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References and Resources

Highway Safety Training, Education, Curricula, Workforce Planning & Development

Curricula Projects
Core Competencies and Professional Development Programs
Comprehensive Training Programs
Certification
Graduate Education
Workforce Planning & Development
Safety Management & Research
Transportation Technology Transfer - General

Curricula Projects

• Transportation Curriculum Coordinating Council (TCCC) - Meetings, Minutes, Committees. Member Organizations
• TRB Subcommittee on Highway Safety Workforce Development
• Work Zone Safety Curriculum Framework Project- Contact Harry W. Taylor
• ITS Professional Capacity Building (PCB)
  • “Curriculum Guidance for ITS Training”

Core Competencies and Professional Development Programs (PDP)

• Federal Highway Administration
  • “Headquarters Safety Engineering Competency Framework”, FHWA Intranet (Access Limited to FHWA employees)
  • “Field Safety Engineering Competency Framework”, FHWA, Danyell Beard, Working Group Leader
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Comprehensive Training Programs

• NCHRP Project 20-25 - Training Needs for Highway Construction Personnel
  • (1) Needs - University of Maryland Center for Transportation Studies, and BSN, Inc.
  • (2) Framework - SNI Int'l Resources, Inc.
  • (3) Course Development - SNI Int'l Resources, Inc., Individual Courses and workbooks, 1997
• Traffic Engineering Skills Training (TEST), Maryland State Highway Administration - To develop and maintain curricula for highway and traffic engineers, planners, traffic technicians, and others; promote continuing education; provide a framework for development and delivery of traffic engineering training in Maryland.
• National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse - Training Database
• National Highway Institute - NHI Course Catalog, US DOT FHWA.

Certification

• Program Detail Manual: for Certification in the Field of Transportation Engineering Technology (Field Code 001), NICET (Sponsored by the National Society of Professional Engineers). [PDF, 109KB]
• Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) Certification

Graduate Education

• Wallen, Martin and Everett Carter. “Proposed Model Curriculum for a Professional Master in Engineering Degree in Applied Transportation Safety/Security, Operations and Design”; Bureau of Highway Traffic Alumni Association and University of Maryland.

Workforce Planning & Development

• Gribbon, Ben. “Roadway Safety Training”, Inside LTAP, June 2003, Ben Gribbon.
• Knapp, Keith; Donald Walker, Eugene Wilson. Challenges and Strategies for Local Road Safety Training and Technology Transfer.
• USDOT FHWA. Transportation Workforce Planning and Professional Development Task Force http://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/transworkforce/
• USDOT FHWA
  • Leiphart, Kristine Lee. “Pushing through the Safety Plateau”, Subtitle: To decrease fatalities, workforce skills must develop and adapt to new and changing transportation safety needs. Public Roads, January/February 2003. 
  • Results from a Safety Survey: Workforce Development for Transportation Professionals, Office of Safety, August 2002.
  • “Proceedings of the Highway Safety Workforce Planning Workshop”, April 3-4, 2002; San Antonio TX, FHWA-SA-02-004. With ITE, TRB, AASHTO.  and policy recommendations
  • Martin, Clark and Vicki Glenn.  “Filling the Pipeline”, Public Roads, November/December, 2002. 
  • Martin, Clark. “Help Wanted - Meeting the Need for Tomorrow's Transportation Work Force”, July/August, 2001
• US General Accounting Office
• Performance and Accountability Series: Major Management Challenges and Program Risks, “Department of Transportation.”  January 2003.
• Wilson, Eugene M. Wyoming Technology Transfer Center, University of Wyoming. “Teaching Safety”, Traffic Safety Toolbox, ITE, 1999; Chapter 23, pp 235-239.

Safety Management & Research

• ITE - Traffic Safety Toolbox.  “Overview”, “Chapter 1: Safety Management”, “Chapter 22: Teaching Safety”, 1999.

Transportation Technology Transfer - General

• NCHRP Report 347, “Civil Engineering Careers: Awareness, Retention, and Curriculum”; Mason, Tarris, and Zaki; PTI, PSU, May 1992.
• TRB Transportation Research Circular  “Transportation Technology Transfer: A Primer on the State of the Practice”; Charles Wallace, John Anderson, Eugene Wilson; TRB Committee on Technology Transfer; Number 488, May 1998.[PDF, 446KB]
• Managing Technology Transfer: A Strategy For The Federal Highway Administration, Transportation Research Board Special Report 256; 1999.
• Transportation Research Record 1652, 1999.
  • “Teamwork And Technology Transfer In Low-Volume Road Safety”, Chobya, LAK; Eck, RW; Wyant, WD., Transportation Research Record 1652, 1999.
  • “Better Management Of Local Roads Through Effective Technology Transfer”, Giummarra, G.; Transportation Research Record 1652; 1999.
• Training And Technology Transfer For Low-Volume Roads In Developing Countries , Miles, Dwj.; Transportation Research Record 1652, 1999.
• Transportation Research Record 1637, 1998.
  • Who, What, Why, And How Of Technology Transfer: Survey Findings From A Cross-Section Of Experienced Practitioners; Coleman, F, Iii; Benekohal, Rf; Shim, E.; Transportation Research Record 1637, 1998.
  • Use of Active Learning And Group Competition To Facilitate Training And Technology Transfer For Adult Learners; Zacharia, Z; Jennings, B.; Transportation Research Record 1637, 1998.
  • Technology Transfer To The Caribbean: Case Study Of Kingston, Jamaica; Dawkins, J; Daniel, J. ; Transportation Research Record 1637
• Transportation Research Circular 478, Nov. 1997.
  • Technology Transfer From Basic Research; Glassman, N; TRC 478
  • Technology Transfer Between Transportation Modes; Morrison, J; TRC 478

Prepared by R. Benjamin Gribbon, FHWA Office of Safety
Rev. Draft May 1, 2003

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