A new report from the National Complete Streets Coalition says that 219 written complete streets policies were adopted by municipalities, counties, regions, and states across the US - including Rhode Island - aimed at transforming streets to serve the needs of everyone - not just cars.

With pre and post discussion lead by Deborah Miller, Associate State Director, AARP-RI

Part One: May 18, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. (webinar runs 2-3PM)

Part Two: May 25, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. (webinar runs 2-3PM)

Registration is FREE, but RSVP's are required by May 11.

Space is limited to the first 40 people.

Location: AARP, 10 Orms Street, Suite 200, Providence

Get bus route information here. Validated parking available.

Creating Livable, Accessible Communities by Completing Our Streets. In this two-part training, Michael Ronkin and Barbara McCann examine the principles of the complete streets movement and the ways the current trend toward creating livable communities translates into improved transportation options for people. Participants will learn how to promote accessibility within the principles of livability and complete streets on the local level. 

Part I - Wednesday, May 18

Presenters McCann and Ronkin will review the principles of complete streets and help participants understand how those principles translate into design and function on the ground and in the street.  Participants will be invited to explore their communities' efforts to promote the development of livable communities that are accessible to everyone.

Part II - Wednesday, May 25

An open discussion will allow the presenters to answer participant questions and the group to review and discuss the homework assignment. This session is intended as an interactive discussion about what makes a community livable and accessible for all of its residents.

About the Presenters

Barbara McCann coined the term complete streets, organized the National Complete Streets Coalition and has presided over its growth as policy adoption accelerates across the U.S. She is the primary author of the American Planning Association's Complete Streets: Best Policy and Implementation Practices.  McCann is an author and former journalist who has written and co-authored numerous reports and articles on transportation and land use policy and the ways our transportation system affects issues ranging from climate change to personal health and economic growth. She is a co-author of the books Sprawl Costs and Growing Cooler, as well as the 2003 report Measuring the Health Effects of Sprawl, the first report to make a connection between sprawl and obesity. She managed the transportation and quality of life campaign at the Surface Transportation Policy Project and, before coming to transportation, worked for 13 years as a journalist at CNN. 

Michael Ronkin worked for the Oregon Department of Transportation from 1984 to 2006. He spent his first five years there in construction where he learned the basics of highway design and road building. From 1989 to 2006, he served as the Bicycle/Pedestrian Program Manager where he helped shape ODOT's proactive pedestrian and bicycle policies.  Ronkin now has his own consulting firm and is a nationally acknowledged expert in designing streets to better accommodate pedestrians and bicyclists. He helps citizens achieve their goals of place-making, building livable communities and reaching consensus on critical design issues. Michael regularly offers training courses to engineers and planners and addresses a variety of audiences on the need to ensure that our cities and streets are planned and built not just with cars but people in mind.

This webinar is produced by Easter Seals Project ACTION