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Traffic Mediation – Neighborhood and Pedestrian Safety

Just as roads are made safe for the driving public, it is equally important to ensure safe conditions for neighborhoods and pedestrians. Discover the benefits of integrating your neighborhood traffic calming, intersection safety and pedestrian/bicycle safety programs to promote effectiveness.

In this program you will learn how public works professionals are managing today’s - and planning for tomorrow’s - traffic. You’ll have an understanding of emerging trends affecting design standards, traffic flow and neighborhood planning - both successes and challenges coming soon to a community near you.

After viewing this program, participants will better be able to:

Compare, design and implement traffic calming techniques – and avoid common mistakes and hazards to pedestrians

Identify smart growth techniques - and hidden agendas - to convince your governing body of the benefits and risks of adopting them

Identify new traffic calming designs for streets in new urbanist, neo-traditional, transit-oriented development and co-housing development plans

Identify the important differences between the related components of street design (i.e., traffic calming measures, streetscaping, route modification measures, and traffic control devices) for applications and policy

Identify what categories of traffic calming measures are available for different types of streets

Identify the newest frontiers of traffic calming

Explain the difference between traffic calming and context-sensitive street design

Explain how to market to and bring all stakeholders together

Explain the role of the citizen and citizens groups to bring about traffic calming success

Identify best practices and case studies

Publisher: APWA
Year: 2009

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PB.E506

Traffic Calming
In this program, you will learn: traffic calming practices that work; information on new trends, models and devices; how to prevent/avoid common pitfalls and how to effectively involve constituents in the process. Equip yourself with the knowledge to make the right traffic calming choices for your community.

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PB.E715

Save Lives and $$$ Using Traffic Safety Reviews
Topics covered in this review process include roadway selection, field review, deficiency correction, and cost-benefit measurement process details.

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The New AASHTO Transportation “Green Book”
This program addresses the major changes in each chapter of the "Green Book" and discusses the use of updated design guidance and design flexibility throughout the document.

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Complete Streets - Designing Streets to Accommodate All User
This program will cover the components within the complete street concept and design; evaluate the status of current legislation on complete streets and recognize concepts of a new and retrofit complete streets.

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PB.E810

Work Zones – Safety First
This program will focus on setting up, maintaining and dismantling work zone areas; procedures for employing daytime vs. nighttime operations; new retro-reflectivity regulations that will impact work zone signage.

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PB.A630

North American Design Guidelines for
The guidelines in this book explain some of the best management practices used in traffic calming throughout North America.

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