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AASHTO Roadside Design Guide - WEB-BASED

PROGRAM AREA: Highway Safety
COURSE NUMBER: FHWA-NHI-380079
Web-based Training (WBT)Web-based Training (WBT)
Highway Safety
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Length
CEU
Host Price
2013
14 Hours
1.2 Units
$0 Per Participant
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TRAINING LEVEL: Intermediate

CLASS SIZE: Minimum: 1 Maximum: 1

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course provides an overview of the AASHTO "Roadside Design Guide." Emphasis is on current highway agency policies and practices. The AASHTO "Roadside Design Guide" is the textbook for this course. You may purchase a copy of the "Roadside Design Guide" directly from the AASHTO bookstore at http://www.transportation.org/.

OUTCOMES:

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Apply the clear zone concept to all classes of roadways
  • Recognize unsafe roadside design features and elements and make appropriate changes
  • Identify the need for a traffic barrier
  • Select, design and install a traffic barrier
  • Apply safety concepts to roadside features and appurtenance selection/use in work zones
  • Compare alternate safety treatments and select a cost-effective design
  • Identify policies and practices that are inconsistent with current state-of-the-art

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Federal, State and local highway engineers involved in the formulation and/or application of policies and standards relating to the design of safer roadsides.

If you have questions about this NHI training, please contact NHI at nhicustomerservice@dot.gov or 877.558.6873.


The National Highway Institute (NHI) has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102. In obtaining this approval, NHI has demonstrated that it complies with the ANSI/IACET Standards which are widely recognized as standards of good practice internationally. As a result of their Authorized Provider membership status, NHI is authorized to offer IACET CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standards.

 

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