C E 552 Traffic Safety Engineering
Iowa State
University
Spring 2011
Instructor:
Reg Souleyrette (reg@iastate.edu)
Tuesday
3:45-6:15 PM in 178 Town
Office Hours:
catch me at Town M, T or W 8-9:30, at InTrans, or by email.
·
NCHRP Core Competencies for
Highway Safety Professionals
· Syllabus
· Safety 101 lecture notes (read before class)
·
Grades
·
Grading
Policy: Exams (2) 60%, Labs/HW 30%, class participation 10%
Any student
who feels the need for an accommodation based on the impact of a disability
should contact me privately during the first week of class to discuss your
specific needs. Please contact the Disability Resources Office at 515-294-7220
in room 1076, Student Services Building to coordinate reasonable accommodations
for students with documented disabilities.
Please see: ISU
policy on academic dishonesty which is enforced in Transportation
Engineering courses.
Please submit
hardcopy of all homework at beginning of class.
Paper-clipped, not stapled please.
Objectives:
Cultivate an
appreciation for the highway safety problem, and a passion for doing something
about it
Gain
proficiency in the following 5 “core competency” areas recommended by TRB:
1.
The
Nature of Road Safety
2.
The
History and Institutional Settings of Road Safety Management
3.
The
Origins, Characteristics, and Uses of Crash Data
4.
Contributing
Crash Factors, Countermeasure Selection, and Evaluation
5.
Road
Safety Program Management
Learn how to
use (or being to use) the latest in crash analysis tools and techniques:
1.
Empirical
Bayes and the Highway Safety Information System
2.
Highway
Safety Manual
3.
IHSDM
4.
Roadside
safety analysis tools
Participate
in an assessment of training for older drivers
-
DriveSmart
-
New
ISU Portable Driver Simulator
Become aware
of current event and topics of interest to highway safety engineers and other
professionals
-
NSEL
listserve
-
SPACE
self explaining roads
-
iRAP/usRAP