 2011. "Access Management and Local Land Development Review: Reducing Tomorrow's Traffic Congestion Today", APA VA Annual Conference in Norfolk, Virginia, May 2010. "The Road to Access Management in Virginia", Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting in Washington D.C., January 2009.
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