General Road and Highway Discussion

[Pheidippides]

I attended an interesting webinar/ESRI infomercial today on Vision Zero. They showed how various communities are using their software to work toward their Vision Zero goals.

The most interesting part was the set of free tools that ESRI has developed to help communities with low staff capacity or communities with non-interest in the initiative to crowd-source data collection and pull together open data sources to make informed decisions and advocacy.

A link to the tools:
http://solutions.arcgis.com/local-govern...sion-zero/

Demo app:
http://statelocaltryit.maps.arcgis.com/a...16ecb81b1b

The recording can be found here:
https://resources.esri.ca/webinars/impro...ision-zero
or here.

Topic: Improving Road Safety for Pedestrians with Vision Zero
Recording date: Tuesday, May 9, 2017 1:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
Duration: 51 minutes
Description: Pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries on our roads are at an all-time high and yet many are fully preventable. While there are many contributing factors for such incidents, this webinar will focus on how GIS technology can be used to identify where pedestrians are most at risk so municipalities can help eliminate this epidemic. 

Key Points
- Use historic pedestrian fatality and serious injury data to visualize hotspots
- Add and examine other data to determine possible influencers such as demographics, transit routes, community zoning, time of day, etc.
- Explore methods to establish quantifiable comparisons to help identify where to prioritize interventions
- Publish key information to raise awareness

Intended Audience
This webinar is intended for city planners, municipal safety and traffic staff as well as police and emergency responders who want to understand ways to use data to support key prevention activities.