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This summary provides an overview of the Highway Safety Manual and various safety activities related to roadway safety management and evaluation. It includes information on predictive models, safety management, safety evaluation, roundabouts, safety workforce development, commercial truck and bus safety, visualization, and the Strategic Highway Research Program.
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TRB SAFETY ACTIVITIES A BRIEF SUMMARY
HSM CONTENT • Part I Introduction and Fundamentals -2 • Part II Knowledge -5 • Part III Predictive Models -3 • Part IV Safety Management of a Roadway System – 4 • Part V Safety Evaluation -1 • Glossary
HIGHWAY SAFETY MANUAL • Excellent research and production support through NCHRP • Task Force fully functional with six subcommittees • 5 Part review sub-committees established, each reviews chapter in that Part • First edition target late ’08? • Independent Review Process-2 of 3 done
HSM CONT. • Formation of AASHTO HSM Task Force complete – Don Vaughn, ALA DOT, Chair. They are reviewing materials. • Mid-year meeting in August with HSM Task Force and AASHTO HSM Task Force
DATA SHARING - 409 • Final report completed and published as Research Results Digest 306: Identification of Liability-Related Impediments to Sharing 409 Safety Data Among Transportation Agencies and a Synthesis of Best Practices • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rrd_306.pdf • Appendices as NCHRP Web Document 89
ROUNDABOUTS • Task Force on Roundabouts fully functional • National Roundabout Conference May 18-21, 2008 in Kansas City, MO • Call for papers is out • http://trb.org/conferences/2008/Roundabout/Call.pdf
ROUNDABOUTS in the United States --- NCHRP 572 (online) • Summary • Chapter 1 Introduction and Research Approach • Chapter 2 Data Characteristics • Chapter 3 Safety Findings • Chapter 4 Operational Findings • Chapter 5 Design Findings • Chapter 6 Interpretation, Appraisal, and Applications • Chapter 7 Conclusions and Suggested Research
SAFETY WORKFORCE • Safety Workforce now a fully functioning Task Force • Core Competencies for Highway Safety Professionals published as Research Results Digest (RRD) 302 -- full text online • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rrd_302.pdf
Safety Workforce Development (cont) Policy study on state of safety professional development • Document nature and extent of problem • First draft completed Task Force mid-year meeting July 18 in D.C.
Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program • Effective Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Management Techniques • Security Measures in the Commercial Trucking and Bus Industries Highway/Heavy Vehicle Interaction • Individual Differences and the “High-Risk” Commercial Driver • Training of Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers • Operational Differences and Similarities Among the Motorcoach, School Bus, and Trucking Industries
Truck and Bus Synthesis Titles • Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Safety Belt Usage • Literature Motorcoach Industry Hours of Service and Fatigue Management Techniques • Review on Health and Fatigue Issues Associated with Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Hours of Work • Alternative Truck and Bus Inspection Strategies
2007 Titles • Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Training Curricula and Delivery Methods and Their Effectiveness • Commercial Motor Vehicle Carrier Safety Management Certification • The Role of Safety Culture in Preventing Commercial Motor Vehicle Crashes • The Impact of Behavior-Based Safety Techniques on Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers
TSP WORKING GROUP ACTIVITIES • Developing safety guides for planners –based on NCHRP 500 series – initial set are completed and online at: http://TSP.TRB.ORG Also includes: Resources, references, calendar, case studies (20), and champions corner
VISUALIZATION • Now a fully functioning Committee on Visualization in Transportation • 5th conference in 2006 • Proceedings DVD available (free) from TRB or online at: • www.teachamerica.com
Accelerating solutions for highway safety, renewal, reliability, and capacity Strategic Highway Research Program 2
SHRP 2 • Targeted, short-term program of strategic highway research modeled on the first SHRP • Authorized by Congress in 2005 • Administered by TRB in cooperation with AASHTO and FHWA • Integrates multiple fields of study to address critical needs
Research Focus Areas • Accelerating the Renewal of America’s Highways (Renewal) • Making a Significant Improvement in Highway Safety (Safety) • Providing a Highway System with Reliable Travel Times (Reliability) • Providing Highway Capacity in Support of the Nation’s Economic, Environmental, and Social Goals (Capacity)
Funding • $150 million, authorized over 4 years • $108 million of research contracts: • Safety: $43.2 million • Renewal: $28.8 million • Reliability: $18 million • Capacity: $18 million
Safety • Goal: to prevent or reduce the severity of highway crashes by understanding driver behavior. • Use of vehicle-based and site-based technologies to gather pre-crash, crash, and exposure data.
Two Research "Tracks” • Vehicle-based Risk Study – instrument 2,000-3,000 vehicles and observe and record driver behavior, roadway, surrounding traffic, environment, etc. • Site-based Risk Study – instrument series of locations (e.g., intersections, curves) and observe and record vehicle interactions under different roadway, traffic, and traffic control/warning conditions
Safety Projects to be Advertised in July 2007
Web site www.TRB.org/SHRP2
Contact SHRP 2 • By email SHRP2@nas.edu • By telephone at 202-334-1430 • Visit www.TRB.org/SHRP2
Safety Research Indicators in TRB • 416 papers submitted to TRB (375 in ’06, 310 in ’05 and 275 in ’04) • 85 sessions safety related (out of 820) (80 out of 820 in ‘06) • Now 23 safety committees and task forces • Subcommittees in emerging areas, e.g. EMS, emergency evacuation, medical advisory boards, driver modeling