Time and Place
12:00 to 1:00 pm via Zoom
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The Innovative Cities Lecture Series
“Street Smart: Measuring the Impact of Complete Streets” presentation by Mike Amsden, City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works Multimodal Transportation Manager, and James Hannig, Community Planning Manager with Michael Baker International.
Lecture Summary:
Both Milwaukee and Detroit have enacted Complete Streets policies and subsequently made significant investments in their street infrastructure. Through both rapid implementation efforts and large capital projects, streets in both cities have been transformed by reconfiguring lanes, installing separated bike lanes, street calming, and more. In this lecture, Mike Amsden and James Hannig will discuss the results and impact of those changes, highlighting successful projects and lessons learned. See the transformations and learn which projects are having the most significant impact and what policies and standards could work in your community.
BIO:
James Hannig is the Community Planning Manager with Michael Baker International, where he works with communities to realize safe, people-focused Complete Streets and public spaces. James previously served as the Deputy Director for Complete Streets with the City of Detroit, where he was responsible for implementing Detroit’s Streets for People vision. James earned a Master of Urban Planning from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Marquette University.
Mike Amsden is the City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works’ Multimodal Transportation Manager, where he oversees transportation planning, policy, and street design initiatives that help achieve the City’s goals around eliminating reckless driving and creating safe and enjoyable places for people to walk, bike, take transit, and drive. Mike previously worked as the Assistant Director of Transportation Planning for the City of Chicago Department of Transportation. He earned a Master of Urban Planning from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Bachelor of Science in Geography from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
AICP-CM credits will be awarded.
Apr 30 Impact of Complete Streets: AICP CM #9305073
Questions, comments?
All lectures are free and open to planners, students, staff, faculty, and friends of the University. Please contact Blythe Waldbillig, Department of Urban Planning Project Assistant at waldbil5@uwm.edu
