PREVIEW
SHARECourse Info
10 video lessons (82 Mins)
Published
2025
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Browse Course Chapters
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1.Introduction
3 mins
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2.Lane Width
10 mins
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3.Curb Parking
2 mins
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4.Street Trees
2 mins
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5.Intersection Geometry
13 mins
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6.Centerlines
5 mins
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7.Signals vs. Stops
13 mins
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8.Cycling Infrastructure
10 mins
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9.Cycling Arguments
10 mins
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10.Pedestrian Zones
10 mins
What You Will Learn
- Learn how curb parking impacts road safety.
- Learn how street trees impact road safety.
- Learn how intersection geometry impacts road safety.
- Learn the pros and cons of roundabouts.
- Learn how removing centerlines impacts road safety.
- Learn how converting signals to stop signs impacts road safety.
- Learn about the full range of cycling infrastructure, and the best arguments in its favor.
- Learn a prudent strategy for introducing pedestrian zones.
Course Description
A proper Vision Zero approach to street design leads to a focus on limiting vehicle speeding, which is the outcome of many factors covered in this course and the prior one, The Safe Walk (A). This second segment covers factors including lane width, curb parking, street trees, intersection geometry, roundabouts, centerlines, signals vs. stop-signs, cycling infrastructure, and pedestrian zones, and covers important street transformations in Lancaster, CA, and Queens, NY.
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Learn these skills
- Walkability
AICP CM
This course is approved for 1.25 AICP CM credit, including 1 Equity CM credit.
