3:00 p.m.  - 4:30 p.m. Eastern

*Except on 6/2 @ 4:00 p.m. -5:30 p.m. Eastern*

$1125  ITE Member/ $1406 Non-member/$562 Student Chapter Member

ITE has developed a suite of nine (9) learning modules on the basics of highway safety. Aimed at educating entry-level professionals and others that are new to the highway safety field, this new resource is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of key practices and serve as a solid foundation for a practicing transportation professional's skill set. These courses build upon the content introduced in the Introduction to Highway Safety Web seminar series. Course titles include: An Introduction to Statistics in Road Safety, Evaluation and Application of Statistical Analysis Techniques, Economic Evaluations of Highway Safety Projects, Defining and Assessing Intersection and Roadway Segment Attributes for Safety, Selecting A Safer Intersection Type Based on Crash Histories, Modern Roundabouts and Intersection Safety, Technology-Oriented Safety Solutions: Red Light Camera Deployment, Roadway Departure Crashes, and Measures to Reduce Roadway Departure Crashes. While the courses may be taken separately, participants are encouraged to attend the courses in the scheduled order.

See individual modules below for course details and learning objectives.

Various experts in the highway safety field

The Web seminar will provide an overview on how to do statistics, examination of the meaning and appropriateness of statistics as a basis for safety management, from network safety screening to budgeting decisions. This module is a review for transportation engineers and an introduction to statistical thinking for those engaged in decisions about road safety.

At the conclusion of the course participants should be able to:

1) Recall the definition of basic descriptive and predictive statistics
2) Interpret descriptive, inferential and predictive statistical analysis in commonly used road safety resources 

INSTRUCTOR:

Geni Bahar, P.E., MITE, President, NAVIGATS, Inc., North York, ON, Canada

Geni is the President of the recently-launched NAVIGATS Inc., a company focused on highway safety engineering. Geni, who has over 28 years of transportation experience, was named the 2007 Transportation Person of the Year by the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) and Transport Canada. The award recognized her for her leadership, excellence and achievements in the transportation sector. Geni has successfully led FHWA, NCHRP, and TAC research projects, and she has also worked closely with Federal, State, Provincial, and Municipal agencies in the development of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency Strategic Highway Safety Plans and Programs. Additionally, she has created and facilitated practitioners' training using state-of-art knowledge. Geni is an active member of several TRB Committees, TAC Committees, and ITE Transportation Safety Council.

This module will provide an overview and demonstrate various safety-related statistical analysis techniques, focusing on those to be included in the Highway Safety manual First Edition. The purpose of the module is to reinforce participants understanding of descriptive and predictive statistics as applied in their everyday job responsibilities. The advantages and disadvantages of each technique will be discussed, with guidance on when one technique might be preferred over another. The techniques will be demonstrated through several applications using real world data.

At the conclusion of the course participants should be able to:

1) Apply descriptive and predictive statistical analysis and problem-solving skills to evaluate and solve highway safety situations.

Geni Bahar, P.E., MITE, President, NAVIGATS, Inc., North York, ON, Canada

Geni is the President of the recently-launched NAVIGATS Inc., a company focused on highway safety engineering. Geni, who has over 28 years of transportation experience, was named the 2007 Transportation Person of the Year by the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) and Transport Canada. The award recognized her for her leadership, excellence and achievements in the transportation sector. Geni has successfully led FHWA, NCHRP, and TAC research projects, and she has also worked closely with Federal, State, Provincial, and Municipal agencies in the development of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency Strategic Highway Safety Plans and Programs. Additionally, she has created and facilitated practitioners' training using state-of-art knowledge. Geni is an active member of several TRB Committees, TAC Committees, and ITE Transportation Safety Council. 

Recommended Prerequisite: Module 1 and 2.   Audience participation in working through a Case Study  for economic evaluation of two options for improving the safety of a 4-legged signalized intersection with two lane on each approach.  Option 1 will consider the construction of left-turn lanes and implement protected/permissive phase on each approach; and Option 2 will consider the construction of a single lane roundabout.

This module will provide a range of analysis methods to evaluate the economic impacts of highway projects. The estimation of potential crash reduction will be covered for both existing facilities and new construction (Accident or Crash Modification Factors and Safety Performance Functions). Brief review of Safety Performance Functions as well as definitions of crashes and cost of various crashes by severity on the KABCO Scale.

At the conclusion of the course participants should be able to:

1) Demonstrate several methods for calculating the costs and benefits of highway safety projects.
2) Calculate the monetary values of crashes by type and severity.
3) Prioritize highway safety improvements based on an economic evaluation of appropriate options.

