Traffic Calming Seminar/Workshop

Clive Sawers - MA MICE CEng - Traffic Engineering Consultant
2 Colehayes Park Cottages, Bovey Tracey, Devon TQ13 9LD

01626 830225
07967 148794
E-mail penntraff@aol.com

Agenda

1 - Introduction (1 hour) 9.30-10.30

What are you trying to achieve?

Speed/volume/HGV control or a combination?
Demand management
Network management – speed profile your network
Speed reduction measures
Bringing speeds down
Keeping speeds down - repeat features
What encourages speeding
What discourages speeding
Consultation

Break for coffee etc (20 mins)

2 - The Mechanics (1hr 30 mins) (10.50-12.20)

Vertical deflections

1. Uniform across carriageway
2. Differential slopes according to track widths - speed cushions, H-humps etc
(lots of detail here)

Horizontal/lateral deflections

Chicanes
Pinch-points

3 - Traffic calming main roads – urban and village

Aims and objectives
Crash Reduction
Environmental improvements
Speed control
Effects on everyone, bus, car, cycle, pedestrian
Combinations of calming features

Break for Lunch (45 mins – 1 hour)

Video - Various inc. Borehamwood, Herts (20 mins) (13.30-13.50)

4 - Rural traffic calming (20 mins) (13.55-14.15)

VISP and visual aids
Gateways
Small roundabouts
Quiet Lanes
Designing rural roads for all users

5 - Home & School Zones (30 mins) (14.15-14-45)

Desired speeds (network management recap)
Accommodating parking
Junctions
Links

6 - Worked examples of school entrances

Break for coffee etc (20 mins)

7. Practical session (15.00-16.15)

Your problem sites:

Traffic calming that has gone wrong
Prospective sites and unravelling the way forward

8. Summary (15 mins)

End approx 4.30pm

Note - as this is a relatively new seminar, please expect changes and improvements.

I run these seminars "in house" and charge per day not per delegate subject to a reasonable maximum attendance (around 20). This enables you to keep costs down, while training more staff. You will usually have a more lively day than the equivalent at a regional centre when delegates may not know each other too well. The day is very illustrative and provided I have the information we can examine a number of prospective or problem sites in your area in some detail.

My charge for this seminar is £795 plus reasonable expenses.

Special Offer:- Book both seminars for the same visit for £1495 Saving £95.

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Feb 2006