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June 13, 2016

MEMORANDUM To: Members, TRB Executive Committee

TAC Representatives to TRB Executive Committee From: Neil Pedersen

Executive Director Subject: Agenda for TRB Executive Committee Meeting

June 22 & 23, 2016 Attached is the agenda book for the Executive Committee meeting on June 22 & 23 (all day Wednesday and Thursday until noon) in the Huntington Room of the Arnold & Mabel Beckman Center, 100 Academy Drive, Irvine, CA. Many of you are receiving this information electronically, while others have requested a hard copy. Chair Jim Crites urges all members to review the agenda material carefully prior to the meeting. The Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review (SPPR) met in April and spent a day and a half discussing implementation of the new TRB strategic plan. SPPR decided that the format of the Executive Committee meeting should continue to be organized around items in the strategic plan. The SPPR continue that time spent in oral briefings should be kept to a minimum and that most of the presentations should be made by Executive Committee members. The goal is to have as much time as possible for discussion of the implementation of the strategic plan. The agenda book contains copies of the PowerPoint slides that will be used by presenters in addition to selected additional briefing materials. In addition to our traditional policy session on the afternoon of June 22nd, we will be having an hour and a half discussion on goods movement on the morning of June 22nd. For those who are receiving an electronic PDF version of the agenda book, note that the PDF includes bookmarks. In the left column, please click the “Bookmark” icon to find tabs that will take you directly to each agenda item. Please note that the minutes of the January, 2016 meeting are included in the agenda book and located just behind the meeting agenda on page 7. SCHEDULE On June 22 (Wednesday), the meeting will start promptly at 8:30 a.m. Breakfast will be served in the Executive Dining Room in the south wing at 7:30 a.m. SNO members only will meet at 7:15 a.m. and will take their breakfast to the Executive Dining Room (Reception/Event Room). We will break for evening activities at 5:00 p.m. There will be a reception at 5:30 p.m. in the Atrium followed by dinner at 6:30 pm in the Atrium (Reception/Event Room) for members of the TRB Executive Committee and the Technical

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Activities Council and their guests. The dinner will consist of Chicken Marsala. Staff will be on hand to shuttle members to the hotel after dinner. On June 23 (Thursday), the meeting will start at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn by 12:00 noon. Breakfast will be served on Thursday at 7:30 a.m. in the Executive Dining Room in the south wing. On Thursday there will be boxed lunches available for all who have requested during the registration process; please see Cindy if you think you did not request a boxed lunch, but would like to receive one. TRANSPORTATION John Wayne-Orange County Airport: A complimentary shuttle runs to and from the hotel and airport between 6:00a.m. and 10:00p.m. The shuttle leaves the hotel every hour on the hour, picks up at the airport at approx. 15 minutes past. The shuttle picks up outside the baggage claim area in the 'Ground Transportation' area. The hotel offers complimentary hotel shuttle service to and from Balboa Island & Fashion Island. The shuttle leaves the hotel at 10:30a.m., 12:30p.m., 2:30p.m., 4:30p.m., 6:30p.m. and 8:30p.m. Directions from the Hyatt Regency Newporter to the Arnold & Mabel Beckman Center (100 Academy Dr, Irvine, CA 92617) - 3.6 miles

• Head east, turn right toward Jamboree Road • Turn left toward Jamboree Rd • Turn left at the 1st cross street onto Jamboree Rd • Turn right onto University Drive • Turn right onto California Ave • Turn right at the 1st cross street onto Academy Drive

TRB staff will be on hand to help shuttle members and taxi service will also be available. Internet Access Wireless internet will be available. Other The dress code will be business attire. If you find your plans change and you cannot attend the meeting, please call the hotel directly— Hyatt Regency Newporter in Newport Beach (949/729-1234; Guest FAX – 949/644-1552). You must cancel at least 48 hours prior to your arrival. I would appreciate your letting us know also. If you requested a hard copy of the agenda book, it is on its way to you via UPS. If you intended to request a hard copy but did not do so, please email Cindy Baker ([email protected]) with your request no later than Thursday, June 16.



AGENDA FOR JUNE 2016 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2016

Item Time Speaker Type Page

1. Welcome and Announcements 8:30 a.m. Crites Information

2. Self-Introductions; Bias/Conflict of Interest

8:35 All Discussion 6

3. Approval of January 13-14, 2016 Minutes

8:50 Crites Action 7

4. Executive Director’s Report 8:55 Pedersen Information 21

5. Finance and Revenues 9:10 a. Budget/Reserve Fund Pedersen Information 33 b. New Revenue Task Force Halikowski Discussion 37 c. New Sponsors/Affiliates Norman Discussion 41

6. Expanding Participation in TRB

a. International Task Force 9:30 Rosenbloom Discussion b. Diversity and Inclusion 9:50 Louard-Clarke Discussion 44

7. Break 10:10 8. How to get TRB More Engaged in

Freight 10:30 Panel Discussion

a. Current TRB Freight Activities

Staff TBD 51

b. Roger Huff c. Pat Thomas d. John Gray e. Paul Trombino

9. Lunch 12:00 p.m. 10. Transformational Technology

Task Force 1:00 Steudle Information 90

11. Policy Session on Cybersecurity 1:15 Crites 96 a. Admiral Robert Day, Bob

Day and Associates LLC

b. Michael Dinning, The Volpe Center

c. Dr. Johanna Zmud, Texas A&M Transportation Institute


d. Bob Gourley, Cognitio Corp.

