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  • FHWA - Increasing Freeway Capacity by Using Safety Lanes as Travel Lanes

    Credits: 7 PDH

    PDH Course Description:

    This course discusses the use of safety shoulders as travel lanes to increase the capacity of existing highways. A succinct overview of efforts to use left or right shoulder lanes as temporary or interim travel lanes is presented. The impact on highway performance, operations, safety, maintenance, enforcement, incident response, and costs is discussed. Detailed case studies are presented for four U.S. states and three European countries.

    Topics:

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
    • Traffic control devices
    • Performance measures
    • Potential safety benefits
    • Maintenance concerns
    • Enforcement roles and processes
    • Incident response
    • Training for personnel
    • Costs
    • Liability and legal issues
    • Public outreach and education

    To take this course:

    1.) Enroll in Course: Click below to enroll:
    (must be logged into your user account)


    2.) Study: Once enrolled, click below to begin the course:

    Download the Study Guide

    3.) Test: Once you've thoroughly read the course materials, please click below to take the final examination.

    Take the final exam

    4.) Certificate: A passing grade of 70% or higher on the exam, is required to receive the certificate of completion for this PDH course.
         NOTE: After the exam is completed, you will need to return to this page, in order to print (download) the certificate of completion.

    Print the Certificate of Completion

    Publication Source: US DOT (Federal Highway Administration)


    Mark Rossow PhD, PE (retired)

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