We have seats available for all our upcoming courses and registration is still open.
Winter Maintenance
Location: Virtual Classroom
Date: October 6, 2022
Time: 8:30am-3:30pm
This course covers all aspects of winter operations- planning and organizing, methods of snow and ice control, salt usage, and winter equipment maintenance. Instructed by Ed Stellfox this lesson will include usage of snow maps, formal snow plans, snow plow and salt spreader operation. This course in intended for municipal officials, road commissioners, supervisors, superintendents, publics works and maintenance personnel, equipment operators, and city or town managers.
Professional Development Hours: 6.0.
Registration Fee: This 6-hour virtual classroom course has a $45 registration fee.
Low-Cost Safety Improvements
Location: Virtual Classroom
Date: October 20, 2022
Time: 9:00am-3:30pm
This course instructed by Dane Ismart provides participants with methods for implementing effective, low cost safety improvements targeted at high crash areas. It emphasizes the basic and enhanced application of traffic control devices, low cost safety improvements, and their specific safety benefit (crash reduction factors). Traffic crash data collection, identification of hazardous locations, and engineering study procedures are also discussed. Emphasis is placed on low cost solutions that may be made at the local level.
Professional Development Hours: 6.0.
Registration Fee: This 6-hour virtual classroom course has a $50 registration fee.
Crashes and Statistics (one-day virtual course)
Location: Virtual Classroom
Date: November 9, 2022
Time: 9:00am-3:30pm
This course is designed to relate crashes and crash statistics. The relationship is an important component for analyzing crashes and developing mitigation efforts. As part of the class, we will start out with the on-line Fatality Analysis Reporting System. The class will conduct on-line exercises to identify crash statistics for their city, county, or state. A second on-line program - USLIMITS2 - will be demonstrated and the class will run the program. USLIMITS2 develops recommendations for assigning the appropriate speeds for roads. Statistical analysis techniques such as significant crash rates will be demonstrated as well as speed surveys and calculation of 85 percentile speeds. Also sight distances and speed differentials and their affects will be discussed.
Agenda:
• FARS Analysis and Exercise
• Speed Limits and USLIMITS
• Significant Crash Rate Analysis
• Calculation of Median and 85th Percentile
• Spot speed studies
• Sight Distance and Speed Differentials
• Mitigation Measures
Professional Development Hours: 6.0
Registration Fee: This 6-hour virtual classroom course has a $50 registration fee.
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Maryland Transportation Technology Transfer (MDT2) Center
5000 College Avenue, Suite 2200
College Park, Md 20742