DAY 1
8:00 – 8:05 AM COURSE INSTRUCTOR SELF-INTRODUCTIONS
8:05 – 8:30 AM STUDENT SELF-INTRODUCTIONS
8:30 – 9:30 AM 1. COMPLETE STREETS POLICY & PLANNING OVERVIEW
- What Are Complete Streets?
- History of Complete Streets
- California Policy Environment for Complete Streets
- Typical Local Policy Statements
- Caltrans’ Policies for Complete Streets
9:30 – 9:45 AM BREAK
9:45 – 10:15 AM 2. NEW PLANNING PARADIGM
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
- Shifting Demographics
- Changing Lifestyle Preferences
- Technological Advances
- Emphasis on Safety
- Public Health
- Induced Travel
- The Eight D’s of Land Use and Transportation
10:15 – 12:00 PM 3. OPERATIONALIZING & IMPLEMENTING COMPLETE STREETS
- Integrating Complete Streets with General Plans, Regional Transportation Plans (RTPs), the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), and the California Transportation Plan (CTP)
- Integrating Complete Streets with the Entitlement Process
- Caltrans Smart Mobility Framework
- California Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP)
- Context Sensitive Solutions
- Layered Networks, Transects, and Street Typologies
- Level of Service (LOS) and Multimodal Level of Service (MMLOS)
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM LUNCH
The group will break for lunch. Students are on their own for lunch and may choose the destination of their preference.
1:00 – 2:30 PM WALK AUDIT #1:
Field Audit for Neighborhood Walkability and Multimodal Travel Access. After lunch, the group will take a pre-planned walk along a focus corridor or to a focus neighborhood (courses will be hosted in walkable, urban areas).
2:30 – 3:00 PM 3. OPERATIONALIZING & IMPLEMENTING COMPLETE STREETS (CONTINUED)
- Types of Bicyclists, Bicyclist Comfort, and Bicyclist Education
- Measuring Performance
- Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) Assessment Technical Assistance Program
- Barriers, Opposition, & Strategies to Address Issues
3:00 – 4:00 PM GROUP EXERCISE #1:
Layered Networks and Roadway Cross-Sections. The instructors will lead the class in an aerial review of a representative downtown street network. Each participant will contribute to a group effort that will (1) develop a layered network of priority streets for various modes, and (2) prepare conceptual roadway cross-sections that respond to defined needs.
4:00 – 4:15 PM COURSE EVALUATIONS
4:15 – 5:00 PM REFLECTIONS ON GROUP EXERCISE
DAY 2
8:00 – 8:15 AM 4. DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDANCE
- Design Standards, Manuals, and Guidance
8:15 – 10:00 AM • Traffic Calming 5. ROADWAY DESIGN CONCEPTS
- Road Diets and Travel Lane Width
- On-Street Parking
- Shoulder Width
- Pedestrian Facilities
- Bicycle Facilities
- Traditional
- Innovative
- Caltrans’ Main Street Guidance – Main Street, California
- Transit Facilities
- Access Management
- Coordinating with Rehabilitation Maintenance
10:00 – 10:15 AM BREAK
10:15 AM – 12:00 PM 6. INTERSECTION AND CROSSING DESIGN CONCEPTS
- Intersection Design Principles
- Signalized Intersection Treatments
- Interchange Design Concepts
- Roundabouts
- Uncontrolled Crossings
12:00 NN – 1:00 PM LUNCH
The group will break for lunch. Students are on their own for lunch and may choose the destination of their preference.
1:00 – 2:30 PM WALK AUDIT #2:
Field Audit for Street Redesign for Walking and Multimodal Travel Access. After lunch, the group will take a pre-planned walk along a focus corridor or to a focus neighborhood (courses will be hosted in walkable, urban areas).
2:30 – 4:00 PM GROUP EXERCISE #2:
Developing Conceptual Layouts for Participant-Driven Complete Streets Improvements. The instructors will solicit two active projects from participants for applied learning and facilitate development of real-time project enhancement opportunities with the class. This peer-to-peer learning mode will apply the design standards and guidance learned on Day 2 and identify issues and positive practices to develop conceptual layout modifications that can help participants deliver Complete Streets improvements for multiple transportation facility types (roadway, intersection, interchange, etc.).