12. Plenary Discussion 2:30 Crites Discussion 13. Break 3:00 14. Breakout Groups 3:30 All Discussion 15. Break for Evening Activities 5:00 16. Reception/Dinner 5:30 THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2016

Item Time Speaker Type Page 17. Rapporteur Reports from

Breakouts 8:30 a.m. Crites Information

18. Discussion of Policy Session Follow Up

8:50 Crites Discussion

19. Future Policy Sessions 9:30 Card/Houston Discussion 99 20. Resilience Task Force 9:45 Card Discussion 108 21. Public Health Task Force 10:00 Crites Discussion 127 22. Break 10:15 23. SNO Update 10:30 Sperling Information 130 24. Technical Activities Update 10:35 Turner/Brach Information 144

a. 2017 Annual Meeting Plans

b. TRR Review 151 c. Staffing changes in TAD d. SHRP 2 Safety Database

Update

25. Marine Board Update 10:50 Card Information 152 26. Policy Studies Update 11:00 Godwin Information 154

27. Discussion of Consent Agenda Items

11:30 Crites Discussion

28. Other business 11:50 Crites Discussion 29. Lunch 12:00 p.m. 30. Adjourn 1:00 Consent Agenda Items 1. Marketing and Communications

Plan Update 184

2. CRP Update 185 3. Conferences and Workshops 191 4. Leadership Development

Program Update 198


5. Evaluation of the Impacts of TRB Research Activities

199

6. Strategic Plan Implementation Dashboard

204

7. SHRP 2 Safety Database Update 212 8. SPPR Meeting Minutes 214


TRB Executive Committee Meeting -Draft Minutes-

Wednesday, January 13, 2016, 8:30 a.m. – 11:45 p.m.; 2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Thursday, January 14, 2016, 8:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Marriott Marquis Hotel, Liberty L&M, Washington, DC

I. Welcome, Introduction, and Overview of Agenda Sperling

• Meeting attendee list is attached to the document on page 13.

II. Bias/Conflict of Interest Discussion Sperling/Pedersen

III. Approval of June 11 & 12, 2016 Minutes Sperling Approved

IV. Approval of Consent Agenda Sperling • Technical Activities Council Report • Conference Approvals (listed on page 30 of the agenda) • Cooperative Research Program Report • Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review Report

Approved

V. Executive Director’s Report Pedersen o Implementation of the strategic plan is number one priority. o Expressed appreciation for the work of the task forces on resilience, health, and

transformational technology. o Noted that his personal priority is to further diversify TRB. Both more women and

minorities to better reflect the diversity of the stakeholder community being served and to serve more young professionals and different sectors and international programs.

o Reported that TRB is conducting strategic reviews to improve several of its legacy systems.

o New reauthorization bill has several implications for TRB, which will be discussed throughout the meeting.

o TRB is speeding release of CRP reports by releasing prepublications. o There will be additional focus by TRB on implementation of TRB products. There is a

project in NCHRP to set aside money to prepare products for implementation, marketing and communications, and betting understanding of what are the impacts of TRB reports. This effort is critical to help justify sponsors’ investments in TRB.

o The New Revenues Taskforce is looking at a number of possible ways to enhance existing and identify potential new funding streams for TRB.


o Consultants have delivered a draft marketing and communications plan. The next step is to get staff buy-in on the plan because communications is expected to be everyone’s job.

o Continue to enhance TRB’s IT systems. This meeting supported by new software. Will use 2016 to make improvements.

o Developing leadership training for staff and looking to expand that type of training for volunteers.

o The Academies has been reorganized to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. National Academy of Medicine is now the honorific society. Subsequent to the meeting it was announced that the Institute of Medicine would become the Health and Medicine Division.

VI. NTSB’s Top 10 Safety Priorities Hart • (In no particular priority order) 1) Reduce fatigue-related accidents; 2) improve rail

transit safety oversight; 3) promote availability of collision avoidance technologies in highway vehicles; 4) strengthen occupant protection; 5) disconnect from deadly distractions; 6) prevent loss of control in flight in general aviation; 7) promote completion of rail safety initiatives; 8) end substance impairment in transportation; 9) require medical fitness for duty; 10) expand use of recorders to enhance transportation safety.

• NTSB appreciates the ability to use the TRB Annual Meeting as a venue for release of the list.

• Discussion – There have been lots of policy recommendations that would improve safety. Would it be useful to have a review of safety policies that have been recommended, but not implemented? What do we need to translate these into actions? According to Hart that would be helpful.

VII. Subcommittee on NRC Oversight (SNO) Report Hanson/Febey • The role of the SNO is to ensure that all TRB reports meet NRC standards for

objectivity and quality; and to promote overall participation of minorities and women in all TRB committees.

• Growth in minority participation in TRB’s committees and panels has not been as much as we would like to see. That issue will be discussed later in the meeting.

• Provided an update on the project approvals and recent minority participation TRB volunteer committees. (Details included in page 165 of the agenda book.)

VIII. Strategic, critical, and emerging issues

Resilience Task Force Card A.• Task Force Mission – Advise the TRB leadership and staff on TRB programs and

activities addressing resilience in a proactive and strategic manner to help achieve TRB’s goals as contained in the TRB Strategic Plan.

• Approved mission, primary activities, and overview paper. • Reaching out to stakeholders, and developing a communications plan. • Next steps include: catalogue TRB activities in this area, identify gaps and

opportunities to partner with other parts of the Academies, identify communications


priorities, and develop recommendations on implementing the TRB strategic communications and marketing plan.

• Next steps: information to be structured around the topics of planning, managing, and recovering from extreme/disruptive events.

• Discussion o Try to draw a distinction between chronic events like climate change and

acute events, with the understanding that chronic events can lead to or become acute items.

o There is a need for identifying vulnerabilities and how to recover quickly. This includes anticipating, response, redundancy, recovery, and best practices in these areas.

o Need to ensure that current information is communicated to those that need it.

o We need to be able to measure the impact/outcome of increased resiliency. o Admiral Card: All of this information would be helpful as the TF continues to

develop its strategic plan.

Resilience Conference Highlights Brach B.• 1st International Conference on Surface Transportation System Resilience to

Climate Change and Extreme Weather • Objective – Inform on emerging best practices and state of the art research

results on how to adapt surface transportation networks. • Focus – Efforts to mainstream resilience in all aspects of the transportation

sector. • Great depth and breadth of topics modes. • Messages delivered during the meeting included:

o Mainstreaming climate change into daily decisions using interdisciplinary teams and stakeholder engagement techniques is moving from frameworks to implementation.

o Should ground-truth data and models with field staff. o Numerous tools, pilot studies, and reports have become available in the past

seven years to assist practitioners. o Property tax increases and Partnership for Sustainable Communities grants

provide good financing opportunities for climate projects. o Severe weather event impacts can last for months or even years from the

operations and maintenance perspective.

