Designing and Retrofitting Neighborhoods to Improve Safety

Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2007, Sacramento, CA

This day-long workshop addressed ways in which smart growth strategies called for mixed-use, compact, pedestrian-and bicycle-friendly neighborhoods with slow, safe streets can help both law enforcement and fire departments achieve their missions. The program also addressed ways to design or retrofit neighborhoods to improve safety without impacting response times.

Sponsors:

• Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District
• Sacramento Regional Transit

Presentations/Handouts:

• Dan Burden, Senior Urban Designer, Glatting Jackson and Director, Walkable Communities, Inc.
  Improving Emergency Response and Security (PDF, 4.6 MB)
• Paul Zykofsky, AICP, Director of Land Use & Transportation Programs, Local Government Commission
  Linking Air Quality to Neighborhood Safety (PDF, 4.1 MB)
• Al Zelinka, AICP & CMSM, RBF Consulting’s Urban Design Studio
  SafeScapes - Creating Safer Neighborhoods (PDF, 3.6 MB)
• Dan Burden, Executive Director, and Partner with Glatting Jackson, Walkable Communities, Inc.
  Traffic Calming and Walkability (PDF, 5.6 MB)
• Steve Tracy, Senior Research Analyst, Local Government Commission
  Traffic Calming Strategies and Case Studies (PDF, 3.3 MB)