Clark Dietz recently hosted a week-long Traffic Capacity
Workshop with Professor Rahim (Ray) Benekohal, PhD from the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Clark Dietz employees, sub-consultants, and local
area engineers attended the training session, where they learned how to
interpret and use the 2010 Highway Capacity Manual while also gaining hands-on experience with highway capacity software.
This training, in conjunction with active traffic
engineering projects, enables attendees to maintain their Traffic Studies
prequalification with the Illinois Department of Transportation. Specific
topics discussed in the training included the fundamentals of capacity analysis
and how it relates to freeways, multi-lane highways, two-lane highways,
signalized and un-signalized intersections, and arterial streets. New topics
such as pedestrian and bicycle level of service analysis were also included in
the training. Attendees earned up to 32 professional development hours.
Professor Benekohal has been on faculty at the
University of Illinois in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
since 1987. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses and conducts
research in traffic flow modeling and simulation, traffic flow theory,
intelligent transportation systems, traffic operations, and traffic safety. He also serves as Director of the Traffic Operations Lab.
Clark Dietz is a multi-discipline consulting engineering firm operating
from offices in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. The firm’s primary areas of
service include transportation and civil and environmental infrastructure as well as electrical, mechanical, and structural engineering. For over 60 years, Clark
Dietz has served local, municipal, and state clients. More information can be found at www.clarkdietz.com.
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