Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:30 pm
Applying Engineering Principles to the Science of Traffic
Data collection and management
Identifying roadway users
Conducting traffic engineering studies
Forecasting Traffic and Making Design Decisions
Predicting traffic demand
Design considerations for rural and urban roadways
Road types
Vehicle types
The Physical and Behavioral Science of Road Design
Vehicle operation: acceleration, braking and turning
Driver perception/reaction
Distances and visibility
Design Decisions
Intersections
Access management
Parking
Pedestrian and bicycle facilities
Roadway Components and Geometry
Horizontal alignment
Vertical alignment
Ditches
Medians
Future Considerations
Autonomous vehicle features
Mobility considerations
Changes to methods
Credits
This seminar offers 6.5 continuing education
hours/PDHs to professional engineers in all states.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 continuing education hours (PDHs) to professional engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Michigan.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Andrew Ceifetz
WSP USAWSP USA, Detroit Mr. Ceifetz is a lead transportation engineer with WSP, with over 16 years in the industry. Licensed in Michigan and seven other states, he has a broad range of experience in roadway safety, traffic data and safety analysis, design, transportation engineering, and inspection. He has developed and led trainings for road safety audits, the Highway Safety Manual (HSM), performance based maintenance, and safety reviews for hundreds of MDOT and local agency staff, including tools to implement the HSM. He is a member of the Transportation Research Board’s Standing Committees on Tort Liability and Risk Management (AL070) and Low-Volume Roads (AFB30), in addition to sitting on multiple National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) and Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program (BTSCRP) project panels. Mr. Ceifetz’s work has been presented at conferences in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Canada, and New Zealand, and he has been published in both United States and Canadian research journals. He is serving his second term as co-chair of the Traffic Safety Engineering Action Team for Michigan’s Governor’s Traffic Safety Advisory Commission (2015-present).