TRB‘s Highway Capacity Manual, Seventh Edition: A Guide for Multimodal Mobility Analytics (HCM7) updates research on highway operations and quality of service. Past HCM editions always analyzed freeways and surface streets as separate facilities. Now, for the first time, HCM7 provides methods for evaluating interactions between freeways and arterials. TRB will host a webinar on Thursday, July 14, 2022 from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM Eastern that will explore the new facility and systems method in the HCM7, including two-lane highways, freeway-arterial systems, and active traffic management. The webinar will also provide an overview of the methods and discuss ways the results will impact practitioners.

This is the second of a three part series on the new HCM7. Part 3 in the series will address new multimodal methods in the manual on August 3. Part 1 addresses overall new methods in the HCM7 and cover ways these new methods impact practitioners.

This webinar is sponsored by the TRB Standing Technical Committee on Highway Capacity and Quality of Service.

Registration is free for employees of TRB sponsors as well as Titanium and Cobalt Global Affiliates. The registration rate for all other attendees is $100. Sign into MyTRB.org to view registration information. Contact Patrice Davenport to inquire about becoming a TRB sponsor or global affiliate organization.

A recording will be sent to all registrants after the webinar.

Webinar agenda and presenters

• New two-lane highway method - Scott Washburn, University of Florida
• New freeway-arterial systems method and arterial active traffic management method - Lily Elefteriadou, University of Florida
• Question and answer session – Bastian Schroeder, Kittelson and Associates

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

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Assess new materials and methods contained in HCM7 and understand the differences from prior versions of the manual.
• Identify new facilities and systems that can be analyzed using HCM7 methods, including two-lane highways and arterial-freeway interaction.

Professional Development Hour Information

Professional engineers (PEs) who register and attend the entire webinar as an individual will be awarded 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs). TRB’s webinar program awards PDH credits only to the registered individual, and not to other members of a group that view the webinar together. To be eligible for the credits, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including for any question and answer session following the presentations.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

TRB will report credits earned to the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20005.

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