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Access Management Principles and Practices Web Seminar


TITLE: ACCESS MANAGMENT PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
DATE: Tuesday, June 24, 2008
TIME:  2:00 p.m. -3:30 p.m. Eastern 
SITE FEE: $250 ITE Member/ $275 Non-member
CREDIT: 1.5 PDH/.15 IACET CEU
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.

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

INSTRUCTORS:

Mr. Eisele

Mr. Frawley

 

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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