Transformational Technologies Task Force Steudle C.• Have recommended general priorities for TRB, approved roadmap of activities,

made proposals for the June 2016 policy session, and working to attract participation of transformational technology stakeholders in TRB.

• Priorities include all transformational technologies, the addressing of long-term scenarios, considering the augmentation of “traditional research processes,” and the continued attraction of stakeholders to TRB.

• Paying immediate attention to Connected/Automated Vehicles, shared use services, unmanned aircraft systems, the internet-of-things/smart cities, and cybersecurity. Also closely monitoring NextGen, 3D printing, and big data.


• CAVita has recommended that TRB undertake a series of symposia and/or roundtables addressing various technologies and the issues associated with those technologies.

• Next steps include further analysis of the new member value proposition, consideration of additional sponsorship opportunities, mapping of specific high-value stakeholders to the proposed scenarios, and scenario adjustment as required.

Urban Mobility Study Highlights Kortum D.• Self-initiated study because of the rapid rise of smartphone-based innovative

mobility services; and the rapid expansion and raising regulatory questions in the process.

• Task was to examine the growth and diversification of technology-enabled mobility services, and the implications these services have for consumers. Also identified policy, regulatory, and other issues and opportunities to plan for and regulate these services (including taxi, limousine, and transit services); and priority areas of research to inform public policy decisions.

• Public policies and regulations should be designed to steer the development of innovative services to improve mobility, safety, and sustainability.

o Reassessment of regulations for all for-hire vehicle services is likely needed in the areas of market entry, geographic coverage, and span of service.

o Public safety requirements should be consistent across each type of service (street hail/taxi stand, dispatch) and be gauged to risks.

o Policy makers and regulators should consider whether TNC and taxi services may be better regulated at the state, regional, or local level, while ensuring consistency and effective enforcement.

o Systematic evaluations of safety requirements are needed. o Accessibility of services to all travelers should be a priority.

• Basic service information for effective planning and regulation should be required of all mobility services.

• Employment classifications need to be carefully assessed. • TNCs and other innovative services should be integrated with existing

transportation systems and planning. • Discussion

o Surge pricing was not an issue that was taken on by the report. It was suggested that TRB consider using its convening activities to get those interested in surge pricing together to discuss the issue.

o This report is an example of TRB’s potential service to “non-traditional audiences.”

o New discoveries or practices are often accompanied with ethics questions. Perhaps that is an area where TRB could be involved.

o Other issues brought up during the discussion included the balance between regulation and innovation, as well as safety and ADA issues.

o Chairman Steudle thanked everyone for the comments and noted they would take then into consideration as the TF comes up with its recommendations for June.


IX. Federal Affairs

Overall Federal Outlook Jenson A.• This year is going to be shaped by presidential and congressional reelection

schedule. • Little is going to get done. As a result of summer breaks and the convention

schedule, there are only 18 legislative weeks left on the schedule. As a result, the focus will on the appropriations process, which likely will not be completed, thus resulting in a continuing resolution in September.

Transportation Authorization Highlights Wright/Melaniphy B.• Mr. Wright provided overview of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act

that provides five years of funding for surface transportation and the continuation of MAP-21 program reforms. He highlighted that 93 percent of highway dollars go to states by formula and that the Act is a continuation of the trend to transfer General Fund revenues to the Highway Trust Fund. He estimated that at end of the five-year authorization, there will be a $20 billion gap between what comes into the Trust Fund and what must flow out.

• Mr. Melaniphy highlighted the extension that railroads received to implement positive train control, several transit related portions of the FAST Act, and APTA’s priorities of promoting efforts to support public transportation as a multi-modal component of an energy-efficient and environmentally-sustainable transportation system.

Authorization Impact on TRB Norman C.• The FAST Act is estimated to increase SPR funding for highway programs by

about 7.5% the first year, and about 2% each following year. States generally use SPR funds to pay their contribution to NCHRP and TRB core program. Note: subsequent to the meeting it was determined that SPR funding increased by 5 percent in the first year.

• Funds TCRP at $5 million per year. This is up from recent years. • Authorizes the National Cooperative Rail Research Program and the Hazardous

Materials Cooperative Research Program, but provides no authorized funding level.

• There is no mention in the legislation of the National Freight Cooperative Research Program.

• Authorizes policy studies on the future of the interstate system, performance of bridges, behavior analysis and safety improvement categories, evidentiary protection for public transportation safety program information, and testing of electronically controlled pneumatic breaks on trains.

X. Revenues and Finance

Financial Update Walker A.• TRB program expenditures for CY 2015 are expected to be $93 million. • In the next fiscal year, the states collectively will finance about 43 percent of

TRB’s core programs. The FHWA will contribute 12 percent and other sponsors about 9 percent. TRB’s self-generated income will cover the remaining 36 percent.


• The TRB reserve fund, which supports extraordinary expenditures peaked in FY 2013 at 117% of annual core operating costs with the estimated balance at the end of FY 2016 representing 105% of annual expenditures. The Executive Committee adopted a goal of maintaining a reserve fund that equals at least 75 percent of annual expenditures in the Core Program.

New Revenues Task Force/Bequest Program Halikowski B.• To date the task force has reviewed TRB’s budget, revenues, and future risk

scenarios; approved criteria for evaluating potential revenue streams; developed suggested priorities and timeframes for pursuing options; and initiated development of a philanthropic giving program.

• New revenue streams will be evaluated based on their consistency with the mission and principles of TRB, the TRB Strategic Plan, and the Academies; potential to increase net revenue; level of effort (staff and financial) to implement and maintain; timeliness to implementation; and sustainability.

• High priority revenue options include pursuing new sponsors and affiliates, roundtables, review of existing fees and prices, E-Newsletter advertising, and philanthropic donations. Philanthropic, with an initial focus on bequest programs, has a website and flyer.

XI. Break for Chairman’s Luncheon

XII. Public Health and Transportation Task Force Report Crites • Accomplishments of the TF include approval of scope and membership; preparation of a

catalog of related TRB/NAM programs, activities, and initiatives; and the setting of priorities for focusing efforts.

