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Toolbox Tuesday
Build Your Skill Set and Strengthen Your Community
Complementary Professional Development
In alignment with SCAG’s strategic goals to produce innovative solutions that improve the quality of life for Southern Californians and be the foremost data information hub, Toolbox Tuesday aims to provide a range of planning knowledge and technical skills for local planners including training on various tools and resources on emerging planning topics such as equity, environmental justice, traffic safety, housing, transportation, sustainability, spatial analytics, programming language, and data literacy.
Toolbox Tuesday offers professional, complementary, and virtual training to local government staff and other stakeholders within our six-county region through the monthly webinar. As a bonus, most trainings provided through Toolbox Tuesday are eligible for AICP Certification Maintenance credits.
Trending and Timely Topics
Toolbox Tuesday provides a quick, one-half-hour-long focus on a single subject. The sessions are planned at a level that a variety of people—including elected officials, local planners, community organizers, students, and community members—can gain practical skills and knowledge on timely planning issues. Offering this training virtually and free of cost provides all local jurisdictions access to high-quality training and technical assistance. By bringing together planners from diverse areas in the region, the sessions allow jurisdictions to share and learn from each other about the successes and nuances on various planning topics.
For additional information regarding technical assistance and feedback about Toolbox Tuesday, please contact the Local Information Services Team (LIST) at list@scag.ca.gov.
Upcoming Toolbox Tuesday Training
Join SCAG for a Toolbox Tuesday session showcasing SCAG’s latest transportation safety resources. Participants will explore SCAG’s new SoCal Community Transportation Safety Modeling Tool, an interactive visualization tool that supports collision risk assessment, crash modeling, and safety planning at the Tier II Traffic Analysis Zone level. The tool enables planners and decision-makers to proactively evaluate the safety impacts of potential land use changes, and adjust designs to potentially reduce traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries before finalizing major decisions.
We will also present SCAG’s new 2025 Transportation Safety Regional Existing Conditions Report, which analyzes recent collision data, patterns, and contributing factors. The report can help to address the region’s persistent transportation safety challenges by providing insights to guide planners and decision-makers on future improvements anticipate safety impacts of land use changes and pursue data-driven strategies to reduce traffic-related deaths and serious injuries.
Join SCAG for a special Toolbox Tuesday session with staff from the U.S. Census Bureau on economic data useful for local planning. The Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES) and the Economic Census are the two largest economic survey programs of the U.S. Census Bureau. The new AIES replaces and integrates seven separate annual surveys with one streamlined program, providing national, regional, divisional, as well as state-level annual estimates for some sectors on revenues, expenses, payroll, and employment. The Economic Census is the official five-year measure of businesses in the United States, which provides comprehensive statistics at the national, state, and local levels. Both programs feature modernized data access, new visualization tools, and accelerated releases, reflecting the Census Bureau’s effort to provide timely, accessible, and relevant economic statistics.
This session is part of SCAG’s ongoing economic data resources, complementing our annual regional economic analysis report and quarterly economic roundtable reports. U.S. Census Bureau staff Kari Klinedist, Senior Program Advisor in the Office of the Economic Census Assistant Survey Director, and Tristan St. Onge, Senior Manager in Economy-Wide Statistic Division, will present.
Join SCAG for a Toolbox Tuesday session showcasing SCAG’s latest transportation safety resources. Participants will explore SCAG’s new SoCal Community Transportation Safety Modeling Tool, an interactive visualization tool that supports collision risk assessment, crash modeling, and safety planning at the Tier II Traffic Analysis Zone level. The tool enables planners and decision-makers to proactively evaluate the safety impacts of potential land use changes, and adjust designs to potentially reduce traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries before finalizing major decisions.
Join SCAG for a special Toolbox Tuesday session with staff from the U.S. Census Bureau on economic data useful for local planning. The Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES) and the Economic Census are the two largest economic survey programs of the U.S. Census Bureau. The new AIES replaces and integrates seven separate annual surveys with one streamlined program, providing national, regional, divisional, as well as state-level annual estimates for some sectors on revenues, expenses, payroll, and employment. The Economic Census is the official five-year measure of businesses in the United States, which provides comprehensive statistics at the national, state, and local levels. Both programs feature modernized data access, new visualization tools, and accelerated releases, reflecting the Census Bureau’s effort to provide timely, accessible, and relevant economic statistics.
