Traffic Calming – PART II
May 7, 2026 – 9:30am to 12:30pm EST
PDHs AVAILABLE
3 Professional Development Hours can be granted for this course. No partial credit available. Attendees must attend at least 90% of the webinar to get 3 PDHs.
WHAT THIS IS ABOUT
Traffic engineers and public officials face a growing number of complaints about high motor vehicle speeds and volumes in residential neighborhoods. This 2-part course will discuss typical traffic problems in neighborhoods and their causes. Geometric design features and traffic control strategies to provide safer and more livable neighborhoods will be described, including residential area traffic circles, bulb-outs, medians, speed humps and diverters. Impacts of these features and liability and legal issues will also be reviewed. Attention will be paid to the process of traffic calming, including citizen participation, establishment of supporting policies and regulations, and funding.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This workshop should be of interest to municipal and county traffic engineers and technicians, transportation planners, and others responsible for creating or evaluating traffic calming proposals. Administrators and public safety officials with responsibility for planning and managing traffic in residential areas, public officials charged with addressing citizen complaints about speeding and cut-through traffic in neighborhoods, and urban planners and designers involved in neighborhood revitalization efforts should also find the workshop of interest.
INSTRUCTOR
Ron Eck, P.E
Ron Eck is a Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at West Virginia University and is the Director of the West Virginia Local Technical Assistance Program (WV LTAP). He has been involved in traffic engineering and roadway safety, including residential traffic management, for over 45 years. He served for 20 years as chair of the City of Morgantown Traffic Commission. Ron lives on a traffic-calmed street.
AGENDA
PART I
- Overview of Traffic Calming
- History and Origins
- Choosing the Right Tools
- Traffic Calming Toolbox
- Street Width Reduction Measures
- On-Street Parking
- Curb Extensions
- Chokers
- Median Islands
- Road Diets
- Horizontal Deflection Measures
- Lateral Shifts
- Chicanes
- Realigned Intersections
- Residential Area Traffic Circles
- Small Modern Roundabouts/Mini-Roundabouts
- Vertical Deflection Measures
- Speed Humps
- Speed Cushions
- Speed Tables/Raised Crosswalks
- Offset Speed Tables
- Raised Intersections
PART II
- Routing Restrictions
- Diagonal Diverters
- Full Closures
- Half Closures
- Median Barriers on Arterials
- Forced Turn Islands
- Traffic Calming Impacts
- Speeds, Volumes and Collisions
- Emergency Response Time
- Impacts on Pedestrians and Bicycles
- Legal Issues and Liability
- Program Planning and Policies
- Concluding Remarks and Wrap-Up
TENNESSEE ACADEMY FOR TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING (TATE)
This course serves as an elective for the Tennessee Academy for Transportation Engineering (TATE) certificate. TATE provides continuing education for engineers, planners, designers and technicians. The program focuses on the basic design of transportation facilities, the evaluation of traffic operations, and the collection of data to support various transportation studies. Successful completion of the required curricula of core and elective courses confers TATE certification. For more information, contact Airton Kohls at 865-974-5255 or access https://ttap.utk.edu/training/tate-certificate-program/
REGISTRATION FEE
This workshop is free for all participants.
REGISTRATION
Register for this free webinar here:
https://tennessee.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yudJbkJkS3qjtTIA7KABSg