NACTO Design Guides Training Program

A Guide for Cities 2016 CONTENTS

About the Trainings 1 NACTO Certified Trainers 1 How to Bring a Training to Your City 2 Partners and Responsibilities 3 Organizational Responsibilities 3 Typical USDG Training 4 Typical UBWDG Training 5 Roadshows 5 What to Do the Day of Your Training 6 Workshop Supplies 6 Costs 7

Updated March 7, 2016 5:22 PM ii BY POPULAR DEMAND, NACTO IS MAKING ITS TRAININGS AVAILABLE TO ALL MEMBER CITIES, AS WELL AS OTHER INTERESTED CITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS. READ ON TO FIND OUT HOW TO BRING A NACTO TRAINING TO YOUR CITY!

ABOUT THE TRAININGS NACTO CERTIFIED TRAINERS Since the release of its Urban Street Design Guide The 2016 NACTO Design Guide Training Program and Urban Bikeway Design Guide, NACTO has brings private-sector and public-sector expertise worked with member cities, consultants who together to deliver world-class trainings to contributed to the design guidelines, and other practitioners on a NACTO-developed template. professionals with expertise in multi-modal street NACTO is training and certifying national and design to spread the Guides’ message and content international design leaders to conduct trainings through webinars, presentations, trainings, on the Urban Street Design Guide, Transit Street in-person meetings, and member peer-to-peer Design Guide, and Urban Bikeway Design Guide. learning sessions. These leaders have substantial experience in designing for urban streets, and often have Building on the success of its day-long trainings, public-sector experience. NACTO is proud to continue a program to meet the growing demand for trainings from cities Trainings hosted by non-member cities or by across North America. NACTO trainings bring other partners outside of city government will together leaders in street and bikeway design typically be led by certified trainers. NACTO and city transportation officials working on staff will continue to lead trainings in NACTO the ground to give an overview of the Guides, member cities, alongside certified trainers and typically followed by a workshop in which other leaders in the field. participants apply these lessons to a real, site- specific problem in the host city. Certified trainers follow a general training schedule, use standard NACTO modules and The range of topics covered by the Urban materials as the basis for the training, and charge Bikeway, Urban Street, and Transit Street standard rates. Design Guides allows for trainings tailored to a city’s specific needs, with the ability to focus on particular themes from one or both guides. Additionally, NACTO’s roster of trainers affords a broad perspective to the transportation issues facing our cities, while its network of transportation officials in cities across the US and Canada allows site-specific knowledge and expertise to address the issues facing each city.

1 HOW TO BRING A TRAINING TO YOUR CITY If your city has an interest in hosting a NACTO training, consider the following questions before contacting NACTO:

»» Training topics: What topics do you wish to address in particular? Should the training address the Urban Street Design Guide, the Urban Bikeway Design Guide, the Transit Street Design Guide, or all three? Sample modules on the following pages provide examples of potential training content. »» Audience: Who do you anticipate will be attending your training? For example, will participants be mostly city officials, state officials, or private sector employees? Are they planners, engineers, political leaders, or advocates? »» Charrette site:Do you have a problem site in your city—an existing street, intersection, or bikeway for example—that you would like to examine in a workshop? The most useful trainings focus on a site whose lessons could apply to other problem sites in your city, or can be directly applied to a project in an early phase. »» Date: We recommend contacting NACTO 3 months in advance of the desired training date to ensure the availability of training leaders. »» Funding: Are sources available to fund the workshop, or must costs be covered by participant registration fees alone? »» Venue: Do you have a space available of an appropriate size for the number of expected participants? NACTO will help work through setting up the workshop structure and making other necessary arrangements.

2 PARTNERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES Design workshops and trainings typically include Host cities or organizations are typically the following set of leaders: responsible for organizing on-the-ground logistics, including identifying funding, booking »» A NACTO representative—usually either a training venue, catering, and event sign-in. NACTO staff, a NACTO Certified Trainer, Advertising is generally the host’s responsibility, or a NACTO city practitioner—who narrates though NACTO can provide a flyer template how and why better street design is necessary, and promote event. NACTO matches hosts with introducing the background and principles of trainers, establishes AICP CM credit eligibility for the Guide. trainings, operates online registration, and orders Guide copies. »» A national expert, typically a national or international leader in private practice, with The chart below details responsibilities for each subject area knowledge and experience in element of event planning: implementation. NACTO Certified Trainers contributed to the Guide or a similar effort, have worked in city government as a Venue & Catering Host design or planning professional, or have Advertisement and Host (NACTO will provide implemented projects similar to those found Promotion a template) in the NACTO design guides. Identifying and engaging a NACTO Selection NACTO Certified Trainer Committee »» NACTO city practitioners enhance trainings by presenting case studies based on on-the- Site exercise introduction Host and materials (including ground experience and application of the tools site drawings) in the Guide; many Certified Trainers and Ordering NACTO Guides NACTO or Host NACTO representatives fulfill this role. Registration & Program NACTO »» A host city representative, who kicks off the training, introduces the site exercise subject Registering event for AICP NACTO location and/or leads a site visit, and provides CM credit eligibility feedback on site exercise outcomes. This host Sign-in Host (scan and submit city representative or a colleague organizes sign-in sheets to NACTO) event logistics. Evaluations NACTO (Trainer should »» NACTO staff will work with the host city to remind participants to identify and engage trainers; provide event complete evaluations) registration, advertisement, and training evaluations; and assist in ordering Design Guides, creating a program, and registering the event so participants are eligible to earn AICP Certification Maintenance credits.

