Implementing a Safe System approach involves providing multiple layers of protection to reduce the probability of fatal and serious injury crashes. The approach is guided by six overarching principles (Death and Serious Injuries are Unacceptable; Humans Make Mistakes; Humans are Vulnerable; Responsibility is Shared; Safety is Proactive; Redundancy is Crucial) and supported by five complementary Safe System Elements (Safer People; Safer Roads; Safer Vehicles; Safer Speeds; and Post-Crash Care).
This training will focus on the Safer Roads and Safer Speeds elements by introducing a Safe System Solutions Hierarchy that characterizes engineering and infrastructure-based countermeasures and strategies relative to their alignment with the goal of eliminating fatalities and serious injuries. The draft hierarchy is under development by the Federal Highway Administration to assist transportation agencies with implementation of the Safe System Approach. The hierarchy is intended to provide transportation practitioners with a new lens to consider kinetic energy management and how Safe System solutions can be implemented through example applications and case studies.
Learn how this hierarchy can aid in decision-making for street and road improvements that better accommodate for human mistakes and keep crash impacts on the human body within survivable levels.
TARGET AUDIENCE: All roadway transportation professionals
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
▪ Describe the principle of a tiered hierarchy of Safe System solutions
▪ List the tiers of a Safe System solutions hierarchy
▪ Describe how the Safe System solutions hierarchy could be applied toward making road safety decisions
▪ Identify strategies and countermeasures within the Safe System solutions hierarchy
Instructor Bio
Mark Doctor, P.E. provides technical assistance and training to advance the application of innovative and performance-based safety and design practices on a national level. Mark began his career with the FHWA in 1988 and gained engineering experience through several positions in the FHWA Florida Division Office and the FHWA Tennessee Division Office. Mark has served in his current position with the FHWA Resource Center Safety and Design Team since 2005 where he provides technical services in the areas of geometric design, intersection safety, innovative intersections, freeway interchange design, and the Safe System approach. Mark received a BS degree in civil engineering from Clemson University and an MS in transportation engineering from the University of Florida. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Georgia.
RECORDING
To earn Professional Development Hours (PDHs) or a Certificate of Completion for each recorded webinar, you must view the entire webinar. After viewing, please fill out the web form at the link below to request your certificate. The Florida LTAP Center will follow-up within 2-3 weeks.
This webinar will award 1.5 PDHs.
