Speeding contributes to nearly one-third of all roadway fatalities, and this proportion has remained largely unchanged for the past decade. Since roadway departure, intersection, and pedestrian and bicycle crashes have been identified by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) as the three areas with great potential to reduce fatalities, States are being encouraged to integrate speed management into these three safety focus areas. To assist agencies with integrating speed management into their policies, practices, and safety plans, this webinar will present information on national speeding-related crash trends, a speed-related crash data analysis approach, the state of practices of speed management for the 3 focus areas, and strategies and initiatives for integrating speed management into an agency's overall policies, as well as their roadway departure, intersection, and pedestrian/bicyclist safety programs.

Within the national framework for addressing climate change, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) is an important strategy for meeting the growing need for climate resiliency and adaption. ITS uses a variety of sensors to monitor the highway network such as traffic volume and speed detectors, cameras, pavement, and weather monitoring systems. All sensors are designed to communicate continuously with a centralized Transportation Management Center (TMC). This sensor data, when integrated with construction and incident reports, are used by TMC operators to create real time situational awareness of the highway system for the benefit of travelers, public safety, emergency responders, and transportation managers.

Climate change has and will result in the increased frequency and severity of disrupting weather events. These events require a proactive response across the traffic, maintenance, and emergency management communities. New sensor technology and applications are being developed to help identify vulnerable regions and transportation routes that are subject to flooding, fog, smoke from wildfires or other harmful pollutants, high winds, ice, damaged pavement, and bridge weight restrictions. This approach will not only require new sensing capability from the field, but also a means of identifying alternate routes and/or alternate transportation modes. The following speakers will touch on all of these components in order to illustrate new approaches to building transportation resiliency and adapting to climate change.

The Center for Health and Safety Culture at Montana State University invites you to attend a newly developed training on our updated approach which is based on the latest research and builds on the Positive Community Norms framework. The framework embraces a cultural approach, is grounded in the latest science, and includes positive norms in improving health and safety.

This 2.5 day training provides a foundation for efforts to improve health and safety addressing a wide variety of issues including (but not limited to) substance abuse, traffic safety, and violence prevention. Participants will leave with an understanding of how culture influences behavior, how we can cultivate cultural transformation, and the benefits of a comprehensive, positive approach.

The training covers our revised process and initiates the development of your skills in three critical areas:leadership, communication, and the integration of effective strategies. Participants will leave with specific next steps for implementing this process for transforming culture to achieve community health and safety goals.

This course instructed by Juan M. Morales, P.E. is designed to provide local and rural agencies with practical and effective ways to mainstream safety solutions into their day-to-day activities and project development process. This one-day workshop focuses on processes for incorporating safety into all aspects of local and rural projects, and on making safety a priority through inclusion in the traditional decision-making process - 365 days a year. The course stresses the importance of road safety, and illustrates how it can be integrated into rural/local transportation project development at all stages: planning, design, construction, implementation, operations, and maintenance. Through practical exercises and facilitator-led discussions, the emphasis is on operations and maintenance to reflect the predominant, day-to-day responsibilities of rural/local transportation agencies. The benefits and potential cost savings of safety initiatives are shown using examples from rural/local agencies

The workshop audience ranges from decision-makers to road crews. It is aimed primarily at local and rural road and public works supervisors. Others who would benefit include: elected officials, public safety advocates, State DOT personnel, law enforcement, consultants, regional and rural development organizations, municipal associations.

This workshop shows participants ways to reduce fatalities and injuries caused by road departures and collisions with fixed objects, as well as collision at rural intersections.  The course also addresses measures to improve pedestrian safety.  Included are examples of low-cost maintenance and safety improvements on roads and the historical differences between state road systems and local road systems.

This day and a half course instructed by  Dane Ismart  will cover the following: (1) Crash Data and Computation of Crash Frequency; (2) Condition Diagramming and Collision Types; (3) Speed Analysis and Traffic Calming; (4) Sight Distance Analysis; (5) Pedestrian Safety; (6) School Crossing Considerations; (7) Marking and Signing Considerations; and (8) Safety Design Issues and Mitigation.

This workshop will show examples of proper signs and markings, sign requirements, proper placement, warrants, sign supports and pavement markings.  This course will also discuss the background on traffic signals, signal indications, hardware, left turn signals, signal coordination an pedestrian signals.  Also included in this course are the latest changes to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices  (MUTCD). 

The ASCE International Conference on Transportation and Development (ICTD 2016) will focus on projects and best practices that truly contribute to smart transportation and development, essential components of competitiveness and prosperity. It will provide a forum for relevant engineering research, applications, and innovations that contribute to competitiveness, efficiency, convenience, safety and well-being.

Presentations and panel discussions will cover transportation and development planning, financing, functional design, construction, operation, and management: how practitioners are improving performance to meet the critical mobility and development challenges of a changing operational and competitive environment. Presentations, papers, and posters are sought to address transportation applications, innovations, and critical needs.

The meeting content will include a mix of interactive presentation, Ignite sessions, and workshop formats. Sessions will be focused on state-of-the practice, advancement of the profession, and emerging issues designed to provide transportation professionals in the public and private sectors with tools and resources that can be adapted to meet their organizational needs.