• Scope of the TF is to promote ways to reduce transportation-related injuries and fatalities; promote healthy and safe transportation options; reduce the health impacts of transportation’s environmental footprint; facilitate access for all to health care as well as services and destinations that contribute to health; enhance mobility/access for those with health-related mobility challenges; and decrease the threat from the spread of disease through the transportation system.

• Priority focus areas for the TF are to strengthen partnerships between TRB and NAM; facilitate overarching executive level synergies to supplement existing collaboration at lower levels; catalogue work already being done in various areas of public health and transportation – TRB, NAM, and outside organizations; and identify gaps and how to fill those gaps.

• Next steps for the TF include familiarizing stakeholders with the missions and programs of TRB and NAM; prioritizing and identifying areas for focusing; highlighting those activities wheree TRB and NAM could add value/impact through a collaborative effort; identifying activities that would have the most significant impact, with consideration given to addressing the unfulfilled research needs previously identified by others; and recommending policy studies or other activities that TRB and/or NAM could conduct that would provide near-term impact.


XIII. Policy Session on Transportation and Public Health

Policy Session Presentations A.• Dr. Victor Dzau, President, National Academy of Medicine – General overview of

actions taken related to the recent Ebola outbreak. • Dr. Mark Rosenberg, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Task Force for

Global Health, Inc. – Linkage between traffic safety, transportation-related air pollution, and public health.

• Leslie Meehan, Assistant Director of Primary Prevention, Tennessee Department of Health – The promotion of physical activity through transportation.

• Therese McMillan, Acting Administrator, Federal Transit Administration – Social and ethnic disparity in access to transportation: consequences and policy options. (Note that Ms. McMillan stepped in for Tyler Norris, Vice President, Total Health Partnerships, Kaiser, who was not able to attend at the last moment because of illness.)

Presentations available at http://www.trb.org/Main/TRBExecutiveCommitteeMinutes.aspx.

Policy Breakouts B.• Contagious Diseases -- James Crites (facilitator), Michael Melaniphy (Rapporteur) • Traffic Safety, Air Pollution, and Public Health -- Mark Rosenberg (facilitator),

Chris Hendrickson (Rapporteur) • Active Transportation -- Susan Hanson (facilitator), Malcolm Dougherty

(Rapporteur) • Access/Quality of Life -- John Halikowski (facilitator), Therese McMillan

(Rapporteur)

XIV. Break for the evening


January 14, 2016 XV. Policy Session Breakout Discussion

Policy Session Breakout Summaries A.• Contagious Diseases -- Michael Melaniphy • Traffic Safety, Air Pollution, and Public Health -- Chris Hendrickson • Active Transportation -- Malcolm Dougherty • Access/Quality of Life -- Therese McMillan

Presentations available at http://www.trb.org/Main/TRBExecutiveCommitteeMinutes.aspx.

Policy Session Group Discussion B.• It was reported that TRB’s standing subcommittee on public health, which is

chaired by Ed Christopher, is very active. Formed about five years ago, it has 14 members and a list of more than 380 friends.

• TRB Task Force may consider an IOM-type roundtable formatted on access to public health services. On the pandemic side, there could be a workshop on contagious disease that NAM and TRB could work on together.

• Before TRB and NAM collaboration, TRB should consider goal, strategy, structure, management, and appropriate participants. (What’s the goal of working together, what’s the strategy, what’s the structure—how do we collaborate, who are the right people to have at the table, and finally, how would this be managed?)

• Need to look at the larger picture first. Roundtable to look at the larger picture of the intersection between transportation and health.

• Need a champion to lead this effort. • A goal of the Health and Transportation Task Force is to take the information

generated by this session and use it to help develop a sustainable, productive relationship between TRB and NAM.

Action: It was requested that the Technical Activities Council consider elevating the subcommittee on public health to the full committee status.

Action: The TF should develop a strategy for a sustainable and productive TRB and NAM/HMD relationship. The strategy should incorporate TRB’s volunteer base into process.

XVI. Future Policy Session

Action: Cybersecurity was approved as the topic for the June Executive Committee Policy Session with the understanding that the speaker on connected and automated vehicles should focus on more than just automobiles.

XVII. Expanding Participation

International Task Force Update Rosenbloom A.• This represents a progress report of the task force, which still is in the middle of

its work.


• TRB international activities should be proactive--traditionally, TRB’s activities have been reactionary. They also need to be strategic, entrepreneurial, and participatory, and should include guidance from the Executive Committee.

• All activities have to include the standing committees. • TRB should begin measuring and evaluating its international activities. • As an organization, we should tie international marketing and outreach to the

new marketing and communications strategic plan. • Committees should create information on hot topics or critical issues that have

an international interest to be considered in the development of TRB hot topics or critical issues.

• There needs to be stricter rules for international conferences that TRB co-sponsors.

• MOUs with an international organization should include specific activities. • The Executive Committee should abolish the positon of the international

secretariat and replace with a standing task force on international activities. • The task force will be completing its work in the next six months.

Minority Fellows Update Febey B.• The Minority Student Fellows Program funds students from minority-serving

institutions to attend the TRB Annual Meeting and to present their research. • This year there were 26 students from 14 institutions. • Addresses goal of diversity in TRB’s Strategic Plan. • Nearly doubled program participation because of substantial FHWA funding,

other organizational funders, and contributions from TRB Annual Meeting registrants.

• Fellows are engaged in a variety of planned sessions and activities during the TRB Annual Meeting.

• One goal of program is to involve fellows in TRB’s committee structure.

Diversity Initiatives Fitzpatrick C.• Diversity initiatives are designed to help improve the products and services of an

organization by ensuring a diverse set of backgrounds and perspectives are brought and considered in the development and decision making process.

• Need to help volunteers break into TRB’s tight knit community. • Diversity Work Group formed in November 2015 based on an SPPR action item. • Recommended the development of a diversity strategic plan. • The mission of the plan would be to institutionalize practices that foster diversity

in all TRB activities, including opportunities to better serve minority transportation communities, and set the precedent for diversity within the transportation field.

