Conference Presentations

Nationwide rising crashes involving pedestrians impact the safety of your campus community. This session will cover applicable and scalable strategies Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is using to create a safer campus for pedestrians while exploring the unique challenges of pedestrian and driver safety on urban university and medical campuses. We'll share best practices from peers, a data-driven approach for cost-effective solutions, and a town and gown collaboration framework to help foster a culture of safety. Join us to begin developing a list of pedestrian safety measures and identify the necessary stakeholders for implementing these safety measures.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify comparable peer institutions from a transportation safety context.
2. Discuss a plan for cost-effective, implementable, and innovative measures for transportation safety on campus.
3. Foster open communications and proactive dialogue between university and municipal leadership to advance safety measures.
4. Find opportunities to educate students on campus safety and identify creative ways to engage the campus community in efforts to promote pedestrian and bicycle safety.

Presenters:

Jeff Eastman, University Planner, Virginia Commonwealth University
Grady Hart, Student and Research Assistant, Virginia Commonwealth University
Jack Iffert, Transportation Engineer, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
Omar Kanaan, Transportation Engineer, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.

Delivered 05/20/2025.

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