Dear members,
There is a call for abstracts for the follow conference to be held in 2007
Transportation Research Board
3rd Urban Street Symposium
Uptown, Downtown, or Small Town: Designing Urban Streets That Work
Summer 2007 Seattle, Washington
ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Symposium Purpose
The purpose of the Urban Street Symposium is to stimulate improvements in suburban/urban street design practices. It will provide a forum to
compare and debate alternative street design practices,
Document better street designs, and
transfer urban street research findings to state agencies and to local government
It will focus on the latest research, policies, and practices for street geometric design, including safety and operational effects. The previous Symposia proved that practitioners, policy makers, and researchers face similar issues and learn much by sharing their challenges and successes with concerned colleagues.
If you would like to be considered for the Symposium program, please submit an abstract.
Possible Symposium Topics
Access Management
Capacity of Urban Streets
Context Sensitive Design
Cross Section Design
Design for the Disabled (ADA)
Design for Bicycle, or Pedestrian Needs
Design of Cross Section and Profile at Driveways
Design Related to Intersection Operations
Designing Streets to Enhance Transit Service
Intersection of Urban Streets and Light Rail
On-Street Parking
Public Involvement
Relationship of Design to Safety
Relationship of Design to Operating Speed
Roundabouts
Self Enforcing Streets
Signal Design (detectors, mast arm location, etc.)
Street Design for the CBD or other special area
Traffic Calming
Visualization
Abstracts should be no more than one page in length, and may be on any of the topics listed above or any topic relevant to the Symposium. Include your preferred presentation mode:
** Paper: Write a paper on your research or what you are doing in the field of urban street design.
** Panel Discussion: Give a five-minute review on a subject and join a panel to lead discussion and answer audience questions.
** Displays/Posters: Show your recent project using pictures, a model, or computer graphics during the opening night reception.
** Workshop: Present a hands-on session in the area of street design.
Please include your
** Name ** Address ** Phone number ** E-mail
** the general topic area for your abstract
** the preferred presentation mode
Submit abstracts as an attached Word or PDF document to an e-mail with
“USS3 abstract your name”
In subject line.
Submit Abstracts by September 30, 2006 to:
Jim Gattis [log in to unmask]
Authors will be notified in January 2007.
All accepted papers and/or presentations must be made available to TRB in electronic format by May 15, 2007 for inclusion in the Symposium proceedings.
Please contact the conference chairs with any topic or suggestion:
** Jim Gattis, 479/575-3617, [log in to unmask]
** Kay Fitzpatrick, 979/845-7321, [log in to unmask]
Additional information will be on the TRB conference website when available:
http://www.trb.org/calendar/default.asp
I would be grateful if you could circulate this information amongst colleagues and students who may be interested in submitting a paper
Regards
John
John Smart BSc C. Eng FIHT MICE
Deputy Chief Executive
Director of Technical Affairs
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