Thursday, November 17, 2022
Implementing Complete Streets policies requires major shifts in framework and thinking compared to how most roads are now designed. In collaboration with Smart Growth America, we invite you to join us November 17 to discuss Advancing Complete Streets Among State DOTs.
Webinar
Managing travel demand through development rules
May 5, 2022
As cities become more interested in limiting car traffic and supporting walking, biking and public transit, some are beginning to look at how land use policies, and specifically the development review process can move them closer to (or further from) those goals. In partnership with Smart Growth America, SSTI invites you to a webinar featuring staff from both cities as they discuss their new programs and ongoing efforts putting them into practice.
Cutting transportation emissions: How Minnesota DOT and SSTI are tackling the challenge
April 12, 2022
SSTI has worked with MnDOT and several other agencies over the past year to start framing the momentous challenge ahead, establish benchmarks, and identify important next steps. This webinar is presented by SSTI and Smart Growth America.
Cutting transportation emissions: Lessons from California and Colorado
March 1, 2022
State DOTs across the country are exploring ways to cut transportation emissions, partly by investing in transportation solutions that let people drive less. This webinar, presented by SSTI and Smart Growth America, features California and Colorado DOTs.
Parking reform for 21st century communities: getting more out of public space
February 25, 2020
The Form-Based Codes Institute and the State Smart Transportation Initiative, programs of Smart Growth America, are hosting a webinar to explore how the reform of parking regulations can enhance our communities
Transportation project prioritization: Hear from Virginia and Hawaii
July 10, 2019
State DOTs are moving toward more transparent, data-driven, and multimodal project prioritization and SSTI invites agency leaders to join the effort. Join SSTI’s Chris McCahill, to learn more about our upcoming work, along with Virginia Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment’s Chad Tucker and HDOT’s Ed Sniffen as they share lessons and visions for these innovative approaches.
Moving beyond LOS: The Pasadena story
January 25, 2019
The common practice of restricting infill development based on its impact on roadway level of service (LOS) has for decades depressed green, efficient compact development and induced energy-intensive, costly sprawl. Now many cities are moving to reform their land-use review process to lessen the emphasis on LOS, and instead to focus on system-wide impacts from development, as measured in vehicle-miles traveled (VMT)
Modern traffic mitigation for development in cities: Moving beyond LOS
October 29, 2018
Cities exist to provide people and firms with access to goods, services, employment, and other people. A mark of a city’s success is the clustering of complementary land uses to residents’ and businesses’ mutual benefit; the more people and activities within reach of each other, the greater the benefit from this accessibility. Join Eric Sundquist, SSTI Director; Ramses Madou, Transportation Planner with San Jose Department of Transportation; and moderator Beth Osborne, Senior Policy Advisor at Smart Growth America, for a lively discussion of the opportunities and challenges of moving from LOS to VMT and what steps are needed to make this shift work.
Getting the staff you need, and keeping them: TDOT’s story
September 5, 2018
This webinar will take you through the environment that Commissioner John Schroer and Chief Financial Officer Joe Galbato faced in Tennessee, and more importantly, what they did to combat these forces. The path taken in Tennessee required strong support from the top such as Governor Bill Haslam’s legislation from 2012. We look forward to sharing their story with you.
TIGER is now BUILD. Other changes you need to know.
May 18, 2018
USDOT has released its Notice of Funding Opportunity for the next round of TIGER grants, or should we say BUILD grants. Among the unexpected changes to the program this year is the rebranding: Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD). Beth Osborne, who ran the first five rounds of TIGER at USDOT and is now the Vice President of technical assistance at Smart Growth America, joined us for this webinar.