Session 10 Training Opportunities Brief Overview of Related Courses in USA / Canada Geni Bahar, P.E....

Session 10Training Opportunities

Brief Overview of Related Courses in USA / Canada

Geni Bahar, P.E.NAVIGATS Inc.

Introduction

• Training – Content and duration– Statistical modeling– SPF applications

• Customized or generic

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Generic Courses(with Some Customization)

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National Highway Institute New Approaches to Safety

Analysis (No.380075)

DAY 1– Overview of the Highway Safety

Improvement Program (HSIP)– Approaches to Measuring Safety– Safety Performance Functions– Principles of Network Screening

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Thomas.Elliott@dot.govThomas.Elliott@dot.gov

National Highway Institute New Approaches to Safety

Analysis (No.380075)DAY 2– Safety & Standards– Human Factors Issues– Diagnosis of Safety Problems and

Selection of Countermeasures– Analysis of Roadway Departure Crashes

DAY 3– Analysis of Intersection Crashes– Analysis of Pedestrian Crashes

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Road Safety 101 Syllabus

• Flexible delivery – Blended learning– All classroom (3-4 days)– Online

• Five Units and 25 modules

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cniessner@nas.educniessner@nas.edu

Road Safety 101 Syllabus

1. The Nature of Road Safety2. History and Institutional Settings of

Road Safety Management3. Origins, Characteristics, and Uses of

Crash Data

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Road Safety 101 Syllabus

4. Contributing Crash Factors, Countermeasure Selection, and Evaluation

5. Road Safety Program Management

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University CoursesGraduate Studies in Civil Eng.

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University of Colorado

• Explicit Consideration of Safety in Geometric Design of Highways– Philosophy of Explicit Consideration of Safety in Highway

Design– Review of Critical Design Standards from the Safety

Perspective– Accident Report Form and Structure of Relational

Database– Problems with Using Accident Rates– Introduction to Safety Performance Functions– Elements of Statistics and Review of Relevant

Distributions

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University of Colorado

• Explicit Consideration of Safety in Geometric Design of Highways (cont’d)– Regression Analysis and Philosophy and Methodology of

Model Fitting– Level of Service of Safety, Relationship between Number

of lanes and safety– Direct Diagnostics Analysis of Intersections and Roadway

Segments– Development of Diagnostic Menus– Principles of Mathematical Pattern Recognition– Benefit/Cost Sensitivity Analysis, Observational Before

and After Studies

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Jake.Kononov@dot.state.co.usJake.Kononov@dot.state.co.us

Ryerson University – TO Canada

• Road Safety– probability models of crash occurrence– estimation of safety in developing and

evaluating countermeasure –methods for identifying hazardous

elements– safety of road facilities: intersections,

roadways, roadsides, and traffic control elements

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Ryerson University – TO Canada

• Road Safety– driver, pedestrian and bicycle safety– applications of human factors principles– safety audits

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bpersaud@ryerson.cabpersaud@ryerson.ca

DOT Courses

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Texas DOT Texas Transportation Institute

• Safety training 1-day workshops – Application of safety information in the

highway geometric design process• Rural two-lane roads• Urban Streets / Suburban Arterials• Freeways and Multi-lane Highways

• More information at: http://tcd.tamu.edu/documents/rsd.htm

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Texas DOT Texas Transportation Institute –

Freeway and Rural Multi-lane Highways

• Session 1: Review of highway safety issues

• Session 2: Overview of safety evaluation

• Session 3: Procedure for multilane highway segments

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Texas DOT Texas Transportation Institute –

Freeway and Rural Multi-lane Highways

• Session 4: Procedure for freeway segments

• Session 5: Procedure for interchange ramps

• Session 6: Section evaluation• Session 7: Alternatives analysis

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J-Bonneson@tamu.eduJ-Bonneson@tamu.edu

Dr. Ezra Hauer

• Close to 40 years of leadership and on-going innovation in the advancement of road safety

• Author of 1997 “Observational Before-After Studies in Road Safety”

• Customized workshops – 2 to 5 days (with tutorials)– Case studies with local data

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Iowa DOT Dr. Ezra Hauer

• Session1: Safety Performance Functions, Crash Causation, Countermeasures, and Crash Modification Functions.

• Session 2: An Overview of Safety Evaluation

• Session 3: Can Multivariate Regression Modeling Lead to Cause-Effect Inferences?

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Iowa DOTDr. Ezra Hauer

• Session 4: A Review of Speed and Safety

• Session 5: Evidence-based safety: The other side of the coin

• Session 6: The Road Ahead

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ezra.hauer@utoronto.caezra.hauer@utoronto.ca

Web-seminars

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ITE Webinars

• Introduction to Highway Safety– 8 modules

• The Fundamentals of Highway Safety– 9 modules

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ntavares@ite.orgntavares@ite.org

Introduction to Highway Safety (ITE)

1. History, Perspectives and Institutionalization of Traffic Safety in the United States

2. The Es of Safety 3. Introduction to Traffic Safety Data 4. Introduction to Transportation Safety

Planning 5. Introduction to Human Factors

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Introduction to Highway Safety (ITE)

6. Introduction to The Road Environment

7. Introduction to Crash Analysis 8. Introduction to Safety Evaluation:

Part I 9. Introduction to Safety Evaluation:

Part II

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The Fundamentals of Highway Safety (ITE)

1. An Introduction to Statistics in Road Safety

2. Evaluation and Application of Statistical Analysis Techniques

3. Economic Evaluations of Highway Safety Projects

4. Defining & Assessing Intersection and Roadway Segment Attributes for Safety

5.

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The Fundamentals of Highway Safety (ITE)

6. Selecting A Safer Intersection Type Based on Crash Histories

7. Modern Roundabouts and Intersection Safety

8. Technology-Oriented Safety Solutions: Red-Light Camera Deployment Issues

9. Roadway Departure Crashes10.Measures to Reduce Roadway

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Thank yougenibahar@navigats.com

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