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Liability: Understanding and Managing Risk

4:00pm
- 5:00pm
Wednesday September 19 2012

The law is a tool--not a barrier--to making public streets safer for all users. Learn how city and state departments of transportation use the law as a normal part of evaluating and implementing bicycle and pedestrian projects and when determining whether improvements are needed after a crash occurs. Presentations will provide the context of federal and state guidance on local policy and design decisions, an overview of the legal concepts, and a case study of how the City of Seattle has successfully documented and defended design decisions. This webinar session will specifically discuss the concepts of negligence, reasonable care and governmental immunity. Examples are offered to encourage engineers, planners, law enforcement and legal counsel to collaborate for improved outcomes.

Who should attend? Transportation planners, engineers, public works directors and staff, legal counsel, law enforcement and elected officials who need to know how to work within the existing framework of federal and state requirements to meet public demand for safe streets that are pedestrian and bicycle friendly.

Please note: General questions are, as always, welcome; however, the presenters cannot answer any case-specific inquiries. This webinar does not constitute legal advice and is not a substitute for consulting with your own municipal attorney or legal department. APBP does, however, recommend that you invite legal counsel to attend the webinar, ideally with the professionals listed in "who should attend”.

Presenters: Rebecca Boatright, Senior Assistant City Attorney with the City of Seattle; Michael Ronkin, Principal, Designing Streets for People; Benjamin Winig, Senior Staff Attorney and Program Director, ChangeLab Solutions.

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