Road Geometric Design Training

Introduction

This Road Geometric Design training course will provide the participants with a comprehensive introduction to road design and give the confidence to do this type of work once back in the working environment. It is valuable to the participants new to the subject matter or those with practical experience but lacks the academic background in the subject area. It will also show the integration between the use of software and engineering judgment to perform a better design of the roads or improve the existing designs.

This training course will highlight:

• Geometric Design as a General Concept
• Road Planning and Design
• Sustainable Urban Transport Planning
• Planning and designing of Horizontal and Vertical Alignment
• Coordination of Horizontal and Vertical Design
• Road Geometric Design for Safe Roads
• Road Safety Audit (RSA)
• Road Safety Inspection (RSI)
• Intelligent Transportations systems
• Planning and Designing Traffic Signs

Objectives

The road designers are the people who influence most of our lives, as they are the ones providing the plans for the roads that we use. The roads remain for a long time and therefore any issue that was not resolved in the initial design will continue to influence the traffic and the entire positive and the negative elements of it for the years to come. Therefore, the continual development of the engineers and their advancement is crucial for the positive development of the roads.

Just applying standards is not enough; the engineers must implement modern technologies, must cooperate, and must consider future developments.

This traffic engineering course also provides them with the knowledge of use of the modern software packages, using the newest technologies and applying them in collaboration with other civil engineers in order to achieve maximum benefit.

At the end of this training course, participants will learn to:

• Understand the Road Planning and Design application principles as well as Horizontal and Vertical Alignment
• Understand why Sustainable Urban Transport Planning is important
• Understand what Road Geometric Design for Safe Roads
• Perform base Road Safety Audit (RSA) and Road Safety Inspection (RSI)
• Recognize the possibilities in the new ITS development trends in Road Geometric Design
• Build traffic simulations of traffic signs and signal coordination
• Prepare the project for ITS introduction, sustainability, maintenance and Road Geometric Design in general

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.

Who Should Attend?

This Road Geometric Design training course is designed for the people involved in civil, traffic, and transport planning, regulating, controlling, and organization of those, as well as delegates involved into management, analytics, optimization, project management, and transport optimization. 

This is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit: 

• Traffic Engineers
• Project Managers
• Transport Engineers
• Strategic Development Personnel Road Geometric Design
• Supervisors and Works Managers
• Architects involved in Urban Design
• Technology Engineers, CTOs and CIOs
• Professionals in Urban and Rural Planning
• Researchers and Practitioners in Traffic Engineering
• People who are involved in civil, traffic and transport planning and organization
• Researchers and Consultants involving in management, analytics, optimization, project management, and transport optimization.
• Engineers, Engineering Technologist and Project Managers working for Local Government, or State / Federal Agencies, Consultants and Contractors

Course Outline

DAY 1: Introduction 

• Geometric Design: General Concept

  • Highway Classification

  • Functional Class

  • Basic Terms

  • Design Vehicles

  • Roadway Cross Section

• Importance of Geometric Design

• Design Control Criteria

DAY 2: Road Planning

• Sustainable Urban Transport Planning

• Road Design

  • Network design

  • Facility design

• Town Road Improvement Project Plan

DAY 3: Planning and Designing of Horizontal and Vertical Alignment 

• Horizontal Alignment

  • Circular Curves and Transition Curves

  • Curve Widening

• Vertical Alignment

• Gradients

• Vertical Curves

• Drainage

• Coordination of Horizontal and Vertical Design

DAY 4: Road Geometric Design for Safe Roads 

• Safety Management

• Modifications to Road Environment

• Safety Standards for Design and Redesign

• Road Safety Audit (RSA)

• Road Safety Inspection (RSI)

• Intelligent Transportations Systems

DAY 5: Traffic Signal Design 

• Terminology

• Planning and Designing Traffic Signs

  • Types of Movements

  • Types of Traffic Signals

  • Types of Vehicle

  • Detection Vehicle Detection

• Signal Coordination