AASHTO Standing Committee on Highway Traffic Safety Business

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: �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?

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

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 SCo. PM on States’ efforts �Voluntary effort (possibly 10 -20 States) �Focus: �Performance Measures (beyond FARS) �Setting baseline and trend data �Goal setting and setting targets

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 Bo. D �Partnership Activities with TRB (NCHRP), USDOT, others �What should be the process for developing such a plan? �Next Steps? Lead?

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