• Goals of the plan include: o Increase participation of underrepresented groups at all Access Points,

with a focus on leadership roles and key volunteer roles. o Create communication tools that are user-empowered and relay the

value of TRB for each individual and within the context of TRB. o Create methods for learning (Diversity Competency).


Young Members Council Conway D.• Celebrated its 5th year in existence • This year’s focus of the Council has been on communications to make sure folks

know what the YMC is and what it does. • Sponsored or held more than nine activities and events associated with the TRB

Annual Meeting. • YMC has continued the TRB Outstanding Young Member Award, with

sponsorship from Stantec, Inc., to recognize exceptional young member service to TRB and achievements in transportation research, policy, or practice.

• YMC continues to use the GroupSite and is exploring options for integrating more and taking advantage of functionalities of the new MyTRB system.

• In 2015, YMC has had active representation from 9 of the 11 TAC groups. • 2015 activities related to the “Young Professional Gap” initiative designed to

increase young member participation in TRB included young member data collection; instructions to chairs on how to involve young members in their activities; information to employers on the value of having their young professionals participate in TRB; and an Annual Meeting mentoring program, including one focused on the minority student fellows.

Industry Council Norman E.• TRB is considering development of an industry council to provide advice to TRB

leadership on programs, services, and activities. The members would be appointed by TRB and represent a cross section of private sector stakeholders.

• The council would provide members a voice in TRB to ensure our programs better serve the private sector and positon TRB to be able to better serve the private sector.

• The council would first be asked to build on TRB’s existing relationships and then focus on potential stakeholders with whom relationships would need to be built.

• Next steps include mining data on existing involvement in TRB, conducting interviews with key private stakeholders, evaluating TRB programs and packages as they relate to the private sector; and establishing sector working groups and/or an industry council, if appropriate.

Roundtables Norman F.• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Roundtables are

organized around a critical issue, bring together leaders from various sectors, illuminate issues and opportunities to address them, and may not offer advice.

• The typical roundtable averages about 35 individuals representing sponsoring organizations. They are focused on continuing discussion, as opposed to a meeting or conference that convenes, discusses, and disbands. Agenda is determined by members and they can commission individually-authored papers to inform discussion.

• Roundtables have value to TRB’s traditional stakeholders, may be attractive to new or non-traditional stakeholders, as well as to TRB’s existing standing committees and panels.

• Potential issues that roundtables might be organized around include transformational technologies, transportation and public health, railroad research areas, and others.


• During the discussion about roundtables, concerns by some members of the committee were expressed over the “pay to play” aspects of the roundtable structure. Mr. Pedersen recognized the concern and pointed out that the level of private sector contributions to support a roundtable would be dependent on the level of public sector funding that TRB might be able to attract to a roundtable.

Action: It was suggested that TRB consider funding roundtables as part of some kind of overall TRB sponsorship or support package.

XVIII. Technical Activities Update Turner/Brach • Committees are embracing the hot topics. • Registration numbers for annual meeting was more than 12,300. • Glad to announce that Google is using TRB’s SHRP 2 safety data. • New brochure on hot topics was distributed at the meeting, which included

information on all the sessions related to hot topics – it was very well received. • Used real-time polling during the welcome session. Was well received. • Meeting highlights—all firsts for an annual meeting--included the webcasting of

five sessions, the flying of unmanned vehicles (drones) at a session, a table top exercise on strategic leadership in the resilience ?, and a “speed dating” session to allow committees to identify areas of potential collaboration.

• Spotlight theme for 2017 Annual Meeting: Transportation innovation, leading the way in an era of rapid change.

XIX. Marine Board Update Card • The Marine Board is an internationally recognized source of expertise on

maritime transportation, marine engineering, and marine technology. It provides evaluations and advice concerning the ability of the nation's marine and maritime industries to operate safely and efficiently, as well as in an environmentally responsible manner.

• November Board Meeting included a pre-meeting member engagement working dinner, engagement with U.S. Coast Guard and TRB Executive Director, and review of past Marine Board studies.

• The meeting also included two successful focus sessions. The first addressed responding to emergencies in the Arctic 2015, and the second was on human and intellectual capital in Marine Transportation.

• The newest board members are Martha Grabowski, Distinguished McDevitt Chair in Information Systems, and Professor and Director of the Information Systems program in the Madden School of Business at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York; and RADM Samuel P. De Bow, Jr., former Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Commissioned Corps and NOAA’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations.

• December 2015 activities included calls with all eleven priority teams reassessing priority issues, development of an outline for potential new projects, and visits with Marine Board sponsoring agencies.


XX. Policy studies

Recent Significant Releases Godwin A.• Funding and Managing U.S. Inland Waterways • Evaluation of FRA R&D Program • Essential Federal Role in Highway Research & Innovation • Modernizing Freight Rail Regulation • Technology-Enabled Transportation Services • Symposium on ATC Organizational Reform • Review of USDOT Truck Size and Weight Study • Review of USDOT Connected Vehicle Communications System Deployment

Report • Special Report 320: Interregional Transportation: Policy Making from a New

Perspective (Released January 7, 2016) o Lack appropriate tools, data, and institutions for analysis and planning; o Auto dominant mode by far; o Unanticipated proliferation of intercity bus illustrates difficulty of

forecasting demand; o Sparse inter-regional trains due to many factors; o NEC unique in US but still institutionally complex; o Metro areas should plan and analyze intercity pairs in multimodal fashion

suited to context.

Potential New Policy Studies Requested in the FAST Act Godwin B.• Future of Interstates

o 3 years, up to $5 million project. o Build on NCHRP 20-24(79) report. o Upgrade/restore Interstates to “premium system that meets growing

and shifting demands” over next 50 years. o “Recommendations regarding the features, standards, capacity needs,

application of technologies, and intergovernmental roles, including any revisions to law (including regulations) that TRB determines appropriate.”

o Includes adding NHS routes to Interstates. o Includes estimates of funding required to maintain and improve system. o Discussion – Consider ways to maximize the use of existing corridors and

data that will be developed by the system in the future.