3 TYPICAL URBAN STREET DESIGN GUIDE TRAINING

The Urban Street Design Guide Training covers the core topics of street and intersection typologies and design elements, interim design SAMPLE SCHEDULE strategies, and design controls. These touch on both conceptual and technical elements of street 9:00–9:20 am design, teaching strategies such as signalization Welcome & Introductions techniques and complex intersection redesign, 9:20–9:40 am and providing depth on topics such as parklets The NACTO Urban Street Design Guide: and public space design. The training is based, Origins and Principles like the Guide, on the principle that streets are fundamentally public spaces, and should be 9:40–10:30 am designed as such. Discussion of topics relevant to Street Typologies, including: the participants is expected. »» Lanes »» Sidewalks »» Curb Extensions The first half of the day provides an overview »» Vertical Speed Control Elements »» Transit Streets of the principles, concepts and techniques of the »» Stormwater Management NACTO Urban Street Design Guide. The seminar format includes an overview of select chapters 10:30–11:00 am and themes covered in the Guide, supported by Intersection Design Strategies: case studies from NACTO member agencies. »» Principles and Typologies »» Crosswalks »» Corner Radii During the second half of the day, participants »» Visibility/Sight Distance apply the lessons learned in the morning to a »» Traffic Signals city street. Attendees are broken into groups and encouraged to directly apply the toolkit 11:15–11:45 am in the Guide to a specific set of streets and/or Interim Design Strategies & Design Controls intersections. They may be assigned roles within 11:45 am–12:00 pm their groups by mode (e.g. pedestrian, bicycle, Discussion transit, motor vehicle, placemaking), and may be assigned specific locations within a larger study 12:00–12:45 pm area. Break for Lunch, Introduction to Site Design Exercise 12:45–2:00 pm Site Visit and Analysis 2:00–3:00 pm Site Design Proposals Breakout Groups 3:00–4:00 pm Site Design Presentations & Discussion

4 TYPICAL URBAN BIKEWAY DESIGN GUIDE TRAINING

The Urban Bikeway Design Guide Training is an in-depth technical course covering the planning and engineering of urban bikeways, including SAMPLE SCHEDULE protected bike lanes, raised bikeways, traditional 9:00–9:20 am bike lanes, and bike boulevards. Participants are Welcome & Introductions prepared by this course to design these facilities in urban settings. 9:20–9:40 am The NACTO Urban Bikeway Design The first half of the day will provide a basic Guide: Origins and Principles introduction to the tenets and principles of the NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, with 9:40–11:00 am detailed presentations on bikeway types, as well Bikeway Facility Typologies and Elements: as mini-exercises. »» Protected Bike Lanes/Cycle Tracks »» Conventional Bike Lanes The second half of the day can either be done as »» Markings and Signange a design charrette following lunch or a training 11:00–11:40 am on bicycle boulevards specifically with additional Intersections and Signals case studies at the end. 11:40 am–12:00 pm Discussion or Exercise ROAD SHOWS 12:00–12:45 pm Break for Lunch Road Shows are multi-day events that engage local stakeholders, elected officials, 12:45–1:15 pm and city staff in a series of targeted meetings, Bicycle Boulevards trainings, and workshops with an eye 1:15–2:30 pm towards catalyzing a local transformation. Site Visit and Analysis A typical Road Show is a 2-day event, encompassing a 1-day training plus 2:30–3:30 pm presentation to local leaders, moderated Developing Site Design Proposals senior staff discussion, infrastructure tour, 3:30–4:30 pm and evening social event. 2-3 peer critics Site Design Presentations & Discussion from other NACTO member cities and 1-2 NACTO staff typically participate. Many cities make use of the opportunity provided by a Road Show to engage consultants in fee- for-service planning work, event summaries, or similar materials.

