When Research Meets the Road Capacity Focus Area February 4, 2013

1. When Research Meets the Road Capacity Focus Area February 4, 2013

2. Agenda • SHRP2 Overview • What is SHRP2? • Focus Areas • Implementation Assistance • Technical Product Description • Product Implementation • Wrap-up: Implementation Timeline • Questions?

3. What is SHRP2? Tools to save lives, save money, save time. • Products developed from objective, credible research • Solutions that respond to challenges of the transportation community – safety, aging infrastructure, congestion • Collaborative effort of AASHTO, FHWA, and TRB • Tested products, refined in the field SHRP2 Solutions offer new technologies and processes to enhance the efficiency of transportation agencies

4. Focus Areas Safety: fostering safer driving through analysis of driver, roadway and vehicle factors in crashes, near crashes, and ordinary driving Renewal: rapid maintenance and repair of the deteriorating infrastructure using already-available resources, innovations and technologies Capacity: planning and designing a highway system that offers minimum disruption and meets the environmental, and economic needs of the community Reliability: reducing congestion and creating more predictable travel times through better operations

5. Implementing SHRP2 Solutions Moving forward • Approximately 30 high-priority products introduced over the next few years • Users run the gamut of the transportation industry • Selected products integrated into current transportation practices

6. Products Ready for First Round Implementation Capacity • Implementing Eco-Logical (C06) Renewal • Next-Generation Project Management Tools • Managing Risk on Rapid Renewal Projects(R09) • Managing Complex Projects (R10) • Bridge Designs for Rapid Renewal (R04) • Preservation Techniques for Heavily-Traveled Roadways (R26) Reliability • Organizing for Reliability Tools (L01/L06)

7. Implementation AssistanceLevels of Engagement Proof of Concept Pilot • Funds for piloting products to evaluate readiness for implementation • Contractor support to collect data and evaluate the application Lead Adopter Incentive • Funds for lead adopters to offset implementation cost and mitigate risks • Recipients required to provide specific deliverables designed to further refine the product, and possibly “champion” the product to other States and localities. User Incentive • Funds for implementation support activities after lead adopter use. • Used to conduct internal assessments, build capacity, implement system process changes, organize peer exchanges, or offset other implementation costs

8. Implementation AssistanceProducts & Solicitation

9. Implementation Assistance Selection Criteria • General criteria for participants  (will vary among products) • Geographic diversity of participants • Demonstration of culture to implement new products or processes • Demonstration of past interest and/or efforts to implement similar products or processes • High commitment to making institutional/organizational changes • Commitment to conduct demonstration workshops • Willingness to share experience by facilitating peer-to-peer activities • Commitment to dedicate staff to the implementation project

10. Bringing greater collaboration for better, faster decisions Capacity Focus Area – Technical Product Description

11. Capacity Focus Area • Tools for planning, environmental reviews, and collaborative decision making to expedite project delivery while meeting community and environmental goals. • Products address: • Collaborative decision making; economic impact analysis; dynamic integrated models and networks; conservation, highway planning and environmental review integration; freight demand planning. • Benefits: • Efficient project delivery, fewer conflicts and delays • Reduced project costs because decisions are made once, not revisited • Facilities that meet community, mobility, and environmental goals

12. Today’s Product

13. ImplementingEco-Logical Challenge • Higher expectations and demands, shrinking budgets • Piecemeal mitigation • Lack of predictability • Limited guidance about how to cost-effectively apply an ecosystem-scale approach to transportation planning Solution • Create a roadmap for applying the ecosystem-scale approach to transportation planning, and provide the tools, evidence, and best practices to support multiagency adoption

14. ImplementingEco-Logical– Background • Builds on FHWA’s Eco-Logical: An Ecosystem Approach to Developing Infrastructure Projects (2006) • Fills a gap by addressing challenges in planning for ecosystems and infrastructure • Duplication of efforts • Uncertainty and lack of predictability • Results: piecemeal mitigation 14

15. Eco-Logical Overview • 9-step process to identify ecological priorities in a region • Includes tools for: • Cumulative effects and alternatives analysis • Regulatory assurances • Ecosystems crediting Ecosystems Conservation Planning Environmental Permitting

16. Benefits to the Eco-Logical Approach • Promotes streamlined and efficient delivery of infrastructure projects • Improves the predictability of project permitting and environmental review • Enhances interagency coordination • Predictability • Connectivity • Conservation • Transparency

17. Bringing greater collaboration for better, faster decisions Capacity Focus Area – Product Implementation

18. ImplementingEco-Logical –Financial Assistance • No proof of concept pilots • 15 previous Eco-Logical grant projects and 4 SHRP2 pilots • Up to 6 Lead Adopter Incentives $200,000 - $250,000 each • Up to 20 User Incentives ~ $25,000 each • State DOTs and MPOs eligible

19. ImplementingEco-Logical – Current FHWA Activities • Administer financial incentives • Develop guidelines/model agreements to support integrated conservation, planning, and permitting • Leverage agency liaisons • Identify links to MAP-21 • Support technical training and peer exchanges • Examine lifecycle costs and benefits • Identify and equip champions and opinion leaders

20. ImplementingEco-Logical – Additional Development Activities • Data integration • geospatial ecological screening tools and data • Strategies to address offsite mitigation concerns

21. ImplementingEco-Logical – AASHTO Activities • Survey State Departments of Transportation • Develop an Eco-Logical starter kit • Develop an Eco-Logical Practitioner Handbook • Provide executive training • Provide technical expert assistance • Provide peer exchange opportunities • Bring together State DOT environmental and planning practitioners • Develop and facilitate an Eco-Logical community of practice • Document case studies to highlight successful use • Develop an awards and recognition program • Develop an outreach and communication plan and materials

22. Implementing Eco-Logical An Ecological Approach to Integrating Conservation and Highway Planning, Volume 2, is available online at http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/166938.aspx For more information, please work with your FHWA Division Office (www.fhwa.dot.gov/about/field.cfm) or contact one of the following:

23. Looking Ahead: Transportation for Communities: Advancing Projects through Partnerships (TCAPP) (C01) Expedited Planning and Environmental Review (C19) Economic Projections (C03/C11) Travel Demand and Network Models (C10) Freight Planning Guide (C15)

24. Implementation Timeline • Solicitation opens: Mid-February • Solicitation closes: Mid-March • First awards: Mid-April

25. Questions? Email: goSHRP2@dot.gov Contact your FHWA Division SHRP2 Research: www.TRB.org/SHRP2 SHRP2 at AASHTO: http://SHRP2.transportation.org Eco-Logical: http://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/ecological/ eco_entry.asp