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Access Management Principles and Practices Web Seminar
| TITLE: |
ACCESS MANAGMENT PRINCIPLES
AND PRACTICES |
| DATE: |
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 |
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TIME: |
2:00 p.m. -3:30 p.m. Eastern |
| SITE FEE: |
$250 ITE Member/ $275 Non-member |
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CREDIT: |
1.5 PDH/.15 IACET CEU |
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BACKGROUND: |
This Web seminar will introduce the participants to the basic principles of
access management, answering the question, “Why should we implement access
management techniques?” Instructors
will explain the safety benefits and economic impact research findings
associated with raised medians and access point density.
The seminar will also introduce various access management techniques,
such as acceleration/deceleration lanes, raised medians, right-turn lanes, and
driveway consolidation, and suggest when they may be appropriate.
Photographic examples of treatments in
various locations will be provided.
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LEARNIING OBJECTIVES: |
At the conclusion of the Web seminar, participants will be able to:
1) Know basic principles of access management
2) Summarize safety benefits and economic impact research findings associated with raised medians and access point density
3) Apply various access management techniques |
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INSTRUCTORS: |
William L. Eisele, Research Engineer, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas
A&M
University
System, College Station,
TX, USA and
William E. Frawley,
Research Scientist, Texas Transportation Institute, Arlington,
TX, USA
Mr. Eisele has worked over 12 years extensively in many areas of
access management and corridor management including economic impacts,
planning, design, safety and operations.
He is a Member of the Transportation Research Board Access Management
Committee. He has provided access
management technical assistance to other states and internationally.
He has made significant contributions to the Texas Department of
Transportation’s (TxDOT's) statewide access management program that ultimately
included technical assistance on the TxDOT on-line Access Management Manual.
He recently co-developed and co-instructed outreach materials to assist
TxDOT staff in responding to stakeholder concerns when implementing access
management improvements. Dr. Eisele
also co-developed and co-instructed access management workshops across
Texas
that included interactive examples and
case studies to assist TxDOT staff in implementing the state's access management
guidelines.
Mr. Frawley has
more than 17 years experience in access management issues in the local
government and research arenas. His
work for the Charlotte County, Florida planning department included implementing
and access management ordinance.
While working for the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), he has been involved
in numerous access management research and implementation projects investigating
safety and economic impacts, applications for arterial streets, and access
management program development. He
assisted the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in the development and
implementation of its current access management program, including developing
and delivering training workshops to all 25 TxDOT districts.
Mr. Frawley is the secretary to the Transportation Research Board’s
Access Management Committee.
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