5 TYPICAL TRANSIT STREET DESIGN GUIDE TRAINING

The Transit Street Design Guide Training SAMPLE SCHEDULE develops a strong rationale that cities cannot grow sustainably and equitably without a robust 9:00–9:45 am and efficient transit system, and that the most Welcome, Intro to NACTO, and Opening cost-effective way to integrate transit into the Discussion: urban infrastructure is through on-street design »» Local Challenges & Opportunities interventions at all scales. The Training covers 9:45–10:30 am core themes, technical street and intersection The NACTO Transit Street Design Guide design guidance, in-depth discussion of transit »» Transit in Context: Urban Street Design stations and stops, and illustrations of how design Principles & Transit Service strategies cohere into effective and inviting »» Designing Transit Streets » transit streets. » Transit Lanes & Transitways »» Systemic & Operational Strategies

The first half of the day provides an overview 10:30 am of the principles and case-making elements for Break designing streets for transit, and then dives deep into the NACTO Transit Street Design Guide. The 10:45–11:15 am training dives into contextual guidance, technical Stations & Stops design details, and performance measures, drawn »» Stop Location &Design Factors from the Guide and supported by case studies »» Station & Stop Typologies and Elements »» Accessibility & Universal Design from NACTO member cities and their transit agencies. 11:15–11:45 am Intersections & Design Controls During the second half of the day, participants »» Signal Strategies apply the lessons learned in the morning to a »» Turns & Conflict Management hands-on design charrette. Attendees are broken into groups and encouraged to directly apply the 11:45 am–12:00 pm toolkit in the Guide to a specific corridor or street Discussion section. They may be assigned roles within their groups by mode (e.g. transit operations, typical 12:00–12:45 pm cross-sections, pedestrian & bicycle interactions), Lunch and may be assigned specific locations within a 12:45–1:30 pm larger study area. Optional Modules: »» Materials & Implementation / Getting to Yes / Sidewalks & Public Space / Bikeway Design

1:30–2:00 pm Introduction to Site Design Exercise 2:00–3:15 pm Site Design Proposals Breakout Groups 3:15–4:30 pm Site Design Presentations & Discussion

6 WHAT TO DO THE DAY OF YOUR TRAINING WORKSHOP SUPPLIES »» Ensure refreshments are delivered before the event begins—coffee is important! Required drawings and maps: »» Large-scale drawings (typically 1:10) »» Ensure workshop supplies are prepared— showing: including site drawings and supplies like trace ››Curb Lines and pens. ››Pavement Markings (recommended) ››Property & Building Lines (recommended) »» Ensure that participants sign in—NACTO will provide a sign-in sheet. After the training, »» Permitted/Prohibited Movements scan and send these to NACTO. These are »» Street Furniture & Hardware necessary to track AICP CM Credit eligibility, »» Existing & Planned Bike Facilities in addition to being useful for internal record- »» Transit Routes & Stops keeping. »» Freight/Truck Routes »» Encourage participants to submit Recommended materials: evaluations—NACTO staff will provide a link »» Signal Phasing to an online evaluation. »» Traffic Collision Info »» Traffic Volumes and Turning Movements »» Land Use or Zoning (if building lines are not available) Other recommended supplies: »» Trace paper (24” or 36” is best) »» Markers of various widths and colors (black, blue, red, green) »» Pencils »» Drafting tape »» Scales/rulers

7 COSTS Training costs will vary based on the presenters, amount of preparation required, and the necessity for travel. Typical one-day trainings cost approximately $10,000. Some cities choose to add events, such as evening public events or next-day internal meetings; these may add marginally to the costs. Base costs shown are for one-day training workshops. All figures are in USD. Costs for non-member cities are shown in italics.

3 Presenters 2 Presenters 1 Presenter Notes 60 Participants 40 Participants 20 Participants Includes training time, preparation, Presenters & $8,500+ $5,500–6,500 $2,500–4,000 and materials for presenters and Preparation workshop coordinators.

Assumes $400 airfare, $200 surface Travel & Lodging $3,000 $2,000 $1,000 transportation, $150/night hotel for 2 nights, and $100 food & expenses

Includes Island Press bulk discount Guidebook $1,700 $1,200 $600 for non-members (or 50% member Purchase $2,200 $1,500 $800 discount), and shipping

Assumes cost of boxed lunch, Catering $1,500 $1,000 $500 coffee, and snacks at $25/person

$5/person in printing, paper, Materials & Other $300 $200 $100 markers, etc. Typically provided by Direct Costs host.

Applied to non-member cities. NACTO Program Covers fees for AICP CM Credits, Administration $500 $500 $500 flyers, staff support, announcements, (for non-members) etc.

Event Space — — — Assumed in-kind

Per-person registration cost of TOTAL TYPICAL $15,000+ $9,900–10,900 $4,700–6,200 $270–295 ($250–275 for member BUDGET $16,000+ $10,700–11,700 $5,400–6,900 cities) covers full workshop costs, without grants or other support.

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