Urban Design Lunch Forums

Join us at the UDC:
133 Fayetteville Street
Downtown Raleigh
12 Noon - 1:30 p.m.

Take a mid-day break and stop in at the Raleigh Urban Design Center to learn about and discuss issues that affect our city today and as we prepare for the future.

September 21
Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety and Mobility: Lessons Learned from Europe
Charles V. Zegeer, Director, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center, Chapel Hill, NC Panel: Alan Wiggs, City of Raleigh Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Commission, and Jennifer Baldwin, City of Raleigh Bicycle & Pedestrian Coordinator

• What are some of the traditional engineering treatments used in selected European Countries to provide better pedestrian and bicyclist safety and mobility?
• What safety education and enforcement strategies related to pedestrians and bicyclists are used in these countries, and which ones are transferable to the U.S.?
• How can partnerships enhance the community engagement process?

October 19
Transit-Oriented Design and Development in Greenfield/Greyfield Scenarios
Terry Shook, FAIA, ShookKelley, Inc., Charlotte, NC

• What are the realities for designers, developers, and users?
• What are some examples across the spectrum of infill, greyfields, and greenfields?
• How can good transit-oriented design and development help create a city of the future?

October 26
The Cary Depot, the First Multi-Modal Facility in North Carolina
D. Allen Poovey, R.A.

• What is it and why is it greater than the Hoover Dam?
• Who are TOCDMVAMTRAKTTACSXNCDOTNFS and why should you care?
• How thin is the thin end of a wedge?

November 16
Imagine 2040: the Triangle Region Scenario Planning Initiative
Matt Noonkester, Principal, Seven Hills Town Planning Group, Inc., Charlotte, NC

• How will the results of Imagine 2040 better link land use, transportation, and urban design decision-making processes in the region?
• What is the role for local governments as the region implements the findings from Imagine 2040? And how will you share the data and tools created for Imagine 2040 with other studies of varying topic and scale?
• What challenges did you face in the project when having to regularly communicate/coordinate with 49 different cities, towns, and counties in the study area?

January 25
Streets
Ken Bowers, Deputy Director, Raleigh Department of City Planning

• What is the role of streets in creating urban form?
• What led planners to get out of the business of planning street networks?
• Why this is a problem and what might be done about it?

Education Credits
The NC Board of Landscape Architects has approved the series for 1.5 credits. Please pick up a confirmation at the end of the lecture and self report.
Architects must self report through the AIA-NC.
Planners check the project web page (www.raleighnc.gov/urbandesign) for the status of CM credits for each lecture. Accreditation is in progress.

Do you have any questions? Please contact Trisha.Hasch@raleighnc.gov or 919-807-8480.

All events are free and open to the public.