Bike to the Future will be hosting a public viewing of the Crosswalk Signals, Policies, and Design webinar. The actual webinar will run from 2:00 to 3:00 PM, and we usually follow up with a short discussion. Please come out and join us, but please RSVP so we have an idea of how many will be attending.

This webinar will focus primarily on policy and design guidance related to crosswalk signals. Topics to be covered in the session include HAWK signals and rapid flashing beacons, leading pedestrian intervals, solutions for uncontrolled intersections and mid-block crossings, and the role of FHWA safety countermeasures such as pedestrian crossing islands. Accessible pedestrian signals (APS) will also be covered. Learn about these tools and the factors that affect their successful implementation.

Presenters:

George Branyan is the Pedestrian Program Coordinator for the District of Columbia Department of Transportation, Active Transportation Planning Branch, a position he has held since 2005. Mr. Branyan works on a variety of engineering, education, enforcement and development review programs in an effort to improve pedestrian safety and access in Washington DC. Most recently, he managed the development of DC's first Pedestrian Master Plan. Mr. Branyan is a member of the Transportation Research Board's Pedestrian Committee, the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals, and in 2006 he received the Community Transportation Award from the Washington DC Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers.

Billie Louise (Beezy) Bentzen, Ph.D., is an orientation and mobility specialist, having taught people who are visually impaired to travel independently for more than 30 years. She is also an experimental psychologist who has researched ways to improve environmental access for people who are visually impaired including such means as large print, tactile, and electronic signs, audible signs, tactile maps, accessible pedestrian signals, visual contrast, and detectable warnings. She is a member of the Signals Technical Committee of the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and her research and advocacy played a significant role in development of the MUTCD sections on accessible pedestrian signals. She is one of the principals at Accessible Design for the Blind.

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