April 2004 Meeting
Date: Monday, April 5, 2004, 12:00 noon.
Location: The "Hotel Dallas Mockingbird" formerly the "Radisson Hotel," 1893 West Mockingbird Lane (at intersection with Harry Hines Boulevard), (214) 634-8850. (It is the same Hotel we have been meeting at for the past few years, but with a new name). See Map
Program:
Accessible
Design in the Public Right of Way
The Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Texas Accessibility Standards (TAS) impact the design
of all facilities including streets, highways and other transportation projects. Our April Program covers the basic requirements
for accessible design in the public right of way. In
addition, the speaker will discuss curb ramp requirements, the use of truncated domes, and
provisions for accessible street crossings, based on the requirements of the ADA and the
TAS. Upcoming new requirements will also be
highlighted. The speaker will address
questions at our Transportation and Development Institute (T&DI) Committee Meeting
following the Luncheon.
Speaker: Elizabeth
Hilton, P.E., Director, Plan Development, TxDOT Design Division
Ms. Hilton
received her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at
Austin in May 1981. She received a Masters of
Business Administration from St. Edward's University in 1995. Ms. Hilton has over 22 years of design experience
at TxDOT. She chairs the Transportation
Research Board Geometric Design Committee and is a member of the US Access Board’s
Public Rights of Way Access Advisory Committee.
Reservations: by Wednesday, March 31, 2004. Call the ASCE Reservation Hotline at (214) 890-6941. This voice mail system has been established by the Branch to handle reservations. Please state your company's name first and then the name of the attendees. In case of a malfunction, contact Eric Ratzman, P.E. at (214) 346-6274. On-line reservations may be made by sending an e-mail to Eric Ratzman at: reservations@dallasasce.org or from the Branch Website (www.dallasasce.org). Please make your reservations by only one of the above methods to avoid double counting.
Cost: $15.00 with reservations, $17.00 at the door if seating is available.
Dallas ASCE
