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Join us for this informative presentation focusing on the Multimodal Level of Service (MMLOS) methodology and how it integrates with Complete Streets policies. The workshop will introduce and illustrate best practices in the application of Complete Streets and MMLOS using case studies from Broward County and around the country. Attention will be given to the obstacles that had to be overcome and the solutions that worked. Group discussion will focus on how those same obstacles currently come to bear on local efforts to complete streets. The goal is to help identify and tailor practices that will further strengthen the region’s move toward creating, connecting, and complementing great places with great multimodal rights-of-way.
The presentation will be given by Kamala Parks, Senior Planner, and Aaron Elias, Engineering Associate, both with Kittelson & Associates, Inc. In addition, Patrice Gillespie Smith, Program Manager with Urban Health Partnerships, will share the Broward MPO’s Complete Streets Guide recently endorsed by the Broward MPO and now poised to be implemented in Broward's 31 municipalities. Please visit www.browardcompletestreets.org for more details.
Registration & networking begins at 1:15 PM. Presentation will begin promptly at 1:30 PM and run until 4:00 PM. This TES workshop is equal to 2.5 PDHs. There is no cost to attend this workshop.
If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact Jessica Josselyn at (954) 828-1730. We look forward to seeing you there!
Kamala Parks
Senior Planner, Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
Ms. Kamala Parks brings her abilities in transportation planning, traffic operations, development theory/practices and research methods to Kittelson & Associates. Her work here includes preparing traffic impact studies, analysis for and writing of master plans and environmental impact reports, and assisting with research reports. She has expertise with Synchro, Traffix, and ArcView GIS, and the Multi-Modal Level of Service Analysis method for Urban Streets. Before joining KAI/Dowling Associates, she worked for the University of California Transportation Center (UCTC) as a researcher and for the Office of Transportation at the City of Berkeley, where she interned for traffic engineering and was the interim Bicycle and Pedestrian Planner. She is currently the San Francisco Bay Area Section President of the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
Aaron Elias
Engineering Associate, Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
Aaron Elias is a graduate with a master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Florida, where he focused on the analysis of roundabout operations and interchange ramp terminals. Since joining Kittelson, Mr. Elias has worked on various streetscape projects for the City of Oakland, performed modeling work in the central valley region, and assisted with various research tasks for projects such as active traffic and demand management strategies for FHWA. Additionally, Mr. Elias has been the lead software tester for CompleteStreetsLOS which implements the multimodal LOS methodologies of the Highway Capacity Manual 2010. This role has given him an in-depth knowledge of all aspects necessary to perform a multimodal, complete streets evaluation of the quality of service for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders and motorists. He has applied this knowledge on a number of projects including a road diet and development impact reports for the City of Pasadena, CA.
Patrice Gillespie Smith
Program Manager, Urban Health Partnerships
Patrice Gillespie Smith is a planning and community relations professional who delivers sustainable investments in urban areas, including the recently released Broward Complete Streets Guidelines and Downtown Next:the 2020 Vision for Downtown St. Louis. For more than 16 years she has been improving communities across the nation by developing and executing livable, walkable strategies. She currently serves as the Program Manager for the Broward Complete Streets Initiative.