Designing Traffic Signals
This online engineering PDH course describes principals used in the design of traffic signals. Included in this course is a discussion of support selection, signal head placement, detection design, and the selection of signal control and timings. A general step-by-step procedure is presented for preparing a set of traffic signal design plans.
This 3 PDH online course is intended for traffic engineers and transportation design professionals who are involved in planning and designing traffic signals.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Learning about the various types of intersections where signal control is used
- Familiarizing with traffic signal plans preparation issues using a sample intersection
- Understanding the design of the pedestrian system at a signalized intersection
- Learning how signal heads are located using a sample intersection
- Understanding signal head sight distance requirements
- Understanding the three basic types of signal control: fixed time, semi-actuated, and fully actuated
- Familiarizing with the design issues relative to the provision of electric power
- Understanding the layout of the vehicle detection system
- Learning about required timing intervals and how they are determined
- Understanding the design features used to accommodate individuals with special needs
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review the course document titled, "Designing Traffic Signals".
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