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Alabama Road Safety Conference

 

Tuesday, October 18, 2022
7:00 AM -  11:00 AM Exhibitor Set-up
10:00 AM -  1:00 PM Conference Check-in/Registration
11:00 AM -  8:00 PM Exhibit Booths Open
 1:00 PM
-  1:15 PM Welcome from ALDOT
John R. Cooper, Director, ALDOT
1:15 PM
-  1:30 PM Welcome from FHWA 
Mark Bartlett, AL Division Administrator, FHWA
1:30 PM
-  2:00 PM U.S. DOT National Roadway Safety Strategy
George Merritt, FHWA
2:00 PM
-  2:30 PM Status of the Highway Safety Manual, Second Edition
Timothy Barnett, Alabama Transportation Institute
2:30 PM -  3:00 PM Local Road Turn Lane Criteria and Design
Adam Sanford, ALDOT
3:00 PM
-  3:30 PM Break
COMPLETE STREETS
3:30 PM
-  4:00 PM FHWA Complete Streets Policy
George Merritt, FHWA

4:00 PM -  4:30 PM Complete Street Design Concept
Jeff LaMondia, Auburn University
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Move Safe Troy
Kathy Gregory, The Fifty Fund
Donta Frazier, Pike Area Transit System
5:00 PM -  6:00 PM Welcome Reception
6:00 PM -  8:00 PM Dinner - Shrimp Boil
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
7:00 AM -  8:30 AM Breakfast
SPEED MANAGEMENT
8:30 AM -  9:00 AM Setting Context Appropriate Speed Limits
Luana Broshears, Institute of Transportation Engineers
9:00 AM -  9:30 AM UsRAP Update
Bruce Hamilton, Roadway Safety Foundation
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Updated ITE Criteria for Traffic Calming Techniques
Greg Judy, Neel-Schaffer
  10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Break
CONCURRENT SESSION 1A
SAFETY PROJECTS PART 1
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM U.S.280/AL 147 Vertical Curve Reduction
Kris Kiefer and RaeAnna Hopkins, ALDOT
11:00 AM - 11:30 PM Intersection of AL 167 and AL 87 Roundabout
Aaron White, ALDOT
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM RTOP: Route Evaluation and Selection Process
Brett Sellers, ALDOT
CONCURRENT SESSION 1B
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Birmingham MPO Safety Project Planning
Mike Kaczorowski, Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham
Charles Cochran, Sain Associates
Timothy Barnett, Alabama Transportation Institutute
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Bike Safe and Ped Safe
George Merritt, FHWA
11:30 AM -  12:00 PM A City Perspective on Complete Streets
Jim DeLapp, City of Mobile
12:00 PM -  1:30 PM Lunch
CONCURRENT SESSION 2A
RAIL SAFETY
1:30 PM -  2:00 PM Rail Safety from a Railroad Perspective
William Miller, NS Corporation
2:00 PM -  2:30 PM Rail Safety Project Funding
Oretta Barrett, ALDOT
2:30 PM -  3:00 PM Statewide Passive Rail Crossing Project
Scott Cothron, Skipper Consulting
CONCURRENT SESSION 2B
SAFETY ROUNDTABLE
1:30 PM -  3:00 PM Safety Roundtable
Various Moderators
3:00 PM -  3:30 PM Break
SAFETY PROJECTS PART 2
3:30 PM -  4:00 PM Conversion of U.S. 431/AL 79 to a Continuous Green T Intersection
Matt Johnson, ALDOT
4:00 PM -  4:30 PM U.S. 280 Access Management Project in Sylacauga
Steve Haynes, ALDOT
4:30 PM -  5:00 PM Wire Road and Cox Road Roundabout
Alison Boykins Frazier, City of Auburn
5:00 PM -  7:00 PM Reception - Heavy Hors-doeuvres
Thursday, October 20, 2022
7:00 AM -  8:30 AM Breakfast
SAFETY TECHNOLOGY
8:30 AM -  9:15 AM CARE Updates
Jesse Norris, CAPS
9:15 AM -  10:00 AM Street Lighting for Intersections, Segments, and Pedestrians
Brad Bradfield, Holophane
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Break
CRASH INVESTIGATION
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Analyzing Crash Data
Jeremy Borden, ALDOT
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Crash Investigation from an ALEA Perspective
Sgt. Jeremy Burkett, ALEA