ITE Pedestrian & Bicycle Standing Committee
AGENDA
Subject:
Pedestrian and Bicycle Standing Committee Meeting
Date and time:
Sunday, January 11, 2015; 4:00 to 5:30 pm Eastern
Location:
Convention Center, CC Room 141, Washington, DC
PBC Executive Committee – Subject to Change with New Council Structure
Josh Benson
Executive Committee Member
New York City DOT
Matt Brill
Newsletter Co-Editor
University Of California Berkeley
Dennis Cannon
Executive Committee Member
Synergy, LLC
Dave Cox
Volunteer Coordinator
Urban Engineers
Michael Cynecki
Executive Committee Member
Lee Engineering, LLC
Courtney Day
Staff Liaison
Institute of Transportation Engineers
Michelle Danila
Executive Committee Member
Toole Design Group
Mark de la Vergne
APBP Liaison
Sam Schwartz Engineering
Dave Duszak
Awards Chair
Whitman, Requardt & Assocs.
Lisa Fontana Tierney Staff Liaison
Institute of Transportation Engineers
Eagan Foster
NCUTCD Liaison
City of Dublin
Aaron Hottenstein
Technical Program Committee Rep. Kci Technologies, Inc.
Dwight Kingsbury
Executive Committee Member
Peter Koonce
NCUTCD Liaison
City of Portland
John LaPlante
Emeritus Member
T. Y. Lin International
Meghan Mitman
Immediate Past Council Chair &
Fehr & Peers
Current Complete Streets Council
Chair
Richard Moeur
Executive Committee Member
Arizona Department of Transportation
Bob Murphy
Chair
RPM Transportation Consultants, LLC
Matthew Ridgway
Past Council Chair
Fehr & Peers
Jeff Riegner
Past Council Chair
Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP
Alex Rixey
Vice Chair
Fehr & Peers
Daniel Schack
Sustainability Task Force Rep.
Sam Schwartz Engineering
Jeff Smithline
Ethics Standing Committee Rep.
Sam Schwartz Engineering
Dana Weissman
Newsletter Co-Editor
Fehr & Peers
Charlie Zegeer
Executive Committee Member
University of North Carolina
Pedestrian & Bicycle Committee Meeting Agenda
January 11, 2015
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Welcome (Bob Murphy)
 ITE Announcements (ITE staff)
 Thanks to Meghan Mitman, outgoing chair of PBC
 Changes to Coordinating Council Structure (Bob Murphy)
o Ped Bike Committee under Complete Streets Council
o Transit Committee also under Complete Streets Council
o Meghan Mitman, new chair of Complete Streets Council
o Leadership for Committee in 2015:
 Bob Murphy – chair
 Alex Rixey – vice-chair
 Secretary – open
 Discussion of Structure & Function of New Ped Bike Committee (Bob Murphy & Alex Rixey)
o Desired Function as Committee under Complete Streets Council
o Coordination with Complete Streets Council
o Committee Technical Activities
o Committee Online Presence
o Committee Newsletter
 Upcoming ITE Meetings (Bob Murphy)
o ITE Annual Meeting, August 2-5, 2015, Hollywood, FL
o ITE Technical Conference, October 28-31, 2015, Tucson, AZ
o TRB Annual Meeting, January 10-14, 2016, Washington, DC
 Volunteer Opportunities and Updates From PBC (Bob Murphy)
Action / Item
Send webinar ideas
Send newsletter ideas
Promote PBC Online
Presence (ITE
Community, LinkedIn,
Facebook)
Write PBC Newsletter
article
Review existing ITE
guidance on
pedestrian and
bicyclist safety in
parking lots; suggest
Estimated
Level of
Commitment
1 hour
1 hour
2-4
hours/month
Contact
E-mail
Lisa Fontana Tierney
Dana Weissman
Alex Rixey
lfontana@ite.org
d.weissman@fehrandpeers.com
a.rixey@fehrandpeers.com
4-8 hours
Dana Weissman
d.weissman@fehrandpeers.com
8 hours
Lisa Fontana Tierney
lfontana@ite.org
Interested
Members
Gonzalo
Aranguiz
(Lead);
Theo
Petritsch
Rick Plenge
Pedestrian & Bicycle Committee Meeting Agenda
January 11, 2015
Page 3 of 4
opportunities for
enhancements
Prepare Public Rights
of Way Accessibility
Guidelines (PROWAG)
webinar
Organize a STAR
communities rating
system webinar with
APHA
Organize a “success
stories case studies”
webinar
Develop bike share
systems webinar to
build on recent APBP
series
Write articles and blog
entries for ITE Journal
16+ hours
Meghan Mitman
m.mitman@fehrandpeers.com
8 hours
Meghan Mitman
m.mitman@fehrandpeers.com
8 hours
Meghan Mitman
m.mitman@fehrandpeers.com
16+ hours
Meghan Mitman
m.mitman@fehrandpeers.com
2+ hours
Lisa Fontana Tierney
lfontana@ite.org
Michelle
Danilla
Dennis
Cannon
Dana
Weissman
Jordan
Williams;
Alex Rixey
 Brief Updates
o Committee and task force coordination
 Ethics Task Force (Jeff Smithline)
 Sustainability Task Force (Daniel Schack)
 Technical Program Committee (Aaron Hottenstein)
o APBP (Mark de la Vergne)
o NACTO (David Vega-Barachowitz?)
o Accommodating Pedestrians and Bicycles at Interchanges Recommended Practice (RP) (Lisa
Fontana Tierney)
o RTOR IR (Lisa Fontana Tierney)
o MUTCD/ UVC (Eagan Foster and Peter Koonce)
o Complete Streets Coalition (John LaPlante/Jeff Riegner)
o Research Needs Statements (Matthew Ridgway) AASHTO Bike Guide (Richard Moeur)
o Sidewalks Warrants and Criteria (Lisa Fontana-Tierney)
o NCHRP 07-17 Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation along Existing Roads (Michelle Danila)
o NCHRP 07-19 Methods and Technologies for Collecting Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data
(Paul Ryus)
o ITE Project: Optimizing Lane Widths to Achieve a Balance of Safety, Operations, and User Needs
(John LaPlante)
o NCHRP 03-112 Operational and Safety Considerations in Making Lane Width Decisions on Urban
and Suburban Arterials (Lisa Fontana Tierney)
o Uncontrolled crossings task force (Mike Cynecki) –
o Parking Lot Facility Design ITE Committee (Mike Cynecki) – Initial survey completed; preliminary
results attached
o NCHRP 15-48 – Designing low- and medium-speed streets for all users (Richard Moeur)
Pedestrian & Bicycle Committee Meeting Agenda
January 11, 2015
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FHWA-initiated research project on cycle tracks (Lisa Fontana-Tierney)
NCHRP 03-78B – Guidelines for crossing solutions at roundabouts and channelized turn lanes for
pedestrians with vision disabilities (Janet Barlow)
NCHRP 20-05 – Practices for Traffic Control Device Application at Pedestrian Crossings (Meghan
Mitman)
Public Rights of Way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG)
FHWA study on RRFBs and PHBs – Kay Fitzpatrick
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Additional topics?
o
 Complete Streets Award (Dave Duszak)
o Call for awards issued on the ITE Community
o Applications due March 1
 Other Business