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The ITE Online Learning Gateway is an accessible, affordable way to earn the necessary professional development hours and stay current in the field. Participants who successfully complete the final test that accompanies each course will earn professional development hours (PDH) and will be issued a Certificate of Completion.
Why Online Learning? ITE, together with its education partner Learn.com provides the Online Learning Gateway to make available interactive, Internet-based professional development courses that combine skill-based knowledge with practical applications and examples. These affordable, convenient learning courses can be accessed from your office or home 24 hours a day, making online learning the most efficient way to stay up-to-date. Written by experts and reviewed by peers, the ITE Online Learning Gateway is an effective way to upgrade skills and learn new information. Subject matter experts, selected by ITE, work closely with the design and development team to ensure that each course is relevant, current and worthwhile. A Program Content Advisory Committee, appointed by ITE, provides further technical advice.
ITE currently has eight online learning courses available.
Designing Accessible Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Rights-of-Way Series
This series of four individual courses is intended to provide practicing traffic and highway engineers, planners and transportation managers with a better understanding of the latest Public Rights-of-Way guidelines developed by the US Access Board, and how they can be applied in better designing sidewalks and intersections to accommodate persons with disabilities. Each of the four course modules is designed to be informative in the area of identifying the needs of persons with disabilities, provide practical engineering approaches to successfully addressing these needs on existing facilities, and serve as catalysts in promoting innovative solutions to similar challenges at future locations.
Target Audience. The principal target audience for this learning program is transportation practitioners, designers and planners.
Prerequisite: Designers need to have civil engineering, architecture or landscape architecture design experience, particularly related to horizontal and vertical design of surfaces. They need to be able to calculate grades, and understand geometry. They should also be familiar with the ADA Accessibility Guidelines. Basic knowledge of street and intersection design, as well as intersection drainage principles will be helpful. It is assumed that participants follow the series by starting with Module 1 and continue in order through Module 4.
The series includes:
Designing Accessible Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Rights-of-Way:
Module 1-Pedestrian Accessibility: Introduction and Context
Upon completion you’ll be able to:
- Discuss key provisions of ADA that require the design of accessible pedestrian facilities; and
- Identify key issues for pedestrians with various disabilities in travel in the public right-of-way, including: mobility, visual and cognitive impairments.
Duration: Approximately 2 hours.
Credit: 2 PDH/.2 IACET CEU awarded upon successful completion
Designing Accessible Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Rights-of-Way:
Module 2-Planning for Accessible Pedestrian Rights-of-Way
Upon completion you’ll be able to:
- Determine use of appropriate design guidance to develop design solutions to accessibility project needs;
- Apply design guidance in developing designs;
- Understand how to find up-to-date best practice as it changes; and
- Access product information that will assist the designer in developing suitable facilities to be incorporated in an accessible-friendly design.
Duration: Approximately 2 hours.
Credit: 2 PDH/.2 IACET CEU awarded upon successful completion
Designing Accessible Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Rights-of-Way:
Module 3-Accessible Sidewalks and Pedestrian Access
Upon completion you’ll be able to:
- Determine use of appropriate design guidance to develop design solutions to accessibility project needs;
- Apply design guidance in developing designs;
- Understand how to find up-to-date best practice as it changes; and
- Access product information that will assist the designer in developing suitable facilities to be incorporated in an accessible-friendly design.
Completion of Modules 1 and 2 are preferable.
Duration: Approximately 2 hours.
Credit: 2 PDH/.2 IACET CEU awarded upon successful completion.
Designing Accessible Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Rights-of-Way:
Module 4-Accessible Pedestrian Crossings
Upon completion you’ll be able to:
- Apply design guidance to design of pedestrian street crossings;
- Appropriately choose, adjust, and site Accessible Pedestrian Signals;
- Understand how to find up-to-date best practice as it changes; and
- Access product information that will assist the designer in developing suitable facilities to be incorporated in an accessible street crossings.
