[Policy] One Meter Rule Webinar and Report from Queensland

[Bill Newman]

This is sponsored by Portland U and is at 12:00 PDT, 14:00 CDT.  This would be 29:00 Brisbane time, aka 05:00 Sat. 
--Bill

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On Sep 27, 2017, 14:26, at 14:26, Mark Cohoe <mark.e.cohoe at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>
>Sorry that this is a bit last moment, but I just got around to
>reviewing
>the timing of this webinar from Austrailia on a pilot study of 1m
>passing
>legislation in Queensland, Austrailia that Beth McKecknie from Green
>Action
>Centre had forwarded to me.
>
>For those wondering about the timeshift. 12 noon Friday in Brisbane is
>9pn
>Thursday Winnipeg time.
>
>I haven't had much of a chance to review the report that the webinar is
>based on (it's 189 pages), but it's available here
><https://eprints.qut.edu.au/94655/1/Final_Report_TMR_170316.pdf>. The
>discussion starts on page 67, conclusions are on page 70. They had
>problems
>with before/after analysis, and hadn't had time to review collision
>data
>(they might update this in the webinar), although a preliminary result
>shows a drop in collisions state wide (which they can't attribute to
>this
>or any other policy/change).
>
>Thought you and others involved in the 1 metre campaign might be
>interested
>in this webinar from Australia:
>
>http://trec.pdx.edu/events/professional-development/Seminar-Haworth
>
>*LIVESTREAM ONLINE:* Click here
><https://portlandstate.qualtrics.com//SE/?SID=SV_5BZZOAQqOu8353f> on
>the
>day of the seminar to stream it live
>
>This presentation will begin with an overview of the activities of the
>Centre
>for Accident Research and Road Safety-Queensland
><https://research.qut.edu.au/carrsq/>. Then a number of bicycle safety
>research projects will be discussed, with a particular focus on recent
>and
>current projects that seek to examine the factors influencing passing
>distances left by motor vehicles and the effectiveness of one-metre
>(3-foot) laws.
>
>One of the other features of the paper is a long list of references
>that we
>may find useful.
>
>Mark
>
>
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