HCM 6th Edition One-Day Overview
This one day course highlights and summarizes changes in the HCM 6th Edition, and how they impact practice. The workshop provides an overview of changes to the arterial and freeway chapters of the HCM, and will cover such critical HCM updates as new roundabout capacity, new planning-level methods for signalized intersections, and new methods for quantifying reliability on surface streets and freeways. Registration: Walt Thomas | Class Information: Thomas Chase
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HCM 6th Edition – Signals, Roundabouts, and Arterial Streets
This hands-on one-day course provides details and applications of the interrupted flow methods in the HCM 6th Edition, including signalized intersections, roundabouts, urban streets, and multimodal methodologies. The course will be hosted in ITRE’s computer lab, to give attendees hands-on experience in working with the necessary HCM software. Registration: Walt Thomas | Class Information: Thomas Chase
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HCM 6th Edition – Freeway Applications
This hands-on one-day course provides details and applications of the uninterrupted flow methods in the HCM 6th Edition, including freeway segment and facility methods, freeway reliability analysis, and specialized applications such as work zones and managed lanes. The course will be hosted in ITRE’s computer lab, to give attendees hands-on experience in working with the FREEVAL analysis software. Registration: Walt Thomas | Class Information: Thomas Chase
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HCM 6th Edition, 1 + 1 – Signals, Roundabouts, and Arterial Streets
This two-day course combines the one-day overview course with the one-day applied signals, roundabouts, and arterials course. The two day course provides a discount over registering for the two days individually.
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HCM 6th Edition, 1 + 1 – Freeway Applications
This two-day course combines the one-day overview course with the one-day freeway applications course. The two day course provides a discount over registering for the two days individually.
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Roundabout Design – Single Lane
7 PDH credits
The instructors for this course will present the key geometric principles and guidelines used to plan and design a single-lane roundabout. They will highlight the differences between older traffic circles and rotaries and new roundabout design features. They will also address the typical questions of why, where, when and how roundabouts should be considered as an appropriate intersection solution. This course includes modules on recent research on U.S. roundabout safety and capacity, roundabout design techniques, and hands-on exercises, including sketching single-lane roundabouts in a small group. The basis for the course is NCHRP Report 1043: Roundabouts: An Informational Guide, Third Edition, the latest information in the Highway Capacity Manual, other state-of-the practice research, and the collective experience of the instructors on roundabout projects and research. Upon completion of this course, participants will:
- Have a basic understanding of roundabout applications, planning, and public engagement,
- Have a basic understanding of roundabout safety and operations,
- Understand the guiding principles of roundabout design,
- Be able to perform basic design checks of a single-lane roundabout,
- Understand the principles of roundabout design for single-lane roundabouts, and
- Be able to sketch a concept single-lane roundabout.
Agenda:
- Module 1 – Introduction
- Module 2 – Project Development Process and Public Engagement
- Module 3 – Safety Performance Analysis and Exercise
- Module 4 – Traffic Operations Overview
- Module 5 – Design Principles
- Module 6 – Design Performance Checks
- Module 7 – Single Lane Horizontal Alignment
- Module 8 – Geometric Design – Details and Applications
- Module 9 – Single-lane Sketch Tutorial
- Module 10 – Conclusion
Registration: Walt Thomas
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Roundabout Design – Multilane
7 PDH credits
The instructors for this course will present more advanced topics for roundabout design and operations, including multilane roundabout horizontal and vertical alignment. The course will also provide a detailed discussion of traffic control devices, including signage, pavement markings, pedestrian and bicycle facilities, and signalization (metering), as well as designing for pedestrians and bicyclists and for large vehicles. This course includes modules on recent research on U.S. roundabout capacity, multilane roundabout design techniques and performance checks, and hands-on exercises, including sketching a multilane roundabout in a small group. The basis for the course is NCHRP Report 1043: Roundabouts: An Informational Guide, Third Edition, other state-of-the practice research, and the collective experience of the instructors on multilane roundabout projects and research.
While it is not mandatory for participants to have completed the single-lane roundabout workshop, participants are expected to have some working experience with roundabout design before taking this course.
Upon completion of this course, participants will:
- Be able to perform basic design checks of a multi-lane roundabout,
- Understand the principles of roundabout design for multilane roundabouts,
- Be able to sketch a concept multilane roundabout,
- Have a working knowledge of roundabout traffic control devices,
- Understand the nuances of roundabout design related to vertical design, pedestrian and bicycle treatments, and right-turn bypass lanes, and
- Be able to perform a peer review of planned single- and multilane roundabout projects.
Agenda:
- Module 1 – Designing for People Walking and Biking
- Module 2 – Designing for Large Vehicles
- Module 3 – Multilane Horizontal Alignment
- Module 4 – Traffic Control Devices and Applications
- Module 5 – Multilane Design Review Exercise
- Module 6 – Vertical Alignment and Cross Section
- Module 7 – Design Details
- Module 8 – Landscaping
- Module 9 – Design Peer Review Exercises
- Module 10 – Conclusion
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Unconventional Intersections
6 PDH credits
This one-day workshop provides an overview of the various alternative intersection and interchange designs that an engineer or planner may consider during the planning or design stages of a project. The class provides a fundamental understanding of how the various designs function under an array of conditions, the trade-offs of each design alternative, and other pertinent information. This class covers material relevant to any staff member looking to learn more about this area.
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Unconventional Intersections Laboratory
6 PDH credits
The purpose of the follow-up laboratory is to provide attendees the chance to work through hands-on examples and apply the principles discussed at the workshop. The session will include at least one challenging surface-street example, one difficult grade-separated intersection example, and one constrained interchange example. Attendees will work together in small teams to develop potential solutions and then will discuss their potential solutions with the larger group. The laboratory should again be of interest to any planners, designers, and operations professionals who work on intersections and interchanges. Laboratory attendees should have attended the alternative intersection and interchange workshop on October 21, 2020 or at some point in the past, or should have professional experience with intersections and interchanges. Attendees will need to apply basic math to the examples and should bring a laptop to the session to make the calculations easier.
When a Crash Becomes a Case – Studies in Transportation Litigation
This one day workshop is designed to provide participants with an introduction to forensic engineering, particularly as it pertains to transportation matters. Students will be presented actual case histories involving such topics as highway design, drainage, maintenance and operation. There will also be a discussion of what might happen if a lawsuit is filed as a result of a crash,
Registration: Walt Thomas
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