Webinar: Dec. 4, 2013: Developing Effective Practices for Snow Removal: Why is it Worth all the Effort? - impacts travel for people with various disabilities

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Ensuring safe and independent travel for people with and without disabilities in the event of snow can be difficult. A national standard for effective snow removal for pedestrians does not currently exist. Join this webinar to look at snow removal issues and explore ideas for possible solutions to be considered at the local level. Presenters will discuss how snow affects the independent travel of people with disabilities as well as effective practices in snow removal for public transportation as well as for the broader community with a Complete Streets perspective.

                                                               

Registration deadline: December 2, 2013

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Who should attend?

• Public transportation agency administrators wanting to learn more about snow removal
• Advocates working to ensure that people with disabilities are able to travel independently in the event of snow
• People with disabilities interested in traveling independently in cases of snow

What will you learn?

This webinar will address

• How snow on the ground impacts travel for people with various disabilities
• The effect of snow on travel for people with vision disabilities from a first-hand perspective
• Effective practices from a transit agency that experiences significant snow fall
• Ideas for expanding snow removal practices which habitually focus on vehicle traffic to include pedestrian and bicyclist

Presenters

• Russ Decker, facilities manager, Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, Aspen, Colorado
• Roger Millar, director, Smart Growth America’s Leadership Institute and National Complete Streets Coalition
• Donna Smith, director of training, Easter Seals Project ACTION

Resources for this event will be available for download from this page approximately two days prior to the event.

Event Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 Event Time: 2:00–3:30pm EDT | 1:00-2:30pm CDT | 12:00-1:30pm MDT | 11:00am-12:30am PDT

To ask the presenters questions in advance or for general inquiries about the event, please contact us at webinars@easterseals.com and put “Snow Removal” in the subject line or call 800-659-6428; (TDD) 202-347-7385.

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