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AASHTO Standing Committee on Highway Traffic Safety: Business Meeting Key Points of Discussion

AASHTO Standing Committee on Highway Traffic Safety: Business Meeting Key Points of Discussion. Tom Sorel, Chair Pan Hutton, Vice Chair. Agenda:. Report from the Safety Management Subcommittee Report from Liaisons to other AASHTO Committees Proposed Resolutions New Items:

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AASHTO Standing Committee on Highway Traffic Safety: Business Meeting Key Points of Discussion

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  1. AASHTO Standing Committee on Highway Traffic Safety:Business MeetingKey Points of Discussion Tom Sorel, Chair Pan Hutton, Vice Chair

  2. Agenda: • Report from the Safety Management Subcommittee • Report from Liaisons to other AASHTO Committees • Proposed Resolutions • New Items: • Development of a SCOHTS Strategic Plan • Role of SCOHTS in making Safety the highest priority of AASHTO and the member States • Structure of SCOHTS and role of Subcommittees • Keeping up the momentum through administration changes • Future Meetings – Texas?

  3. Resolutions and Actions: • Recognition of Kirk Steudle • Highway Safety Manual (from Priscilla) • usRAP • Performance Measurement • Local Roads • Improve definition on serious injury

  4. Performance Measurement • Purpose: Begin building experience that could help the States prepare for the reauthorization • Safety has the most consistent data base • Build on work of SCoPM on States’ efforts • Voluntary effort (possibly 10-20 States) • Focus: • Performance Measures (beyond FARS) • Setting baseline and trend data • Goal setting and setting targets

  5. Discussion Items: Strategic Plan • What would be the value of a SCOHTS Strategic Plan? • What issues should it address? • Major projects or Initiatives • Tie to other AASHTO Committees and BoD • Partnership Activities with TRB (NCHRP), USDOT, others • What should be the process for developing such a plan? • Next Steps? Lead?

  6. Discussion Items: Role of SCoHTS • How can SCoHTS be most effective in influencing and assisting AASHTO and the member States? • How can SCoHTS work with the incoming AASHTO President in assuring Safety is in some way part of the President’s Agenda • How does SCoHTS want to be engaged in the TZD effort?

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