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Title:	TARGET Road Safety 2: Improve Safety without Wrecking Your Budget � Cost-Effective Safety Solutions This is part of the "TARGET Road Safety Series" series, which also included the following events: * TARGET Road Safety 1: Are Your Community�s Roadways Accident-Prone? � Assess the Current Safety Conditions * TARGET Road Safety 3: Traffic Management Techniques
Date(s):	April 6, 2006
Location:	Audio/Web Broadcast
Cost:	Members: $150.00 Non Members: $200.00
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Description:	Road Safety AIMED at Public Works Directors, Traffic Engineers, City Managers, ITS Professionals, Transit System Operators and Managers. The new SAFETEA-LU legislation emphasizes safety on our state highways, but the fact remains that the greatest number of fatalities occurs daily on our local roads. What can you do in your community to save time, money�and most importantly�lives? This 3-part �Target� series will address important safety issues including: Accident analysis and costing, low-cost safety improvement ideas, traffic management�and more! TARGET Road Safety 2: Improve Safety without Wrecking Your Budget � Cost-Effective Safety Solutions Learn how to take low-cost steps to improve your community�s road safety problems. Hear about real life safety problems and ways to improve them�within your budget. We�ll review several safety problem scenarios involving: -Traffic signals -Intersections -Signing & lighting -Bicyclists and pedestrians -and more! . . . and offer cost-effective solutions. This program has been approved for .2 CEUs or 2 PDHs. The form to request these credits is included in the handouts for this program.
Speaker:	Dean Larsen Safety Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, Baltimore, Maryland Dean M. Larsen, P.E. is a Traffic Safety Engineer with the Federal Highway Administration�s Resource Center in Baltimore, MD. Mr. Larsen has been with FHWA for 18 years, previously working as the liaison engineer to NHTSA Region 3, the FHWA Region 3 traffic safety engineer, and as an Area Engineer in the D.C. and Maryland Division Offices. Mr. Larsen has his BSCE from the University of Florida, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Florida.
Speaker:	John McFadden Safety/Geometric Design Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, Baltimore, Maryland John McFadden, Ph.D., P.E., PTOE is a Safety and Geometric Design Engineer with the Federal Highway Administration�s Resource Center in Baltimore, MD. Mr. McFadden has worked for the Federal Highway Administration�s Office of Safety Research and Development. His primary duties included: managing safety and highway asset management related research projects; and conducting staff research studies with the goal of quantifying the safety effects of low cost safety improvements. Prior to joining FHWA, John served as an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama.
Speaker:	Thomas G. Swenson, PE, PTOE MODERATOR: Principal, Transystems Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri
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