bet365亚洲官网 Shares Efforts to Improve Bicycle, Pedestrian Safety Across South Georgia

The Valdosta State University College of Humanities and Social Sciences will discuss efforts to make South Georgia more accommodating and safer for bicyclists and pedestrians at 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, in the Student Union Theater.

VALDOSTA — The Valdosta State University College of Humanities and Social Sciences invites everyone to come out and learn more about efforts to make South Georgia more accommodating and safer for bicyclists and pedestrians at 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, in the Student Union Theater.

Bicycle- and Pedestrian-Involved Crashes: An Experiential Learning Partnership with Southern Georgia Regional Commission

Students Nikki Ballard, 艾丽卡格洛弗, Autumn McAtee, 萨米与, and Nashie Wesley, along with Brandon Atkins, senior lecturer in criminal justice, 博士和. 安妮的价格, associate professor of sociology, present “Bicycle- and Pedestrian-Involved Crashes: An Experiential Learning Partnership with Southern Georgia Regional Commission.” This presentation covers trends in bicycle- and pedestrian-involved crashes and fatalities in South Georgia over the past five years, as well as student reflections on the research experience.

A Bikeability Assessment Tool for 18 Counties   

Dr. 保罗·文森特, associate professor of geography and interim head of the Department of Physics, 天文学, 地球科学, and Engineering Technology, discusses "A Bikeability Assessment Tool for 18 Counties," another partnership with the Southern Georgia Regional Commission. The presentation covers attributes of roads and other factors that contribute to bikeability and bicyclist safety on roads in 朗兹 County.  

Making South Georgia Better

The Southern Georgia Regional Commission’s Elizabeth Backe, planning and transportation director, and James Horton, 规划师, close the event with a discussion on how these projects support the SGRC’s mission to develop, 促进, and provide services that make the region a better place to live and work.

The Southern Georgia Regional Commission is a regional planning and intergovernmental coordination agency that serves an 18-county area (Atkinson, 培根, 本•希尔, Berrien, 印出来, 布鲁克斯, 查尔顿, 赢得, 咖啡, 烹饪, Echols, 欧文, 拉尼尔, 朗兹, 皮尔斯, Tift, 特纳, and Ware) in South Georgia.

This event is part of the bet365亚洲官网 College of Humanities and Social Sciences Lecture Series and reflects the university’s commitment to impacting regional progress across South Georgia.