Engineering Approaches to Reducing Pedestrian Fatalities in the US
Credits: 6 PDH
PDH Course Description:
This course examines the recent rise in pedestrian fatalities across the United States, with particular focus on engineering factors that contribute to this trend and the solutions available to mitigate it. The course explores roadway design, vehicle technology, traffic operations, and urban planning approaches, along with data-driven insights into why pedestrian deaths have increased in the past two decades despite overall advancements in vehicle safety. Practical engineering countermeasures, design innovations, and future strategies are analyzed to provide transportation engineers with the knowledge to design safer roadways, intersections, and multimodal networks.Topics:
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Analyze the historical and recent trends in U.S. pedestrian fatalities.
- Identify engineering and infrastructural causes contributing to the rise in deaths.
- Evaluate roadway design features that either exacerbate or reduce pedestrian risk.
- Assess the role of vehicle size, speed, and driver behavior in pedestrian safety.
- Apply engineering solutions, such as traffic calming, improved crosswalk design, and signalization, to reduce pedestrian deaths.
- Integrate data analytics, new technologies, and urban planning strategies to enhance pedestrian safety.
- Develop practical approaches to engineering safer transportation systems for mixed-use environments.
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Intended Audience: This course is intended for transportation, civil, and traffic engineers, as well as urban planners and roadway safety professionals involved in the design, analysis, and management of transportation systems. It is particularly suited to professionals seeking to enhance their understanding of pedestrian safety engineering, roadway design, and multimodal planning.
Publication Source: Cadistics Courseware
Donald Parnell, PE