Transportation Research Board 2007-08 Richard Cunard, P.E. Engineer of Traffic & Ops [email protected].

TransportationResearch

Board

2007-082007-08Richard Cunard, P.E.Engineer of Traffic & Ops

[email protected]

CongestionIncreasingly congested facilities

across all modes

Addressing Congestion New Road

Capacity Increase Transit

Options Improved Land

Use Coordination and Collaboration

Improve System Operations

More Sophisticated User Fees

Better Information Public Investment

in Freight Efficiency

Emergencies

Vulnerability to terrorist strikes and natural disasters

Energy and Environment

Extraordinary challenges

Equity

Burdens on the disadvantaged

Finance

Inadequate revenues

Human and Intellectual Capital

Inadequate investment in innovation

Infrastructure

Enormous, aging capital

stock to maintain

Institutions

20th Century Institutions Mismatched to 21st Century

Missions

Safety

Lost leadership in road safety

87th Annual Meeting87th Annual MeetingJan. 13–17, 2008Jan. 13–17, 2008

Only 212 days to go!Only 212 days to go!

TRB Annual MeetingTRB Annual Meeting Over 10,000 attendees Over 550 sessions 3,200+ presentations 425 TRB committee meetings 500+ other meetings

TRB Annual MeetingTRB Annual Meeting All levels of government, industry,

academia 40% government (1,300 State; 1,500

Fed) 23% private sector 25% universities (1350 Students)

TRB Annual Meeting is TRB Annual Meeting is InternationalInternational

>1100 attendees from more than 67 countries outside U.S.

>550 presentations from 50+ countries outside U.S.

>20 sessions dedicated to international issues

Compendium CD-ROMCompendium CD-ROM

~1,800 Papers

87th Annual 87th Annual MeetingMeetingJanuary 13-17, 2008

Washington, DC

Theme:Theme:

Partnerships for Progress in Transportation

87th Annual Meeting87th Annual Meeting

New This Year:

Commercial Exhibits & Sponsorship

www.trb.org/meeting/

Simulation Modeling and Analysis for Traffic Evacuation

VII and CICAS: Current Status and Future Research Needs

The National Unified Goal for Traffic Incident Management - Safety, Clearance, and Communications

Human Factor Workshops (Billboards)

Workshops at TRB 2008Workshops at TRB 2008Workshops at TRB 2008Workshops at TRB 2008

Intersection Design, Safety and Operations VII – Pathway to the future Role of Simulation in Engineering Analysis Incident Management Traffic Signal Dilemma-Zone Control Benefits of ITS Systems Access Management

Sessions at TRB 2008Sessions at TRB 2008Sessions at TRB 2008Sessions at TRB 2008

New Dual Deadlines for Submittal

TRBTRBPublicationsPublications

Highway CapacityHighway Capacity

Manual 2000Manual 2000

Selected Recent PublicationsSelected Recent PublicationsTRR 1978: Traffic Signal Systems and Regional Systems Management

TRR 1973: Traffic Control Devices, Visibility, and Rail-Highway Grade Crossings

TRB e-NewsletterTRB e-Newsletter(Distributed to over 25,000 persons/week)(Distributed to over 25,000 persons/week)

TRB News New TRB Publications Upcoming TRB Meetings and Conferences Federal Research News University Research News International Research News In the Know

New!New! -- TRB Webinars -- TRB Webinars Make info available to those who cannot attend our major meetings and conferences. Attend right at your desk ~90 minutes in length PDH available Hot topics

Example WebinarExample Webinar

Research in Progress (RiP)Research in Progress (RiP)

www.TRB.orgwww.TRB.org

TRB ConferencesTRB Conferences

TRB Conferences - 2007TRB Conferences - 2007 18th Visibility Symposium, College Station, TX, April 17-18, 2007 (Papers on web)

Freeway and Tolling Operations in the Americas, May 20-22, 2007, Houston, TX (Papers on web)

3rd Urban Street Symposium, June 24-27, 2007, Seattle, WA (CD available)

TRB Conferences - 2007TRB Conferences - 2007 Workshop on VII and CICAS – Research Needs, July 22-25, 2007, San Jose, CA

Third International Conference on Performance Measurement, October 9, 2007, Irvine, CA

TRB Conferences - FutureTRB Conferences - Future National Roundabout Conference, May 2008

Regional Traffic Monitoring Workshop, Spring 2008

8th National Access Management Conference, Fall, 2008, Baltimore, MD

Freeway and Tolling Operations, June 2009, Hawaii

Research to Address the Sources of Travel Time Reliability:

Building a Foundation and Institutional Setting for Operations

Integrating Operations in Agency Decision Making

Developing Improved Operational Strategies

Current Projects:Current Projects: Analytic Procedures for Determining

the Impacts of Reliability Improvement Strategies

Institutional Architectures to Advance Operational Strategies

Thanks!Thanks!

www.TRB.org

Richard Cunard, [email protected]

Transportation Research Transportation Research BoardBoard

Cooperative Research Cooperative Research ProgramsPrograms

Ray DerrRay Derr

ChangesChanges

Chris Jenks is the new division director; Chris Jenks is the new division director; Crawford Jencks will be managing NCHRPCrawford Jencks will be managing NCHRP

