Transcript TRB Safety Activities '07 - AASHTO

TRB SAFETY
ACTIVITIES
A BRIEF SUMMARY
HSM CONTENT
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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/nchr
p_rrd_306.pdf
 Appendices as NCHRP Web Document
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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/Round
about/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
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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 2006 Projects
S01
$1.5
million
total:
$100K/
$200K
Development
of Analysis
Methods
Using Recent
Data
1) University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies
2) Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
3) UMTRI/VTTI/Battelle
4) University of North Carolina HSRC/TransAnalytics
5) Iowa State University CTRE/ University of Iowa
S05
$3.0
million
Design of the
In-Vehicle
Driving
Behavior and
Crash Risk
Study
Contract pending
S09
$1.0
million
Site-Based
Video
System
Design and
Development
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) with
subcontractors:
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI),
Battelle,
Solar Technology and
University of California, Berkeley (PATH)
Safety Projects to be Advertised
in July 2007
S03
Specification and Acquisition of
Roadway Measurement Van
$1.5M
S02
Integrate Analysis Methods and Develop $0.5M
Analysis Plan
Web site
www.TRB.org/SHRP2
Contact SHRP 2
• By email [email protected]
• 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