EDC Exchange for Local and Tribal Agencies
Save the Date – April 9, 2015
Four-lane undivided highways experience relatively high crash frequencies–especially between high-speed through traffic, left-turning vehicles and other road users. One option for addressing this safety concern is a Road Diet, which typically involves converting an existing four-lane undivided roadway segment to a three-lane segment consisting of two through lanes and a center two-way left-turn lane. This reconfiguration has many benefits:
Safety. Road Diets can make the roadway environment safer for all users. Studies indicate a 19 to 47 percent reduction in overall crashes when a Road Diet is installed. For pedestrians, Road Diets result in fewer lanes to cross and provide an opportunity to install refuge islands.
Low Cost. Road Diets make efficient use of limited roadway area. When planned in conjunction with reconstruction or simple overlay projects, the safety and operational benefits of Road Diets are achieved essentially for the cost of restriping pavement lanes.
Quality of Life. Road Diets can make shared spaces more livable and contribute to a community-focused, “Complete Streets” environment. On-street parking and bike lanes can also bring increased foot traffic to business districts.
As part of the safety focus area of the Every Day Counts (EDC) initiative, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is promoting Road Diets. This EDC Exchange will highlight how local agencies are using this low cost safety countermeasure to improve safety, operations, and livability in their communities. This Exchange will be of interest to Safety Engineers, Transportation Planners, Pedestrian and Bicycle Coordinators, Safe Routes to School Coordinators, Local Public Agency Coordinators, and Transportation Alternatives Program Managers.
Please join FHWA, the Idaho Local Technical Assistance Program Center and the Idaho Department of Transportation for a presentation on Road Diets via a live webinar on April 9, 2015 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Eastern Time.
Registration opens in March. T2 Center Course Calendar
Please select the location closet to you when registering.
The following are locations for your participation (you must register to attend at these locations, individual connections are not available):
DISTRICT 1
600 W. Prairie
Coeur d´Alene, ID 83815
DISTRICT 2
2600 Frontage Road
Lewiston, ID 83501
DISTRICT 3 (ITD HQ)
3311 W. State St.
Boise, ID 83703
DISTRICT 4
216 South Date Street
Shoshone, ID 83352
DISTRICT 5
5151 South 5th
Pocatello, ID 83205
DISTRICT 6
206 North
Yellowstone Highway
Rigby, ID 83442