Webinar Summary

Registration Includes

• Live webinar access 30-day on-demand recording
• PDH/CM credit available for an additional fee.

Instructions provided on the corresponding pages for this webinar on the ITE Learning Hub.

This webinar is led by the  ITE Transit Committee.

Webinar Overview

Transportation analyses used to plan future networks often rely on vehicle counts and extensions of historic trendlines, with assumptions such as steady annual growth in traffic volumes. When forecast networks are expected to perform poorly under these assumptions, agencies may respond by investing in roadway expansion. Research in economics and travel demand modeling indicates that increased roadway capacity can induce additional driving by lowering the relative cost of auto travel, while the opposite can also be true. These relationships are reflected across many traffic and travel demand models.

Achieving sustainability targets requires planning approaches that reflect desired future outcomes rather than past travel patterns. In this session, Senior Advisor Dan Hardy, P.E., PTP (Resource Planning, Washington, DC), and Rebecca Levitsky and Jacob Elliott (City of Philadelphia) will discuss analyses used to capital‑plan sustainable transportation networks based on a forecast vision. Speakers will share lessons from travel demand and intersection performance modeling that emphasize moving people and delivering outcomes.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe how traditional traffic modeling countermands sustainable policy and contributes to a cycle of poor decision making

• Recognize and describe the biases inherent in traditional transportation analyses

• Develop new tools that deliver the sustainable, policy-driven outcomes

• Articulate and improve the link between sustainable policy and daily work that supports it

Moderator

Dan Ross, P.Eng, Senior Project Manager | HDR Inc. | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Dan Ross is a Transportation Engineer, Planner, and Project Manager who brings diverse technical and personal expertise to projects and clients. He has over 20 years of experience for a wide range of public and private clients in North America, New Zealand, and Australia. In addition to his own career development, Dan helps mentor junior professionals. He has served as a part-time Adjunct Instructor at the University of British Columbia's School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) and is a recurring guest lecturer in Simon Fraser University’s City Program.

Presenters

Dan Hardy, Senior Advisor | Renaissance Planning | Washington, DC, USA

Dan Hardy, P.E., PTP is a transportation planner and senior advisor with Renaissance Planning in the Washington DC area, with more than 35 years of experience in developing transportation solutions that balance transportation and land use options to optimize multimodal travel demand and transportation network services with a focus on growth management. Dan is a former Chair of the ITE Transportation Planning Council and Sustainability Task Force and a co-author of ITE’s Recommended Practices on Multimodal Transportation Impact Analyses for Site Development and Planning Urban Roadway Systems.

Rebecca Levitsky, Transit Project Coordinator | City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Rebecca Levitsky is a Transit Project Coordinator in the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Multimodal Planning, focusing on transit priority and complete streets safety improvements. She completed her master’s of City and Regional Planning at the Bloustein School at Rutgers University. Prior to joining the Office of Multimodal Planning, Rebecca worked at the Voorhees Transportation Center in New Jersey and interned with SEPTA’s Strategic Planning Department.

Jacob Elliott, Vision Zero Project Coordinator | City of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Jacob Elliott is a Vision Zero Project Coordinator at the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Multimodal Planning. His work focuses on multimodal capital projects that improve roadway safety, accessibility, connectivity, and operations. He graduated from Drexel University with a degree in Civil Engineering.

Registration Fees

ITE Members: Free

Non-Members: $79

Registration includes access to the live webinar and the on-demand recording for 30 days.

Non-members must create an ITE account to register.

Log-On Instructions

On the day of the webinar, login to your ITE Learning Hub account, navigate to your Learning Center, then find the webinar and click 'Attend.'

PDH / CM Credit Certificate

Participants may earn 1.0 PDH/CM credit for this webinar for a $20 processing fee, regardless of membership status.

Instructions and the purchase link will be provided at the conclusion of the live event

For the on-demand recording, instructions will be provided at the end of the recording

PDH Credit Certificates may be purchased and downloaded while access to the recording is active

Once on-demand webinar access expires, the certificate opportunity is forfeited

Recording Access

All registrants will receive access to the recording for 30 days after it is posted

Additional attendees viewing a recording at one location are not eligible to earn PDH credit

Additional Attendees (Live Viewing Only)

Additional attendees watching the live webinar at one location may earn credit.
The primary registrant must share the PDH evaluation purchase link with additional attendees so they can purchase their own certificate in their own ITE account.

Presentation Materials

Presenters typically provide PDF copies of their slides. If available, materials will be uploaded to the Resources tab within 24 hours after the live event.

Policies

The on-demand webinar is available for registration for 60 days for anyone who wishes to register. After 60 days, this on-demand webinar will be removed and archived.

PDH credit certificates must be purchased and retrieved before individual webinar access expires

No refunds

Last Day to Register On-Demand: We will post that date here after the live webinar concludes.