Interactive & Video Discount Package - Pennsylvania Transportation and Ethics 24 PDH

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides an updated version of the original “Designing Sustainable Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Part II”.

A 10-element management framework allows basic trail sustainability and trail fundamentals to be applied systematically. Taken together, the 10 elements provide managers with guidance on information collection, data evaluation, decision-making, and program development and implementation.

Out of the 10 trail management elements, in this part 5 elements will be discussed which are: 

• Preliminary status assessment
• Environmental analysis
• Trail Management Objectives
• Documentation of trail location
• Trail condition assessment
   

A preliminary assessment is a snapshot of the trail status, based on readily available information. This assessment is particularly useful when little is known about a trail, its environment, or its management history. Environmental analysis documents the impact, issues, and concerns that off-highway vehicle trails and their use pose for the surrounding environment. Furthermore, The Forest Service defines Trail Management Objectives (TMOs) as “the documentation of the intended purpose and management of a trail based on management direction, including access objectives” (Forest Service Handbook 2353.12). The TMOs document the desired management and condition of the trail, which may or may not coincide with the existing management and condition of the trail.

In addition, an accurate map of the trail location provides information that helps answer four important questions:

• Where is the trail, exactly?
• Whose land does the trail cross and what features are located nearby?
• What is the character of the physical environment surrounding the trail?
• Does the trail have sustainable design and layout?
   

Finally, A trail condition assessment is a detailed, on-the-ground inventory of the character and physical condition of the trail tread and associated trail structures.

This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to Transportation engineers, Forest Service employees and their partners, designers, managers, recreation professionals, and technical staff who are interested in ensuring inclusive outdoor recreation opportunities and designing sustainable off-highway vehicle trails.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides an updated version of the original “Designing Sustainable Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Part III”.
 
A 10-element management framework allows basic trail sustainability and trail fundamentals to be applied systematically. Taken together, the 10 elements provide managers with guidance on information collection, data evaluation, decision-making, and program development and implementation. In part II of the course, first 5 out of the 10 trail management elements were discussed. In this part, the other 5 elements will be described which are: 

• Evaluation of management options
• Trail Prescriptions
• Trail Maintenance 
• Implementation
• Trail monitoring and evaluation

Evaluation of management options helps identify alternatives and guides decision making for strategic trail planning and project implementation. The evaluation should consider the trail’s social, political, and environmental context. The evaluation also benefits from a review of appropriate best management practices (BMPs) for off-highway vehicle (OHV) trails. A trail prescription defines the appropriate actions for new trail construction and maintenance of existing trails. This prescription forms the implementation plan for the trail. In addition, responding to maintenance issues has been one of the biggest concerns in off-highway vehicle (OHV) trail management. Trail maintenance helps return tread surfaces and trail structures to their original specifications, prolonging the utility of the trail and reducing environmental impacts. On the other hand, implementation deals with all aspects of the work for a new trail construction project or a maintenance project for an existing trail. Implementation addresses funding considerations, compliance and permitting concerns, logistics planning, job hazard analysis, and management oversight and documentation. Finally, Periodic trail monitoring and evaluation provide data that can be used to review changes in trail condition and to assess the adequacy of maintenance. The types of monitoring discussed here include compliance monitoring, identifying maintenance needs, and trail condition monitoring.

 

This 3 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to Transportation engineers, Forest Service employees and their partners, designers, managers, recreation professionals, and technical staff who are interested in ensuring inclusive outdoor recreation opportunities and designing sustainable off-highway vehicle trails.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides guidance for maintaining pedestrian facilities with the primary goal of increasing safety and mobility.

Although there are guidelines and standards to aid in the design of pedestrian facilities, it can be difficult to adequately maintain facilities once they are in place, so they remain safe and accessible. Aside from unavailable federal funding for maintenance activities, there are also liability consequences related to poor, inadequate, or infrequent inspection and maintenance of pedestrian facilities.

The purpose of this presentation therefore is to identify effective and exceptional practices, along with barriers for pedestrian facility maintenance: what works and what does not work based on experience from state and local agencies.

This 4 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to any agency or organization that builds and maintains pedestrian facilities. This includes government bodies at the state, county or local level, but it may also include homeowners’ associations, private land management organizations and other groups.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides an updated version of the original “Designing Sustainable Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Part I”.
 

This report is the author’s collection of tools for the construction and management of off-highway vehicle (OHV) trails. The author brings together resources from a variety of sources, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS), private trail management organizations, the State of Alaska, and others. The author developed some of the tools based primarily on his experience managing OHV trails in Alaska.

 

Proper management of off-highway vehicle (OHV) trails is one of the most important tasks for trail managers today. In 2004, former Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth identified unmanaged recreation as one of the Four Threats to the Nation’s forests and grasslands. His example cited the nearly tenfold growth in popularity of OHV recreation in the preceding 30 years and indicated that even a small percentage of problem use can have a large cumulative impact.
 