Geni Bahar, P.E., MITE, President, NAVIGATS, Inc., North York, ON, Canada

 Geni is the President of the recently-launched NAVIGATS Inc., a company focused on highway safety engineering. Geni, who has over 28 years of transportation experience, was named the 2007 Transportation Person of the Year by the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) and Transport Canada. The award recognized her for her leadership, excellence and achievements in the transportation sector. Geni has successfully led FHWA, NCHRP, and TAC research projects, and she has also worked closely with Federal, State, Provincial, and Municipal agencies in the development of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency Strategic Highway Safety Plans and Programs. Additionally, she has created and facilitated practitioners' training using state-of-art knowledge. Geni is an active member of several TRB Committees, TAC Committees, and ITE Transportation Safety Council. 

Audience participation in working through a Case Study to consider red-light running  potential of a signalized intersection approach. 

The purpose of this module is to emphasize the need for crash and roadway attribute data. The critical importance of this information and its use for safety assessment will be the focus.  Review of the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) Guideline and Model Minimum Inventory of Roadway Elements (MMIRE) database elements . Participants will also learn how to use crash and roadway attribute data to build condition and collision diagrams.

At the conclusion of the course participants should be able to:

1) Describe components of the MMUCC Guidelines Third Edition (2008) and MMIRE that are critical for safety assessment process.
2) Create a collision and condition diagram for an intersection and/or a roadway segment.
3) Describe the approach to safety assessments of intersections and road segments .

Keith Knapp, Ph.D., MITE, Traffic and Safety Engineer, Traffic Analysis and Design, Inc., Wausau, WI, USA

Keith is a Traffic and Safety Engineer with the firm Traffic Analysis and Design, Inc. He has more than 18 years of experience in roadway planning and design, safety improvements, research, and training. His consulting and research projects have generally focused on design and the evaluation of safety and operational impacts due to various roadway characteristics. He has developed, offered, or been an instructor for more than 40 professional development training courses that have focused on a variety of subjects (e.g., intersection operations and safety, roundabouts, rural roadway and urban street design, signalization, and pedestrian/bicycle facilities).  

This module will present the typical and dominant crash types at various types of intersections and the associated frequencies, rate and severities of crashes at each type of intersection. This will enable the fundamental decision to be made in terms of choosing the most appropriate type of intersection or intersection control for a given location to maximize safety.  This module will investigate both driver decision making needs and decision quality to illustrate why there may be  specific intersection-type problems.  Demonstration on how to estimate the predicted crash frequencies and crash severities if a particular intersection treatment is adopted for a given type of existing intersection layout and control devices.

At the conclusion of the course participants should be able to:

1) Describe the differences, magnitude and severity of typical crashes at several intersection types.
2) Describe the probable reasons why some types of intersections are fundamentally safer than others.
3) Analyze intersection categories to identify problems that need to be addressed.
4) Describe the fundamental issues in choosing the best intersection type for a given location .

Andrew O'Brien, PTOE, Hon MITE, Managing Director, O'Brien Traffic, Melbourne, Australia

Andrew has extensive international experience in traffic engineering and road safety engineering. His overall contribution to the transportation profession was recognized with his election as Honorary Member of ITE in 2007. In the 1970s's he carried out several epidemiological type studies of the safety outcomes of various urban and rural intersection types. Further follow-up work has investigated the possible reasons for particular treatments being safer than other in particular circumstances. Andy has had extensive experience in developing and presenting professional safety and traffic engineering courses. 

This module will describe safety benefits of modern roundabouts in contrast with traditional intersections under given conditions, to present data and statistics for crash types at roundabouts, and to describe a range of countermeasures that can make roundabouts safer based on crash patterns and other factors.

At the conclusion of the course participants should be able to:

1) Compare the safety benefits of modern roundabouts with traditional intersections.
2) Describe crash patterns at roundabouts.
3) Describe the countermeasures to reduce the most frequent types of crash at roundabouts.
4) Analyze safety problems at given roundabout sites and recommend appropriate countermeasures to enhance their safety.

Richard Retting, M.S., FITE, Vice President, Sam Schwartz Engineering, Arlington, VA, USA

Richard is Vice President of Sam Schwartz Engineering, prior to which he served 18 years as Senior Transportation Engineer with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and nine years with the NYCDOT. Richard served as principal investigator of numerous research projects, has authored many papers and research reports and is a widely recognized North-American expert in road safety. He played a major role in producing "Making Safer Roads", an important industry educational video that addresses roadside safety issues. Richard was co-principal investigator of the first formal analysis of crash patterns at U.S. roundabouts. He had extensive involvement with implementation and evaluation of red light camera programs, and provides guidance to state and local officials on implementation issues. He produced the IIHS Annual Roadside Hazard Fact Sheet from 1991 through 2009. Richard has a long history of involvement with ITE, having served as Chair of the Transportation Safety Executive Council, and editor/contributor to numerous ITE publications including the Traffic Safety Toolbox and the forthcoming ITE Informational Report on Roundabout Safety.

