Date and Time: Wednesday, June 26, 2024: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Lead Presenter: Stephen Ratke | Senior Safety and Geometric Design Engineer | Federal Highway Adminsitration
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Speaker Biography
Steve is a member of the Federal Highway Administration’s Resource Center - Safety and Design technical service team as a Senior Safety and Geometric Design Engineer. His primary duties with the resource center include advancement of the safe system approach, safety culture, and multi-modal design. His 20 years with the FHWA includes time in various offices with work in highway design, general project delivery, operations and ITS, and primarily in highway safety. He has been supporting zero fatalities/vision zero programs since 2009 and been involved in activities to adopt the safe system approach in the United States for the last seven years. Steve is originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and received a BSCE from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, a MSCE from the University of Texas at Austin, is a Professional Engineer in Nevada, and is a Road Safety Professional level 2 infrastructure certificate holder.