The transition to electric propulsion and autonomous connected vehicles creates an unprecedented opportunity to reinvent our roads, trails and sidewalks. Infrastructure designed yesterday for private cars, bicycles and pedestrians never anticipated today’s–let alone tomorrow’s broadening mobility spectrum. How can “Complete Streets” be optimized to accommodate small battery-powered “micromobility” vehicles like e-bikes, electric scooters, powered skateboards and motorized unicycles as well as larger vehicles, especially considering shared mobility’s increasing need for curb space access? This interactive session will explore how to reinvent the public right-of-way to accommodate multi-modal mobility, addressing issues such as virtual and adaptive vehicle lanes, replacement of on-street parking with pick-up and drop-off for ride hailing, compatibility of increasing volumes of human and battery-powered vehicle modes that operate at different speeds.
Learning Objectives:
1. Consider how public works practitioners predict the unpredictable for uses/modes that have unique needs.
2. Determine how public works agencies can best accommodate new modes/uses within the public right-of-way.
3. Evaluate the best policy and engineering levers to implement changes.
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Mike Usen AICP
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