Reshaping Rural Highways for Livability

Free WEBINAR - Federal Highway Administration

“ContextSensitiveSolutions.org is pleased to present a free webinar on ‘Reshaping Rural Highways for Livability’ focusing on a regionally-scalled national demonstration project on US Route 50 in Virginia. The webinar will be held on Tuesday, January 21st, 2014, at 3:00 PM EDT, and is brought to you by FHWA, in partnership with the Project for Public Spaces and Sevatec.

This webinar details how Virginia DOT and stakeholders worked together to balance the role of Route 50 as a major national highway with the reality that it is also the heart of the rural communities it binds together.

The Rural Route 50 Traffic Calming Plan began in 1994 as a grassroots effort to protect a scenic and historic section of the Virginia Piedmont known as the Mosby Heritage Area, where it is the main street for several small towns. Traffic projections showed increasing demand for the 24-mile corridor located a mere 45 miles outside of Washington D.C., but an innovative public process and federal demonstration project funding ultimately produced a plan to manage and calm traffic rather than simply add capacity.

Today much of the plan has been implemented, including the Gilbert's Corner project in 2009, a system of four roundabouts to relieve congestion. Participants will learn about how the Route 50 plan was developed and implemented and will gain invaluable insights for DOTs and stakeholders seeking to achieve both mobility and livability in the rural areas.”

Featuring

Susan Van Wagner, Steering Committee Chair, Route 50 Corridor Coalition

Ian Lockwood, Professional Engineer (Livable Transportation), AECOM

Jan Vaughan, Northern Virginia District, VDOT

James Zeller, Northern Virginia District, VDOT

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