SESSION 4A: 1.5 PDH CREDITS
PART 1: NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING AND THE CITY OF SYRACUSE’S APPROACH TO CONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS
This presentation will provide an overview of the planning and design effort for the design of neighborhood greenways, bicycle lanes and its speed hump/speed cushion program. The presentation discusses the importance of speed control in neighborhoods, what a neighborhood greenway is, its key design elements and discusses three projects that will be or have been implemented in the City of Syracuse and what some of the design challenges were. The presentation also discusses the City of Syracuse’s Speed Hump/Speed Cushion Pilot Program and what the differences are between the two, the benefits of speed humps/cushions, what some design considerations area and the results of the speed hump/speed cushion program and the decrease in travel speeds on neighborhood streets. This presentation is relevant for Engineers and Planners that want to learn about the planning and design effort required to improved neighborhood safety and what can be done to address speeding concerns in neighborhoods while making roadways safer for all modes of transportation.
PRESENTER
TIMOTHY FAULKNER, PE, RSP1
Tim is a Sr. Transportation Manager and head of the traffic engineering group at Fisher Associates. He is a graduate of Clarkson University, with 39 years of experience in traffic engineering & transportation planning. Prior to joining Fisher Associates, Tim worked for other consultants as well as the MPO for the Syracuse, NY area. Tim has a diverse background in traffic engineering and transportation planning that has included traffic calming design and implementation, traffic signal designs, traffic impact studies, complete street planning and design, work zone traffic control design, safety studies, bicycle and pedestrian facilities planning and design, safety and circulation improvements for numerous local school districts through NYS and most recently, the design of school zone speed cameras and red light cameras. His clients include Cities, Towns, Counties, State Agencies and Private Developers. His signature projects include the Big Dig Project in Boston, MA, a new Massachusetts Turnpike interchange and associated improvements to US Route 20 and Route 146 in Worcester, MA and the Reconstruction of Clinton Square in Syracuse, NY.
PART 2: SPEED HUMPS: CITY OF BOSTON'S RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY INITIATIVE
This presentation summarized the planning and design effort for a large urban city-wide initiative to solve residential neighborhood vehicle safety and speeding issues. The presentation discusses the initial planning effort, concept plan to initial engineering implementation, field conditions verification, final design engineering, construction implementation, and post implementation findings. The presentation will also cover elements that impacted the planning and design outside of standard practices, such as Political and Residential influence. This presentation is relevant for Engineers and Planners that want to learn about the planning and design effort required to implement neighborhood street calming methods through a non-biased, safety-focused approach.
PRESENTERS
KABIR KHURANA, EIT
Kabir Khurana is a transportation engineer at Toole Design's Boston office with experience in multimodal transportation design, operations, and research. At the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Kabir was involved with pioneering innovative techniques to increase pedestrian and vehicular safety. At Toole Design, he has worked on a wide variety of bicycle, pedestrian, and roadway projects, including shared use paths, trails, bicycle lanes, and intersection designs. Kabir's work stretches from high level planning and concept level design analysis, through all stages of design to construction plan development and presentation. He has worked with clients large and small throughout the Washington, DC and Boston, MA metropolitan areas, including Arlington County, VA; City of Boston; and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Kabir is an active member of ITE and APBP.
KATHERINE O'SHEA, PE
Ms. O'Shea is a Transportation Engineer with Fuss & O'Neill. A graduate of the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering. She is a Professional Engineer with five years of professional experience in Traffic Engineering, Highway Design, & Transportation Planning. Katherine has been involved in a wide range of traffic engineering projects, from traffic impact studies and peer reviews to safety and transit studies as well as to the design of traffic signals and pedestrian/bicycle facilities on a host of different roadways throughout New England serving State Agencies, Municipalities, and Private Developers. She is an active volunteer with the Boston Chapter Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) and currently chairs the Outreach Committee for her local Jamaica Plan Neighborhood Council in Boston.