Hi everyone,
Please come out to this important event brought to you by Downtown Biz.
Please spread the word!
The Role of Parking
as a Catalyst for Downtown Development
An information session with Dennis Burns, Senior Vice President of the
Studies and Operations Consulting Group for Carl Walker, Inc., a national
parking design and consulting firm
General Public Information Session
July 15th, noon-1:30pm
Globe Cinema, 3rd level, Portage Place
Areas of Focus for the Presentations will include:
1. Role of parking – public and private – in a major city
2. How parking affects city growth, and how city growth
affects parking
3. How to densify parking, turn surface spaces to garage spaces
4. Zoning and planning tools and techniques to leverage parking for growth
5. Parking vs. Transit OR Parking + Transit
6. The role of parking in transit oriented development
7. How to deliver public parking to modern businesses in a growing city
8. Parking supply and demand – how much is enough?
9. The role of municipal parking or a parking authority in a major city
10. Triggers to sparking private development of public parking facilities –
3 P or other model
11. The importance of setting proper meter rates for on and off street
parking to drive retail
For more info:
Visit http://www.downtownwinnipegbiz.com//home/events/role_of_parking/
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From: Michael Haynes
To: undisclosed recipients:
Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 9:10 PM
Subject: Active Transportation - Canada: July 6, 2009
Active Transportation - Canada features a regular posting of news articles, studies, reports, and other items that have relevance in this field, with previous postings available in an archive. In addition, pictures of existing Active Transportation infrastructure from communities across Canada will be profiled each week.
The following items have recently been posted to the Active Transportation - Canada Blog. To view in more detail, go to: http://activetransportation-canada.blogspot.com
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AT Infrastructure Example: La Vallee QC - Rails with Trails
1.. Edmonton: Local Motion - Eco-Friendly Transportation
2.. Website - 20's Plenty For Us
3.. City adds 2,000 new Bixi bikes
4.. Newsletter - Bike Walk News Vancouver Island July 2009
5.. Let's learn to travel together
6.. How Portland Bureau Of Transportation plans for bike corrals
7.. Mayor considers pedestrian-cyclist crossing parallel to Burrard Bridge
8.. Conference - 2nd Safe Routes to School National Conference
9.. Book Review: Bike Messenger
10.. Owen Sound needs more pedestrians and less car traffic
11.. Government of Canada Celebrates Grand Opening of New Central Valley Greenway
12.. Bicycle-Only Subway Cars Planned
13.. Bike-trail betrayal alleged
14.. Amsterdam: More Trips by Bike than by Car
15.. Dieppe takes lead on bike lanes
16.. St. Laurent's new look
17.. Fliers call for drivers to blockade Sunrise Century cyclists
18.. W.H.O. Examines Traffic as Health Hazard
19.. Iqaluit bridge for pedestrians only, environment minister says
20.. Scenes from the Tour la Nuit
21.. City’s pedestrian plan boosts sidewalk spending
22.. Object of desire or necessary evil?
23.. Mayor wants better cycle plan
24.. Most kids earn failing grade on exercise, report finds
25.. Cycling to the Summit
26.. What do you think about scooter style e-bikes?
27.. Vision council doubles spending on cycling
28.. Longboards, a new trend in skateboarding, are designed for comfortable long-distance riding
29.. Skateboarders go wild
30.. Arrests follow swarm of skateboarders
31.. Rural Community Active Transportation Workshop
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Hi All,
Come and join us for a free webinar on Counting Bicyclists and Pedestrians,
taking place July 15th at 2pm in the Eco-Centre boardroom (303 Portage Ave,
3rd Floor). More information below. Please RSVP to
jessie(a)resourceconservation.mb.ca or 925-3772.
Hope to see you there!
Jessie Klassen
Workplace TDM
Resource Conservation Manitoba
jessie(a)resourceconservation.mb.ca
(204) 925-3772
Resource Conservation Manitoba: Living Green, Living Well
Practical solutions for yourself, your community and the environment
Green Commuting, Environmental Education, Reducing Waste, Composting
Resource Conservation Manitoba is a registered charity. Please consider
making a donation.
Webinar: "Counting Bicyclists and Pedestrians"
Wednesday, July 15 · 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. EDT
Accurate demand and usage data for bicycle and pedestrian facilities can
influence policy and funding decisions and strengthen grant requests. In the
past, lack of data has limited the ability to justify investments in bicycle
and pedestrian facilities. In this one-hour webinar, participants will learn
about the latest tools and research for forecasting bicycle and pedestrian
demand and use.
While there are well-established methodologies for conducting traffic
counts, performing household travel surveys and modeling travel demand for
vehicles, no such standards exist for nonmotorized modes. Presenters Michael
Jones, Principal, and Jennifer Donlon, Senior Planner, of Alta Planning +
Design, will discuss advances in count technology and demand analysis,
including:
- The latest pedestrian and bicycle automatic counters
- Which technology is right for your count
- Techniques for extrapolating hourly counts to forecast demand at specific
times of day or year
- The National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project
Also in this webinar, Daniel Sauter, of Urban Mobility Research in Zurich,
will present an overview of his Walk21 pre-conference session, "Measuring
Walking, Part III: Performance indicators and methods for monitoring and
benchmarking," which will address ongoing efforts to establish international
standards for the collection, analysis and dissemination of qualitative and
quantitative techniques for measuring walking.
