AASHTO Standing Committee on Highway Traffic Safety

May 2 – 4, 2012

Schaumburg, Illinois

Hyatt Regency Woodfield

Agenda

Tom Sorel, Minnesota, Chair

Tom Cole, Idaho, Vice Chair

Wednesday, May 2 4 PDH (approx)

1:00 PM—1:45 PM Opening Session

  • Welcome from Illinois DOT – Aaron Weatherholt, Illinois DOT Deputy Director of Highways
  • Meeting overview, new SCOHTS members, and self introductions
  • Subcommittee on Safety Management update – Sherri Lebas, Louisiana, Subcommittee Chair

1:45 PM—2:30 PM Legislative Update – Tony Kane, AASHTO

  • Overview of reauthorization proposalsand association perspectives
  • Federal partner perspectives:
  • NHTSA—Michael Witter
  • FMCSA – Brandon Poarch
  • FHWA – Beth Alicandri
  • Discussion:
  • States’ reactions and support needed for potential program changes

2:30 PM—3:15 PMToward Zero Deaths

  • Update of national effort
  • Discussion:
  • AASHTO‘s and other organizations’adoption processes and related challenges
  • Implementation steps for AASHTO and individual states
  • Implementation of safety culture strategies

3:15 PM—3:30 PMBreak

3:30 PM—5:00 PMPerformance Measures and Management – Tony Kane

  • AASHTO activities—Tony Kane
  • Federal agencies performance management activities
  • Discussion:
  • What are the key issues, states’ needs, and next steps?
  • What will it take to implement a new definition of serious injury?

EveningReception

Thursday, May 3 7 PDH (approx)

7:30 AM—8:30 AMBreakfast

8:00 AM—9:00 AMHighway Safety Manual—Priscilla Tobias, Illinois

  • New Chapters on Freeways and Interchanges – Jim Bonneson, Kittelson and Associates
  • Discussion items:
  • CMF approval process
  • Implementation activities – upcoming needs

9:00 AM—9:30 AMHuman Factors Guide

  • Update on NCHRP Report 600 – John Campbell, Battelle
  • Discussion:
  • Implementation opportunities and support needs
  • Integration with the Highway Safety Manual

9:30 AM—10:30 AMSHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Study

  • TRB update—Ken Campbell, SHRP2
  • AASHTO SHRP2 implementation activities
  • Implementation Discussion—Tom Welch
  • Discussion items:
  • Research questions
  • Research and database support needs

10:30 AM—10:45 AM Break

10:45AM—11:30 AM What’s New in EMS

  • CrashHelp, Web and Smart Phone Technologies for EMS – Benjamin Schooley, Claremont Graduate University
  • Alabama’s First Responder Solution Technique – Tim Barnett, Alabama
  • Discussion

11:30 AM—12:00 PMSpeeding and Speed Management

  • GHSA survey on speeding and aggressive driving – Barbara Harsha, GHSA
  • Discussion:
  • State experiences and strategies
  • Increased speed limits on interstates
  • Next steps

12:00 PM—1:30 PMLunch

  • New Mississippi River Bridge Project: Connecting Illinois and Missouri—Jeffrey Church, IDOT District 8 Project Implementation Engineer

1:30 PM—2:15 PM Suspended/Revoked Licenses

  • AAMVA best practices and recommendations – Neil Schuster, AAMVA
  • Illinois State Police program
  • Discussion:
  • State programs and challenges

2:15PM—3:00 PMNHTSA Update – Michael Witter

3:00 PM—3:15 PMBreak

3:15 PM—4:00 PM FHWA Update – Beth Alicandri

  • Focused Approach
  • Proven Countermeasures
  • Data Activities

4:00 PM—4:30 PMNCHRP and TRB Update – Mark Bush, Richard Pain - TRB

4:30 PM—5:00 PMSafety Workforce Challenges and Recommendations – Tim Barnett

  • Discussion:
  • Program delivery/staffing
  • Workforce development
  • Research and support needs

5:00 PMAdjourn

Friday, May 4 3PDH (approx)

7:30 AM—8:30 AM Breakfast

8:30 AM—9:00 AMSafety and Operations

  • Discussion:
  • Interaction of safety, operations, and intelligent transportation systems
  • Opportunities for coordination among AASHTO and other groups

9:00 AM—9:45 AM Local Roads

  • Discussion:
  • State activities
  • Research needs and action items

10:00 AM—10:30 AMInstitutionalizing Safety into Transportation Planning Processes

  • NCHRP Project 8-76 - Susan Herbel, Cambridge Systematics
  • Discussion

10:30 AM—10:45 AMBreak

10:45AM—12:00 PM Business Meeting

  • Resolutions
  • Committee Liaisons
  • Items for reports to Board of Directors and other AASHTO Committees
  • Review of research needs decisions
  • Review of Strategic Plan implementation and other action items
  • Plans for SCOHTS and Safety Management for upcoming year
  • Future meetings

12:00 PMAdjourn