Introduction to Aligning Transportation with a Strong Towns Approach
Section 1: The forces that have shaped local government transportation investments.
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Lesson 1: From Cart Paths to Highways (6:00)
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Lesson 2: From Highways to Interstates (5:47)
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Lesson 3: To go around or go through? (5:45)
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Lesson 4: Setting Local Standards (7:57)
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Lesson 5: Standards as Gospel (6:02)
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Lesson 6: Embedded Values of Traffic Engineering (5:36)
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Lesson 7: Deciding Who Decides (3:30)
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Preparing Your Plan and Additional Resources
Section 2: The difference between a road and a street.
Section 3: Forgiving Design
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Lesson 12: What is forgiving design and where did it come from? (7:09)
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Lesson 13: Forgiving design in a code book (7:16)
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Lesson 14: Forgiving design in action (7:33)
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Lesson 15: The relationship between forgiving design and speed (4:07)
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Lesson 16: Whose mistakes are forgiven on roads and streets (6:57)
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Preparing Your Plan and Additional Resources
Section 4: Understanding Roads
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Lesson 17: What makes a good road? (4:52)
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Lesson 18: How to identify the most critical roads (5:15)
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Lesson 19: How accesses damage roads (8:52)
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Lesson 20: Warrants and how they are used on roads (8:56)
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Lesson 21: Level of Service (5:02)
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Lesson 22: Understanding the 85% speed (7:44)
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Lesson 23: Stroad to Road conversion (7:09)
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Preparing Your Plan and Additional Resources
Section 5: Great Streets
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Lesson 24: Street Design: An Art, Not a Science (6:16)
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Lesson 25: What does it mean to build wealth? (5:22)
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Lesson 26: Boosting Your Return - Solving the Chicken/Egg Problem (6:28)
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Lesson 27: Boosting Your Return - Building Adjacent Wealth (5:17)
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Lesson 28: People: The Indicator Species of Success (6:34)
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Lesson 29: Establishing a Street Design Team (6:52)
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Lesson 30: Street Design Process (6:05)
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Lesson 31: Stroad to Street Conversion (4:56)
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Lesson 32: In Focus - Moving Curbs (2:59)
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Lesson 33: In Focus - Curb Cuts (2:32)
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Lesson 34: In Focus - Turn Lanes (3:32)
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Lesson 35: In Focus - Center Lanes (4:00)
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Lesson 36: Responding to Speeding (7:29)
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Lesson 37: Incorporating Public Safety (6:59)
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Lesson 38: Iterating Our Way To Safety (8:19)
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Lesson 39: Complete Streets (5:21)
Section 6: Traffic Congestion
Section 7: Intersections
Section 8: Transit
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Lesson 53: The Goal of Transit (5:30)
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Lesson 54: Transit on Roads (4:09)
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Lesson 55: Transit on Streets (8:20)
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Lesson 56: Transit Stroad - Northstar (7:39)
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Lesson 57: Transit Stroad - Green Line (7:16)
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Lesson 58: Conventional Funding of Transit (11:12)
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Lesson 59: Value Capture (13:38)
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Lesson 60: Planning for Transit (6:49)
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Lesson 61: Phasing in a Transit Approach (6:51)
Section 9: Biking and Walking
Section 10: Parking
Section 11: The Role of Public Safety
Section 12: Financing Transportation
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Lesson 72: Understanding Transportation Budgeting (4:29)
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Lesson 73: Setting Priorities (6:44)
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Lesson 74: Using Debt for Transportation (5:58)
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Lesson 75: Designating State Aid Corridors (6:38)
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Lesson 76: Evaluating State and Federal Funding (6:57)
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Lesson 77: Evaluating Turnbacks (7:17)
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Lesson 78: The Proper Use of Assessments (8:40)
Section 13: Anticipating Innovation
