Equity in Roadway Safety Webinar Series

Upcoming Webinars

• Register Now! Equity in Roadway Safety Workshop: Elevating Equity and Safety in Project Prioritization (November 15, 2023) 
• Equity in Roadway Safety Workshop: Strategies for Meaningful Public Involvement in Roadway Safety Planning for State and Regional Agencies (this session will be rescheduled soon)

Recorded Webinars 

• Equity in Roadway Safety Workshop: Strategies for Meaningful Public Involvement in Roadway Safety Planning for Local Public Agencies (September 20, 2023) 
  • Local Public Agencies Breakout Session
    • Passcode: !M62RD#Y
    • Description: Learn about innovative practices to build relationships with underserved communities to develop robust local Safety Action Plans and deliver more effective projects that advance safety for all road users.
      Featuring representatives from Charlotte, NC; Detroit, MI; and Lancaster, PA. 
  • USDOT and FHWA Update and Vision Zero Network Resources
    • Passcode: y#MK5+d2
    • Description: This session features presentations on USDOT’s Promising Practices for Meaningful Public Involvement in Transportation Decision Making Guide and tools from the Vision Zero Network. 
• Equity in Roadway Safety Leadership Panel (April 17, 2023)
  • Passcode: Vu5d0=Xi
• Equity in Roadway Safety Webinar Series: Tools to Conduct Equitable Safety Data Analysis (June 14, 2023)
  • Presentation of all four tools (1 hour)
    • Passcode: bPu!u0B2
  • FHWA Title VI Toolkit Demo
    • Audio Transcript
    • Passcode: %uba6x%5
    • Description: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on race, color, and national origin. Learn about how to access and analyze race and ethnicity data and Limited English Proficiency (LEP) data from data.census.gov. You will walk away with practical strategies to access and use U.S. Census data on race and ethnicity and LEP for compliance with Title VI.
  • Screening Tool for Equity Analysis of Projects (STEAP) and HEPGIS Equity Maps
    • Audio Transcript
    • Passcode: ZcW6@KU7
    • Description: You may walk away with a GIS mapping of your community overlaying demographic and crash data.
  • MyStreet 
    • Audio Transcript 
    • Passcode: 4$UD&38R
    • Description: This NEW FHWA tool is intended for small cities and MPOs. You will walk away with a list of locations with pedestrian safety risks in your community.
      To access the tool, visit www.mystreetpedsafety.org and email “Contact” to request user access. You must also gather a zipped shapefile of your jurisdiction’s pedestrian crash data. 
  • U.S. DOT Equitable Transportation Community (ETC) Explorer
    • This tool is evolving. Follow the instructions on the website for the most up-to-date information. 
    • Description: USDOT's ETC Explorer tool is a NEW interactive web application that uses 2020 Census Tracts and data to help practitioners distribute the benefits of investments to address transportation related causes of disadvantage. You can use the tool to generate scores that can be used in applications for USDOT discretionary grant programs or in making STIP project
      selections.