Webinar: Strategies for Traffic Speed Control
Date: June 30, 2026
Time: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm PT
Cost: Free members/$79 non-members
Continuing Education Credits: 1 PDH/CM credit
Organization: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
Traffic speeds have been shown to be a major contributing factor in the severity of crashes, especially in relation to pedestrian and non-motorized crashes. With the addition of post-covid traffic patterns, compliance to safely regulated speeds has never been more important (or difficult to improve). Agencies have been resorting to more creative options to ensure motorists are travelling at safe speeds through their communities, which this webinar will showcase. The webinar intends to show varying speed control techniques from the softer, more psychologically based side of things (like dynamic feedback signage and signal optimization for slower speeds) to physical improvements to ensure safer speeds (speed bumps, traffic circles, and other quick-build methodologies). These systems all have various uses across land use systems, from urban to rural settings, and this webinar will delve into those various types as well as their effectiveness in those types. Participants should come away from this webinar with techniques (and some research to back them up) regarding what might work for their own transportation system. Additionally, appropriate usage of dynamic speed feedback signs in accordance with the 11th MUTCD edition will be discussed.
