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The Village of Downers Grove, Illinois, will share information about the innovative project delivery methods used to deploy sustainable stormwater solutions into mature neighborhoods. You will analyze existing mature neighborhood drainage problems with a new perspective.
Transit users, pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists – Chicago’s Complete Streets policy was designed with the understanding that all street users deserve accessibility, convenience, and safety. Nearly 30% of Chicagoans don’t own a car – and the demand for bicycle, pedestrian, and transit options is growing exponentially. Explore the policy’s goals and initiatives, including an eye-opening call for 20 mph speed limits on residential streets.
Is your management team pulling in opposite directions? Delve into this real-life case study revealing a team of public service managers who transformed from territorial positioning into a collaborative, cooperative, and impactful force.
Watersheds Know No Political Boundaries: A Look Into the Benefits and Challenges of Watershed Permit
The Menomonee River Watershed includes a variety of agricultural, suburban sprawl, and heavily urbanized land uses. Attend this overview of the process used by several governmental and nongovernmental organizations to jointly obtain watershed permits.
Kansas City, Missouri, is using an innovative design-build approach to address arterial roadway reconstruction. Learn about the RFP evaluation and best value selection process, including technical scoring and cost evaluation.
Get clarification about misunderstood sign retroreflectivity, new research findings on the safety benefits of wider-edged pavement markings, the current status of federal requirements, and make better decisions regarding signing and marking maintenance practices.
Evaluate the benefits, challenges, and lessons learned by the City of Oakland’s street lighting conversion project. We’ll take you through the RFP, street light audit, public education process, implementation activities, project monitoring, data collection and budget/financial planning.
Sponsored by APWA’s Water Resources Committee Metering technology is advancing rapidly. Discover how new metering technology can be a positive tool for budget tracking, assessment of operational effectiveness and access to real-time customer consumption data to improve customer service procedures.
Last year, a couple uncharacteristically heavy October snow storms pummeled much of North America. The storms caused school closures, knocked out power to homes and businesses and made driving conditions difficult. The storms, which hit so early in the season that many trees had not yet lost their leaves, caused branches to snap from the weight of the snow and toppled trees onto power lines, homes, and cars. The volume of tree waste was astronomical and a huge burden on cities and towns across the country.
Responding to an emergency or an incident has been something that Public Works has always done. We have worked on floods, tornados, hurricanes, blizzards, landslides, and a multitude of other emergencies or incidents. In the past, it has been the Police and or Fire Departments that have taken up the leadership role for Emergency Management within our communities. Public Works typically has taken on the support role in this planning and event situations. This needs to and is changing.