| TITLE: |
PTOE
REFRESHER COURSE SUITE |
| DATE: |
Thursdays, May 29 - June 26, 2008 Modules 1-5
REGISTER NOW! |
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TIME: |
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Eastern |
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DATE: |
Thursdays, October 23 - November 20, 2008 Modules 1-5
(Register Now!) |
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TIME |
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Eastern |
| SITE FEE: |
$575 ITE Member/ $600 Non-Member |
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CREDIT: |
7.5 PDH/.75 IACET CEU |
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BACKGROUND: |
The suite of courses includes five (5) modules on: Traffic engineering studies, traffic
operations analysis, operational effects of geometric design, traffic safety and
traffic control devices. See
individual modules below for details learning objectives. |
| INSTRUCTOR: |
Robert K. Seyfried, Director of the Transportation Safety of the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety, Evanston, IL, USA
Robert is the director of the Transportation Safety Division of the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety in Evanston , Illinois . He is responsible for the administration, planning, development and presentation of seminars and workshops in transportation engineering, both on-campus and throughout the United States . A graduate of Northwestern University, he is a Fellow of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Transportation Research Board and the Regulatory/Warning Signs Technical Committee of the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Seyfried has a total of 36 years experience in transportation engineering and has been on the staff of the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety for the past 27 years. Seyfried is the primary author of the ITE Professional Traffic Operations Engineers Certification Program Refresher Course manual and the ITE Traffic Operations Practitioner Specialist (TOPS) Certification Program Refresher Course manual. |
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| TITLE: |
MODULE
1: TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STUDIES |
| DATE: |
Thursday, May 29, 2008 |
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TIME: |
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Eastern |
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DATE: |
Thursday, October 23, 2008 |
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TIME: |
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Eastern |
| LEARNING OBJECTIVES: |
At the conclusion of the module, participants should be able to:
1) Understand and apply basic statistical concepts and calculate sample
means, and standard deviations
2) Recognize standard terminology related to traffic studies
3) Understand the importance of and be able to apply traffic volume
adjustment factors
4) Understand how to design a traffic speed study and interpret traffic
speed study data, including calculation of 85th percentile speeds
5) Understand and apply concepts of speed zoning
6) Calculate advisory speeds for horizontal curves and be able to
determine appropriate warning signs for curves
7) Understand how to conduct travel time and intersection delay studies
8) Conduct and interpret parking studies |
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| TITLE: |
MODULE
2: TRAFFIC OPERATIONS ANALYSIS |
| DATE: |
Thursday, June 5, 2008 |
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TIME: |
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Eastern |
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DATE: |
Thursday, October 30, 2008 |
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TIME: |
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Eastern |
| LEARNING OBJECTIVES: |
At the conclusion of the module, participants should be able to:
1) Understand traffic flow theory concepts and the relationships
between speed, flow and density
2) Calculate queue lengths for service facilities and freeway
bottlenecks
3) Understand and be able to apply concepts of highway capacity analysis
and level of service analysis for freeways and signalized intersections
4) Recognize the applicability of transportation system management (TSM)
techniques
5) Conduct and interpret site traffic impact analyses for land
development
6) Understand principles and recognize important elements of travel
demand management (TDM) and intelligent transportation systems (ITS)
techniques |
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| TITLE: |
MODULE
3: OPERATIONAL EFFECTS OF GEOMETRIC DESIGN |
| DATE: |
Thursday, June 12,
2008 |
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TIME: |
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Eastern |
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DATE: |
Thursday, November 6, 2008 |
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TIME: |
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Eastern |
| LEARNING OBJECTIVES: |
At the conclusion of the module, participants should be able to:
1) Define and understand functional classification of roadway systems
2) Understand the importance of design controls such as design speed,
design vehicle, design traffic, and design level of service
3) Remember parameters for calculating stopping sight distance and be
able to apply these calculations
4) Recognize relationships between horizontal and vertical alignment
geometry and driver safety and comfort
5) Set appropriate priorities for treatment of roadside obstacles
6) Recall principles of intersection channelization design
7) Understand and apply principles of “basic number of lanes” and “lane
balance” to interchange and freeway design |
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| TITLE: |
MODULE
4: TRAFFIC SAFETY |
| DATE: |
Thursday, June 19, 2008 |
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TIME: |
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Eastern |
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DATE: |
Thursday, November 13, 2008 |
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TIME: |
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Eastern |
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES: |
At the conclusion of the module, participants should be able to:
1) Understand concepts of safety management systems
2) Recall and understand the basic elements of a successful highway safety
improvement program
3) Apply crash data to identify high-hazard locations and calculation of crash
rates
4) Interpret collision patterns and draw appropriate inferences regarding
potential causal factors and effective countermeasures
5) Perform economic evaluations of proposed safety improvements
6) Understand the importance of after-implementation evaluation of safety
improvements
7) Recall basic terminology and concepts of civil liability |
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| TITLE: |
MODULE
5: TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES |
| DATE: |
Thursday, June 26, 2008 |
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TIME: |
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Eastern |
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DATE: |
Thursday, November 20, 2008 |
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TIME: |
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Eastern |
| LEARNING OBJECTIVES: |
At the conclusion of the module, participants should be able to:
1) Understand principles of driver information processing as they apply to
design and location of traffic control devices
2) Recall five basic requirements for all traffic control devices
3) Recall terminology and definitions used in the Manual on Uniform Traffic
Control Devices
4) Understand the application of standard sign shapes, colors, and legends
5) Distinguish between types and applications of modes of traffic signal control
6) Understand basic principles of traffic signal phasing and timing and their
effect on traffic safety and efficiency
7) Calculate appropriate timing of traffic signal phase change intervals and
pedestrian intervals
8) Understand concepts of signal system timing
9) Apply appropriate traffic control measures for highway work zones
10) Calculate appropriate taper lengths for work zone lane closures
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