Phew! Traffic impact assessment for rural development complete, except for negotiations with road authorities. It’s an art of balancing probabilities when defining what is the minimum (least expensive) standard of traffic infrastructure that could be proposed for a development, but still be considered within acceptable levels of crash risk. I didn’t realise so much mathematics could be involved.
This month I presented a half-day traffic signals workshop to a bunch of enthusiastic trade services staff. I was concerned how participants would find the course material and learning activities since I had only two weeks to prepare for the workshop. Thankfully most people contributed to discussion and the feedback included “good basis to understanding traffic lights”. However, something to keep in mind for next time: a request for more “hands-on” activities. I guess it should have been obvious that trade workers prefer to learn by undertaking practical tasks.
Whilst I have washed our car which was having transmission troubles last month, I haven’t done anything proactive about my moan for May (Elliott Heads Road is still very rough!). In order to ensure this blog doesn’t disintegrate into a black hole of complaints I am not going to allow myself to whinge about any other road issue until I do something about that one.
Lastly (before I go and try to find my tax records to do my tax return), who will be the first person to contribute to this on-line discussion forum? If no-one has commented by next month’s blog I am not sure what I will do.
Hi Sam,
ReplyDeleteJust thought I would stop by and comment on your blog. I have enjoyed reading your first five and hope to see more to come. Great work.
Samara