TRB�s SHRP 2 Tuesdays Webinar: Establishing Monitoring Programs for Mobility and Travel Time Reliability (L02)

As part of the SHRP2 Tuesdays Webinar Series, TRB will conduct a webinar on August 6, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. ET that will explore the project Establishing Monitoring Programs for Travel Time Reliability, which provides concepts and procedures that public agencies can use to design systems to build, maintain, operate, and monitor travel-time reliability. 

There is no fee to attend this webinar and other webinars in the SHRP 2 Series; however, participants must register in advance. A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDH) will be provided to attendees who register and attend the webinar as an individual.

When average travel time increases or travel time is too variable to predict, vehicle drivers pay a cost when they do not arrive on time or when they waste time arriving early.  The SHRP 2 research reports, Establishing Monitoring Programs for Travel Time Reliability and Guide to Establishing Monitoring Programs for Travel Time Reliability, describe how transportation agencies can build upon their existing traffic monitoring system to enhance it with a travel time reliability monitoring system to help road users better predict their trips.

Webinar Outline: 

• Part 1: Brief overview of SHRP 2 mission, objectives of the Reliability focus area and related SHRP 2 research
• Part 2: Problems and perspectives regarding travel time reliability from FHWA
• Part 3: Introduction to concepts, training materials, and processes and practices to help agencies design a travel time reliability monitoring system by using the guidebook for designing, building, operating, and maintaining those systems.

The first 60 minutes of the webinar is for presentations and the final 30 minutes is reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives: 

• To learn how to develop a travel time reliability monitoring system that builds upon and enhances an existing traffic monitoring system.
• To become familiar with collecting travel time data that varies over time as well as the integration of data in a way that explains sources of variation.
• To learn how to characterize the variability of travel time in terms of probability distribution functions and to diagnose and visualize the causes of congestion.
• To understand where opportunities exist to mitigate the impact of sources of unreliability in the system.

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Registration Information:  
This webinar is sponsored by SHRP 2, and no fee is associated with registering for this webinar.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Professional Development Hour information:
A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDH) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For groups, only the person that registers and attends the session will receive a PDH certificate. 

Individuals registered as Florida PEs are required to email Reggie Gillum, [email protected], with their license number.

This webinar was developed in June 2013. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Certificates of Completion will be issued to individuals who register for and attend the entire webinar session. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, PO Box 1686, Clemson, SC, 29633. Website:www.RCEP.net. 

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at [email protected].