Louisiana's Complete Streets Peer Exchange
(7 PDHs available)

1/8/16 Update: Registration is closed. Peer Exchange is at capacity.

What?

Come and listen to your transportation peers across the country who have implemented Complete Streets discuss the following:

  • Practical implementation of complete streets, focusing on retrofitting Complete Streets into existing roadways
  • Design standards that had to be updated/changed
  • Issues faced during the project design phase
  • Public Outreach on Complete Streets - what worked well, what did not
  • Pros and Cons of Complete Streets - during design, construction and after implementation
  • Examples of Implementation, actual new construction or retrofitting - what worked well and what did not. How did the driving public accept the change once constructed?
  • Lessons learned
The National Complete Streets Coalition defines Complete Streets as streets for everyone. They are designed and operated to enable safe access for all users. People of all ages and abilities are able to safely move along and across streets in a community, regardless of how they are traveling. Complete Streets make it easy to cross the street, walk to shops, and bicycle to work. They allow buses to run on time and make it safe for people to walk to and from train stations.
For more on Complete Streets, visit here.

Where?
Transportation Training & Education Center (TTEC)
4099 Gourrier Avenue
Baton Rouge, LA 70808

When?
January 19, 2016
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

January 20, 2016
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Tentative Agenda - Tuesday, January 19
*Topics and times are subject to change.*

12:00 PM: Registration

12:30 PM: Welcome and Opening Remarks, Mary Stringfellow (FHWA) and Melissa Foreman (FTA)

12:45 PM: Presentations (Break will be held from 2:15-2:30)
  • Louisiana's Statewide Complete Street's Status, Brian Parsons (LADOTD) and April Renard (LADOTD)

  • Virginia DOT's Complete Street Experience, Randy Dittberner, P.E., PTOE (Regional Traffic Engineer, VA DOT)

  • New Orleans Public Works Dept. Complete Streets Experience, Louis Haywood (Construction Project Manager, City of New Orleans Dept. of Public Works)

  • LADOTD's Complete Streets - Examples of Implementation, Nick Fruge, P.E., PTOE (LADOTD District 03 Traffic Engineer) and Tance Fremin (LADOTD District 03 Traffic Operation Specialist)
4:00 PM: Adjourn


Tentative Agenda - Wednesday, January 20
*Topics and times are subject to change.*

8:00 AM: Second Day Kickoff

8:15 AM: Presentations (Break will be held from 9:15 to 9:30)
  • Charlotte, North Carolina Complete Street Experience, Norm Steinman (Planning and Design Division Manager, Charlotte DOT)

  • Chattanooga, Tennessee Complete Street Experience

  • Louisiana DOT Complete Streets Policies and Standards, Jody Colvin (LADOTD) and Gary LeBlanc (LADOTD)

  • Austin, Texas Complete Street Experience, Robert Spiller, PE (Austin, TX Transportation Department)

12:00 PM: Adjourn