Traffic Signal Design and Operation

This course aims to provide you with an understanding of traffic signal design from concept to completion and to provide a refresher for those who are already working in the area.

Course Outline

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

• discover from one continuous case study the design of an intersection from concept to completion
• benefit from the insight gained at this course the  preparation necessary to develop design considerations select signal equipment and its placement
• acquire practical methods to become more knowledgeable about uniform traffic devices for Canada
• apply bikeway traffic control and audible pedestrian signals guidelines
• expand your knowledge of transit priority system

Description

Recent advances in technology and sophistication in hardware and software, have made it possible to design and build more effective and reliable traffic signals and traffic signal systems.  Expectation of better service in local areas is increasing as more and more motorists experience the newer and more effective traffic signal systems during their travels.

Consequently, many provincial municipal and county transportation authorities are faced with the demands, not only for additional traffic signals, but also for upgrade of the existing traffic signal systems to meet increased traffic flows and safety concerns. Other topics of current interest include bikeways, available pedestrian signals and transit priority are also covered.

If your existing traffic signal systems cannot meet the new demands placed on them by ever-increasing traffic and you want to improve traffic flow and safety, join us at this seminar to share experiences of specialists in this field.

Objective

• To provide you with an understanding of traffic signal design from concept to completion.
• To provide a refresher for those who are already working in the area

Who Should Attend

Directors and managers of transportation, transportation planners, traffic engineers, traffic signal analysts /designers, traffic signal maintenance engineers, traffic project inspectors, public works and development reviewers; consulting engineers,  and other individuals responsible for traffic operations including bicycle route planners and landscape architects.

Special Feature

This seminar is designed to provide the state-of-the art body of knowledge in traffic engineering in small parcels, each interwoven with case studies, which emphasize and demonstrate application of the knowledge gained through lectures. You come out from the seminar with a new confidence in handling traffic signal design and operation problems.

Day I

8:00 Registration and Coffee

8:20 Welcome, Introduction, Workshop Preview, Learning Outcomes and the Assessment Method

8:30 Seminar Preview

8:40 Pre-Design Activities
       Petar Vujic, Region of Niagara

• Data gathering
• Warrant analysis
• Gap analysis

10:00 Refreshments and Networking

10:20 Design of an Intersection-Case Study      
         Petar Vujic

• Instructor will introduce the project.  Participants will work on design of the intersection under instructor guidance

12:00 Lunch

12:40 Operational Requirements      
         Nick Rosati, Region of Niagara

• Definitions
• Flow principles
• Demand considerations
• Traffic signal capacity analysis
• Timing with signals
• Level of service
• Highway capacity manual
• Canadian capacity guide      
• Intersection capacity analysis

2:10 Refreshments and Networking

2:30 Design of the Intersection-Case Study (Continued)
       Nick Rosati

• Participants will work on design of the operational aspects of the intersection under instructor guidance

3:30 MUTCDC      
       Petar Vujic

• Manual of uniform traffic control devices for Canada
• National standards of signing
• Pavement markings
• Construction zones

4:30 Adjournment

Day II

8:30 Traffic Signals and Detectors       
        Michael B. Flanigan

• Traffic signals required under OTM and a comparison with MUTCDC Detectors

10:00 Refreshments and Networking

10:20 Concurrent Workshops
         Michael B. Flanigan

• Participants will work in small groups on the intersection case study for selecting traffic signal hardware and software, coordinating and placing it

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Presentation from Workshop Groups

• Representatives from each group will make a presentation on the discussions in their group

1:20 Bikeway Traffic Control Guidelines for Canada
        Petar Vujic
2:00 Design of the Intersection and Ongoing Signal Operations
        Michael B. Flanigan

• Emphasis on the final design details and comments on the recommendations made by participating groups and solutions to ongoing future revisions in the signal operation system

3:00 Refreshments and Networking

3:20 Audible Pederstrian Signals
       Michael B. Flanigan

• Planning
• Implementation
• Cost and safety considerations

3:50 Intelligent Transit Priority
        Michael B. Flanigan

• Area wide mobility study-squeeze more capacity from existing systems
• Need: fast/on time
• Bus priority/ traffic signal considerations
• Extended green signal, shorter red signal
• Signal hardware: traffic signal controllers, transponders
• Maintenance
• Technical timing
• Integrated system control in transit priority system
• Transit priority systems integration and deployment initiatives of the Government of Canada

4:30  Adjournment

Day III

Instructor: Nick Rosati

8:30 Synchronization

• Case Study on Synchronization of Traffic Lights
• Instructor will introduce the project.  Participants will make manual calculations using their calculators for synchronization of traffic lights under instructor guidance

12:00 Lunch

• Synchronization of Traffic Lights (Continued) Software Demo
• Questions and Answers and Feedback to Participants on Achievement of Learning Outcomes

4:30 Concluding Remarks and Final Adjournment

Faculty

Nick Rosati

Michael B. Flanigan is a Project Manager with the Traffic Engineering and Operation Section of the Transportation and Works Department for the City of Mississauga. He has over 30 years of experience in Municipal Traffic Engineering, Operations, Planning and Design especially in the area of Traffic Signal Control. He is currently President of IMSA Ontario, serves as their Certification Chairman, and is a member of a number of IMSA International Committees.

Petar Vujic graduated from Mohawk, Transportation Engineering Technology and is Supervisor of Traffic Studies with the Region of Niagara. He has over 15 years of experience in traffic operations and studies. He is also a present member of ITE, OACETT currently sits on two safety committees, Niagara Road Safety Committee and Road Safety Committee of Ontario.

 

Additional Details

Pre-Requisites

Certificates offered

1.8 CEU / 18 PDH

Cancellation Policy

To withdraw from a course, you must send a request, in writing, with the official receipt to our office. Fifteen or more business days in advance: full refund less $50.00 administration charge. Five to fifteen business days in advance: non-refundable credit of equal value for any future EPIC seminar within one year. Credits are transferable within your organization. In case of an unexpected event occurring after this time, you may send someone else to take your place without any additional cost.

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EPIC Educational Program Innovations Center
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EPIC Learning Centre
5670 McAdam Rd
Mississauga, Ontario
Canada   L4Z 1T2

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Would have liked more interactive problem solving.

Reviewed by Allen A. 2011