• ECP Emergency Braking Testing o 18-month project. o NAS contract with one or more experts to conduct test. o More than 1 scenario of emergency braking test involving uncoupling of

70-car trains of DOT-117 tank cars. o Compare ECP brakes with alternatives on braking distance, derailments,

punctured tank cars; in-train forces. o TRB has informed the Hill staff that the NAS is not the appropriate

organization to take on large-scale physical tests of the nature proposed


in the FAST Act and that we could form a committee to advise on appropriate testing, witness the tests, and review test results.

o Discussion – The Academies does not have the facility to do this testing, however, the Academy could be a referee on this issue.

• FMCSA Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) Program o Budget not specified -- FMCSA in hurry to complete project. o Collaboration with NAS Committee on National Statistics to evaluate

whether program accurately identifies high-risk carriers. Methods used to identify carriers for enforcement. Quality of inspection and enforcement data. Data gaps, accuracy, consistency of reporting across states. Consider whether program accurately differentiates risk between

large and small carriers. Evaluate whether alternative approaches are more accurate. Review recommendations of previous reports.

o Discussion – No comments.

• Evidentiary Protection of Transit Safety Data o 18-month study. o Evaluate whether it is in the public interest to withhold from discovery or

court evidence any data, plans, or information related to compliance with federal safety planning requirements.

o Coordinate with other National Academies’ units with legal expertise. o Solicit input from transit agencies, unions, affected public. o Discussion – Needs to be framed in such a way that the Academies are

not put in an untenable situation. Highway safety data already has these types of protections.

XXI. Transportation Research Record Comprehensive Review

Transportation Research Records Comprehensive Review Brach A.• Conducting a comprehensive review of the TRRs per the strategic plan. • Established a TRR Review Advisory Board (formerly TRR Publications Board) to

advise on how to carry out a comprehensive review of the TRR. • Elements of the review are expected to include the following:

o Clarification of TRR’s purpose. o Appropriate standards of quality or performance measures. o What changes are necessary and what resources are needed to make

those changes. • Group met this week and has asked for data. We hope to have preliminary

findings in June.

XXII. Other Business • Dan Sperling was thanked for his service this year as the chair and it was

announced that he will be staying on as the Chair of the Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review.

• FAST Act requires BTS to evaluate ports. Could be a topic of discussion for this group in the future.


TRB Executive Committee Meeting Attendees Executive Committee Members 1. Dan Sperling (Chair) 2. James Crites (Vice Chair) 3. Scott Bennett 4. James Card (Marine Board) 5. Jennifer Cohan 6. Malcom Dougherty 7. John Halikowski 8. Susan Hanson 9. Steve Heminger 10. Chris Hendrickson 11. Jeff Holt 12. Roger Huff 13. Geraldine Knatz 14. Ysela Llort 15. Donald Osterberg 16. James Redeker 17. Sandra Rosenbloom 18. Mark Rosenberg 19. Kumares Sinha 20. Kirk Steudle 21. Gary Thomas 22. Pat Thomas 23. Paul Trombino 24. Kirk Steudle 25. Katie Turnbull 26. Dean Wise Ex Officio Members 1. Deborah Butler 2. James Card (Marine Board) 3. Alison Conway (Young Members) 4. Mary Ellen Eagan (TAC) 5. Tony Furst (FHWA) 6. LeRoy Gishi (BIA) 7. John Gray (AAR) 8. Congressman Christopher Hart 9. Jim Jensen (NRC) 10. Peter Briglia (TAC) 11. Hyun-A-Pak (TAC)

12. Gregory Nadeau (FHWA) 13. Therese McMillian (FTA) 14. Michael Melaniphy (APTA) 15. Mike Rodriguez (MARAD) 16. Stephen Popkin (TAC) 17. Todd Ripley (Maritime) 18. Craig Rutland (US Air Force) 19. Reuben Sarkar (DOE) 20. Nan Shellabarger (FAA) 21. Michael Trentacoste (FHWA) 22. John Tunna (FRA) 23. Daniel Turner (TAC) 24. Vincent Valdes (FTA) 25. Barry Wallerstein (SCAQMD) 26. Gregory Winfree (US DOT) 27. Bud Wright (AASHTO) TRB Staff 1. Cindy Baker 2. Ann Brach 3. Karen Febey 4. Velvet Fitzpatrick 5. Steve Godwin 6. Russell Houston 7. Chris Jenks 8. Katherine Kortum 9. Lisa Marflak 10. Mark Norman 11. Neil Pedersen 12. Gary Walker National Academies Policy Session Attendees: 1. Dr. Victor J. Dzau President, National

Academy of Medicine 2. Leslie Meehan, Assistant Director of Primary

Prevention, Tennessee Department of Health 3. Dr. Mark L. Rosenberg, President and Chief

Executive Officer, The Task Force for Global Health, Inc.


2014 2015 2016 (est) Source(s) of Funds

Core Technical Activities $15,843,000 $17,216,000 $17,275,000 State DOTs (42%), Self Generated (37%), FHWA (11%), Other (10%)

Cooperative Research Programs

NCHRP $36,269,000 $38,270,000 $39,749,000 State DOTs (99%) FHWA (1%)

ACRP $14,372,000 $17,147,000 $16,459,000 FAA

TCRP $6,002,000 $5,372,000 $5,624,000 FTA

HMCRP $220,000 $258,000 $110,000 OST-R

NCFRP $2,295,000 $1,558,000 $1,030,000 OST-R

NCRRP $1,612,000 $1,802,000 $300,000 FRA

Policy Studies $3,832,000 $3,207,000 $3,707,000Policy Fund (34%), FHWA(28%), BSEE (13%) FRA (10%), Settlement Funds (9%), Other (6%)

Conferences & Workshops $2,369,000 $2,304,000 $2,113,000Registration Fees (47%), FHWA (20%), State DOTs (16%), OST-R (11%), Other (6%)

SHRP2 (including Safety Database) $29,239,000 $7,771,000 $5,992,000 FHWA

Marine Board $239,000 $251,000 $251,000Coast Guard (30%), Army (30%), NOAA (16%), BSEE (12%), MARAD (7%), Navy (5%)

