Next Webinar covers pedestrian safety education, offers free CM credits
CHAPEL HILL, NC — The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Safety announce the next free Webinar in its Pedestrian Safety Action Plan series:
Pedestrian Safety Education
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
2:00pm-3:30pm E.D.T.
1.5 AICP CM credits
Presented by:
Nancy Pullen-Seufert, Associate Director, National Center for Safe Routes to School
To register, please visit https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/259763731
Educational programs are essential for communicating knowledge about pedestrian safety laws and skills to all audiences, from children and teens to older adults. This presentation will provide participants with an understanding of the various types of educational campaigns and messages, along with a description of different types of audiences. Information about identifying particular audiences will be relayed to attendees, as well as a strategy for tailoring specific messages to those audiences.
This Webinar has been approved by AICP for 1.5 CM credits. The Road Safety Academy, the training and education arm of the UNC Highway Safety Research Center, is a registered provider of CM credits. For more information on the Road Safety Academy, please visit www.rsa.unc.edu.
To register for upcoming Webinars and find out about future Webinar dates as they are released, please visit www.walkinginfo.org/webinars.
The Webinar series is aimed at engineers, planners, traffic safety and enforcement professionals, public health and injury prevention professionals, and decision-makers who have the responsibility of improving pedestrian safety at the state or local level. Detailed information on this and other training opportunities offered by PBIC can be found at www.walkinginfo.org/training.
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