Maine Transportation 30 PDH Discount Package 3

This online engineering PDH course presents information on defining high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane capacity, options for using available HOV lane capacity, and analyzing HOV exemption policies. It examines the potential impact of certain exempt vehicles on the operation of high-occupancy vehicles (HOV) facilities. The possible exempt vehicles examined in this course include environmentally friendly vehicles, and law enforcement, emergency services, and designated public transportation vehicles. It also presents the experience with the use of HOV lanes by these types of exempt vehicles. Finally, it examines the potential issues and approaches for allowing exempt vehicles to use HOV lanes.

Traffic congestion continues to be a major issue in metropolitan areas throughout the country. The agencies responsible for the surface transportation system in these regions use a variety of approaches and techniques to address concerns relating to traffic congestion, mobility, and air quality. The use of HOV facilities represents one approach in use or being considered in many urban areas.

This 5 PDH online course is applicable to traffic engineers, transportation planners, conceptual and detail designers, and other technical professionals who will be considering HOV exemption policies as well as monitoring and evaluating the use of HOV lanes by exempt vehicles.

This online engineering PDH course discusses about the dissemination of Travel Time Reliability (TTR) information using a set of tested Lexicon phrases in order to help road users make optimal travel choices and reduce roadway congestion.

Travel time variability is a characteristic of the transportation system that means a traveler’s trip will vary from what is normally expected and will potentially take longer than planned. By helping travelers make travel choices that take into account travel time variability, agencies have the potential to reduce roadway congestion. This reduced congestion has the added benefit of reducing primary and secondary crashes, vehicle emissions, and fuel use, as well as yielding other benefits.

Travel Time Reliability (TTR) information includes static data about traffic speeds or trip times that capture historic variations from day to day and enable individuals to understand the level of variability in traffic. A key component to addressing the reliability issue related to urban mobility is conveying this TTR information to system users so that they can make informed decisions about their travel. The challenge for transportation professionals lies in selecting the best means of conveying that information so that it is usable and effective to the traveler and other stakeholders.

This online engineering PDH course provides an overview of the main operations, logistics, and technology strategies for improving urban freight mobility and delivery.

The course covers the challenges and opportunities associated with urban freight transport, as well as various strategies and technologies that can be used to improve freight mobility in urban areas or to minimize its impacts on others. Operations, logistics, and technology (OLT) strategies represent a set of practices that can be applied to improve the movement of goods and the quality of life of urban residents.

The course will help in understanding potential applications of OLT strategies in order to improve urban freight management and mobility through sharing noteworthy practices that have been implemented successfully.

This online engineering PDH course provides guidance and recommended practices on planning and designing ramps with freeway facilities. The overriding objectives of effective planning and design are to minimize congestion, improve safety and enhance overall mobility.

This course also describes in greater depth the issues and concepts specific to ramp planning and design. This information will help practitioners develop a comprehensive understanding of project planning and design, and it will help ensure that projects are implemented successfully.

This 4 PDH online course is applicable to traffic engineers, transportation planners, managers, and other technical professionals who are involved in ramp planning and design in support of the overall ramp management strategy.

This online engineering PDH course provides information on the design and post-implementation evaluation of Road Diets, and presents the decision-making process that helps practitioners determine whether Road Diets are a good fit for a certain corridor.

Four-lane undivided highways have a history of relatively high crash rates as traffic volumes increase and as the inside lane is shared by higher speed through traffic and left-turning vehicles. One option for addressing this safety concern is a “Road Diet.” A Road Diet involves converting an existing four-lane undivided roadway segment to a three-lane segment consisting of two through lanes and a center two-way left-turn lane (TWLTL). The reduction of lanes allows the roadway cross section to be reallocated for other uses such as bike lanes, pedestrian refuge islands, transit stops, or parking.

A Road Diet improves safety by including a protected left-turn lane for mid-block left-turning motorists, reducing crossing distance for pedestrians, and reducing travel speeds that decrease crash severity. Additionally, the Road Diet provides an opportunity to allocate excess roadway width to other purposes, including bicycle lanes, on-street parking, or transit stops.

This online engineering PDH course provides information on roundabout at the planning, design, construction, operations and maintenance levels. It also includes the procedures considered for selecting and assessing the appropriateness of a roundabout.

A modern roundabout is one of the three types of circular intersections. However, roundabouts have demonstrated substantial safety and operational performance over other forms of intersection control. This course focuses on two categories of roundabouts: single-lane and multilane roundabouts. It is intended to ensure consistency across the State in the implementation of roundabouts at new installations and to provide safe and efficient traffic operations in the case of retrofit/redesign or reconstruction of existing intersections.

This 7 PDH online course is applicable to transportation engineers, road designers, planners, contractors and professionals who are interested in the design, operation, construction and maintenance of roundabouts.

This online engineering PDH course provides recommendations as well as descriptions of mandatory safety and health standards to ensure traffic safety in marine terminals.

Traffic incidents are a serious problem at marine terminals, where heavy equipment is used to load and unload ships and move freight from one place to another in the terminal. The work is fast-paced, conducted at any time of the day or year, and often performed in inclement weather. Vehicular traffic endangers any worker walking in a marine terminal.

Many work-related injuries and fatalities occurring in marine terminals result from traffic incidents. For this reason, traffic-safety controls can help individuals avoid traffic incidents and prevent or reduce work-related fatalities and injuries. In addition, reducing traffic incidents can also increase the productivity of the marine terminal.