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A Community of Transportation Professionals Your source for expertise, knowledge and ideas. AASHTO Subcommittee on Traffic Engineering AASHTO Subcommittee on System Management and Operation Annual Meeting Douglas E. Noble, P.E., PTOE Senior Director, Management and Operations
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A Community of Transportation Professionals Your source for expertise, knowledge and ideas AASHTO Subcommittee on Traffic Engineering AASHTO Subcommittee on System Management and Operation Annual Meeting Douglas E. Noble, P.E., PTOE Senior Director, Management and Operations June 2009 Manchester, VT
Recent Publications Trip Generation, 8th Edition Urban Street Geometric Design Handbook Traffic Engineering Handbook, 6th Edition Traffic Signal Timing Manual Transportation Planning Handbook, 3rd Edition
Traffic Engineering/Planning • Management and Operations of ITS (2009) • Signal Maintenance Handbook (2009) • Manual of Transportation Studies (2009) • Parking Generation (2010)
Design CSS in Designing Major Urban Thoroughfares(Final 2010) • “Flexibility in Highway Design” for urban roadways • Compatible with Green Book • Primarily for walkable, compact development with mixed uses • Received 850 individual comments • Funding received and process to move to final Recommended Practice begun • Availableon ITE Website: ww.ite.org
Design Geometric Design Handbooks • Three Volume Set: Freeways and Interchanges (2005), Urban (2008), and Rural (2009) • 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)
Design • Proposed Recommended Practice on Speed Humps(Final expected late 2009) • Neighborhood Street Design Guidelines (2009) • Overall layout and design of new developments • Encourages design for all users; ADA compliant • Transportation Impact Analyses for Site Development(Final expected late 2009)
Standards Establishing Minimum Thresholds for LED’s • NCHRP 20-7: Partnership with AASHTO • Synthesize existing info on current practices for establishing minimum thresholds and field measurement procedures • TRB published results in 2008
Standards Three LED specifications • Circular (avail. now) • Arrow (avail. now) • Pedestrian (public comment period just closed)
Other Items of Interest Roundabouts • Task Force • ITE Informational Report on Roundabout Safety (Summer 2007) Climate Change and Energy • Task Force • White Paper by Alan Pisarski Guidelines for Advisory Speed Setting Speed Management Pedestrian/Bicycle Trip Generation
ITE Information: Accessible Any Time, Any Place Online Bookstore Online Learning Courses Web Seminars and Briefings CD-ROM Modules ITE e-Newsletter ITE Journal Informational Reports
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)
Professional Development • Tech Conference 2009 Web Briefing (June 30, 3:00pm) • Intro to Highway Safety (Aug 4 - Sept 24) • Fundamental of Traffic Engineering (Oct 1 – Nov 19) • Personnel Management Skills (Tue/Thu, Dec 1 – Dec 15)
Transportation Certification • Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) • Voluntary process, licensed engineers • 2,194 individuals certified worldwide • Professional Transportation Planner (PTP) • Traffic Operations Practitioner Specialist (TOPS) • Traffic Signal Operations Specialist (TSOS) • August 1 to 31, 2009 [July 1, 2009] • October 1 to 31, 2009 [Sept. 4, 2009] • March 1 to 31, 2010 [February 2, 2010]
ITE 2009 Annual Meeting and Exhibit August 9-12San Antonio, TX www.ite.org/annualmeeting
ITE 2010 Tech. Conf. and Exhibit March 14-17Savannah, GA
ITE Needs Your Input • View training opportunities online at www.ite.org/education/clearinghouse • Suggest Web seminars that would benefit you during your business hours • Recommend training courses
For moreinformation… Douglas E. Noble, P.E., PTOE Christina Garneski Senior Director, Senior Director Management and Operations Marketing & Membership Services (202) 289-0222, x148 (202) 289-0222, x148 dnoble@ite.orgcgarneski@ite.org Institute of Transportation Engineers 1099 14th Street NW Suite 300 West Washington DC 20005