Total $112,292,000 $95,156,000 $92,610,000

TRB Spending by Program and Source(s) of Funds


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FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021Revenue

State Highway & Transportation Departments (State DOTs) 6,973,000 7,308,000 7,459,000 7,620,000 7,792,000 7,979,000Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) 1,900,000 1,450,000 1,450,000 1,450,000 1,450,000 1,450,000Other Federal Agencies Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R) 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 202,000 206,000 210,000 214,000 218,000 222,000 Bureau of Indian Affairs/Department of The Interior (DOI) 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) 75,000 75,000 75,000 75,000 75,000 75,000 Army Corps of Engineers (COE) 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 Department of Energy (DOE) 33,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000

* Other Federal - @ probability: 100% 1,200,000 1,236,000 1,240,000 1,244,000 1,248,000 1,252,000Other Non-Federal Association of American Railroads (AAR) 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 American Public Transportation Association (APTA) 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000 65,000

* Other Non-Federal - @ probability: 100% 195,000 195,000 195,000 195,000 195,000 195,000 TRB Fees & Sales 5,943,000 6,062,000 6,183,000 6,307,000 6,433,000 6,562,000

16,211,000 16,251,000 16,527,000 16,816,000 17,118,000 17,438,000

Expenses Salaries & Benefits 5,962,000 6,377,000 6,325,000 6,515,000 6,710,000 6,911,000Committee Meetings & Travel 723,000 737,000 744,000 751,000 759,000 767,000Publishing & Report Production 1,644,000 1,527,000 1,558,000 1,589,000 1,621,000 1,653,000Consultants & Contracts 2,223,000 2,267,000 2,312,000 2,358,000 2,405,000 2,453,000Other 522,000 532,000 543,000 554,000 565,000 576,000Indirect Cost 5,919,000 6,115,000 6,137,000 6,289,000 6,446,000 6,606,000

16,994,000 17,555,000 17,619,000 18,056,000 18,506,000 18,966,000

ReservesYearly Surplus/Deficit (783,000) (1,304,000) (1,092,000) (1,240,000) (1,388,000) (1,528,000)

Balance 17,273,368 15,969,368 14,877,368 13,637,368 12,249,368 10,721,368Percent of a Core Operating Year 102% 91% 84% 76% 66% 57%

Note: Core Fiscal Year Runs from July 1 to June 30 with FY 16 being from 7/1/15-6/30/16.

TRB CORE BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR FY2016 AND BEYOND


ActionEstimated Expense

Reduction/(Increase)Estimated Revenue

Gain/(Loss)Estimated Net impact on

Bottom Line

Increase in Annual Meeting Registration Fees over Regular CPI

Increases$0 $380,000 $380,000

Reduce Number of Papers selected for TRR from 900 to 700

$330,000 ($120,000) $210,000

Eliminate Printed Version of TRR & Offer Electronic Access Only

$420,000 ($215,000) $205,000

Sell Sponsorship in TRB E-Newsletter & TRID Database

$0 $150,000 $150,000

Increase TRB Subscription & Affiliate Fees by 5% over regular CPI increases

$0 $90,000 $90,000

Reduce Publication of TR News from Bi-Monthly to Quarterly

$70,000 ($1,500) $68,500

Increase Conference Fees and be More Selective in Conferences

Managed Directly by TRB$0 $50,000 $50,000

Increase Minimum Sponsor Level from $65,000 to $70,000

$0 $40,000 $40,000

Estimated Financial Impact of Potential Measures to Address TRB Core Programs Budget Deficit


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TRB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE NEW REVENUES TASK FORCE

WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD

TRB Executive Committee Task Force

June 2016 Report

NEW REVENUES


Task Force MembersMembers Organization

John Halikowski (Chair) Arizona DOT)

Dan Sperling UC Davis

Bud Wright AASHTO

Don Osterberg Schneider National

Mark NormanNeil PedersenGary WalkerAnn BrachRussell Houston

TRB Staff


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Task Force Mission

Identify opportunities for enhancing existing revenue streams and prospective new sources of revenue

Provide advice to the TRB leadership on the potential, viability, and priority for pursuing these revenue streams

• Provide advice on the implementation and sustainability of those revenue streams that are pursued


Task Force Actions: Laying the Groundwork

• Reviewed TRB budget, revenues, & future risk scenarios

• Developed criteria for evaluating potential revenue streams

• Developed suggested priorities and timeframes for pursuing options


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Highest Priority Revenue Options

• Pursue new TRB Sponsors and Affiliates• Review TRB fees/prices & adjust accordingly• Consider leveraging TRB e-Newsletter

o Sponsorships?o Positions available?

• Investigate feasibility of TRB Roundtableso Public sector/private sector/universities

• Launch TRB planned giving program


Planned Giving Program (status update)

• Announced at 2016 Annual Meeting• Secured support from National Academies’

Office of Development• Targeted initial focus on larger gifts• Revised brochure & TRB webpage• Solicited and posted “donor story”• Next step: Proactively reach out to high priority

prospective donors


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Questions for TRB Executive Committee

• Are there other high priority revenue options that should be considered?

• Planned Giving Program:o Who should TRB be reaching out to for possible

donations?o What are the best strategies for soliciting

donations?o What role can TRB Executive Committee members

play?


TRB ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATE PACKAGES STRATEGIC REVIEW -Next Steps-

May 2016 1. Follow Guiding Principles Developed by staff and TRB Executive Committee New Revenues Task Force:

Let stakeholders and their behavior show the way o Mine existing data (see table) o Solicit stakeholder input up front

Keep it simple o Not too many miscellaneous options – focus on “the biggies” o Easily understandable for the Affiliate o Feasible for TRB to administer and monitor

Provide value propositions for TRB and for stakeholders 2. Flesh Out Value Propositions Develop in collaboration with stakeholders, including the following:

TRB o Increased revenues o Revenues early and up front o Predictability of revenues in face of economic downturns o Formal link with stakeholders

Stakeholders o Predictability for budgeting and expenditures o Access to added value/benefits (e.g., exposure) o Formal link with Academies and with TRB

3. Reach Out to Existing Private Sector Stakeholders (Consultants)

11 private organizations that are already spending more than $19,000/year (the current Sustaining Affiliate dues) o Vast majority spent on Annual Meeting registrations and Annual Meeting marketing

opportunities o Very little on publications o Are there higher-level packages that might be attractive to them?