Duration: Approximately 2 hours.
Credit: 2 PDH/.2 IACET CEU awarded upon successful completion.
Transportation Planning-Site Impact Analysis
This course is part of the planning series and has been developed as a guided tutorial to assist transportation professionals in identifying the steps and tools involved in traffic access and impact studies for site development. A case study is used to illustrate the steps in the process. Upon completion, you'll be able to:
- Undertake a site impact analysis;
- Collect required traffic data;
- Use appropriate analysis tools;
- Interpret results;
- Suggest improvements; and
- Prepare a full report.
Prerequisite: Participants are expected to have a grasp of both algebra and English. It will take participants about four hours to complete each course; about half that time actually will be spent on a computer. The remainder of the time will be spent studying supplemental materials.
Duration: Approximately 6 hours.
Credit: 6 PDH/.6 IACET CEU awarded upon successful completion.
Approved APA/AICP certification maintenance activity
Capacity Analysis-Signalized Intersections
The course is a guided tutorial that assists transportation professionals in applying the 2000 Highway Capacity Manual (HCM 2000) methodology for signalized intersection capacity analysis. Key concepts are explained using an interactive format and reinforced through a case study. Upon completion you'll be able to:
- Follow HCM 2000 methodology;
- Identify factors affecting traffic flow;
- Determine supply and demand rates;
- Complete a capacity analysis;
- Compute control delay; determine level of service (LOS); and
- Identify ways to improve LOS.
Prerequisite: Participants are expected to have a grasp of both algebra and English. It will take participants about four hours to complete each course; about half that time actually will be spent on a computer. The remainder of the time will be spent studying supplemental materials.
Duration: Approximately 6 hours.
Credit: 6 PDH/.6 IACET CEU awarded upon successful completion.
Safety Analysis-Signalized Intersections
The course is a guided tutorial that assists transportation professionals in analyzing crash data and identifying appropriate countermeasures to reduce the frequency of crashes and the fatalities, personal injury and property damage involved. Key concepts are explained using an interactive format and reinforced through a case study. Upon completion you'll be able to:
- Identify locations for crash studies;
- Determine data requirements;
- Construct and interpret a collision diagram;
- Group crash data and isolate crash types;
- Identify possible causes; and
- Recommend viable safety countermeasures.
Prerequisite: Participants are expected to have a grasp of both algebra and English. It will take participants about four hours to complete each course; about half that time actually will be spent on a computer. The remainder of the time will be spent studying supplemental materials.
Duration: Approximately 6 hours.
Credit: 6 PDH/.6 IACET CEU awarded upon successful completion.
Traffic Control Devices-Traffic Signal Needs Determination
This course is part of the traffic control devices series and has been developed as a guided tutorial to assist staff engineers and technicians in using the methodology outlined in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) 2000 for Traffic Control Signal Needs Study. The key concepts underpinning the process of determining signal needs are explained and case studies are used to illustrate the dependent variables. A PDF summary of the course is available for future reference. Upon completion you'll be able to:
- Identify steps in a traffic signal needs determination;
- Collect and analyze traffic data;
- Determine if warrant conditions are met;
- Identify the appropriate report requirements;
- Assemble an engineering study report;
- Identify the advantages and disadvantages of installing a traffic signal; and
- Identify alternative improvements.
Prerequisite: Participants are expected to have a grasp of both algebra and English. It will take participants about four hours to complete each course; about half that time actually will be spent on a computer. The remainder of the time will be spent studying supplemental materials.
Duration: Approximately 6 hours.
Credit: 6 PDH/.6 IACET CEU awarded upon successful completion.
Technical assistance:
Zachary Pleasant, Information Services Manager, 202-289-0222 ext. 120; zpleasant@ite.org
General information about Online Learning and/or ITE’s Professional Development Program:
Aliyah N. Horton, Professional Development and Government Affairs Senior Director, 202-289-0222 ext. 137;
ahorton@ite.org.
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