TRB SAFETY ACTIVITIES A BRIEF SUMMARY HSM CONTENT
TRB SAFETY ACTIVITIES A BRIEF SUMMARY
HSM CONTENT § § 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 89
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_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 §
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 § 5 th 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, 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
Safety Projects to be Advertised in July 2007 S 03 Specification and Acquisition of Roadway Measurement Van $1. 5 M S 02 Integrate Analysis Methods and Develop $0. 5 M Analysis Plan
Web site www. TRB. org/SHRP 2
Contact SHRP 2 • By email SHRP 2@nas. edu • By telephone at 202 -334 -1430 • Visit www. TRB. org/SHRP 2
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
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