TRB Webinar: Safety on Low Volume Roads

TRB conducted a webinar on Tuesday, November 29, 2016, from 1:00PM to 2:30PM ET that featured selected papers from TRB’s 11th International Low Volume Road Conference, which was held in July 2015. Presenters discussed traffic signs, treatments of trees on rural roads, and a retroreflectivity field inspection kit.

This webinar was organized by the TRB Standing Committee on Low Volume Roads. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor or non-TRB Sustaining Affiliate employees. A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to attendees who register and attend the webinar as an individual. Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu for instructions on receiving a copy of the recorded webinar. 

Here are the slides from the presentation.

Webinar Presenters

• Paul Carlson, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Karla Lechtenberg, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• Geoff Scott, Cornell Local Roads Program

Moderated by: Ron Eck, West Virginia University


Webinar Outline

1. Can traffic signs be too bright on low volume roads?
2. Cost-effective safety treatment of trees on low volume rural roads
3. Retroreflectivity field inspection kit for local agencies
4. Question and answer session

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions. The Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP) categorizes this webinar activity as relating to health, safety, and welfare including core technical.


Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Evaluate which types of sign materials can improve safety by reducing glare
• Evaluate methods for managing trees along low volume roads
• Understand methods to comply with standards for sign retroreflectivity through the use of the field inspection kit

Registration Information

There is no fee for employees of TRB Sponsors or TRB Sustaining Affiliates who register using their work email address. In addition to employees of TRB sponsor organizations, the following are eligible to receive complimentary webinar registration:

• TRB and National Academies employees;
• Chairs of TRB standing committees, sections, or groups;
• Members of the media;
• Employees of tribal governments; and
• Members of Congress or their staff.

Other sites must pay $55 per site. View our pricing page for details.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.


Professional Development Hour Information

A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For groups, only the person that registers and attends the session will receive a PDH certificate.

Individuals registered as Florida PEs are no longer required to email TRB with your license number to report your attendance. Instead, please use your certificate that TRB provides through RCEP.net as verification of your attendance to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

This webinar was developed in March 2016. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Certificates of Completion will be issued to individuals who register for and attend the entire webinar session. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Website: www.RCEP.net.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.