se c tio n n ews Northern Alberta Section In May 2020, NACITE held our first online presentation in place of our traditional in-person luncheons as a result of physical distancing requirements due to the pandemic. WSP presented on the topic of “Accelerating Transit in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region: Building a Regional Transit Service� as a plan for integrating local transit services into regional transit and creating conceptual transit service delivery plans. It was our first online offering and generated over double the average attendance at luncheons. Proving successful, we offered a June webinar to hear from City of Edmonton staff about the impact of the pandemic on travel patterns in the City, how the City responded and measures put in place to offer larger physical distance. The presentation discussed changes in traffic volumes, closing roadway lanes to create temporary shared streets, and changes in transit use and operations. NACITE webinars are available on our YouTube channel.
City of Edmonton Shared Streets
Over the summer, NACITE held our annual summer planning session to discuss goals and priorities and create plans for the upcoming year. We followed this up with a member survey to inquire about our members' interests for future presentation topics and social events. The results of the survey indicated a priority for maintaining monthly offerings (virtually), having a mix of local and non-local project topics, and possible virtual socials.
Results of NACITE survey of members' interest
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TRANSPORTATION TALK | FALL 2020
