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WELCOME!

TRB State Representatives Business Meeting

In conjunction withAASHTO RAC Meeting

Kansas City, MOJuly, 2010

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Long Term Visioning Trends and Issues

• Looking out 20-30 years• Those that affect, or will be

affected by, transportation• Implications for state DOTs.

TRB. Other transportation organizations.

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Laying the Foundation

• TRB “Critical Issues in Transportation”

• TRB Strategic Plan• Activities of TRB

Standing Committees

July 28, 2010

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Last Call!

Provide any last minute submissions to Tom

Palmerlee

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Wednesday Session• Staff collate by major topic• Group discussion/debate

– Gaps– Common themes– Priorities

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State DOTs & the TRB Annual Meeting

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State DOTs & TRB Annual Meeting

Current Challenge:Provide state DOTs with satisfactory return on their investment in the TRB

Annual Meeting in an era of travel restrictions without increasing the

costs to them.

July 28, 2010

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TRB Annual Meeting:Recent Actions

• Authorizing state DOTs to post Compendium on DOT intranet

• Providing access to presenter slide presentations and posters

• Providing access to enhanced e-sessions

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• Posting new Practice Ready Papers database on TRB website

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TRB Annual Meeting:2011 Initiatives

• Covering costs for communications packages on a sustainable basis

• Pilot testing for conference calls and/or internet access for standing committee meetings

• Replacing Compendium DVD w/posting on TRB website

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State DOTs & TRB Annual Meeting

Longer Term Challenge:Provide TRB state representatives with

information that can be used to help justify state DOT employee

attendance.

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Resources for Keeping Your CEO Informed

• State DOT Return-on-Investment (general white paper)

• “Reaping the Benefits of Attending TRB Annual Meeting” (TRNews)

• Justifying Your State’s Investment in TRB (under development)

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Justifying Your State’s Investment in TRB

• Developed under guidance from STRAP

• Will allow TRB State Rep to customize for his/her state/CEO

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Justifying Your State’s Investment in TRB

• Overall state investments• Core program• NCHRP• Tangible Benefits• Intangible Benefits• Leveraged Benefits

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Other Opportunities for Keeping Your CEO Informed

• TRB staff visits to your state DOT• TRB State Reps/CEO Luncheon at

TRB Annual Meeting• AASHTO Annual Meeting – TRB

Luncheon for CEOs• CEOs serving on TRB Executive

Committee

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Other Opportunities or Tips for Keeping Your CEO

Informed?

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TRB State DOT Partnership Visits: Guidelines

• Enhanced to incorporate suggestions for 2009 Orlando meeting

• Shopping list for potential meetings & activities

• Checklist for planning the visit• Assuring that the visit yields mutual

benefits• Option for short written summary

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Including Staff from Other TRB Divisions in Visits

• Pilots during 2010– Massachusetts (general w/CRP)– California (safety w/NCHRP)– Illinois (highway renewal w/SHRP2)

• Evaluate for 2011

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Other Experiences or Tips for TRB State DOT Partnership Visits?

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TRB Budget and Implications for State DOTsCurrent Challenge:

Enhance TRB services to state DOTs within the TRB budget and without increasing the

costs to state DOTs

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Enhanced TRB Services That Meet this Criteria

• TRB Annual Meeting communications package (discussed earlier)

• TRR Online• TRB Webinars• Practice – ready papers database• Research Needs Statements database

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TRB Core Income Sources by Triennium (%)

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State DOTsFHWAOther SponsorsFees & Sales

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Suggestions for New or Enhanced Revenue Streams

for TRB?

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TRB Publications Online

• Most TRB publications accessible on TRB website at no charge

• TRR Online available by subscription– No charge to state DOT employees– Rely on state DOT IP address– Contact Andi Kisiner

(akisiner@nas.edu)

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Notification of Publications through TRB e-Newsletter

• General: “Recently Released TRB Publications”

• Subscription/notification by topic area

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Getting Printed Publications to the Right People

• Initial task: Transition our publication selection system - categories (modes & functions) of publications - to a web-based solution whereby sponsors and other customers can manage their own accounts – i.e. who gets what, where it should be sent, and how.

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Getting Printed Publications to the Right People (cont.)

• The increasing number of ways in which the “how” part of delivery is complicating things – specifically, the expanding possibilities for delivering electronic content to our sponsors and other customers.

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eReaders

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Getting Printed Publications to the Right People (cont.)

Percent of all books purchased (worldwide)

2008 2009 2010

Online 23% 39% 50%

Hardcopy 77% 61% 50%

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• TRB is developing a survey that will be sent to our state and federal sponsors to determine dissemination preferences.

Bowker, B&T, et al. 2009-2010

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Getting Printed Publications to the Right People (cont.)

• The Challenge: How quickly (or slowly) should TRB move toward electronic delivery of our products?

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Getting Printed Publications to the Right People (cont.)

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Excerpts from the Smithsonian 2010-2015 Digitization Strategic Plan: “Mission: To digitize the resources of the Institution for the widest possible use by current and future generations.”“Empower staff and audiences to use the Smithsonian’s digital resources

by developing user-friendly methods and tools.” “Raise awareness and increase use of Smithsonian digital resources,

both within and outside the Institution. Use multiple web and new media venues to increase awareness of the value of the Smithsonian’s digital resources. Increase the Smithsonian community’s awareness of the availability of Institutional digital resources, through the use of multiple internal communication venues.”

Example 1: Smithsonian goes electronic…

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Getting Printed Publications to the Right People (cont.)

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Example 2: Stanford Engineering Library goes all digital.

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Getting Printed Publications to the Right People (cont.)

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Summary:

Developing a web-based system for our sponsors to manage what hard copy publications they get from TRB is complicated by the growing desire for various e-versions.

TRB is developing a survey for sponsors to provide input into the future delivery of TRB products.

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Earning Continuing Education Credits for TRB Activities

• Self certifying PDHs offered for Annual Meeting and conferences

• AICP CM units offered for Annual Meeting and planning conferences

• CLEs offered for Legal Resources Workshop

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More Record Keeping Criteria for Education Providers

• Distance Learning (webinars)• Growing number of state licensing

boards for PEs– New York– Florida– Others

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More Record Keeping Criteria for Education Providers

• General policies: International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET):– Individual attendance (by session)– Learning objectives– Evaluation/assessment that learning

objectives met– Instructor bios/approvals– Individual transcripts

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TRB Investigating Options to Expand Education Credits

• Use outside service(s) (fee)– IACET– National Council of Examiners for

Engineers and Surveyors (NCEES) Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP)

– Other?• Build TRB recordkeeping system

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TRB Priorities for Expanding Education Credits

1. Webinars2. Conferences3. Annual Meeting

– PDH self certification still valid for most states

– AICP CM credits introduced in 2010– Satisfy higher criteria for PDHs (future)

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