Meeting/Event Information

Lunch ($15), catered by Dominos Pizza, will be provided as Andrew Booth, PE, PTOE (Horrocks) presents Driving Different: Traffic and Safety Lessons from Australia and the U.S.

Australia and the United States face many of the same transportation challenges but often approach them in very different ways. Drawing on his professional and personal experience working in both countries, Andrew will explore differences in traffic operations and safety practices, including speed management, roundabouts, ramp metering, transit, enforcement, driving culture, and safety performance.

Rather than advocating for one country's approach over the other, the presentation will examine why different practices have developed and what transportation professionals can learn from them. Attendees will gain insight into how engineering decisions, policy choices, and cultural expectations influence driver behavior, traffic operations, and safety outcomes, while considering practices from Australia that may have applications in the United States.

About the Speaker

Andrew Booth, PE, PTOE, is a Traffic Engineer with Horrocks and has worked in Utah for more than three years. His experience includes traffic studies, safety analyses, road safety audits, intersection control evaluations, maintenance of traffic, signals, lighting, ITS, and signing design. His Utah work includes the UDOT Traffic Engineering Studies contract and serving as lead Maintenance of Traffic designer for the Mountain View Corridor project between Old Bingham Highway and Porter Rockwell Boulevard.

Before moving to the United States, Andrew worked as an engineering consultant in Australia for three years. His experience there included roadway, water, sewer, and traffic engineering for residential, commercial, and industrial projects, as well as traffic management plans for major festivals and heavy-vehicle analysis for projects throughout Australia and New Zealand.

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