TEMPUS IV – Project n. 516888 – HDMCuRF
Highway Design and Management: Curricular Reform for Russian Federation
Design and Implementation of Higher Education Master Courses in Russia
HDMCuRF
WP.2 Development
Activity 5.2 Training of the PC teaching staff
Workshop in Athens
Preliminary program
October 23, 2012
HDMCuRF
Venue
National Technical University of Athens,
School of Rural and Surveying Engineering
Laboratory of Transportation Engineering
Zografou, GR-15780, Athens, GREECE
Starting date
December 3, 2012
Ending date
December 14, 2012
Schedule
First week (NTUA)
December 3:
December 4:
December 5:
December 6:
December 7:
Modules 5.1, 9.10.1 and 6.5
Modules 5.2, 9.10.2 and 6.6
Modules 5.3, 5.5, 6.7 and 6.8
Modules 5.4 and 9.5
Modules 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3
Second week (KTH+UniNA)
December 10: Module 5.7, 9.6 and 6.1
December 11: Modules 9.7, 6.2 and 6.3
December 12: Modules 9.8, 9.9, 9.10.3 and software labs
December 13: Modules 6.4, 9.1 and 9.2
December 14: Modules 9.3, 9.4 and technical visit
Athens Workshop – December 2012
2
HDMCuRF
Detailed program
Monday, December 3, 2012
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Welcome to the participants
Module 5, Special issues in highway design
5.1.
Design for vulnerable road users (Prof. Basil Psarianos)
 Design for pedestrians
− Pedestrian traffic characteristics
− Pedestrian safety demands
− Urban road longitudinal design elements
− Urban road crossing design elements
o Structural elements
o Signalized intersections
o Unsignalized intersections
o Interchanges
o Special design controls
− Interaction with transit
− Rural road design elements
− Safety aspects
− Special design issues
 Design for bicyclists
− Bicyclist traffic characteristics
− Bicycle network design
− Bicycle route design elements
o Urban main roads
o Urban local roads
o Rural roads
− Bicycle lanes through intersections
o Unsignalized urban intersections
o Signalized urban intersections
o Rural intersections and crossings
− Special design issues
 Design for older drivers
− Design background
− Design issues
o Horizontal alignment
o Vertical alignment
o Intersections
o Interchanges
− Special design issues
 Design for people with disabilities
9.1. Fundamentals of road infrastructure safety management
9.10.1 Road safety impact assessment (Prof. Basil Psarianos)
 Background
 Definition
 Aims for new and old roads
 Content
Athens Workshop – December 2012
3
HDMCuRF




Procedure
− One dimensional approach
− Two dimensional (area-wide) approach
Methodologies
Implementation hurdles
Examples and case studies
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
6.5. Active traffic management (Assist. Prof. Constantinos Antoniou)
 Speed harmonization
 Variable speed limits
 Temporary shoulder use
 Queue warning
 Dynamic merge control
 Construction site management
 Truck restrictions
 Ramp metering
 Dynamic rerouting and traveller information
 Dynamic lane markings
 Automated speed enforcement
 Managed lane strategies
 Pricing
Athens Workshop – December 2012
4
HDMCuRF
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
5.2.
Traffic Calming (Prof. Basil Psarianos)
 Introductory remarks and aims
 Residential traffic calming measures
 Main road traffic calming measures
 Aesthetic and engineering issues
 Effectiveness and impacts of traffic calming measures
 Concerns
 Examples and case studies
9.10.2 Road safety audits (Prof. Basil Psarianos)
 Background
 Definition
 Aims and benefits
 Implementation stages
 Content
 Procedure
 Key issues to consider
 Legal implications
 Audit tools
 Examples and case studies
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
6.6. Traffic flow metering (Assist. Prof. Constantinos Antoniou)
 Background
 Ramp metering
 Mainline flow metering
 Traffic flow metering algorithms
 Coordinated vs. local control
 Evaluation of traffic flow metering
 Case studies
Athens Workshop – December 2012
5
HDMCuRF
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
5.3.
Transition between rural and urban areas (Prof. Basil Psarianos)
 Background
 Road function change
 Road space and context development
 Speed development
 Geometric design
 Surface treatments
 Road equipment and appurtenances
 Traffic control devices
 Effectiveness and performance measures
 Examples and case studies
5.5.









