Intersection Safety - Safety . People – some in motor vehicles, others walking or biking – cross paths as they travel through or turn from one route to another. Where different paths separate, cross or join are known as conflict points, and these are always present at intersections. Therefore, it is not surprising that a major part of addressing road safety challenges involves intersections. In the United States, over the last several years an average of one- quarter of traffic fatalities and roughly half of all traffic injuries are attributed to intersections. Intersections can also become very congested when traffic volumes are high, creating inefficiency that results in user delay and frustration. They are a focal point for both safety and operations. Strategies to address intersection safety are diverse. Many strategies are engineering based, including geometric design and application of traffic control devices (such as signs, markings and signals). Most of the intersection safety work by FHWA focuses on engineering – all share a common foundation in human factors. Quite often, it is a combination of these strategies that is needed to truly solve a problem. Intersection safety is a national, state and local priority. The goal is simple: to prevent the severe types of crashes that can change lives forever. The Intersection - : The Intersection. This is a guest post by Tim Broderick, a Chicago resident with a keen interest in science and science education. One of the most painful moments in the film “Jesus Camp” (and there are many) comes when a parent homeschooling her children talks about evolution. The kids are shown watching creationist videos mocking science, and are then led, in a lesson, to reject and question science for no other reason than for a religious fundamentalist view of the world. Contrast that with the image of a church congregation whose members join together to honestly explore their faith through exploration of science. Hey folks–sorry, but please change your bookmarks again. Please note that we are working on the comments function so. Now, think about at least 9. St. John’s Episcopal Church, located on the northwest side of Chicago, is one of those 9. It’s a church that’s diverse in its politics as well as in beliefs. John’s also blessed same- sex unions before they became legal in Illinois, promotes environmental causes, works with a local homeless mission and hosted two Darwin Day celebrations in the past three years. As one of the instigators of those Darwin Day events, I was approached earlier this year by Rev. Kara Wagner Sherer, the pastor of St. Johns, to help put together a grant proposal. The grant – Scientists in Congregations, sponsored by the Templeton Institute – sought to help congregations identify scientists among them interested in teaming with a religious leader to design a program to explore science and inform a dialogue about faith. The long- term aim of the the grant was to create a model program that other congregations could use as well.
We put together what we felt was a pretty interesting program – looking at the Dover evolution trial, global warming, cosmology and neuroscience. And then an interesting thing happened last week. We didn’t get the grant. It turns out we were one of about 9. Looking back, I suspect we likely drew too much on the opportunities afforded us by the world- class museums located here in Chicago. It’s not something that a small church in Mississippi, for instance, could easily adopt. An intersection is the junction at-grade (that is to say, on the same level) of two or more roads either meeting or crossing. An intersection may be three-way (a T. SIDRA INTERSECTION employs a unique lane-based micro-analytical network model unlike traditional link-based network models where links represent lane groups in which. Due to the band having to head over to Europe sooner than expected, the 10/29 show has been cancelled. Refunds are available at point of purchase. ![]() But what’s interesting isn’t that we didn’t get the grant, it’s that after our proposal was turned down, the people involved in putting it together expressed an interest in going ahead with our program anyway. The first portion – centered around a reading drawn from the exerpts of the Dover evolution trial transcripts – is planned for our 2. Darwin Day celebration. As we go forward, we’ll see what we can pull from the other modules. Funding will be a challenge, but there are likely other opportunities for grants that we can explore. I’m particularly interested in doing something with global warming because there has been some skepticism expressed about the science. I think it would be an interesting discussion. In the raging debate online about science- religion compatibility – a debate I’ve participated in – these kind of efforts gets lost. It’s important to remember that for many people, the question of whether science and religion is compatible isn’t very interesting. Exploring how they’re compatible is, even if it means challenging one’s own beliefs. ![]() ![]() Intersection is an urban experience company at the convergence of the digital and physical worlds to improve life in cities.
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