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TRB SAFETY ACTIVITIES

TRB SAFETY ACTIVITIES. A BRIEF SUMMARY for the Subcommittee on Safety Management August , 2012. ROUNDABOUTS. National Roundabout Conference May 18-20, 2011 in Carmel, IN (over 80 operating roundabouts) Sucessful , 400 participants, over 120 presentations/posters Next, 2014, Seattle, WA

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TRB SAFETY ACTIVITIES

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  1. TRB SAFETY ACTIVITIES A BRIEF SUMMARY for the Subcommittee on Safety Management August, 2012

  2. ROUNDABOUTS • National Roundabout Conference May 18-20, 2011 in Carmel, IN (over 80 operating roundabouts) Sucessful, 400 participants, over 120 presentations/posters • Next, 2014, Seattle, WA • Became a full Committee

  3. Human Factors and HSM Human Factors Road Design Guidelines Complete and published as NCHRP report 600, Second Edition. Guide to using HFG to complement HSM

  4. Commercial Drivers Special Safety Concerns of the School Bus IndustrySynthesis 17 Older Commercial Drivers: Do They Pose a Safety Risk?Synthesis 18 Effects of Psychoactive Chemicals on Commercial Driver Health and Performance: Stimulants, Hypnotics, Nutritional, and Other Supplements Synthesis 19

  5. Late 2011 and 2012 Titles Potential Safety Benefits of Motor Carrier Operational Efficiencies , Synthesis 20 Driver Selection Tests and Measurement, Synthesis 21 Safety Management in Small Motor Carriers, Synthesis 22 Operator Drug- and Alcohol-Testing Across Modes, Synthesis 23

  6. And Most Recently Distracted Driving Countermeasures for Commercial Vehicles, Synthesis 24

  7. Other Publications of Interest Modeling Operating Speed, E-C151 Liability Aspects of Bikeways, Legal Research Digest 53 NCHRP 729, Automated Enforcement for Speeding and Red Light Running Safety IDEA Report 17 Non-Contact Driver Drowsiness Detection System

  8. SAFETY WORKFORCE • Core Competencies for Highway SafetyProfessionals published as Research Results Digest (RRD) 302 -- online • Road Safety Fundamentals 101 supporting the core competencies done and final report published + online • One university starting a Road Safety Academy based on Fundamentals • New international interest

  9. Successful Conferences during the past year Older Driver Safety and Mobility, Aug. 2011, Washington, D.C. Road Safety and Simulation,, 2011, Indianapolis– over half international 6th International Symposium on Visualization in Transportation, 2011 2012 EMS Systems, Safety Strategies, and Solutions Summit,

  10. TRB New Subcommittees • Joint Subcommittee on Rural Road Safety • Pedestrian Crashes • Speed Management and Safety • Global Road Safety

  11. Emergency Evacuation Subcommittee became Task Force on Emergency Evacuation Question for you: In your DOT experience is the research and operational challenge not just evacuation but emergency management?

  12. TRB ANNUAL Meeting • 770+ papers submitted in safety and related areas (up from 660) • 11,000+ attended • Compendium on line –free to sponsors --all papers --all powerpoints --e sessions

  13. Contacts: Rick Pain rpain@nas.edu Mark Bush mbush@nas.edu www.trb.org

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