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Free Webinar - The Road Safety and Signage Audit
November 02, 2016
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Korda/Nemeth Engineering, Inc.,
1650 Watermark Drive, Ste 200
Columbus, OH 43215
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The Road Safety and Signage Audit: Proactive Roadway Safety in the 21st Century - This webinar discusses various methods of reactive vs. proactive roadway safety improvements, how to use innovative technology in the data collection phases, and funding.
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Offered for free to Central Ohio Section ASCE Members
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Seating is limited to the first 25 people
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Bring your own lunch
Purpose and Background
Typically, road safety is managed reactively. Engineers and other officials investigate crash locations on the assumption that future crashes are most likely to occur in those same locations. However, road crashes, in particular those on low volume urban or rural roads, are frequently distributed in seemingly random patterns and may not accurately correlate to roadway deficiencies. Rather than reacting to historic crash data, identifying specific systemic road deficiencies offers a proactive alternative to improving roadway safety. Roadway signing is one of the easiest and most cost effective ways to quantify, analyze and correct signing deficiencies to improve roadway safety.
This webinar discusses various methods of reactive vs. proactive roadway safety improvements, how to use innovative technology in the data collection phases, and what funding options there are from the federal government.
In response to this unique challenge, the County of Nevada (California) prepared a comprehensive state of the art Roadway Safety Signing Audit (RSSA) along 50 miles of corridors that provide vital access and connectivity throughout the western portion of the county. These corridors also experience higher-than-average collision rates. The RSSA evaluated deficiencies in critical corridors and generated the necessary information to proceed with a signage replacement and installation construction project. This proactive approach to traffic safety is expected to prevent fatalities and injury collisions with low-cost regulatory, warning, and guide signage improvements.
In addition to being a uniquely proactive collision prevention program, the RSSA also used groundbreaking data collection methodologies that reduced overall costs and provided quality, usable data that can be repurposed for other future uses. In particular, the RSSA utilized a state-of-the art integrated data collection platform that included the use of mobile LiDAR, electronic GIS based ball bank equipment, 360-degree photogrammetry, and mobile sign retroreflectivity data collection. This process dramatically reduced the amount of field time and established a thorough inventory that can be utilized on other future projects.
Primary Discussion Topics
- Reactive versus proactive roadway safety improvements
- The limits of proactive roadway safety improvements
- The evaluation criteria used in the corridor evaluation process
- The use of innovative technology in the data collection phases - pros and cons
- Federal funding opportunities
- Findings from the RSSA process
- Lessons learns during the environmental documentation phase
- Successfully bidding and constructing the project
- Other lessons learned
Learning Outcomes
- Become familiar with the latest technologies available in the RSSA process
- How to identify and analyze corridors for a possible RSSA project
- Other potential uses for data collected in the RSSA
- Identify potential funding sources for RSSA project implementation
Webinar Benefits
- Learn the latest 'state of the practice' and proactive low cost roadway safety projects
- Learn about innovative technologies utilized for the RSSA process
- Learn about funding opportunities available for RSSA projects
Intended Audience
- Transportation and civil engineers
- Transportation planners
- Public works and road maintenance officials
- Government officials
Webinar Outline
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Discussion on reactive versus proactive roadway safety projects
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The search for low cost proactive roadway safety projects
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Award of federal funding for a RSSA project
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The request for qualification process and consultant selection
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Innovative data collection used during the process
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Criteria used in the RSSA
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RSSA recommendations and conclusions
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Environmental documentation
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The development of a PS&E package and project delivery
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Lessons learned
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Questions
See the ASCE website for more info.
The Central Ohio Section of ASCE sponsors free continuing education webinars as a service to our members. These webinars are produced by ASCE and normally cost $250 or $300 for ASCE members. However, the Central Ohio Section is paying the registration fee and inviting any interested section members to attend for free. Just RSVP by the deadline. Seating is limited, so do not delay.
You can see the complete list of webinars available from ASCE National on their website. If you see one you like, let us know. If you and your company would like to host one, let us know that too. If you open it up to any interested Central Ohio ASCE section members to come, we will pay the registration fee.
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