When technology solutions are not accessible to people with disabilities, the solutions are exclusionary. Public and private industries must work with people with disabilities when planning, designing, and implementing smart mobility solutions to make the products and services as accessible as possible. TRB will host a webinar on Thursday, April 11, 2024 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM Eastern that will present lived experiences highlighting accessibility issues with modern transportation technology, along with examples of how policies can address these issues. Presenters will explore the barriers and opportunities created by transportation technologies and their effect on various communities.
This webinar is sponsored by TRB’s Standing Technical Committees on Information Systems and Technology and Accessible Transportation and Mobility.

Registration is free for employees of TRB sponsors as well as Titanium and Cobalt Global Affiliates. The registration rate for all other attendees is $100.

Sign into MyTRB.org https://www.mytrb.org/ to view registration information. Contact Patrice Davenport mailto:pdavenport@nas.edu?subject=Becoming%20a%20TRB%20sponsor%20or%20affiliate%20-%20webinars to inquire about becoming a TRB sponsor or global affiliate organization.

A recording will be sent to all registrants after the webinar.

Webinar agenda and presenters

1. Incorporating equity and accessibility considerations into the design of transportation technology – Kelly Buckland, U.S. Department of Transportation

2. Avoiding digital exclusion: Web accessibility and other concerns in transportation technologies – James Mitchell, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development and John Schweitzer, The Stairmaster Wheelchair, LLC and Southern University, Baton Rouge

3. Implementing accessibility policies in a transportation agency – David Shaffer, David Shaffer Law

4. Question and answer session moderated by Preeti Choudhary, DriveOhio

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Identify how technology can solve and create challenges for people with disabilities

2. Consider accessibility issues to reduce gaps in transportation planning, design, and implementation processes

3. Share about policies that seek to advance equity and accessibility in public and private industries

Professional Development Hours

Professional engineers (PEs) who register and attend the entire webinar as an individual will be awarded 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs). TRB’s webinar program awards PDH credits only to the registered individual, and not to other members of a group that view the webinar together. To be eligible for the credits, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including for any question and answer session following the presentations.

This webinar will be delivered as a scheduled – e-learning live event and is categorized within RCEP as Technical, Health and Safety.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

TRB will report credits earned to the Registered Continuing Education Program https://www.rcep.net/ (RCEP). Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20005.

American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits

This webinar is approved by the American Planning Association (APA) for 1.5 Certification Maintenance (CM) Credits. CM credits provide continuing education opportunities for AICP Certified Planners to continue their professional skills and knowledge. To receive CM credits, Certified Planners should visit the TRB event webpage on American Planning Association https://www.planning.org/ and register their participation.

Please make sure that you register for this session and log in using the link that TRB provides to your email account. We use this as your record that you attended this session. TRB only maintains the records of attendees who use their email address to log into the webinar and cannot verify attendance of individuals who view the webinar without personally logging into the session.

If you have problems reporting your CM credits or have general questions about the CM program, please contact AICPCM@planning.org mailto:AICPCM@planning.org?subject=Question%20about%20reporting%20CM%20credits .

Pre-registration is required. Once the webinar starts, you will be unable to register. Individuals that are registered for a webinar but do not receive their confirmation emails due to their organization’s internal firewalls should contact TRB Helpdesk mailto:mytrb@nas.edu?subject=Help%20registering%20for%20TRB%20webinar for assistance in signing in.

View our FAQ page http://www.trb.org/main/blurbs/182114.aspx for more information.

Contact: Beth Ewoldsen
Email: trbwebinar@nas.edu mailto:trbwebinar@nas.edu