Event Details
December 12, 2024
This free webinar will begin at 12:00 p.m. (Central Time)
Details to access the Webex webinar will be emailed along with a confirmation after you register.
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Description
This one-hour webinar will describe some of the results of a recently completed project that focused on the documented need for more readily available guidance related to decision-making about roadway cross section reconfigurations. More specifically, it focused on the need for information related to the conversion of four-lane undivided roadways to three lanes (commonly referred to as “road diets”). The project team, through consultation with practitioners, identified 14 commonly asked questions in this subject area and developed short summary responses related to the planning, design, operation, and/or implementation of these type of conversions. The information contained in these responses are also sometimes relevant to other types of roadway conversions.
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Speaker Bio
Dr. Keith Knapp, Iowa Local Technical Assistance Program Director, has more than 25 years of experience in transportation-related consulting, research, and training. At the Institute for Transportation, Dr. Knapp has and continues to complete application- and outreach-oriented research related to the safety and operational impacts of roadway design and environmental characteristics (e.g., intersections, horizontal curves, cross sections, signing). The majority of this research has resulted in recommendations or tools to assist in the implementation of the factors being considered. He has developed and been an instructor for many local, state, and national training courses with a wide range of subjects, such as intersection design, roundabouts, and rural roadway design. He is a registered professional engineer in five states.