Overview
This Traffic Signal Design course addresses basic procedures used in planning traffic signal installations. Included in this course is a discussion of warrants for traffic signal installation, traffic study guidelines, signal phasing selection, and flashing analysis. These study-related tasks should be completed prior to traffic signal design so that a signal installation with the appropriate features for the situation at hand is constructed.
The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twenty (20) questions at the end of this course to earn PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Discuss in detail the nine traffic signal warrants presented in the MUTCD
- Explain the problems associated with the installation of unwarranted traffic signals
- Describe the items that must be addressed in a pre-design traffic engineering study
- Discuss issues surrounding the collection of usable traffic counts
- Discuss procedures for selecting optimum signal phasing
- Explain the circumstances under which flashing operation is used
Course
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