The participants in this training course on road geometric design will receive a thorough introduction to the field and gain the confidence necessary to perform this kind of work when they return to their workplace. Participants who are unfamiliar with the topic or who have practical expertise but lack an academic background in the field may find it beneficial. Additionally, it will demonstrate how software and engineering judgment may work together to create better road designs or enhance preexisting ones.

Course Objectives:

The road designers are the people who influence most of our lives, as they are the ones providing the plans for the roads that we use. The roads remain for a long time and therefore any issue that was not resolved in the initial design will continue to influence the traffic and the entire positive and the negative elements of it for the years to come. Therefore, the continual development of the engineers and their advancement is crucial for the positive development of the roads.

Just applying standards is not enough; the engineers must implement modern technologies, must cooperate, and must consider future developments.

This traffic engineering course also provides them with the knowledge of use of the modern software packages, using the newest technologies and applying them in collaboration with other civil engineers in order to achieve maximum benefit.

At the end of this training course, participants will learn to:

Understand the Road Planning and Design application principles as well as Horizontal and Vertical Alignment
Understand why Sustainable Urban Transport Planning is important
Understand what Road Geometric Design for Safe Roads
Perform base Road Safety Audit (RSA) and Road Safety Inspection (RSI)
Recognize the possibilities in the new ITS development trends in Road Geometric Design
Build traffic simulations of traffic signs and signal coordination
Prepare the project for ITS introduction, sustainability, maintenance and Road Geometric Design in general

Who Should Attend?

This Road Geometric Design training course is designed for the people involved in civil, traffic, and transport planning, regulating, controlling, and organization of those, as well as delegates involved into management, analytics, optimization, project management, and transport optimization.

This is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

Traffic Engineers
Project Managers
Transport Engineers
Strategic Development Personnel Road Geometric Design
Supervisors and Works Managers
Architects involved in Urban Design
Technology Engineers, CTOs and CIOs
Professionals in Urban and Rural Planning
Researchers and Practitioners in Traffic Engineering
People who are involved in civil, traffic and transport planning and organization
Researchers and Consultants involving in management, analytics, optimization, project management, and transport optimization.
Engineers, Engineering Technologist and Project Managers working for Local Government, or State / Federal Agencies, Consultants and Contractors

Course Outlines:

Introduction

Geometric Design: General Concept

Highway Classification
Functional Class
Basic Terms
Design Vehicles
Roadway Cross Section

Importance of Geometric Design
Design Control Criteria

Road Planning

Sustainable Urban Transport Planning
Road Design

Network design
Facility design

Town Road Improvement Project Plan

Planning and Designing of Horizontal and Vertical Alignment

Horizontal Alignment

Circular Curves and Transition Curves
Curve Widening

Vertical Alignment
Gradients
Vertical Curves
Drainage
Coordination of Horizontal and Vertical Design

Road Geometric Design for Safe Roads

Safety Management
Modifications to Road Environment
Safety Standards for Design and Redesign
Road Safety Audit (RSA)
Road Safety Inspection (RSI)
Intelligent Transportations Systems

Traffic Signal Design

Terminology
Planning and Designing Traffic Signs

Types of Movements
Types of Traffic Signals
Types of Vehicle
Detection Vehicle Detection

Signal Coordination

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