Speaker(s): Jennifer L. Nitzky, PLA, ASLA, ISA | Jenna Miller, LEED AP | Deborah Marton

Do streetscape innovations born during the pandemic serve all communities equitably? This session explores whether streetscape wellness tools -- open streets, retail/restaurant extensions, expanded micro-mobility lanes, etc. actually serve communities where economic drivers challenge conventional strategies for wellness in the public realm.

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Speaker(s): Ken Ray, ASLA | Eric Hoke | Kenneth Petty | Stephanie Gidigbi Jenkins

As transportation infrastructure in many cities reaches the end of its design life span, elected officials face a historic opportunity to invest in infrastructure that can provide communities with increased opportunity, connectivity, health, and quality of life. The USDOT Design Challenge, has committed to reconnecting neighborhoods and building opportunity.

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Speaker(s): Lisa Cowan, ASLA, SITES AP | Brittain Storck, ASLA | Megan Injaychock

Trails are valuable infrastructure for catalyzing positive change in our cities. The Westside Trail Extension, part of the Atlanta BeltLine, is the first SITES-registered multi-use urban trail to prioritize carbon impact reduction, equitable placemaking and restorative landscapes. Achieving these goals creates a fascinating web of solutions that deliver transformative results.

The GBCI course ID for this course is 920025328, providing SITES-specific CE hours required to maintain SITES AP credentials. Participants will need to pass the exam at the end of the presentation in order to receive a certificate of completion. Participants will need to self-report CE hours through their credentials account on https://sitesonline.usgbc.org.

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Speaker(s): Michael Johnson, ASLA | Melissa L. Ruhl | Bruce Appleyard

Autonomous technology will become increasingly prevalent in our communities. Despite optimism about the technology, there is a high degree of uncertainty about how it will manifest in urban environs and streetscapes. This session builds frameworks for best practice based on the concepts of autonomy, livability, and human scale design.

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Speaker(s): Mary Lydecker, ASLA, LEED AP | Chris Bongorno, LEED AP | Paula Meijerink, ASLA

This session will explore how streets can be designed to signal a “pedestrian-first” environment, creating a more cohesive public realm identity and expanding flexible programming opportunities while also prioritizing safety. “Resilient” streets can accommodate existing modes of transportation, while also being poised to strategically adapt to emerging mobility trends.

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Speaker(s): Kevin R. Perry, FASLA | Nicole Holmes, Affil. ASLA, LEED AP, PE | Seth Charde, LEED AP

Five years ago, we introduced the concept design for the NW Kennedy Green Street, DC Water’s pilot green infrastructure streetscape project. This two-block commercial green street has now been constructed. A landscape architecture firm, engineering firm, and water utility authority will reflect on the design/construction lessons learned for this showcase project.

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Speaker(s): Daniel Ashworth, ASLA, AICP | Susannah Barton | Cat Peña

Today's cities are often strapped for budget dollars and desire to provide more amenities in streetscapes and public spaces. Interim design solutions as used on the Manassas Street streetscape show how this can be accomplished quickly and more affordably, but doing so in an artful way.

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Speaker(s): Therese McMillan
Moderator(s): Jean Senechal Biggs, ASLA | Matthew Romero, ASLA

At its core, inequality exists when there are fundamental differences in access to opportunity. Taking the first steps to address it can be difficult and fraught, with a need to recognize power and fully acknowledge its reality and consequences. In this presentation, learn about developing and implementing a comprehensive agency equity framework based on LA Metro’s Equity Platform. From this discussion, we hope to convey a blueprint for incorporating equity into your own agency’s work as we all work as transportation professionals to undo decades of barriers to mobility. Let’s not just talk about equity - let's define and address it.

Learning Objectives:

• Assess how equity concerns should be identified at an agency wide level.
• Develop a framework for addressing those concerns.
• Anticipate resources and other considerations for implementing change to better achieve equity.

Co-hosted by the Environmental Justice and Transportation Professional Practice Networks (PPNs)

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Speaker(s): Jacob S. Tobias, ASLA, LEED AP | Alyson Fletcher | Matthew Ridgway, AICP

Landscape architects who understand traffic engineering principles and innovations can apply these tools to make streets into better places. The presenters will discuss technical roadway-design concepts and cutting-edge approaches, and present case-studies in which innovative solutions emerged from a deep knowledge of the relationship between traffic engineering and placemaking.

Learning Objectives: 

• Understand basic street design/traffic engineering principles and standards such as lane widths, turn-lanes, bus-stop configurations, bike lane classes, and signalization concepts.
• Understand traffic data types describing traffic volumes and roadway performance, such as average daily traffic, peak volumes, level of service, and how these are measured.
• Describe innovations in multi-modal facilities including "next-generation bikeways" and bus facilities, and potential future concerns such as accommodating ride-share.
• Describe innovations in community engagement, including temporary prototyping and "tactical urbanism."

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Speaker(s): Ron Henderson, FASLA | Raymond W. Gastil, AICP, LEED AP | Nilay Mistry, ASLA | Chris Landau, Affil. ASLA

Expanding driverless vehicle use will force crucial recalibrations to streets, public spaces, and urban form. How can designers maintain human interests in increasingly autonomous cities? This panel of landscape architects and planning authorities will discuss initiatives to promote physical, ecological, and social sustainability through driverless technologies.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about case studies of current design research and experiments in design regarding autonomous vehicles.
• Learn public engagement strategies and scenario based approaches to design.
• Understand development of planning policies in various cities due to autonomous vehicle growth.
• Examine the role of partnerships with local industries and academic institutions in designing for autonomous vehicles.

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