2021 Traffic Webinar Series

Thank you presenters and attendees for participating in our 2021 Traffic Webinar Series. See below for webinar synopses and links to copies of presentation slides.


Session 1: Tuesday, October 19 from Noon to 1:00 PM

Project Techniques and Treatments for using Big Data as a Travel Model

Presented by
Robert J. Watts, PE, PTOE, AICP
Transportation Engineer, McCormick Taylor

The COVID-19 pandemic presented traffic engineers with a variety of data collection challenges but also unveiled how “big data” could be used to meet some of those challenges. While this data can be used as a direct replacement for traffic counts and other studies, the various assumptions, potential biases, and sampling concerns built into it should be understood and addressed. We will present COVID adjustment techniques and estimations of other unique traffic conditions from two projects—the Lehigh Valley/MacArthur Road Signals Project and Laurel Valley Transportation Improvement Project. Both projects were advanced using data collected during the pandemic and incorporated data processing techniques that treat big data more as a “model” of travel, rather than a direct observation.

Session 2: Friday, October 22 from Noon to 1:00 PM

Recent Protected Bike Lane Projects for DDOT including 20th/21st Streets Cycle Track and Irving Street Cycle Track

Presented by
Jerry Baxter, PE, PTOE – JMT
Robin Fish, PE, PTOE – Mead and Hunt

This presentation will review major Protected Bike Lane (PBL) projects for the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), including the 20th/21st Street cycle track and the Irving Street cycle track.

Session 3: Wednesday, November 3 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Incorporating Data-Driven Safety Analysis into Traffic Impact Analyses

Presented by
David A. Petrucci, Jr., P.E., PTOE, RSP2I – Senior Safety Engineer with Federal Highway Administration Resource Center
Jerry Roche, P.E. – Data-Driven Safety Analysis Program Manager, FHWA Office of Safety

This presentation will be a summary of a new guidance document from FHWA that helps to demonstrate how transportation agencies and consultants can incorporate Data-Driven Safety Analysis (DDSA) into routine traffic impact analyses (TIA).