Access management (Prof. Basil Psarianos)
Definition
Effects in operation, safety, environment, and economy
Access road categories
Land development and access
Access location principles and restrictions
Access spacing restrictions
Access arrangements and driveway design
Safety impacts and performance
Examples and case studies
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
6.7 Incident management (Assist. Prof. Constantinos Antoniou)
 Definitions
− Incident types
− Incident implications
− Incident management activities
 Stakeholders, roles and responsibilities
 Developing an incident management program
 Improving an incident management program
 Infrastructure
− Data collection
− Control and information dissemination
 The role real-time response and planning systems
 Case studies
6.8 Case studies (Assist. Prof. Constantinos Antoniou)
Athens Workshop – December 2012
6
HDMCuRF
Thursday, December 6, 2012
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
5.4 Road design in difficult environmental conditions (Prof. Basil Psarianos)
5.4.1. Design exceptions
 Engineering background
 Controlling criteria
 Design liability
 Benefits
 Procedures
5.4.2. Context sensitive design
 The concept
 Engineering background
 Application and benefits
 Design principles and tools
 Application in rural areas
 Application in suburban and urban areas and villages
− Arterials and collectors
− Thoroughfares (boulevard, avenue, street)
 Concept of self-explaining/self-enforcing roads
 Concept of shared space
 Examples and case studies
5.4.3. Complex natural and climatic conditions in highway design
 Examples and case studies
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
9.5.







Crash modification factors (Assist. Prof. Constantinos Antoniou)
Background
Definition
Study designs for the development of CMFs
Resources for crash modification factors
Transferability of crash modification factors
Towards crash modifications functions
Examples and case studies
Athens Workshop – December 2012
7
HDMCuRF
Friday, December 7, 2012
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
7.1.
7.2.
GIS technologies (Prof. Byron Nakos)
 GIS-T definition
 Aims
 Structure of a GIS-T
 Locational reference systems
 Modeling
 Spatial data characteristics
 Data quality
 Map systems and map matching
 Applications of positional data
 Measurement systems
 Data analysis by means of GIS-T
 Key and special issues in GIS-T
GIS applications in highway design and maintenance (1/2) (Assist. Professor Constantinos Antoniou)
 Road inventories
 Road safety management
 Pavement management systems
 Traffic engineering analysis
 Congestion management
 Transit management
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
7.2.






7.3.
GIS applications in highway design and maintenance (2/2) (Assist. Professor Constantinos Antoniou)
Transit management
Fleet control and management
Emergency medical response
Evacuation management
Spatial factors analysis for highway design and maintenance
Other applications
Automation in construction (Prof. B. Psarianos)
Introduction and background
Aims and benefits
System architecture
Real-time area survey
Geo-referencing systems and real-time positioning
Human-machine-environment interaction
Automated machine guidance (AMG)
Prototype developments
State of practice









Athens Workshop – December 2012
8
HDMCuRF
Monday, December 10, 2012
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
5.7.









Road restraint systems (Assist. Prof. Alfonso Montella)
International standards and guidelines
Roadside safety strategies
Roadside safety barriers
Median safety barriers
Bridge barriers
Terminals
Transitions
Crash cushions
Examples and case studies
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
6.1.
Introduction to intelligent transportation systems (ITS) (Prof. Haris Koutsopoulos & Dr. Albania Nissan)
 ITS applications and benefits
 Intelligent transport systems technologies
 Intelligent Infrastructure
− Arterial management
− Freeway management
− Incident management
− Emergency management
− Electronic payment and pricing
− Weather Information
 Intelligent vehicles
− Driver assistance systems
− Vehicle-to-vehicle communications
 Transit management systems
− Automated transit data collection methods
− Fleet management and control
Athens Workshop – December 2012
9
HDMCuRF
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
9.6.
Network screening (Assist. Prof. Alfonso Montella)
 Objectives of network screening
 Crash frequency
− Procedure
− Advantages
− Drawbacks
− Examples
 Equivalent property damage only
− Procedure
− Advantages
− Drawbacks
− Examples
 Crash rate
− Procedure
− Advantages
− Drawbacks
− Examples
 Critical crash rate
− Procedure
− Advantages
− Drawbacks
− Examples
 Proportion method
− Procedure
− Advantages
− Drawbacks
− Examples
 EB crash estimate
− Procedure
− Advantages
− Drawbacks
− Examples
 Potential for safety improvement
− Procedure
− Advantages
− Drawbacks
− Examples
 Case study
9.7.



