Speed Share: Digitalization and Transportation

Presentations include:

PA Pedestrian-Pedalcycle Pathway - Christopher Stanford
Alternative Access Advancement! Beautiful Bikeways Built Boldly! Fabulous Footpaths Fabricated For Future Families! Tremendous Trail Transportation Techniques! This presentation highlights Pennsylvania’s progress toward planning and building alternative transportation infrastructure.

Pedestrian Districts – Define Your Narrative - Colin Brown
What are the critical elements to consider in pedestrianization projects? Why is nuance needed in street design? How can planners better communicate these projects to the public?

Dynamics of Social Media on Transit Choice - Madison Lore
Large-scale, text-based datasets (e.g., social media postings) can reveal the structural and social dynamics of mode choice. Planners can use these data to supplement surveys and aggregated numbers to bridge the gap between qualitative sampling and quantitative abstraction.

The Last Adventure Travel - Karin Morris
We can't always drive 55. Slow down to three miles per hour in a walk from San Diego to Los Angeles. Hear what a planner learns walking in the footsteps of the underserved carless community.

Develop Your Parks Inventory With One (or-Two) Clicks! - Laura Haw
Preparing a parks and recreation plan and developing the inventory with the touch of a button? Check!

Planning Just for Fun - Nikolas Davis
Our team uses nerdy planning skills to create fun maps: Neighborhood-Unit Principle walk time; first-person-shooter video game levels; real “twin” cities; border-wall math check; Settlers of Catan from U.S. land cover; fastest route to beer at an NFL football stadium.

Miami Freedom Park: The "13, 5, 4" Phenomenon - Lakisha Hull
The Miami Freedom Park is a large-scale, mixed-use development project in a culturally rich area of Miami. This project is a great example of how to balance public benefits with placemaking and multimodal transportation options.

NPC Peer Reviewers assigned this presentation a learning level of Foundational. For more on learning-level descriptions, visit our General Information Page.