Recently added articles from Institute of Transportation Engineers. ITE Journal:
president's message
Mar 01, 2009; ... ITE is working hard to share technical information on transportation safety and on Congressional activities related to transportation funding. This issue of ITE Journal focuses on transportation safety. With 1.3 million worldwide transportation fatalities per year, or 3,000 people (including 500 ...
calendar news
Mar 01, 2009; ... ITE 2009 Technical Conference and Exhibit March 22-25, 2009 Phoenix Convention Center Phoenix, AZ, USA For more information on all of ITE's upcoming meetings and conferences, please contact ITE Headquarters at + 1 202-289-0222 or visit ITE on the Web at ...
letters to the editor
Mar 01, 2009; ... WHY NO ALL-WAY YIElDS? DEAR EDITOR: Most drivers do not come to a full stop at a STOP sign when there is no one to stop for. There is no reason why they should. They come to a "rolling stop" and treat the STOP sign as a YIELD sign. The YIELD sign makes traffic more fluid and ...
COMMISSION FOR GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY CALLS FOR MOSCOW MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE RECOMMENDATIONS: NEW ROADS MUST BE SAFE ROADS
Mar 01, 2009; ... After finally getting road safety on the agenda of a ministerial-level United Nations (UN) summit, David Ward from the FIA Foundation caUsfor hundreds of millions ofdoUars of funding to ensure that new roads in developing countries are safe and reduce the huge number of road accidents in ...
SOME ROUNDABOUT MILEPOSTS
Mar 01, 2009; ... * 1954. Yield control is introduced in the United States. * 1980. Australia and the United States have nearly identical rates of death per head of population from a motor vehicle crash (see also 2004 below). * 1988. Barry Crown ports Rodel roundabout modeling software to PQ and ...
up-to-date
Mar 01, 2009; ... SENATOR DOXER ON CLIMATE CHANGE On February 3, 2009, Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) announced her intentions regarding global warming legislation. She is scheduling the movement of die legislation to be able to bring a committee-approved bill to ...
new products
Mar 01, 2009; ... Greg Bullock, of Pacific Grove, CA, USA has released version 8.0 ofTime-Space & Platoon-Progression (TS/PP) Draft. TS/ PP-Draft is used mainly for signal coordination, travel-time and delay studies (with a GPS receiver) and drafting time-space diagrams, platoon-progression diagrams and ...
VOLUME DISCOUNT ON WEB SEMINARS
Mar 01, 2009; ... Register five or more sites (offices/ locations) at one time for a course and receive 20 percent off the total registration. Visit www.ite.org/education/Webinars.asp to download the ...
ITE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRACKING GOES GREEN
Mar 01, 2009; ... ITE is eliminating the use of paper professional development tracking forms with online assessments of learning for technical sessions and conversation circles offered at the ITE 2009 Technical Conference and Exhibit. Attendees will receive the assessment by e-mail after the ...
UPCOMING WEB TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Mar 01, 2009; ... Fundamentals of Transportation Planning Web Seminar Series (Modules 1-8) March 10-April 8, 2009, 12:00 p.m.-l:30 p.m. Eastern This suite of courses includes the following eight learning modules: Introduction to Transportation Phnning, Data Collection, Land-Use and Transportation, ...
MEMBER UPDATES
Mar 01, 2009; ... Peter Fernandez, P.E. (M), was recendy appointed director of the Public Works Department for the City of Salem, OR, USA. Panos Michalopoulos (M) received the 2007 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) Outstanding Intelligent Transportation Systems Application ...
OBITUARIES: Gary Hansen
Mar 01, 2009; ... ITE has been notified that the fallowing ITE members recently passed away. We recognize them for their contributions to ITE and ...
Programs and Policies to Improve Safety and Mobility for an Aging Population: An International Perspective
Mar 01, 2009; ... MANY COUNTRIES ARE IMPLEMENTING POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND MOBILITY OF AN AGING POPULATION. A SCAN MISSION TO JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA LED TO A NUMBER OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES. ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT MUST COOPERATE TO ENSURE THAT THE MOBILITY NEEDS ...
Optical Speed Zone for Rural Two-Lane Highways
Mar 01, 2009; ... A NEW MOHAVE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS OPTICAL SPEED ZONE DESIGN AND ITS FIRST INSTALLATION ON A TWO-LANE, RURAL HIGHWAY TANGENT SECTION YIELDED A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN MEAN SPEED DOWNSTREAM OF THE ZONE, WITH THE GREATEST EFFECT OBSERVED DURING NIGHTTIME HOURS. IT IS AN ALTERNATIVE, ...
Speed Compliance in School and Playground Zones
Mar 01, 2009; ... IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE COLLISIONS INVOLVING CHILDREN, MANY JURISDICTIONS HAVE IMPLEMENTED SCHOOL ZONES WITH REDUCED SPEED LIMITS. SOME JURISDICTIONS HAVE ALSO REDUCED SPEED LIMITS AROUND PLAYGROUNDS. FEW STUDIES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED TO EXAMINE THEIR IMPACT ON TRAFFIC SPEED AND THE SITE ...
Moving the Bus Back into Traffic Safely-Signage and Lighting Configuration
Mar 01, 2009; ... BUS OPERATOR SURVEYS, CRASH DATA ANALYSIS AND FIELD STUDIES WERE USED TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LIGHTING AND SIGNAGE ON THE BACK OF BUSES, ROADWAY SIGNS AND FLORIDA YIELD-TO-BUS (YTB) STATUTES. PROPER SIGNAGE AND LIGHTING ARE RECOMMENDED TO HELP THE BUS MOVE BACK INTO TRAFFIC SAFELY, ...
president's message
Feb 01, 2009; ... ITE 2009 TECHNICAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBIT Spring is just around the corner, and it's time to plan to attend ITEs Technical Conference and Exhibit from March 22 to 25, 2009 in Phoenix, AZ, USA. This year's theme is Transportation Operations in Action. More than 50 exhibitors will be ...
calendar news
Feb 01, 2009; ... CERTIFICATION UPDATE Computer-based exam for Professional Traffic Operations Fngineer(TM) (FfOl), Traffic Operations Practitioner Specialist(TM) (TOPS), Traffic Signal Operations Specialist(TM) (TSOS) and Professional Transportation Planner(TM) (PTP) may be taken during the following ...
letter to the editor
Feb 01, 2009; ... DOES THE CRASH EXPERIENCE WARRANT MAKE SENSE? DEAR EDITOR: Warrant 7 provides for consideration of a traffic signal installation at locations where at least five accidents of a type susceptible to correction by a signal (primarily right-angle collisions) have been reported within ...
ROUNDABOUT LANE CONTROL SIGNING
Feb 01, 2009; ... By Phil Weber, P.Eng., Senior Project Manager, Ourston Roundabouts Canada and Eric Frailing, EJ. T., Design Engineer, Ourston Roundabout Engineering Inc. When first-time users encounter roundabouts, a frequent question is: "How do I know what lane to choose?" Thus far in the roundabout ...