Safety Circuit Rider Program Workplan for 2018

The proposed activities for the 2018 Safety Circuit Rider program include: (1) Organize and coordinate multidisciplinary Road Safety Assessment (RSA) efforts for local agencies; (2) Conduct on-site, on-call training in work zone and flagger safety; (3) Organize, coordinate and moderate the annual multidisciplinary Local Road Safety Workshops; (4) Provide support for the Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau (GTSB) High Five program, including coordination with county engineers and conducting RSAs; (5) Plan and facilitate traffic safety workshops on topics such as crash history, safety countermeasures, data mining, etc; (6) Conduct on-call training and outreach on topics such as signing, marking, and retroreflectivity; (7) Assist in planning and provide instruction for the annual Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) Work Zone Safety Workshop series; (8) Participate in association meetings and conferences and provide safety presentations, demonstrations, and moderator services when requested; (9) Develop articles on safety-related topics for use in newsletters and other publications; (10) Provide technical assistance to and feedback on safety-related questions received from local agencies; (11) Serve on safety-related committees at the request of the Iowa DOT (e.g., HSIP-Secondary, SHSP, etc.); and (12) Manage safety-related equipment loan program (digital ball banks, retroreflectometer).

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $75000
• Contract Numbers:

  Addendum 648

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010
• Managing Organizations:

  Iowa State University, Ames

  Center for Transportation Research and Education
  2711 South Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, IA  United States  50010-8664
• Project Managers:

  Laaser-Webb, Jan

• Performing Organizations:

  Iowa State University, Ames

  Center for Transportation Research and Education
  2711 South Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, IA  United States  50010-8664
• Principal Investigators:

  Veneziano, David

• Start Date: 20180101
• Expected Completion Date: 20181231
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Flaggers; Highway safety; Training; Work zone safety; Workshops
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01665526
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Iowa Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: Addendum 648
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 2 2018 1:00PM