Advocacy Roundtable: Two-way Streets
February 23 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
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Advocacy Roundtable: Two-way Streets
Presented by the Mobility Advocacy Tactical Committee. Adam Greenfield with Safe Streets Austin will share the current evidence-based principles of street design and how it relates to current planning efforts underway in Austin. Bring your lunch and join us!
Learning Objectives
- Understand the history of one-way versus two-way traffic planning, especially in Austin.
- Consider the value proposition for converting downtown streets to two-way traffic, including the benefits to pedestrians and drivers of safer roads and more direct access to buildings.
- Appreciate the time-sensitive opportunity to integrate two-way streets into Austin’s ongoing plans and regulatory updates, thus improving traffic circulation, safety, and the welfare of Austin’s citizens.
- Engage in a discussion about the benefits, drawbacks, needed resources, and next steps for street conversions in Austin, particularly focusing on how the proposed conversions would impact quality of life for Austinites.
1.5 LU/HSW (pending). $5 AIA Members, $20 non-Members
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About the Advocacy Roundtable
Each month, the AIA Austin Advocacy Roundtable brings together professionals to discuss strategies individual professionals, practices, and AIA Austin can take to proactively advocate for issues important to our members and the larger community.