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TSC takes part in the California Bicycle Coalition's 3rd Biennial walk/bike California Conference, September 11-17, 2007.

To view the entire listing of events visit the Web site of the 3rd Biennial walk/bike California Conference.

Wednesday September 12

9:45 - 10:45 a.m. Breakout Session 1

Pedestrian Countermeasures
Ryan Snyder, Ryan Snyder Associates Which Pedestrian Tool Where?
Frank Markowitz, City of San Francisco Evaluating PedSAFE Measures at High Injury Locations
Charlie Zegeer, Univ. of North Carolina PedSAFE Measures for High Injury Locations: National Perspective
Moderator: Anne Geraghty, WalkSacramento Location: PF Garrison Room

California Safe Routes to School Overview
Joyce Parks, Caltrans California Safe Routes to School Program
Deb Hubsmith, Safe Routes to School National State and National SRTS Comparison Partnership
Nicolas Gutierrez, Jill Cooper, UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center California SRTS Evaluation (TSC research report) and TSC Safe Routes to School Project Page
Moderator: Jill Cooper, UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center Location: EO Fielder Room

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Breakout Session 2

Pedestrian Models and Methods
Cynthia Comerford Scully, SF Dept. of Public Health What is a "Pedestrian Friendly" Environment?
Noah Raford, Mass. Institute of Technology Space Syntax Prediction Models (TSC research report)
Ryan Greene-Roesel, UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center Pedestrian Counting Methods (TSC research report) and TSC Pedestrian Exposure Research Page
Moderator: Jason Patton, City of Oakland Location: PF Garrison Room

Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety: Focus on Asian Countries
Wendy Tao, UC Berkeley Pedestrian Negotiations on Road Space: Crossing Behavior on Urban Arterials in Fushun, China (Traffic Safety in Hanoi: a TSC Newsletter story on related research)
Allie Thomas, UC Berkeley Bikeability in a Medium-sized Chinese City
Brittany Montgomery, UC Berkeley The Pedestrian Movement in Thailand
Moderator: Sean Co, Metropolitan Transportation Commission Location: BPF Smith Room

Thursday, September 13, 2007

9:45 - 10:45 a.m. Breakout Session 5
Bike and Pedestrian Safety Research and Data
Michael Jones, Alta Planning + Design Estimating Bicyclists & Pedestrians: Updates on Caltrans and National Research
Charlie Zegeer, UNC Highway Safety Research Cen. Pedestrian Research and Data
Moderator: Jennifer Stanley, City of Oakland and California Bicycle Coalition board Location: EO Fielder Room

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Breakout Session 6

Pedestrian Best Practices
Meghan Mitman, UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center and Fehr and Peers Associates, Inc. Driver/Pedestrian Understanding and Behavior at Marked versus Unmarked Crosswalks
Anne Geraghty, WalkSacramento Los Rios Comm. College Transportation Connections Plan
David Ragland, UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center Institutionalizing Programs and Funding for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety
Moderator: David Franke, Sacramento County Department of Transportation Location: PF Mu II Room

2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Breakout Session 7

Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning in London, Dubai and Beirut
John Dinunzio, London Cycle Network London Cycle Action Plan
Brett Hondorp, Alta Planning + Design Dubai’s Bicycle Master Plan
Kamala Parks, Dowling Associates Beirut's Central District
Moderator: Wendy Tao, UC Berkeley Location: BPF Garrison Room

3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Breakout Session 8

Safety in Numbers
Peter Jacobsen, Walk Sacramento
Richard Haggstrom, Caltrans
David Ragland, UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center
Moderator: Niko Letunic, Eisen | Letunic Location: BPF Mee Room

Friday, September 14, 2007

8:45 - 9:45 a.m. Climate Change: Issues and Opportunities Plenary

Amy Luers, Union of Concerned Scientists
Eileen Tutt, CalEPA
Richard Jackson, UC Berkeley Location:1100 Social Sciences

10:15 - 11:15 a.m. Breakout Session 9

Technology and Pedestrian/Bicycle Safety
Ashkan Sharafsaleh, UC PATH Incorporating Pedestrian/Bicyclist Safety into Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems
Steve Shladover, UC PATH Bicycle Detection for Actuating Left-Turn Signals
Ching-Yao Chan, UC PATH Pedestrian Detection on Transit Vehicles
Moderator: Jim Misener, UC PATH Location: BPF 194 Young Hall