Transportation Research Transportation Research BoardBoard

Agency Update

Barbara Hilger DeLucia

August 6, 2002

Transportation Research Board (TRB)Transportation Research Board (TRB)

Unit of the NRC, a private, nonprofit institution that is the principal operating agency of the NAS and the NAE.

TRB's mission is to promote innovation and progress in transportation by • stimulating and conducting research

• facilitating the dissemination of information

• encouraging the implementation of research results

How Does TRB Fulfill its Mission?How Does TRB Fulfill its Mission?

standing technical committees and task forces for all modes and aspects of transportation

publication and dissemination of reports and peer-reviewed technical papers on research findings

administration of NCHRP and TCRP

special studies on transportation policy issues at the request of the U.S. Congress and govt. agencies

operation of the on-line TRIS

annual meeting

TRB Annual MeetingTRB Annual Meeting

8500 transportation professionals from throughout the U.S. and abroad

450 formal sessions

300 committee meetings

82nd Annual Meeting:

January 12-16, 2003

Activity UpdateActivity Update

Safety Data, Analysis, and Evaluation

NCHRP Project “Integrated Safety Management System”

Highway Safety Manual

F-SHRP / Safety

Safety Data, Analysis, and Safety Data, Analysis, and Evaluation CommitteeEvaluation Committee

Synthesis of Recent Work in Hwy. Safety

Highway Safety Manual Task Force

Animal-Vehicle Subcommittee

Accident Reconstruction/Forensic Subcommittee

Paper Review Subcommittee

New Task ForcesNew Task Forces AASHTO’s Roadside Safety Plan and HSP

Safety Benefits of Red Light Running

Qualifications for TS Information Professionals

Potential Opportunities to Use HSIS

Exposure Metrics (Vehicle, Driver, and Environment)

Liaison to Minimum Crash Data Requirements Subcommittee

Problem Identification Task Force

Integrated SMSIntegrated SMS

NCHRP Project Geni Bahar, iTRANS Consulting, Ontario

To provides organizational structure and affiliated tools to implement the AASHTO

Strategic Highway Safety Plan

Develop and implement an integrated road safety program linked to analytic

methodologies

Critically Dependent on DataCritically Dependent on Data

To identify and prioritize efforts

Identify locations for improvement

Optimize strategy selection

Allocate funding

ISMS RequirementsISMS Requirements

Existence of varied data bases• State Crash Archives• Road Inventory• Traffic Volume• Vehicle Registration• Police Department Program Inventories• Health Agency Databases• Others

Linkages among data bases Accessibility to all jurisdictions in a State

F-SHRP / SafetyF-SHRP / Safety

Funded by AASHTO and FHWA

Administered through NCHRP

Ken Campbell, Oak Ridge National Laboratories

Current safety efforts are critical for maintenance and for incremental

improvement, but will not set us on a new safety trajectory toward a significant

reduction in fatalities and injuries

Prevent/reduce severity of crashes by developing more fundamental and accurate knowledge of contributing factors

Collect unprecedented data, especially non-crash (exposure) and pre-crash data

Use advanced technologies (EDR, GPS, etc.)

Aim at long-term benefits, but also produce some shorter-term results

F-SHRP / Safety Research StrategyF-SHRP / Safety Research Strategy

F-SHRP Safety Plan FrameworkF-SHRP Safety Plan Framework

F-SHRP Products

Countermeasure Identification

New MethodsRisk

FactorsImproved CM

Application

1 Tools/Methods

•New Technology & Methods•Data Management•Critical Incidents•Analytic Methods (emerging data)•GIS•Privacy Issues

2 Risk Analysis

•Exposure-based

•Driver Behavior by Age and Gender

Focus Areas

•Intersection

•Run off Road

3 CM Evaluation

•Existing CM

•Rigorous methods

•Multi-State

•Application guidelines

•Clearinghouse

Highway Safety ManualHighway Safety Manual

Sponsored by 8 TRB Committees NCHRP Project / Funded by FHWA Ron Pfefer, Maron Engineering, Ltd.

Develop a significant tool to aid highway safety decision-making and provide background on

the need and purpose for such a tool.

(for front-line daily decision-makers)

HSM StatusHSM Status

Review annotated outline for first edition

Review research protocols to use as guides

Discuss measures of safety to be employed

Review of a strategic plan for development

Participating in TRBParticipating in TRB

Check scope of TRB standing committees

Contact a TRB staff representative to learn of current

activities

Volunteer to review research papers, work on a committee

project, give a presentation

Participate in meetings and activities