Session 10
Training 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
Thomas.Elliott@dot.gov
July 29 and 30, 2009
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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
cniessner@nas.edu
July 29 and 30, 2009
6
Road Safety 101 Syllabus
1. The Nature of Road Safety
2. History and Institutional Settings of
Road Safety Management
3. Origins, Characteristics, and Uses of
Crash Data
July 29 and 30, 2009
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Road Safety 101 Syllabus
4. Contributing Crash Factors,
Countermeasure Selection, and
Evaluation
5. Road Safety Program Management
July 29 and 30, 2009
8
University Courses
Graduate 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
Jake.Kononov@dot.state.co.us
July 29 and 30, 2009
11
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
bpersaud@ryerson.ca
July 29 and 30, 2009
13
DOT Courses
July 29 and 30, 2009
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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
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
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Texas DOT
Texas Transportation Institute –
Freeway and Rural Multi-lane Highways
• Session 4:
segments
• Session 5:
ramps
• Session 6:
• Session 7:
Procedure for freeway
Procedure for interchange
Section evaluation
Alternatives analysis
J-Bonneson@tamu.edu
July 29 and 30, 2009
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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 CauseEffect Inferences?
July 29 and 30, 2009
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Iowa DOT
Dr. 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
ezra.hauer@utoronto.ca
July 29 and 30, 2009
20
Web-seminars
July 29 and 30, 2009
21
ITE Webinars
• Introduction to Highway Safety
– 8 modules
• The Fundamentals of Highway Safety
– 9 modules
ntavares@ite.org
July 29 and 30, 2009
22
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
July 29 and 30, 2009
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Introduction to Highway
Safety (ITE)
6. Introduction to
Environment
7. Introduction to
8. Introduction to
Part I
9. Introduction to
Part II
The Road
Crash Analysis
Safety Evaluation:
Safety Evaluation:
July 29 and 30, 2009
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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.
July 29 and 30, 2009
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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 Crashes
10.Measures to Reduce Roadway
Departure Crashes
July 29 and 30, 2009
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Thank you
genibahar@navigats.com
July 29 and 30, 2009
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