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In many American cities today, we talk about encouraging bicycling and making it safer while at the same time we continue to construct unprotected bicycle facilities where the typical user does not feel encouraged to ride and most bicyclists do not feel safe or comfortable riding in. Constructing unprotected bicycling facilities falls short of helping agencies achieve many of their goals including to reduce GHG, improve public health, increase alternative mode shares, and enhance bicycle safety. Often, unprotected bicycle facilities are selected during an alternatives analysis due to their significantly lower cost compared to protected facilities and the lack of comparable differences between the two types of facilities. This presentation’s approach to addressing this issue focuses on identifying the potential differences in bicycle ridership on a facility-specific and network-wide basis between protected and unprotected facility types. First, presenters will show how they analyze the difference in potential ridership impacts between protected and unprotected bicycle facilities based on roadway characteristics and area demographics using a predictive statistical model. Second, applying a grid-theory based analysis, presenters will show how they analyze the network wide impact of creating new connections within the overall network. This type of analysis leverages data from around the country to give decision makers, the public, and engineers & planners an easily replicable way to quantify the potential ridership and GHG benefits of protected facilities.
Read MoreReduced budgets. Deteriorating infrastructure. Now more than ever, in the wake of the COVID-19 economic impact, making the most of your taxpayer resources is critical to the health of your road networks. Learn to use free web-based tools and calculators that were designed especially for road managers and public works officials to assist in making data-driven decisions for annual pavement maintenance and asset planning. RoadResource.org, the free and unbiased industry tool from PPRA, features resources for public works officials, including asset management calculators for preserving and maintaining roads, as well as downloadable communication tools that can be leveraged with taxpayers and elected officials. Join the builders of this resource as they walk through how-to’s such as optimizing life cycle cost, evaluating remaining service life, and prioritizing road projects through cost-benefit value; all in service to making the best use of taxpayer dollars. After nearly six years of research, planning and development among public works officials, experts in the pavement industry, and researchers in the field, these strategists have identified the important key traits, concepts, and approaches of the most successful road managers in North America, and leveraged them into these usable learning tools. At a time when infrastructure budgets are reduced, gas and sales tax revenues are down, yet costs and demands around pavement maintenance continue to climb– every road manager owes it to their taxpayers to push each dollar as far as it will go. These free tools can get you (and your decision-makers) where you need to be.
Read MoreThe City of Milan, Italy, will present an overview of their recently deployed online Business Process Management system. The system leverages geospatial intelligence to improve coordination of right-of-way activities, streamlines and improves the permitting process for activities that impact the right-of-way, and improves coordination with internal and external stakeholders. The City of Milan is the economic capital of Italy. It is facing many city and district rehabilitations, and a business development that changed the city shape and perception after Expo 2015. Milan has 1.5 million residents and sees 5 million commuters daily. With a constantly growing economy, the city must improve its internal procedures to shorten permit delivery, using technology for a better control of the municipal area and to maintain a high urban décor. The city will discuss the challenges faced in moving from their historical management practices to a more industrialized process. The city will also highlight the realized benefits of implementing standardized procedures and processes: reduced review/approval times; exposed opportunities to improve coordination internally and externally (Dig Once); reduced impacts due to roadway closures; changing roles of permit coordinators; workflow improvements; and future developments. The goal of Milan’s Geospatial Intelligence Automation is industrializing procedures to speed up any review process. Connected geographic information enables improved communication through a one stop internal and external portal. Automation decreased processing time and human labor, especially for data entry, communication and controls. The shift to more employees working from home or remote locations has highlighted the necessity of having online systems for managing permit applications and right-of-way activities. Online systems with streamlined and well thought out workflows are critical to for city employees and applicants.
Read MoreAdvancements in telecom service can make city governments more efficient in responding to their citizens’ needs and enrich the lives of its residents. But the expansion of fiber services can also impact your city’s utility poles in ways you did not realize. Learn how to effectively work with telecom partners while protecting your community’s utilities and landowner rights. Discussion includes considerations for city-owned utility poles versus leased and the critical importance of updating easement documentation to include fiber.
Read MorePipelines that carry flows under pressure represent a special set of challenges for water and sewer rehabilitation. Historically, the most common renewal technology employed has been to replace the pipeline using open cut construction. Part of the reason for that choice has been a lack of trenchless rehabilitation technologies appropriate for pressurized pipelines. A lack of investment in the aging pressure pipe infrastructure, coupled with growing congestion both above and below ground, has accelerated development in the trenchless rehabilitation industry. With an ever-increasing number of proven trenchless rehabilitation technologies, how does a utility owner or engineer determine the appropriate technology to specify? This presentation briefly reviews many of the common and emerging trenchless technologies for pressurized pipeline rehabilitation and provides a basic framework that can be utilized to evaluate and select an appropriate solution. Presenters will review the concept of structural classification of pressure pipe linings as defined in AWWA publications, which is a critical component to selecting an appropriate trenchless technology. They’ll also review several case studies that demonstrate how the basic framework was followed to select a trenchless technology solution.
Read MoreLeadership is about moving people to action on a mission. At its heart, leadership is about influence. Influence is the indirect or intangible way that we move others. The problem is that how leaders create influence has permanently changed. It used to be that we could move our colleagues because of what we were. Our role in the organization, our job title, our experience, and our education among other accomplishments provided more than enough influence. It was credentials first and the person behind the credentials second. Now, due to the pandemic, due to technological change, due to wider social pressures, we are seeing the rapid acceleration of a new trend. Effective leadership is less about what we are and more about who we are. The credentials still matter, but the person behind the credentials matters more than ever. The New Leader Way focuses on the core human skills that create the most compelling leadership influence in the modern workplace. The pandemic, technology, and social pressures will continue to radically reshape our communities and our organizations. It’s time for a new leadership philosophy. This is The New Leader Way.
Read MoreComparing Approaches to Inflow and Infiltration Mitigation Across the US. Regardless of size, location or climate most cities deal with some level of inflow and infiltration (I&I) issues. Addressing I&I can involve cross-discipline coordination between wastewater, stormwater, and water professionals. This presentation will focus on two case studies in different climatic regions of the United States. Differences in topography, geology, and climate affect the relative contribution from sources of I&I. These differences also affect the approaches to characterizing and mitigating I&I.
Read MoreWhile small cities and rural communities face the same challenges as larger and urban communities to address climate change, build resilience and social equity, and comply with environmental regulations, they…
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The intent of this project is to help professionals in the Public Works field develop a culture of leadership within all levels of their organization and provide opportunities to lead…
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Hosted by the APWA Solid Waste Management Committee, this discussion focuses on lessons learned in disaster debris. Whether it is cleaning up after a hurricane, tornado, or wild fire, solid…
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