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Aligning Transportation with a Strong Towns Approach
Introduction to Aligning Transportation with a Strong Towns Approach
Core Objectives and Orientation (3:01)
Section 1: The forces that have shaped local government transportation investments.
Lesson 1: From Cart Paths to Highways (6:00)
Lesson 2: From Highways to Interstates (5:47)
Lesson 3: To go around or go through? (5:45)
Lesson 4: Setting Local Standards (7:57)
Lesson 5: Standards as Gospel (6:02)
Lesson 6: Embedded Values of Traffic Engineering (5:36)
Lesson 7: Deciding Who Decides (3:30)
Preparing Your Plan and Additional Resources
Section 2: The difference between a road and a street.
Lesson 8: Hierarchical Road/Street Networks (7:02)
Lesson 9: The Difference Between a Road and a Street (4:02)
Lesson 10: The Stroad (4:53)
Lesson 11: Identifying Roads, Streets, and Misaligned Stroads (14:13)
Preparing Your Plan and Additional Resources
Bonus: True Street/Road Hybrids (6:07)
Section 3: Forgiving Design
Lesson 12: What is forgiving design and where did it come from? (7:09)
Lesson 13: Forgiving design in a code book (7:16)
Lesson 14: Forgiving design in action (7:33)
Lesson 15: The relationship between forgiving design and speed (4:07)
Lesson 16: Whose mistakes are forgiven on roads and streets (6:57)
Preparing Your Plan and Additional Resources
Section 4: Understanding Roads
Lesson 17: What makes a good road? (4:52)
Lesson 18: How to identify the most critical roads (5:15)
Lesson 19: How accesses damage roads (8:52)
Lesson 20: Warrants and how they are used on roads (8:56)
Lesson 21: Level of Service (5:02)
Lesson 22: Understanding the 85% speed (7:44)
Lesson 23: Stroad to Road conversion (7:09)
Preparing Your Plan and Additional Resources
Section 5: Great Streets
Lesson 24: Street Design: An Art, Not a Science (6:16)
Lesson 25: What does it mean to build wealth? (5:22)
Lesson 26: Boosting Your Return - Solving the Chicken/Egg Problem (6:28)
Lesson 27: Boosting Your Return - Building Adjacent Wealth (5:17)
Lesson 28: People: The Indicator Species of Success (6:34)
Lesson 29: Establishing a Street Design Team (6:52)
Lesson 30: Street Design Process (6:05)
Lesson 31: Stroad to Street Conversion (4:56)
Lesson 32: In Focus - Moving Curbs (2:59)
Lesson 33: In Focus - Curb Cuts (2:32)
Lesson 34: In Focus - Turn Lanes (3:32)
Lesson 35: In Focus - Center Lanes (4:00)
Lesson 36: Responding to Speeding (7:29)
Lesson 37: Incorporating Public Safety (6:59)
Lesson 38: Iterating Our Way To Safety (8:19)
Lesson 39: Complete Streets (5:21)
Section 6: Traffic Congestion
Lesson 40: Manufacturing Congestion (6:08)
Lesson 41: Induced Demand (7:00)
Lesson 42: The Proper Use of Traffic Projections (7:05)
Lesson 43: The Tradeoffs of Ramp Meters (6:00)
Lesson 44: Congestion Pricing (7:04)
Lesson 45: Responding to Congestion (7:28)
Section 7: Intersections
Lesson 46: Speed and Intersections (6:29)
Lesson 47: Observed Stacking (3:57)
Lesson 48: Case Study of Willow Street Intersection (7:47)
Lesson 49: Traffic Circles (7:13)
Lesson 50: Shared Space (5:25)
Lesson 51: Travel Times and Signals (7:07)
Lesson 52: Bonus - Diverging Diamond (4:45)
Section 8: Transit
Lesson 53: The Goal of Transit (5:30)
Lesson 54: Transit on Roads (4:09)
Lesson 55: Transit on Streets (8:20)
Lesson 56: Transit Stroad - Northstar (7:39)
Lesson 57: Transit Stroad - Green Line (7:16)
Lesson 58: Conventional Funding of Transit (11:12)
Lesson 59: Value Capture (13:38)
Lesson 60: Planning for Transit (6:49)
Lesson 61: Phasing in a Transit Approach (6:51)
Section 9: Biking and Walking
Lesson 62: The Highest Returning Investment (7:15)
Lesson 63: Biking and Walking on Roads and Streets (7:58)
Lesson 64: A 4-Step Approach to Capital Improvements (5:45)
Lesson 65: Building Support for Biking and Walking (19:22)
Section 10: Parking
Lesson 66: Parking is Anti-Wealth (4:01)
Lesson 67: Donald Shoup’s Approach (9:20)
Section 11: The Role of Public Safety
Lesson 68: Goals for Public Safety (4:22)
Lesson 69: Response Time Versus Prevention (8:08)
Lesson 70: Routine Traffic Stops (7:56)
Lesson 71: Cameras and Automated Enforcement (6:35)
Section 12: Financing Transportation
Lesson 72: Understanding Transportation Budgeting (4:29)
Lesson 73: Setting Priorities (6:44)
Lesson 74: Using Debt for Transportation (5:58)
Lesson 75: Designating State Aid Corridors (6:38)
Lesson 76: Evaluating State and Federal Funding (6:57)
Lesson 77: Evaluating Turnbacks (7:17)
Lesson 78: The Proper Use of Assessments (8:40)
Section 13: Anticipating Innovation
Lesson 79: The Gold Standard - Walking and Biking (4:25)
Lesson 80: Scooters (4:17)
Lesson 81: Automated Vehicles (9:46)
Lesson 82: Hyperloop (6:52)
Lesson 83: HSR (4:42)
Lesson 84: Conclusion (3:06)
Lesson 7: Deciding Who Decides
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