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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
July 29 and 30, 2009 2
Generic Courses(with Some Customization)
July 29 and 30, 2009 3
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
July 29 and 30, 2009 4
[email protected]@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
July 29 and 30, 2009 5
Road Safety 101 Syllabus
• Flexible delivery – Blended learning– All classroom (3-4 days)– Online
• Five Units and 25 modules
July 29 and 30, 2009 6
[email protected]@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
July 29 and 30, 2009 7
Road Safety 101 Syllabus
4. Contributing Crash Factors, Countermeasure Selection, and Evaluation
5. Road Safety Program Management
July 29 and 30, 2009 8
University CoursesGraduate Studies in Civil Eng.
July 29 and 30, 2009 9
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
July 29 and 30, 2009 10
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
July 29 and 30, 2009 11
[email protected]@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
July 29 and 30, 2009 12
Ryerson University – TO Canada
• Road Safety– driver, pedestrian and bicycle safety– applications of human factors principles– safety audits
July 29 and 30, 2009 13
[email protected]@ryerson.ca
DOT Courses
July 29 and 30, 2009 14
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
July 29 and 30, 2009 15
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
July 29 and 30, 2009 16
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
July 29 and 30, 2009 17
[email protected]@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
July 29 and 30, 2009 18
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?
July 29 and 30, 2009 19
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
July 29 and 30, 2009 20
[email protected]@utoronto.ca
Web-seminars
July 29 and 30, 2009 21
ITE Webinars
• Introduction to Highway Safety– 8 modules
• The Fundamentals of Highway Safety– 9 modules
July 29 and 30, 2009 22
[email protected]@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
July 29 and 30, 2009 24
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.
July 29 and 30, 2009 25
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
Departure CrashesJuly 29 and 30, 2009 26
