While the frequency of collisions on our road network has been trending downward, the number of collisions involving vulnerable road users has been on the rise in most urban areas across the province and throughout North America. Vulnerable road user safety must be placed at the forefront through continuous improvements to the planning, operations, and maintenance of our infrastructure.
This comprehensive one-day course encompasses all aspects of on-road and off-road bicycle facility safety. The day will begin with an overview of the state-of-the practice in road user safety, common bicycle facility safety issues, and potential contributory factors. The remainder of the course systematically walks the participants through modules on planning and designing on-road, shared use and rural bicycles facilities for safety, intersection and interchange treatments, protected intersections, and other cycling facilities. Each module includes case studies from actual in-service safety reviews, safety audits and/or legal cases in Ontario, and direct linkages to primary industry resources. Participants will also be involved with a virtual field investigation for a “hands on” bicycle safety review.
Learning Objectives
After successfully completing the workshops, participants should be able to:
- Understand the state-of-the-practice in road safety engineering as it relates to bicycle facilities and operations.
- Identify common bicycle planning, operations and maintenance safety concerns, potential hazards on our facilities and networks, and select proven countermeasures and remedial actions.
- Review and develop policies and practices to improve bicycle safety.
- Identify potential operational/safety issues and potential hazards of a proposed plan or design through a safety audit or preliminary risk assessment exercise.
- Locate readily available key resources related safety, planning, operations, and maintenance.
Who Should Attend
This course would be of benefit for the following staff involved in transportation planning, design, and operations, as well as maintenance of roads, sidewalks, trails, and paths:
- Transportation planners;
- Transportation engineers/technologists;
- AT managers and their staff;
- Public works and road maintenance personnel; and
- Others involved in the management, operations, and maintenance of roadways, sidewalks, and other pedestrian facilities.
Agenda
- OTC Introduction and News
- Introduction to Active Transportation Safety and Risks
- Safety Analysis Methods
- Dominant Bicycle Collisions/Conflict Types and Contributory Factors
- Coffee Break
- Planning and Designing On-Road Facilities for Safety
- Planning and Designing Rural and Shared Use Cycling Facilities for Safety
- Case Study #1
- Lunch
- Intersections, Interchanges, and Transitions
- Case Study #2
- Break
- Protected Intersections
- Summary and Discussion