This presentation presents sustainable trail design guidelines, and challenges of applying sustainable trail design guidelines. Further, it discusses the categories of the trail sustainability. In addition, many trail management concepts used by Federal land management agencies apply to off-highway vehicle (OHV) trails. Among these are five Trail Fundamentals refined and implemented by the Forest Service for all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), motorcycles, and four-wheel drive vehicles, collectively called OHVs, all are which discussed in this presentation.

 

This 1 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to Transportation engineers, Forest Service employees and their partners, designers, managers, recreation professionals, and technical staff who are interested in ensuring inclusive outdoor recreation opportunities and designing sustainable off-highway vehicle trails.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a brief outline of the requirements in the ADA Standards for parking and passenger loading zones as per the current editions of the ADA Standards issued by the Department of Justice and the Department of Transportation.

This presentation also provides clearly labeled recommendations for best practices that exceed the minimum requirements and are thus optional to follow. In addition, it provides links to other federal accessibility requirements that may also apply to entities covered by the ADA.

This 1 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to architects, engineers, and design and construction planners, who are interested in gaining a better understanding of the requirements in the ADA Standards for parking and passenger loading zones.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides guidance on the most important design aspects and elements of different types of roundabouts.

Roundabout design involves trade-offs among safety, operations, and accommodating large vehicles. Some roundabout features are uniform, while others vary depending on the location and size of the roundabout. Roundabout design is an iterative process, in which small changes in geometry can result in substantial changes to operational and safety performance. This presentation will detail design considerations specific to multilane roundabouts, rural roundabouts, and mini roundabouts.

This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is intended primarily to traffic engineers, transportation planners, managers, and other technical professionals who are involved in the geometric design of roundabouts.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a brief outline of the planning considerations for separated bike lanes and provides a menu of design options covering typical one and two-way scenarios.

Separated bike lanes are one of many “tools in the toolbox” that communities will use to create connected bicycle networks. They can boost bicycle ridership and draw a broader spectrum of users, and they may provide safety and economic benefits to non-users as well. 

This presentation highlights different options for providing separation, while also documenting midblock design considerations for driveways, transit stops, accessible parking, and loading zones. It provides detailed intersection design information covering topics such as turning movement operations, signalization, signage, and on-road markings. Case studies highlight best practices and lessons learned throughout the presentation.

This 3 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to urban planners, practitioners, engineers, and designers who are interested in implementing this facility type.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a brief overview on the role of smartphone applications in identifying services and choices and in influencing transportation activities of its users.

Over the years, smartphone applications have evolved from early basic applications to multi-platform, advanced features that we commonly see today. Demographic shifts, improvements in computing power and mapping technology, the use of cloud computing, changes in wireless communication, concerns about congestion, and increased awareness about the environment and climate change are changing the way people travel.

This presentation is intended to demonstrate how vital smartphones are becoming to the transportation network and how smartphones play a vital role in identifying services and choices for traveling individuals.

This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to public agencies, transportation managers, elected officials, and other mobility consumers who want to gain a perspective and understanding of smartphone “apps” and their influence on transportation activities.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a detailed exploration of Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) and its role in optimizing transportation system performance, safety, and reliability. It highlights strategies to enhance the efficiency of existing infrastructure across modes and jurisdictions, addressing challenges such as congestion, incident response, multimodal integration, and traveler information.

This presentation begins by introducing the purpose and scope of TSMO, discussing institutional and technological enablers like interagency coordination and intelligent transportation systems. It delves into practical TSMO strategies, including active traffic management, adaptive signal control, integrated corridor management, dynamic lane assignments, and weather-responsive operations. Participants will gain insights from real-world case studies on freeway, arterial, incident, work zone, and special event management. Additionally, the presentation emphasizes measurable benefits of TSMO initiatives, such as reduced delays, improved safety, lower emissions, and increased traveler satisfaction, supported by innovative planning and stakeholder engagement.

This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is designed for transportation engineers, planners, public safety professionals, and infrastructure managers seeking to implement scalable, cost-effective, and innovative TSMO strategies to enhance system reliability and user experience.

This online engineering PDH video presentation introduces the laws and rules of ethics and professional responsibility governing the practice of engineering in the State of Pennsylvania. It also emphasizes on behavior as a professional member of the workforce.

 

This video presents the provisions of professional conduct from two viewpoints. First, your conduct as a professional engineer with behavior that is unique to engineers such as stamping drawings, signing official or technical documents, preparing estimates for clients or employers, and submitting engineering reports to official agencies. Second, your behavior as a member of the larger workforce where you communicate with team members, follow company policies and procedures, and your overall behavior as part of a workplace community.

 

Furthermore, this presentation discusses the disciplinary cases and its outcomes in situations where professional engineers have violated the requirements of professional responsibility and ethical conduct – the decisions we make when no one is watching.

 

This 2 PDH online video presentation is applicable to Professional Engineers licensed in the State of Pennsylvania and who are required to demonstrate continuing professional competency in engineering ethics as a condition of their license renewal. For each renewal period, every licensee must complete thirty (30) professional development hours, at least two (2) of which must be relative to the law and rules professional responsibility, conduct and ethics.