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Traffic and Highway Safety (CE 595)

Introduction to traffic and highway safety. Safety management system. Hazardous location identification. Diagnosis of road accident problem. Development of countermeasure treatments. Introduction to statistical software. Crash statistical modeling development. Observational before/after study for evaluation of safety performance. View course on website

Traffic Signal Control Design and Operations CE 590

Driver and vehicle characteristics. Origin and destination studies. Volume, speed and accident studies. Traffic control devices. Channelization design. Parking facilities design. Intersection design. Roadway lighting. Administration and financing of improvements.

Transportation Safety (CE 526)

Introduction to nature and extent of transportation safety problem worldwide and in the United States. Several sub-areas of transportation safety: road safety, human factors, vehicle safety; crash data collection and management; safety planning; hot spot identification; methodologies for conducting transportation accident studies; statistical applications to accident data; predictive model building; 'before-after' studies; countermeasure design. View course on website.

Introduction to Roadside Safety 630

Fundamentals of roadside safety design and analysis: topics include traffic barrier warranting and selection, crash data analysis, hardware performance evaluation, and benefit/cost analysis.

Highway Safety (CE 580)

Safety aspects of streets and highways; planning, implementation, and evaluation of highway safety improvement projects and programs. Highway risk analysis and risk management systems. View course on website

Transportation Engineering (CE 480)

Introduction to transportation engineering and planning as it relates to highways. Characteristics of highway systems: the driver, vehicle and roadway, traffic engineering studies, highway safety, traffic flow fundamentals, capacity and level of service concepts, intersection traffic control, transportation planning and site impact analysis, geometric design of highways. View course on website

Transportation Safety (CIVL 7540/7546)

Transportation safety problems and the engineer's role in developing and administering safety programs. Topics include hazardous location identification; analysis of accident data; development and evaluation of accident countermeasures and safety programs. View course on website