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Engineering Intersections to Reduce Red Light Running
| TITLE: |
ENGINEERING INTERSECTIONS TO REDUCE
RED LIGHT RUNNING |
| DATE: |
Tuesday, October 9, 2007 |
| TIME: |
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Eastern |
| REGISTRATION FEE: |
$250 ITE Members/$275 Non-Members |
| PDH/CEU |
1.5 PDH/.15 IACET CEU |
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INSTRUCTOR: |
Robert K. Seyfried, P.E., PTOE, FITE, Director, Center for Public Safety, Northwestern University
Robert K. Seyfried, P.E., PTOE, 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 has
previously authored the
ITE Professional Traffic Operations Engineers Certification Program Refresher Course
manual, a chapter on “Installation Considerations” of the
ITE Traffic Control Devices Handbook, and a chapter on “Traffic Signal
Operations” of the
ITE Toolbox on Intersection Safety and Design. |
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BACKGROUND: |
Red-light running is a complex problem with few simple answers. Potential
countermeasures discussed in this module address signal visibility and
conspicuity; signal timing; increasing the likelihood that drivers will stop and
reducing or eliminating the need for stopping. |
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES: |
- Identify causes and factors leading to red light running
- Describe the process for analyzing intersections for red light running
- Identify and apply methods for improving visibility and conspicuity at intersections
- Recognize signal timing issues relevant to red light running
- Recognize other engineering countermeasures to reduce red light running
- Apply appropriate red light running countermeasures
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