2025 COMPASS Public Events

Upcoming Events:

2025 Education Series: Got Safety? Road Safety Audits and Your Community, May 12 and 13, 2025 

Presented by Hermanus Steyn, Senior Principal Engineer, Kittelson & Associates

May 12, 2025: Got safety? Using Road Safety Audits to help save lives

  • 5:30 pm Meet and Greet
  • 6:00 – 8:00 pm Presentation
  • COMPASS, 700 NE 2nd Street, Meridian, First Floor Board Room
  • Free!
  • Intended Audience: All
  • RSVP: jgallup@compassidaho.org or 208/475-2226

We all want to get home safely each night, but that doesn’t always happen. Serious car crashes can alter lives forever. Road Safety Audits are one tool that can help ensure more people make it home safely. Join COMPASS as we welcome Hermanus Steyn to learn what Road Safety Audits are, how they work, and how they can make a difference in your community. Learn how these audits use a systematic approach based on crash data to develop near-term and long-term system-wide and location-specific solutions to address safety. You’ll see examples of Road Safety Audits from different areas and learn how they can bring agencies, stakeholders, and communities together to address safety needs and save lives.

May 13, 2025: The “what,” “why,” and “how” of Road Safety Audits

  • 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
  • COMPASS, 700 NE 2nd Street, Meridian, First Floor Board Room
  • Free!
  • Intended Audience: Planning, transportation, and safety professionals, though all are welcome
  • RSVP: jgallup@compassidaho.org or 208/475-2226

Road Safety Audits provide a framework for systematically identifying and addressing transportation safety needs. In this session, speaker Hermanus Steyn will walk attendees through the Federal Highway Administration’s Road Safety Audit approach and provide an overview of how to conduct an audit by addressing identified safety needs. Steyn will share examples of Road Safety Audits in various contexts and reveal how they brought agencies, stakeholders, and communities together. The session will include interactive discussions including sharing lessons-learned from a variety of perspectives.

3 AICP Certification Maintenance credits have been requested for this presentation.

Speaker Bio

2025 Education Series: Data at Your Fingertips: Using Census Tools to Achieve Success
  • Tuesday, May 20, 2025
    • Session 1: 1:00 – 2:00 pm
    • Session 2: 2:15 – 3:15 pm
    • The two sessions will cover different Census tools – see below. Attend either or both.
  • Free! Online only

Session 1: Census Bureau Tools to Elevate Your Planning and Grant-Writing

  • Date/Time: Tuesday, May 20: 1:00 – 2:00 pm
  • Online via Zoom (Click to register)
  • Description:

This training will introduce participants to the many uses of Census data and the importance of the US Census to Idaho, then provide guidance into how to begin preparing your community for the 2030 Census. The training will then share some of the many surveys conducted by the US Census Bureau and demonstrate how to use Census QuickFacts, Data Profiles, and other tools to help with your grant writing and planning, including how to quickly create charts, graphs, and maps that effectively tell your community’s story.

Session 2: Using Census Business Builder to Paint a Picture of Your Neighborhood

  • Date/Time: Tuesday, May 20: 2:15 – 3:15 pm
  • Online via Zoom (Click to register)
  • Description:

This training will take a deep dive into the Census Business Builder tool, which can be used to find and map demographic, social, economic, housing, labor, and business data at custom scales. The Census Business Builder tool serves as a valuable resource for analyzing and displaying multiple types of data in one place, to aid in planning, from small neighborhoods to multiple counties.

 **There will be a 15-minute break between Session 1 and Session 2. Both sessions will use the same Zoom link. Participants may join for just Session 1, just Session 2, or both.**

Past 2025 Events:

Move What Matters! Open House, March 13, 2025
  • Thursday, March 13, 2025 – COMPASS Office
Let’s Ride Treasure Valley Public Comment Open Houses, February 18 and 19, 2025
  • Tuesday, February 18, 2025 – COMPASS Office
  • Wednesday, February 19, 2025 – Nampa Public Library
Utah’s Road Usage Charge Story, February 3 and 4, 2025
COMPASS 101, January 28 and 29, 2025
  • Presented by COMPASS Executive Director Matt Stoll and COMPASS staff
  • Slides 

To view previous years’ Education Series events, visit our Education Series Archives webpage.