ITE Activities Update

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ITE Activities Update
AASHTO Subcommittee on Traffic Engineering
Annual Meeting Lisa Fontana Tierney,
P.E. Traffic Engineering Senior Director June
2007 Lake Tahoe
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ITE 2007 Priority Issues

• Traffic Operations/Engineering
• Designing For All Systems Users
• Transportation Safety
• Workforce Development

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Traffic Operations/ Engineering
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Operations Initiatives

• 2007 Signal Assessment (NTOC)
• Improvements to questions grading scale
  provided data analysis and message formulation
  in progress September press event
• Signal Timing Peer Review
• Independent peer review panel to provide expert
  assessment of Southern Nevadas RTC signal system
• Examine current practices
• Compare to national best practices
• Suggest ways to improve organization and system
• Pilot program - May be made available to other
  government agencies

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Operations Publications

• Signal Timing Manual (2007)
• Philosophy Document existing practices multiple
  points of view- descriptive instead of
  prescriptive
• Contents
• History of signals, objectives of timing, basic
  function of signals
• Maintenance cost effectiveness of retiming
• Policies and funding considerations funding
  needs and options
• Planning and needs assessment signal location
• Traffic signal design, timing, and coordination
• Basic signal timing and advanced concepts
  (preemption, signal priority)

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Standards

• Establishing Minimum Thresholds for LEDs
• NCHRP 20-7 Partnership with SCOTE, AASHTO
  Subcommittee on Systems Operations and Management
• Jan 2006 DOE legislation and absence of standards
  for LED maintenance
• Synthesize existing info and conduct new studies
  relating to human factors observations of LEDs
• Define criteria to allow the development of a
  test specification
• 6 Month schedule

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Standards

• Three LED specifications
• Circular (avail now through ITE)
• Arrow (final Board balloting avail on web)
• Pedestrian (will be available soon for public
  comment)

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Designing For All Systems Users
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Design Publications

• CSS in Designing Major Urban Thoroughfares (March
  2006/2008)
• Compatible with Green Book
• Flexibility in Highway Design for urban
  roadways
• Incorporates physical settings
• Primarily for walkable, compact development with
  mixed uses
• Received 850 individual comments
• Available on ITE Website www.ite.org

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Design Publications

• Geometric Design Handbooks
• (2005 - 2008)
• Three Volume Set Freeways and Interchanges,
  Urban, and Rural
• Practitioner tool on How to do it specific
  application and implementation to supplement the
  Green Book
• Examples of good and poor design techniques
  that have been successfully applied (photos,
  figures, tables)

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Design Publications

• RP on Speed Humps (2007)
• Neighborhood Street Design Guidelines (2006)
• Overall layout and design of new developments.
• Encourages design for all users ADA compliant
• Transportation Impact Analyses for Site
  Development (2006)

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Transportation Safety
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Pedestrian Safety

• Pedestrian Signal Safety for Older Persons
  (Summer 2007)
• Partnership with the AAA Foundation for Traffic
  Safety
• Evaluate signal design and walking speeds of
  older persons
• Study pedestrian countdown signals and developed
  information for their use
• Will be available on ITE web site this summer

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Rail/Grade Crossing Safety

• USDOT Rail Grade Crossing Handbook (August 2007)
• ITE is currently in the process of a partial
  update of this 1987 report
• Update includes insertion of readily available
  updates such as new federal regulations, changes
  in MUTCD, AASHTO green book etc.

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Road Safety Audits

• Local Road Safety Audits Workshop
• August 4, 2007, 830 a.m.500 p.m. in
  Pittsburgh, PA
• Hands on experience including site visit
• Jointly sponsored by the Federal Highway
  Administration and the Institute of
  Transportation Engineers

roadwaysafetyaudits.org
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Roundabout Safety

• ITE Informational Report on Roundabout Safety
  (Winter 2007)
• International Experience
• Lighting
• Single lane vs. Multi-lane
• Landscaping
• Geometric design

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On-Going Safety Initiatives

• Highway Safety Manual (2009)
• ITE serves on the HSM Task force for TRBs
  initiative to develop a highway safety manual
• Tool to facilitate roadway design/operations
  decisions based on research based safety data
  (like HCM)
• More Info available on public web site

highwaysafetymanual.org
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Workforce Development

• Preparing todays transportation professionals
  to plan, design, operate and maintain facilities
  for all modes of travel

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Professional Development

• Web Seminars Online Learning, CD-ROM Modules and
  Face-to-Face Seminars
• All ITE professional development activities are
  accredited by the International Association of
  Continuing Education and Training (IACET)

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Transportation Certification

• Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE
  -1999)
• Voluntary process, licensed engineers
• 1,800 individuals certified worldwide
• Credential for proposals and employment
• Professional Transportation Planner (PTP)
• First Exam Mar 2007
• Minimum education/work experience
• 70 individuals currently certified
• Traffic Operations Practitioner Specialist
  (TOPS)/Traffic Signal Operations Specialist
  (TSOS)
• ??Transportation Safety Professional ??
• Identified KSAs working on training materials,
  engaging partners

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2008 Technical Conference Making a Difference in
Transportation SafetyMarch 30-April 2, 2008
ITE Meetings
2007 ITE ANNUAL MEETINGAugust 5-8, 2007David L.
Lawrence Convention CenterPittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
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For More Information

• Institute of Transportation Engineers
• Lisa Fontana Tierney
• Traffic Engineering Senior Director
• 1099 14th St NW, Suite 300-W
• Washington DC 20005-3438
• (202)-289-0222 (116) voice
• (202)-289-7722 fax
• www.ite.org
• Lfontana_at_ite.org