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Advance Your Career in 2015!

By Ms. Pamela Goodell posted 01-06-2015 05:32 PM

  

ITE's webinar series - both live and archived - offer you an ideal opportunity to maintain or develop your skill level and advance your career in 2015. Take advantage of discounted member pricing to participate in one of the following upcoming webinars in January and February this year.

Crowdsourcing Cyclist and Pedestrian Activity Data Webinar, Tuesday, January 20, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET, 1.5 PDH: This webinar provides examples of how crowdsourcing applications and crowdsourced data are currently being applied as well as potential new uses for active transportation research and planning efforts of various types. 

Access Management Webinar Series, Wednesdays, January 21 - February 25, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET, 9 PDH: This 6-module webinar suite introduces the basics of access management. The modules will evaluate ways in which to develop policies and apply design principles directed toward establishing system classification standards that address longitudinal operational impacts designed to preserve the functional integrity of the transportation system.

Focus on Pedestrians: Sidewalks and Crosswalks Webinar, Tuesday, February 3, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET, 1.5 PDH: Using the City of Folsom, CA as a case study, this webinar discusses pedestrian safety, driver behavior, and the combination of both with the presence of an active light rail facility. In addition, participants will learn about the rectangular rapid-flashing beacons (RRFB) used with pedestrian crossing signs, especially with respect to changes occurring with their design.

Lagging Left-Turn Arrow Safety and Operation Webinar, Tuesday, February 10, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET, 1.5 PDH: Participants are provided with extensive collision analyses comparing lagging left-turn arrow and leading left-turn arrow operation. Commentary on the reasons lagging left-turn arrows have a substantially lower collision experience than leading left-turn arrow will be presented. The webinar also includes recent implementation of independent lagging left-turn arrow operation with flashing yellow left-turn arrows. Preliminary collision data for this operation will be provided.

4-Part MUTCD Basics Webinar Series, Thursdays, January 29 - February 19, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET (Make sure to pick up your copy of the MUTCD at a 50% discount in the ITE Bookstore)

  • OverviewThursday, January 29, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET, 1.5 PDH: An overview of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), including the purpose of the MUTCD and where it applies; what is uniformity and why it is important and how the MUTCD is organized and how to use it. This webinar introduces the science and traffic control devices; what are and are not considered traffic control devices; how new devices get into the MUTCD and what make a device effective or ineffective.
  • Signs, Thursday, February 5, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET, 1.5 PDH: The MUTCD provides guidance to traffic engineers in applying, designing, and locating signs. This webinar introduces the MUTCD standards and guidance that govern when and how to use these signs to provide information to road users in a timely fashion to aid in the safe and efficient use of the transportation system.
  • Markings, Thursday, February 12, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET, 1.5 PDH: This webinar presents a discussion of the various applications and warrants for the long line markings, determination of no passing zones, consideration of marked crosswalks, and other special applications.
  • Signals, Thursday, February 19, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET, 1.5 PDH: An overview of the general principles, advantages, and disadvantages of traffic control signals. The webinar discusses how to determine the need for a traffic signal, what aspects of signals the MUTCD does or does not prescribe and sign design for visibility.

For more information, click on the title of each webinar.

PLUS! ITE has over 18 archived webinars available to you at your convenience. Archived webinars are asynchronous, self-paced training or recordings accessible through your computer device 24 hours a day. Registration fees are per person. A course assessment and evaluation must be completed to 1.5 PDH. The evaluation is name specific and non-transferable. Topics include:

Planning Urban Roadway System Archive, 1.5 PDH: This archive provides guidance on how to balance access, mobility, and livability in planning roadway systems in urban and urbanizing areas. Fairly recently codified issues such as transect planning and complete streets are synthesized with the time-tested approaches of functional classification and travel demand forecasting to arrive at a layered street network approach. Guidance regarding street typologies, networking density, and context-sensitive considerations are also updated. This Proposed Recommended Practice helps the urban planner use the street-specific recommendations of the Context Sensitive Design for Urban Thoroughfares Recommended Practice and apply it at a jurisdictional scale.

The NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide: State of the Practice, 1.5 PDH: Since its initial release in Spring 2011, the NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide has instigate a new approach to designing for cyclists on city streets. The report was referenced in a recent FHWA policy memo, the Bike Guide is staged to be appliced in more cities and more diverse contexts. Using the structure of the Guide, this webinar archive provides a basic introduction to the guide's main principles and recommendations, providing direct comparison and case studies to real projects and scenarios in US cities. The Urban Bikeway Design Guide is available for purchase in the ITE Bookstore.

Separated Bikeways: The New Norm in Bicycle Facilities?, 1.5 PDH: This webinar archive familiarizes transportation engineers/planners with the newest innovations in the planning, design, and maintenance of separated bikeways. The course discusses recent developments in available design guidance and considerations when designing these facilities.

NACTO Urban Street Design Guide, 1.5 PDH: Streets comprise more tham 80% of public space in cities but they often fail to provide their surrounding communities with a space where people can safely walk, bicycle, take transit, and socialize. A well-illustrated, concrete vision for the future of city streets, the Urban Street Design Guide charts the principles and practices of the nation's foremost engineers, planners, and designers working in cities today. The Guide offers a blueprint for designing 21st century streets and unveils the toolbox and the tactics cities use to make the streets safer, more livable, and more economically vibrant. The Urban Street Design Guide is available for purchase in the ITE Bookstore.

 

 

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