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TRECK SHORTCOURSES

A 5 - Day Short Course on Road Safety and Traffic Management

Date: 04th Nov 2019 - 08th Nov 2019

Venue:Engineering Centre, Roman Ridge Accra

Time:8:00AM to 4:00PM Each Day

Course Ended

Overview

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Africa Centre Of Excellence (ACE) For Regional Transport Research & Education Centre, Kumasi In Collaboration with Alabama Transportation Institute (ATI), The University of Alabama, (USA) Presents A 5 - Day Short Course on Road Safety and Traffic Management

Sponsors:

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Side attraction: Trip to Accra Traffic Management Centre.

Aim:

The ultimate aim of this course is to bring to the fore the interrelationship between traffic operation and management and road safety issues. The need to provide sustainable and inclusive urban transport especially in integration of non-motorized facilities and safety will be integral to the course.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the role of regional factors in influencing human factors - systems approach to road safety analysis
  • Demonstrate a computerized crash data reporting and analysis system
  • Demonstrate some modeling techniques 
  • Interpret some crash analysis results 
  • Understand potential opportunities with ITS in road safety
  • Explain the importance, principles and process of Road safety audit (RSA)
  • Appreciate the role of checklist in RSA
  • Understand and perform basic RSA and documentation procedures.
  • Develop an action plan for NMT in cities.
  • integrate NMT infrastructure

What you will learn:

  1. Human Factors in road safety using the safe systems approach
  2. Crash data reporting and analysis systems
  3. Modelling of Crashes
  4. Crash statistics for Ghana and implications for sustainable transport
  5. Introduction to Road Safety Audit
    • Concept & Evolution of RSA
    • Principles of RSA
    • The Audit Process
    • Overview of Checklist for RSA
    • Common Problems in RSA
    • Exemplary Audits
    • Group Assignment
  6. Planning and integration of NMT infrastructure
    • Functional classification of NMT in relation to the highway function.
    • NMT guidelines for African city and how to design NMT facilities.
  7. Traffic congestion formation and management
  8. Field trip/case studies
    • Accra Traffic Management Centre, pedestrian facilities, audit site visits.

Target Participants:

Professional civil engineers, Road Safety Consultant, Road safety officers, Ghana Police Service
MTTD officials, University academic, Road safety practitioners, researchers, NGO in road safety
etc.

Course Facilitators

Prof Steven JonesProfessor Steven Jones holds a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Virginia where he concentrated his education and research on the interaction of transportation and air pollution. His 20 plus years of transportation engineering and planning experience spans both academic and private sector consulting appointments working with government agencies, investors, and developers. He has participated in transportation projects in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. Jones currently focuses much of his professional efforts exploring how transportation impacts human development (e.g.,health and safety, basic accessibility) and cultivating international relationships to facilitate collaborative research, education and technology transfer.

Rev AdamsProfessor Ing. Rev. Charles. A. Adams is a professor of Transport planning and engineering at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. He is the Director of the Africa Centre of Excellence Regional Transport research and Education Centre Kumasi (TRECK) and the research lead for the Intelligent Traffic Management and Smart cities (ITMSC) research group.

Dr Kofi AdanuDr. Kofi Adanu currently serves as a postdoctoral researcher with the Alabama Transportation Institute.  Adanu received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Alabama (UA) as well as M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering and Applied Statistics.  Prior to joining the University of Alabama, Adanu graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.  Adanu is also affiliated with the Transportation Policy Research Center at UA and the Transportation and Human Development Collaboratory.  His research primary area of research focuses on human-centered aspects of transport safety and mobility. 

Ing. Victor OwusuIng. Victor Owusu is a former chief Executive of the Ghana highway authority and served for several years as the director and consultant in road safety. He has completed several Audits for local and international projects.

Ing Magnus Lincoln QuarshieIng. Magnus Lincoln Quarshie is the CEO of Delin Consult and a Traffic and Transportation planning and engineering consultant. He is a past president of the Ghana Institution of Engineering and a Consultant on several Traffic management project. Magnus is an NMT expert.

 

Time Table

Time

Monday

4 November

Tuesday

5 November

Wednesday

6 November

Thursday

7 November

Friday

8 November

Saturday

9 Nov

08:00-08:30

Registration

 

 

 

 

 

08:30-09:00

Opening

 

Safe systems approach/ Human Factors in road safety (SJ,KA)

Crash data analysis & Modelling of Crashes

 

(SJ,KA)

Road Safety Audit: Concept & Evolution

(VO)

Traffic congestion formation and management

(CA, JA)

Incident management and congestion

CA/KK

Departure

 

 

09:00-09:30

09:30-10:00

10:00-10:30

Cocoa Break

10:30-11:00

Safe systems approach/ Human Factors in road safety (SJ,KA)

Crash data analysis & Modelling of Crashes

 

(SJ,KA)

Road Safety Audit: The Audit Process,  Overview of Checklist

(VO)

Visit to TMC

(CA, JA)

Signal based strategies for congestion case studies

CA/KK

11:00-11:30

11:30-12:00

12:00-12:30

12:30-13:00

Lunch Break

13:00-13:30

13:30-14:00

Crash data reporting and analysis systems (SJ,KA)

Crash statistics for Ghana and implications for sustainable transport

(SJ,KA/CA)

Common Problems in RSA

Exemplary Audits

(VO)

Visit/Field observations, Recurring congestion site/

Crash sites

(CA, VO)

 

Visit/Field observations, Recurring congestion site/

Crash sites

(CA, VO)

 

Presentation of group assignments

 

Closing Ceremony

CA/SJ/AA

14:00-14:30

14:30-15:00

Crash data reporting and analysis systems (SJ,KA)

Crash statistics for Ghana and implications for sustainable transport

(SJ,KA/CA)

Planning and integration of NMT infrastructure ( MQ, VO)

 

15:00-15:30

15:30-16:00

Water Break

16:00-16:30

 Q & A  (CA)

Q & A

Group Assignment

 (VO, MQ)

 

 

 

16:30-17:00

 

NOTES:

SJ = Steven Jones, CA = Charles Adams, KA = Kofi Adanu , MQ= Magnus Quarshie, VO= Victor Owusu, AA=Ing Alex Ayeh, KK= Kwame Kwakwa

Fees: The cost per participant is Gh¢1,600.00. This includes, course materials, meals for 5 days and certificate. Fees must be fully paid before the commencement of the course. Participants are expected to pay their fees through the following Account details:

  • Bank: Ecobank
  • Account Name: Road & Transport Engineering Project-KNUST
  • Account Number: 0134402627501
  • Branch: Harper Road, Adum

Bank pay-in-slips will be produce as evidence of payment at the first day of registration

Enquiries

Enquires on this course should be addressed to the Project Manager of TRECK through the following: Tel: 0249453841, Email: pm.treck@knust.edu.gh, victor.sakyi@yahoo.com