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The Federal Highway Administration’s National Highway Institute (NHI) is offering its updated training, Improving Highway Safety with ITS (FHWA-NHI-137070). This Web-based Training (WBT) provides public and private sector transportation practitioners with a contextual deep dive into Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technologies with the highest potential for safety benefits. It explains how ITS technologies have been used to address transportation safety challenges and how an agency can incorporate use of those technologies into their transportation safety planning processes. It also offers insights into the future directions of ITS and the potential safety benefits that may be realized.
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
- Summarize the overall magnitude and importance of highway safety.
- Evaluate the effects of ITS on improving the safety planning process.
- Describe ITS-related technology that impacts safety.
- Analyze ITS safety countermeasures within the context of a variety of different operational situations.
- Identify practical opportunities for collaboration among safety and ITS personnel.
Visit NHI's website to learn more about registering for this WBT today!
Target Audience:
This WBT benefits anyone looking for ways to improve highway safety including, but not limited to, emergency management and maintenance personnel depending on their role and responsibilities in their organization. The training was designed specifically for safety, transportation operations, and ITS professionals specializing in traffic engineering, highway and traffic safety, planning, operations, and design personnel. Those that need to understand the role that ITS has in preserving the safety of our roadways such as decision-makers, higher-level managers, individuals responsible for putting together the capital program for the agency, may also benefit from taking this course.
NHI: Training the transportation community
to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.
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