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, 20092

Generic Courses (with Some Customization) July 29 and 30, 20093

National Highway Institute New Approaches to Safety Analysis (No ) 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,

National Highway Institute New Approaches to Safety Analysis (No ) 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, 20095

Road Safety 101 Syllabus Flexible delivery – Blended learning – All classroom (3-4 days) – Online Five Units and 25 modules July 29 and 30,

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, 20097

Road Safety 101 Syllabus 4.Contributing Crash Factors, Countermeasure Selection, and Evaluation 5.Road Safety Program Management July 29 and 30, 20098

University Courses Graduate Studies in Civil Eng. July 29 and 30, 20099

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,

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,

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,

Ryerson University – TO Canada Road Safety – driver, pedestrian and bicycle safety – applications of human factors principles – safety audits July 29 and 30,

DOT Courses July 29 and 30,

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: July 29 and 30,

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,

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,

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,

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,

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 July 29 and 30,

Web-seminars July 29 and 30,

ITE Webinars Introduction to Highway Safety – 8 modules The Fundamentals of Highway Safety – 9 modules July 29 and 30,

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,

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,

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,

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,

Thank you July 29 and 30,