AASHTO Subcommittee on Rail Transportation Sept 18 2012

AASHTO Subcommittee on Rail Transportation Sept. 18, 2012 Kevin Chesnik

What is SHRP 2? Save lives. Save money. Save time. • $218 million, federally funded research program to address critical transportation challenges: – Making highways safer – Fixing deteriorating infrastructure – Reducing congestion • Collaborative effort of AASHTO, FHWA, and TRB • Aims to advance innovative ways to plan, renew, operate, and improve safety on the Nation's highways 2

Focus Areas Safety: fostering safer driving through analysis of driver, roadway and vehicle factors in crashes, near crashes, and ordinary driving Renewal: maintaining and repairing the deteriorating infrastructure using already-available resources Reliability: managing non-recurring events to create more predictable travel times Capacity: building a highway system that creates minimum disruption and meets the environmental, and economic needs of the community. 3

Research to Implementation Research and Development Research responds to known transportation challenges A research product emerges and is refined through pilots and other activities Potential implementation explored through knowledge transfer Implementation Partner agencies select, prioritize, and prepare product for implementation Product is marketed to users and integrated into standard practice 4

Efforts are Collaborative • Implementation is cooperative. It engages: – AASHTO – FHWA – SHRP 2/TRB staff • States are the customers of AASHTO implementation • FHWA, TRB also serve locals, academia, MPOs 5

SHRP 2 Plan of Action Research (2007 - 2013) • 100+ research projects • Administered by TRB Transition (Now through 2015) • Pilots and demonstrations • Testing and refinement of products emerging from research Implementation (2012 - forward) • Partner agencies prioritize products for implementation • Selected products integrated into current transportation practices 6

2012 Starts $0. 5 M • Project Management Tools – R 09 Managing Risk in Rapid Renewal Contracts – R 10 Managing Complex Projects • R 04 Bridge Designs for Rapid Renewal (2011) $4. 2 M • R 26 Preservation on High Volume Roadways (2011) $3. 2 M • L 12 Training for Traffic Incident Responders (2011) $4. 4 M • Organizing for Reliability $6. 6 M – – L 31 CEO Workshop on Operations (2011) L 17 Knowledge Transfer System L 06 Organizing Agencies for Systems Operations and Mgt. L 01 Business Processes for Reliability • C 06 Integrating Ecosystem & Highway Planning $1. 5 M $20. 4 M

2013 Starts – Estimated • TCAPP $6 – 7 M – C 01 TCAPP – C 02 Performance Measures – C 19 Expedited Project Delivery • • • R 07 Performance Specs for Rapid Renewal $. 2 –. 5 M R 15 B Integrating Utility/Transportation (2011) $2 – 3 M R 16 Railroad Agreements (2011) $1 – 2 M R 23 Long-Life Pavements (2011) $1 – 2 M R 06 Web Tool for Non-destructive Testing $1 – 2 M Estimated costs ~ $14 M

2014 Starts - Estimated $1 – 2 M • Economic Impact Tools – C 03 Economic Impact Case Studies – C 11 Economic Impact Analysis Tools $3 – 4 M $1 – 2 M $3 – 4 M • C 10 Travel Demand Network Models • C 15 Freight Planning Guide • Reliability Analysis Tools – L 02 Monitoring Programs for Reliability – L 05 Planning/Programming for Reliability – L 08 Reliability in the Highway Capacity Manual $. 5 – 1 M $1 – 2 M • L 36 Regional Operations Forum • R 19 A Bridges Beyond 100 Years • Pavement Technologies – R 05 Modular Pavement Solutions – R 21 Composite Pavement Systems Estimated costs TBD ~ $11 M

SHRP 2 ADDITIONAL FUNDING • 40 States have voted to support funding for SHRP 2 per the language in MAP-21 resulting in an approximately $75 M additional funding. 2/3 of this funding is targeted to be returned to the states in the form of demonstration funding. 10

Implementation Activities • Knowledge Transfer Workshops • Implementation Planning Workshops – Engages stakeholders from state and local DOTs, AASHTO Committees, the industry, FHWA, TRB and others – Identifies target audiences, strategies, tactics, marketing plans and budgets • Outreach to AASHTO Committees • Development of Lead State Demonstration Projects • Information Technology Product Development 11

IPW’s completed/scheduled for: R 05 Modular Pavements R 09/10 Complex Project Management and Risk Review C 06 b Integrating Ecosystems in Planning Reliability Bundle (Sept 19) R 04 Bridge Design for Rapid Renewal (Sept 24 -25) R 15 b Integrating Utilities in Planning (Dec 4 -5) R 16 Model RR Agreements Dec/Jan 12

R 16 Railroad Agreements • R 16 A and R 16 B led by Shobna Varma (TRB lead research) Pilot efforts • Transition to R 16 Deployment activities (AASHTO led Deployment-Kevin Chesnik) • FHWA involvement (Jon Obenberger) • IPW kickoff meeting Target date December 2012 (Include many of the same team from the April Mtg) 13

Get Involved • Become a lead state or product champion • Watch for pilot project and demonstration opportunities • Engage in peer-to-peer exchange programs • Participate in focus groups, surveys and other product research • Subscribe to SHRP 2 news at www. TRB. org/SHRP 2/news • Learn about research requests for proposals (RFPs) from TRB 14

Questions? Stay informed and stay tuned! Jim Mc. Donnell Program Director, Engineering AASHTO jimm@aashto. org Kevin Chesnik Principal Engineer SHRP 2 Implementation ARA kchesnik@ara. com For more information: www. trb. org/SHRP 2 15