New ProgramsNew Programs Strategic Highway Research Program 2Strategic Highway Research Program 2 Airport Cooperative Research ProgramAirport Cooperative Research Program Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research ProgramHazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program National Cooperative Freight Research ProgramNational Cooperative Freight Research Program

Selected New PublicationsSelected New Publications NCHRP Digest 318: An Expert System for NCHRP Digest 318: An Expert System for

Recommending Speed Limits in Speed ZonesRecommending Speed Limits in Speed Zones NCHRP Report 572: Roundabouts in the United NCHRP Report 572: Roundabouts in the United

StatesStates NCHRP Web-Only Document 97: Guide to NCHRP Web-Only Document 97: Guide to

Effective Freeway Performance Measurement: Effective Freeway Performance Measurement: Final Report and GuidebookFinal Report and Guidebook

TCRP 112/NCHRP 562: Improving Pedestrian TCRP 112/NCHRP 562: Improving Pedestrian Safety at Unsignalized CrossingsSafety at Unsignalized Crossings

NCHRP Synthesis 356: Pavement Markings—NCHRP Synthesis 356: Pavement Markings—Design and Typical Layout DetailsDesign and Typical Layout Details

New NCHRP ProjectsNew NCHRP Projects3-893-89 Right-Turn Interactions and Channelized Right-Turns Right-Turn Interactions and Channelized Right-Turns

($500,000)($500,000)

3-903-90 Traffic Signal System Control for Congested Traffic Signal System Control for Congested Conditions ($600,000)Conditions ($600,000)

3-913-91 Guidance for the Provision of Left-Turn Lanes at Guidance for the Provision of Left-Turn Lanes at Unsignalized Intersections ($350,000)Unsignalized Intersections ($350,000)

3-923-92 Production of the Year 2010 Highway Capacity Production of the Year 2010 Highway Capacity Manual ($1,000,000)Manual ($1,000,000)

3-933-93 Automated Enforcement for Speeding and Red Light Automated Enforcement for Speeding and Red Light Running ($150,000)Running ($150,000)

22-2522-25 Design Layout and Placement Guidance for Cable Design Layout and Placement Guidance for Cable Barrier Systems ($400,000)Barrier Systems ($400,000)

NCHRP Projects (cont.)NCHRP Projects (cont.)

Syn.Syn. Pavement Marking Warranty Specifications Pavement Marking Warranty Specifications ($100,000)($100,000)

LegalLegal Liability Aspects of Bikeway Designation Updated Liability Aspects of Bikeway Designation Updated ($50,000)($50,000)

QuickQuick Development of a Guide to Update ADA Transition Development of a Guide to Update ADA Transition Plans ($100,000)Plans ($100,000)

QuickQuick Traffic Control Devices for Roundabouts ($90,000)Traffic Control Devices for Roundabouts ($90,000)

QuickQuick Observed Minimum Thresholds of LED (Light Observed Minimum Thresholds of LED (Light Emitting Diodes) Traffic Signals ($74,500)Emitting Diodes) Traffic Signals ($74,500)

NCHRP ContinuationsNCHRP Continuations

03-6003-60 Capacity and Quality of Service of Interchange Capacity and Quality of Service of Interchange Ramp Terminals ($200,000)Ramp Terminals ($200,000)

03-6603-66 Traffic Signal State Transition Logic Using Enhanced Traffic Signal State Transition Logic Using Enhanced Sensor Information ($400,000) Sensor Information ($400,000)

03-7903-79 Measuring and Predicting the Performance of Measuring and Predicting the Performance of Automobile Traffic on Urban Streets ($225,000)Automobile Traffic on Urban Streets ($225,000)

17-2617-26 Methodology to Predict the Safety Performance of Methodology to Predict the Safety Performance of Urban and Suburban Arterials ($100,000)Urban and Suburban Arterials ($100,000)

17-2917-29 Methodology to Predict the Safety Performance of Methodology to Predict the Safety Performance of Rural Multilane Highways ($100,000)Rural Multilane Highways ($100,000)

17-3117-31 Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems—Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems—Phase 2 ($100,000)Phase 2 ($100,000)

17-3217-32 Guidance for the Design and Application of Shoulder Guidance for the Design and Application of Shoulder and Centerline Rumble Strips ($200,000)and Centerline Rumble Strips ($200,000)

SCOR Desires for 2009 NCHRPSCOR Desires for 2009 NCHRP Research problem statements should support AASHTO Research problem statements should support AASHTO

committee/subcommittee strategic planscommittee/subcommittee strategic plans Research problem statements should support the Research problem statements should support the

AASHTO Strategic Plan and VisionAASHTO Strategic Plan and Vision Research problem statements should address Research problem statements should address

immediate needs and long term visionimmediate needs and long term vision Problem statements should be ranked by the appropriate Problem statements should be ranked by the appropriate

AASHTO committee/subcommittee AASHTO committee/subcommittee Subgroup problem statements should be ranked by the Subgroup problem statements should be ranked by the

parent committee/subcommitteeparent committee/subcommittee Staged research submittals (e.g., to develop a new Staged research submittals (e.g., to develop a new

manual) should include a plan showing future submittalsmanual) should include a plan showing future submittals Committees/subcommittees should identify the top 2 or 3 Committees/subcommittees should identify the top 2 or 3

issues they faceissues they face