Traffic Engineering Conference For Operations And Safety

8:00 am - 10:00 am

Work Zone Traffic Control Session - Facilitated by Dean Ledbetter:

	Work Zone Certification Program - What's Coming and When	Meredith McDiarmid
	Final Rule on Work Zone Safety and Mobility	Joseph Ishak
	Work Zone Speed Limits	Kevin Lacy/Steve Kite
	Traffic Control Plans in Design-Build Projects	Mitch Hendee
	NCUTCD "Traffic Control Devices on Private Property"	Jim Kellenberger
	NCUTCD Temporary Traffic control and Pavement Marking Update	Jim Kellenberger

Signing Session - Kim Walton - Facilitator:

	Retroreflectivity Updates	Ron King / Clarence Bunting
	Road Sign Deterioration and Management: Results of NCDOT Research	Elizabeth Harris
	9-panel/Combination Logo Update	Susan Kunz
	Pink Fluorescent Signing - Incident Management	Brian Purvis

Alternative to Traditional Intersection Operation - Rob Stone - Facilitator:

	Dual Actuated Flashers	Chad Edge
	National Roundabout Perspectives	Howard McCulloch
	NC Roundabout Progress	BenJetta Johnson
	Superstreets, A Learning Process	Nathan Phillips

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Signals Session - Technology/Equipment Update - Greg Fuller - Facilitator:

	Poly-carbonate Signal Heads (2006 Most Outstanding CPI Project)	Madison Phillips
	Yellow Flashing Arrow - update on status (FHWA new ruling)	Richard Mullinax
	LED Life Cycle Analysis	Milton Dean
	Alternatives to Loops	Kelvin Peele / John Rowe
	Wireless Traffic Signal System Presentation	Buddy Murr
	Portable Traffic Signals - when to use during construction vs. temporary signals to be removed after construction	Doumit Ishak

Pedestrian Safety and Schools - Facilitated by Steve Hamilton:

	School Campus Traffic Operations (using the MSTA calculator)	Joel Cranford
	Treatment Measures for Pedestrian Problems	Charlie Zeeger
	Pedestrian Safety Program	Vivian Coleman
	Safe Routes to Schools Program under SAFETEA-LU	Terry Canales

Funding 101 - Facilitated by Scott Cook:

Overview of Funding Programs - how they are used (Identification of difference in cash flow and spending authority)

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Safety Information - Facilitated by Mark Teague:

	Management of State Highway Patrol Collision Data	Major Mark Johnson - NCSHP
	Work Zone Crash Analysis	Mack Braxton – Ohio DOT

Access Management and Development Review- Facilitated by Lee Jernigan:

	Traffic Impact Analyses NCDOT Guidelines	Teresa Becher
	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly	Jim Dunlop
	The Access Management Preliminary Review Procedure	Mike Reese

Traffic Services Issues Part 1 - Facilitated by Kent Langdon:

	Raised Island Delineation Overhead Signing Lighting	Ron King - Signing Rep.
	Mower Damage to Signs Delineators on cable rail or guard rail	Stuart Bourne - Traffic Control Rep.
	Low Clearance Signing	Ron King - Signing Rep.
	Railroad Closing for Repair Incentive Program for Pavement Marking Crews Division Input into Equipment Purchases	Bruce Thompson

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Signals Session - New/Innovative Signal Designs & General Information - Facilitated by Milton Dean:

	Innovative Unusual Phasings	Don Bennett
	Signal Timing Requirements for Developer Projects	Dean Harris
	Pedestal mounted heads installed where mast arm poles could not be used in Sanford	Don Darity
	Railroad preemption in Fuquay-Varina	Rob Ziemba
	Horizontal Heads in Jackson	Madison Phillips
	Mast Arm Added to Standard Single-arm Metal Pole to Make a Dual Arm Pole in Wilmington	Jim Tyler / Frank Andrews

NC’s HSIP Process - Facilitated by Dan Cumbo:

	Crash Analysis to Crash Reduction to Lives Saved Identifying, Prioritizing and Analyzing HSIP Locations	Stephen Lowry
	Field Investigation, Countermeasure Selection and Project Development	Al Grandy
	Evaluation and Development of Counter Measures Part 1 Evaluations - Flasher, Curve Wedging & Resurfacing, Flashing Traffic Signal, Vehicle Entering When Flashing Part 2 Evaluations - Traffic Signal, Directional Crossover Part 3 Evaluations- All-Way Stop - 4 legs, All-Way Stop - 3 legs, Roundabout, Crash Modification Factor Development, Flasher	Shawn Troy

Traffic Services Issues Part 2 - Facilitated by Kent Langdon:

	Skill Base Pay/Competency Based Pay for Traffic Services	Kevin Brantley
	MMS Concerns and Entries – Attaching task numbers to sign material issue	Matthew Whitley
	Standard for Subdivision Roads Accepted onto State System Requirements in Subdivision Manual The Development Process for the DOT Safety Vest – Implementing ANSI 107	Tom Werner/ Debbie Leonard