IRF presents new online training resources

摘要

Starting in May 2020, IRF moved some of its most popular workshops to a new online and interactive training platform, and began adding specialised courses, made possible through the virtual delivery format. The first course "Making Roads Safe for All Users" ran May 4th - 22nd, 2020 bringing together participants from countries as diverse as Ethiopia, South Africa, Canada, Pakistan and the Seychelles. It addressed how to apply the Safe Systems philosophy to road design and management, with a focus on safer roadsides, work zone safety and vulnerable road user protection. During the final course modules, participants were taken on a virtual inspection of road projects and encouraged to identify traffic safety risks utilising the knowledge they had acquired. "I received an in-depth understanding of the issues related to road safety audits through globally recognised experts with the necessary knowledge and experience to teach the course," noted one of the participants. Since then, IRF has quickly ramped up its online portfolio to include an extensive offering of live road construction and management classes, ranging from pavement design processes to PPPs, and from road tolling strategies to intelligent transport systems. Each course is typically delivered in two-hour sessions stretching over several weeks with homework assignments and group projects in addition.