Intersection Geometric Design
This online engineering PDH course summarizes and highlights the geometric design process for modern roadway intersections. It presents the general guidelines for at-grade intersection design and provides an in-depth look at the principles to be considered when selecting and designing intersections. The contents of this document are intended to serve as guidance and not as an absolute standard or rule.
Intersections are unique roadway elements where conflicting vehicle streams (and sometimes non-motorized users) share the same space. This area encompasses all modes of travel (pedestrian, bicycle, passenger vehicle, truck and transit) as well as auxiliary lanes, medians, islands, sidewalks and pedestrian ramps. These may further heighten the accident potential and constrain the operational efficiency and network capacity of the urban street system. However, the main objective of intersection design is to facilitate the roadway user and enhance efficient vehicle movement.
This 4 PDH online course is applicable to traffic or transportation engineers interested in learning about the principles to be considered when designing roadway intersections.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- General design considerations: function, objectives and capacity
- Alignment and profile
- Sight distance: sight triangles and skew
- Turning roadways: channelization, islands and superelevation
- Auxiliary lanes
- Median openings: control radii, lengths and skew
- Left turns and U-turns
- Roundabouts
- Miscellaneous considerations: pedestrians, traffic control and frontage roads
- Railroad crossings: alignments and sight distance
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review the course document titled "Intersections". This course document is based exclusively on Chapter 9 of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) publication, "A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets" (also known as the "Green Book").
Once you complete your course review, you need to take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twenty five (25) questions to earn 4 PDH credits. The quiz will be based on Chapter 9 of this AASHTO publication.
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