Selection of countermeasures (Assist. Prof. Alfonso Montella)
Crash contributory factors identification
− Crash data analysis
− Site inspections
− Case study
Relationship between contributory factors and countermeasures
Use of crash contributory factors to assess countermeasures effectiveness
Athens Workshop – December 2012
10
HDMCuRF
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
6.2.
Traffic surveillance methods (Prof. Haris Koutsopoulos & Dr. Albania Nissan)
 Local detector data
− Data characteristics
− Detector types
− Manual recordings
 Section data
− Data characteristics
− Detection techniques
 Trajectory data
− Vehicle based trajectories (instrumented vehicle)
− Video based trajectories
6.3. Automatic vehicle identification systems (AVI) and new technologies for data collection (Prof. Haris
Koutsopoulos & Dr. Albania Nissan)
 Introduction
 Technological approaches to AVI
 Benefits and services
 Floating car data (FCD)
Athens Workshop – December 2012
11
HDMCuRF
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
9.8.



Economic appraisal (Assist. Prof. Alfonso Montella)
Countermeasures cost
Crash reduction
Economic value of crash reduction


Ranking of countermeasures (Assist. Prof. Alfonso Montella)
Benefit/cost analysis
Cost/effectiveness analysis
9.9.
9.10.3 Road safety inspections (Assist. Prof. Alfonso Montella)
 Aims and benefits
 International standards
 Inspection team qualification
 Procedure
− Two-lane rural roads
− Rural multilane highways and freeways
− Urban highways
− At-grade intersections
− Roundabouts
− Interchanges
− Road works
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
9.10.3 Road safety inspections (Assist. Prof. Alfonso Montella)
 Examples and case studies
Software lab: GIS/Traffic simulation
Athens Workshop – December 2012
12
HDMCuRF
Thursday, December 13, 2012
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
6.4.
Advanced traveller information systems (ATIS) (Prof. Haris Koutsopoulos & Dr. Albania Nissan)
 Introduction to traveller information systems
 Examples of early concepts
 Information dissemination technologies
 Models and algorithms for generation of reliable traffic information
 Review of current systems and their principles
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
9.1.
The role of the driver-vehicle-road-environment system in the highway safety
 Introduction
 The role of human factors in road safety
− Driving task
− Driver characteristics and limitations
o Attention and information processing
o Vision
o Perception-reaction time
o Speed choice
 Impacts of road design and the environment on the driver
− Number of lanes
− Lane and shoulder width
− Intersections and access points
− Road consistency
− Road-side characteristics
 Impact of the vehicle on driver safety
9.2.
(Dr. Haneen Farah)
Crash data (Dr. Haneen Farah)
Definitions
Fatality statistics and legislation
Crash rates
Underreporting of crashes
Data needed for crash estimation
Limitation of observed data accuracy
Limitation due to randomness and change







Athens Workshop – December 2012
13
HDMCuRF
Friday, December 14, 2012
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
9.3.







Safety performance functions (Dr. Haneen Farah)
Background and motivation
Definition
Implementation and calibration approach
Accident prediction models
Application to roadway segments
Application to intersections
Transferring and recalibration of SPFs





Empirical Bayes method (Dr. Haneen Farah)
Background
Basic principles
Bayes model
Empirical Bayes model
Applications in traffic safety
9.4.
1:30 PM – 05:30 PM
Technical Visit / TMC
Athens Workshop – December 2012
14