Red light camera enforcement was first deployed in the USA in the early 1990s and is currently in use in more than 300 communities.  This module will provide an overview of the empirical information required regarding engineering data and analysis prior to the procurement of red light cameras. This Web seminar will describe the related regulatory factors and the procurement issues for practitioners charged with deployment and implementation of red light camera enforcement programs.

At the conclusion of the course participants should be able to:

INSTRUCTOR:

Richard Retting, M.S., FITE, Vice President, Sam Schwartz Engineering, Arlington, VA, USA

Richard is Vice President of Sam Schwartz Engineering, prior to which he served 18 years as Senior Transportation Engineer with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and nine years with the NYCDOT. Richard served as principal investigator of numerous research projects, has authored many papers and research reports and is a widely recognized North-American expert in road safety. He played a major role in producing "Making Safer Roads", an important industry educational video that addresses roadside safety issues. Richard was co-principal investigator of the first formal analysis of crash patterns at U.S. roundabouts. He had extensive involvement with implementation and evaluation of red light camera programs, and provides guidance to state and local officials on implementation issues. He produced the IIHS Annual Roadside Hazard Fact Sheet from 1991 through 2009. Richard has a long history of involvement with ITE, having served as Chair of the Transportation Safety Executive Council, and editor/contributor to numerous ITE publications including the Traffic Safety Toolbox and the forthcoming ITE Informational Report on Roundabout Safety.

This module will provide participants with an appreciation for the magnitude and characteristics of roadway departure crashes. Information presented during the module will include national and international crash data, historical trends in roadway departure crashes and factors, including human factors issues that contribute to this pervasive safety concern.

At the conclusion of the course participants should be able to:

1) Describe the magnitude and historical trends in roadway departure crashes, based on national and international statistics.
2) Recognize contributing factors to roadway departures and crashes.
3) Identify injury and fatality consequences of roadway departure crashes.

Richard Retting, M.S., FITE, Vice President, Sam Schwartz Engineering, Arlington, VA, USA

Richard is Vice President of Sam Schwartz Engineering, prior to which he served 18 years as Senior Transportation Engineer with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and nine years with the NYCDOT. Richard served as principal investigator of numerous research projects, has authored many papers and research reports and is a widely recognized North-American expert in road safety. He played a major role in producing "Making Safer Roads", an important industry educational video that addresses roadside safety issues. Richard was co-principal investigator of the first formal analysis of crash patterns at U.S. roundabouts. He had extensive involvement with implementation and evaluation of red light camera programs, and provides guidance to state and local officials on implementation issues. He produced the IIHS Annual Roadside Hazard Fact Sheet from 1991 through 2009. Richard has a long history of involvement with ITE, having served as Chair of the Transportation Safety Executive Council, and editor/contributor to numerous ITE publications including the Traffic Safety Toolbox and the forthcoming ITE Informational Report on Roundabout Safety. 

This module will explore a range of countermeasures to reduce the frequency and severity of roadway departure crashes, and minimize driver errors. It will describe existing tools and resources, examples of policies and programs and best practices. Information and examples will be presented for engineering safety measures including roadside and median barriers, shoulder and centerline rumble strips, transverse bar markings and transverse rumble strips, skid-resistant pavement treatments, and measures to reduce pavement edge drop off.

At the conclusion of the course participants should be able to:

1) Identify tools, resources, policies, program and best practices to reduce the frequency and severity of roadway departure crashes.
2) Select appropriate countermeasure for given roadway departure problems.

Richard Retting, M.S., FITE, Vice President, Sam Schwartz Engineering, Arlington, VA, USA

Richard is Vice President of Sam Schwartz Engineering, prior to which he served 18 years as Senior Transportation Engineer with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and nine years with the NYCDOT. Richard served as principal investigator of numerous research projects, has authored many papers and research reports and is a widely recognized North-American expert in road safety. He played a major role in producing "Making Safer Roads", an important industry educational video that addresses roadside safety issues. Richard was co-principal investigator of the first formal analysis of crash patterns at U.S. roundabouts. He had extensive involvement with implementation and evaluation of red light camera programs, and provides guidance to state and local officials on implementation issues. He produced the IIHS Annual Roadside Hazard Fact Sheet from 1991 through 2009. Richard has a long history of involvement with ITE, having served as Chair of the Transportation Safety Executive Council, and editor/contributor to numerous ITE publications including the Traffic Safety Toolbox and the forthcoming ITE Informational Report on Roundabout Safety.