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Thursday, 23 of February of 2012

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  • JMM’s Juan M. Morales awarded the 2011 Edmund R. Ricker Award. JMM’s Juan M. Morales received the Edmund R. Ricker Transportation Safety Individual Award at the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) 2011 Annual Meeting and Exhibit, held August 13–16, in St. Louis, MO, USA. The award is given annually to a person who is recognized as a leader in the field of traffic safety through his/her safety activities in professional organizations, in the community or in the performance of traffic engineering.

JMM presents Designing Highways for the Safety of Vulnerable Road Users. JMM presented this course for the World Bank in Quito, Ecuador, June 2011. The course highlights highway design to improve the safety of pedestrians, bicyclists and other vulnerable road users. Please visit our Facebook page to see photos.

  • JMM moderates session at ATSSA Traffic Expo in Phoenix, Arizona. JMM traveled to Phoenix in February 2011 to attend the 41st Annual Convention and Traffic Expo of the American Traffic Services Association (ATSSA). Mr. Morales moderated a power talk session entitled MUTCD – What’s Working and What’s Not. The session addressed work zone practices and issues related to the 2009 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), both good and bad, and discussed how work zone standards affect both highway contractors and designers. Please visit our Facebook page to see photos of the Traffic Expo.
  • JMM to present IRF’s Executive Workshop on Congestion Management. Working for the International Road Federation (IRF), JMM will present this executive workshop in Orlando, Florida, May 4-6, 2011. This workshop will focus on the latest global innovations, technologies and measures to improve the mobility of motorized and non-motorized transport, as well as on the economic and financial challenges affecting congestion and travel demand, and proposed solutions. To register, visit www.irfnews.org.
  • JMM certifies World Trade Center Pedestrian Safety Professionals: Working for the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA), JMM certified the Allied Barton employees who control pedestrian traffic in the vicinity of Ground Zero. JMM certified 35 PSPs over three January 2011 days in New York City, New York. Please visit our Facebook page for photos.
  • JMM presents VRU course in Orlando, Florida. Working for the International Road Federation (IRF), JMM presented the Vulnerable Road User (VRU) portion of IRF’s Safer Roads by Design seminar, held in Orlando December 8-10. Mike Dreznes presented the positive protection (barriers, teminals, etc.) of the course, which was attended by delegates from Jamaica, South Korea, Singapore, Honduras, USA and Brazil.
  • JMM presents Designing Highways for the Safety of Vulnerable Road Users. JMM presented this course for the World Bank in Lima, Peru, in November 2010. The course highlights highway design to improve the safety of pedestrians, bicyclists and other vulnerable road users.
  • JMM develops TMP Guide. Working for the American Traffic Safety services Association (ATSSA), JMM developed the guide Understanding Transportation Management Plans (TMPs) in Highway Work Zones: A Quick-Reference Guide for Highway Contractors. The Guide explains TMPs to highway contractors who may be charged with the responsibility to implement TMPs in the field. It explains TMPs in easy-to-understand, simply language. To purchase the Guide, contact ATSSA. (http://www.atssa.com/cs/roadway-safety-store)
  • JMM assists with TRB Synthesis on Mobile Lane Closures. JMM’s Juan M. Morales participated as a panel member and reviewer of a Synthesis Report of the Transportation Research Board on “Improving the Safety of Mobile Lane Closures“. The synthesis report was published in Research Results Digest 339.
  • JMM presents work zone safety courses in Hawaii. Working for the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) and the Hawaii Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), JMM presented work zone safety courses in Kauai, Oahu (2), Maui and Big Island. The courses were held late 2009 and 2010.
  • JMM expanding its work zone expert witness activities. JMM is expanding its work zone expert witness activities. JMM’s services include work zone crash evaluation and analysis, check for compliance with applicable standards and guidelines, and preparation of findings’ report. Contact JMM for additional information.
  • JMM presents highway safety courses in Africa and Latin America. Working for the International Road Federation (IRF), JMM, presented highway safety courses in two African and two Latin American countries. Vulnerable Road User Safety was presented in Accra, Ghana and in Bogota, Colombia. Roadside Safety Design was presented in Kampala, Uganda and Lima, Peru. All courses were presented in early 2010.
  • JMM assisting the International Road Federation (IRF) with their Latin American activities. JMM is assisting the IRF with their Latin American activities, including assisting with the third IRF Latin American Regional Conference (LARC), held in Bogota, Colombia, October 2010. JMM’s Juan M. Morales also made a presentation on work zone standards 2nd LARC in Lima, Peru in 2008 and presented a seminar on Safety of Vulnerable Road Users at the Argentinean Road Association’s annual meeting in Mar del Plata, Argentina, September 2009.