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AASHTO RAC July 27, 2010

Accelerating solutions for highway safety, renewal, reliability, and capacity. Status Update. AASHTO RAC July 27, 2010. SHRP 2. Authorized by Congress in 2005 highway legislation $230 million, 7 years (2006-2013) Administered by TRB under MOU with FHWA and AASHTO Four Research Focus Areas:

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AASHTO RAC July 27, 2010

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  1. Accelerating solutions for highway safety, renewal, reliability, and capacity Status Update AASHTO RAC July 27, 2010

  2. SHRP 2 • Authorized by Congress in 2005 highway legislation • $230 million, 7 years (2006-2013) • Administered by TRB under MOU with FHWA and AASHTO • Four Research Focus Areas: Safety Reliability Renewal Capacity • Stakeholder Governance: 400+ volunteers

  3. “Pre-Implementation” • Additional funding expected from SAFETEA-LU extensions • SHRP 2 Oversight Committee wants to focus funds on moving toward implementation • Cooperative effort with FHWA, AASHTO, NHTSA, individual states, other organizations • Hear more in Wednesday session

  4. “Year 1 Plan” • Begin detailed planning • Get word out on early products: webinars, speakers bureau, marketing, CEO-level communication, conferences • Training, manuals, guidelines • Pilot testing, “hardening” research • Plan demonstration/lead state projects • Plan for long-term stewardship

  5. Projects and Contracts • 81 active or pending contracts • 10 completed contracts • 5 projects currently advertised; proposals due in September • These are all research contracts; no pre-implementation projects have gotten to the RFP stage yet.

  6. GAO Review • Required by SAFETEA-LU • Assess the degree to which projects address topics in Special Report 260 • Identify topics not yet addressed • Recommend improvements • Conducted over summer of 2009 • Delivered to Congress Feb 2010 • Report due to Congress Feb 2010 • Reported evolution of program • No recommendations

  7. Safety • Naturalistic driving study to begin in 6 states this Fall: New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Florida, North Carolina, Washington • Partnerships with transportation agencies in these states for acquiring roadway and other relevant data

  8. Data Acquisition System (DAS) Antenna

  9. Camera Views 9

  10. Renewal • Field testing of the following products: • Risk workshop: NC, WA • PCC smoothness measurement: GA • Composite pavements: MN • Performance specs for rapid renewal: 3 states • Existing pavements in place: 7 states • Additional pilots being planned for modular pavements, continuous deflection devices, identification/solutions for utility conflicts, geotechnical solutions, accelerated bridge design/construction • 10 states helping in development of guidelines and draft specifications

  11. Renewal: Example Products • Survey of European Composite Pavements • Preservation Approaches for Highway Volume Roadways • Railroad-DOT Institutional Mitigation Strategies

  12. Reliability: Early Results • Institutional Maturity Framework—guide to becoming an operations-oriented agency • Analytical models to quantify and predict the affect of various strategies on travel time reliability • Guidance for integration of operations into business practices

  13. Reliability Pilot tests of incident responder training in Indiana and Georgia.

  14. Capacity • Partnerships with state and local agencies in Jacksonville, FL, and Sacramento, CA, to develop and test advanced travel demand models. • Pilots of collaborative decision making tool in 4 states (chosen but not awarded yet). • Pilots of ecological tools in 4 states (to be advertised in July).

  15. Beta Testing of Web Tools • Collaborative decision making • Economic impacts • Performance measures www.transportationforcommunities.com Visit SHRP 2 exhibit booth to see these tools in action

  16. Thank You For more information, Subscribe to SHRP 2 News at: www.trb.org/shrp2 1,200 subscribers so far

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