As agencies are moving closer to Vision Zero, a multi-national road traffic safety project aiming to achieve a roadway system with no fatalities or series injuries, wrong-way driving crashes still cause hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries every year. TRB hosted a webinar on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Eastern that shared practitioners’ experiences with wrong-way driving and solutions including deployment of effective countermeasures. Presenters discussed changes to the U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).

This webinar was based on NCHRP Research Report 881: Traffic Control Devices and Measures for Deterring Wrong-Way Movements.

This webinar was sponsored by TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program and the Standing Technical Committees on Freeway Operations and Traffic Control Devices.

The slides are linked in the meeting materials. View the recorded webinar below.

Webinar agenda and presenters

1. Wrong-way driving research updates and related MUTCD changes – Melisa Finley, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

2. TBD – Haitham Al-Deek, University of Central Florida

3. Wrong way driving program at CFX – Bryan Homayouni, Central Florida Expressway Authority

4. Question and answer session moderated by Vaishali Shah, Applied Engineering Management Corporation

The first 60 minutes of the webinar were for presentations and the final 30 minutes were reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants can:

1. Identify factors that play into wrong way driving and how technology and other improvements can help in providing solutions

2. Implement countermeasures from real-world deployments and experiences

Professional Development Hours

This webinar was delivered as a scheduled – e-learning live event and is categorized within RCEP as Technical, Health and Safety.

Professional Development Hours (PDHs) earned on completion of this program were reported to the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Certificates of Completion are issued to all participants via the RCEP.net online system. Complaints about registered providers may be addressed to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Fl., Washington, DC, 20005.