Transportation Engineering: Highway Capacity

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Transportation Engineering: Highway Capacity

2 hrs. Online Course
Level: Fundamental
Average Rating: (966)

Item #: RV-11147
SME: Kwabena Ofosu Ph.D., P.E., PTOE

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Highway accidents result in thousands of deaths a year. Knowing how highway capacity analysis is used in the design of safe and efficient roadway facilities is essential to the health safety and welfare of the general population.

This interactive online course will teach you about the fundamental concepts of highway capacity analysis. You will learn about transportation system elements, types of roadway facilities, design vehicles, the concept of level-of-service, traffic volume parameters, and speed parameters and how they are relevant in analyzing the capacity of roadway facilities.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Describe the fundamental concepts of highway capacity and how they are applied in the design of safe and efficient roadways, and in the evaluation of existing roadway facilities
Identify transportation system elements, the structure of transportation systems, and the types of roadway facilities
Describe the underlying assumptions and base conditions in highway capacity analysis methods that are used to analyze the capacity of various types of roadway facilities
Describe simplified highway capacity analysis methods, as well as software products that have been developed to assist roadway engineers

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Subject Matter Expert: Kwabena Ofosu Ph.D., P.E., PTOE

Biography

Kwabena Ofosu currently serves as Community Development Engineer in Titusville, Florida. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Division of Engineering, Computer Programming and Technology, Valencia College in Orlando, Florida, where he teaches undergraduate courses in Statistics and Probability for Engineers, Engineering Mechanics, and computer applications for engineers. He earned his Bachelor’s degree with Honors in Civil Engineering from the University of Science and Technology, in Ghana. He earned his Master’s degree and PhD, both in Civil Engineering from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. His research areas include bridge engineering, transportation asset management, and artificial intelligence.

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