9 private organizations that are spending between $10,000 and $16,000/year o Determine whether or not they are interested in becoming a Sustaining Affiliate

($19K/yr.) o If not, why not? o Should the existing Sustaining Affiliate package be revised?

Others: o Proactively market the lower level Organizational Affiliate packages to others

4. Solicit Input from Existing University Stakeholders

36 universities currently spending between $10,000 and $28,000/year o Vast majority spent on Annual Meeting attendance and publications o Present and discuss options/approach with SPPR Universities Task Force


5. Reach Out to Potential NEW Private Sector Stakeholders

Use the Transformational Technologies Research Dialog to generate input from potential stakeholders in this space

6. Develop/Revise Packages

Rely on the input received from the above outreach efforts Packages should be offered that best satisfy the guiding principles and value propositions

listed above Proactively market the resulting packages

Current Expenditure Levels: Data Mining Results

Total # of Organizations >$10K/year 64

Universities 37

Consultants (8 of 9 orgs> $30K) 20

Government 7

Total # w/Current TRB Affiliation 15

TRB Sustaining Affiliates ($19K) 10

TRB Organizational Affiliates ($5K-12K) 5

(Totals do not include conference or registration fees)


International Task Force

Agenda Item will be discussed at the meeting


TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION MANAGEMENT PLAN

April 2016 Introduction The Transportation Research Board (TRB) Diversity and Inclusion Management Plan (D&IMP) is an outline of business practices designed to make a diverse and inclusive environment a core value for TRB staff, volunteers, contract awardees, projects, and the transportation community we serve. The D&IMP helps position TRB to achieve the eight goals outlined in the 2014 Strategic Plan and specifically itemizes the connection between diversity and innovation as we continue to serve the nation’s leaders and the transportation community for the next 100 years. Background

What are we trying to achieve?

TRB’s ability to engage a diverse and inclusive pool of transportation stakeholders, that is representative of the stakeholder community that TRB serves, is fundamental to fulfilling The National Academy of Science Congressional Charter, and the TRB Vision and Mission.

Why are we trying to achieve D&I as a core value?

D&I practices empower TRB to employ the best staff, groom the next generation of transportation leaders through our committees and panels, acquire competitive contract proposals, secure new sponsors and projects, create valuable products, and continue our leadership in bringing the transportation community together.

Establish Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) as a core value.

Sustain our role as the premier forum for transportation innovation.


D&I Overview Key D&I Definitions 1. Diversity – the many ways individuals are different and similar to one another. 2. Inclusion – behaviors based on knowledge, awareness, and sensitivity that

permit people to engage one another respectfully and value contributions. 3. Bias - preconceived belief(s). 4. Unconscious Bias – an individual’s unaware, preconceived belief(s). 5. Implicit Bias – preconceived beliefs that are “built-in” to a system/process. 6. Underrepresented Groups - groups whose participation in TRB is not

representative of the transportation community TRB is serving; these currently include: women, underrepresented ethnic minorities (African-American/Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American), persons with disabilities, and young professionals.

Leadership: D&I Education and Qualifications Individuals that are tasked to lead D&I activities must be prepared through adequate training and possess a portfolio of professional examples exhibiting proficiency in the following three areas: ⋅ D&I Management ⋅ Change Management ⋅ Conflict and Resolution Management Training: Biases that impact D&I Education and training must provide tools to address specific unconscious biases and implicit biases about women, underrepresented ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, and young professionals, in an effort to create a diverse and inclusive environment.


Senior Directors Senior Directors are responsible for developing coordinated actions and timelines to support the D&I strategies and areas listed in Table 1 and Table 2. The timeline to develop and report a plan to the Executive Director for review should be established an agreed to. The Associate Executive (AE) Director and Program Development and Strategic Planning Director (PDSP) must be fluent in D&I practices and must be capable of providing practical support (e.g. developing plans, procedures, manuals, workshops, and concrete solutions) to the Executive Director and Division Directors in order to facilitate D&I throughout TRB. The AE is responsible for D&I communication and data management and the PDSP is responsible for ensuring D&I is a core value in programs and strategic plans. Oversight Committees Oversight Committees are key in developing actions that will support engaging volunteers that represent the stakeholder community TRB serves. Senior Directors and Oversight committees must collaborate in order to achieve D&I as a core value:

• Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review o Studies and Special Programs

• Technical Activities Council o Technical Activities

• AASHTO Standing Committee on Research o National Cooperative Highway Research Program

• TCRP Oversight and Project Selection Committee o Transit Cooperative Research Program

• ACRP Oversight Committee o Airport Cooperative Research Program


Strategies, Areas of Focus, and Policies The following strategies support all 8 goals written in the TRB Strategic Plan.

Table 1: D&I Strategies 1. Strategies

a. Establish business case for D&I. b. Establish D&I as a core value. c. Establish D&I in the mission, vision, goals. d. Establish D&I policies. e. Establish D&I benchmarks based on transportation community. f. Establish short-term and long-term timelines to become more

representative of stakeholder community. g. Establish performance measures for D&I. h. Establish diversity and inclusion definition and define underrepresented

groups. i. Establish effective, efficient, sustainable staff structure to support D&I. j. Establish individual staff responsibilities to support D&I.


Table 2: D&I Areas of Focus 1. Staff diversity and inclusion

a. Staff position D&I competencies (behavior) and knowledge requirements b. Staff candidate selection

• Establish how to advertise TRB staff positions to broader transportation professional pools

c. Staff interviewing d. Staff development

• Establish formal method and timeline for key information to be provided in appropriate form to staff to be successful in new role.

• Establish formal methods for staff professional growth opportunities. • Establish staff D&I courses and resources. • Establish training sessions on how to develop division staff for Directors

and Associate Directors/Deputy Directors roles. • Establish a method for staff to discuss and document problems such that

they may result in policy changes. e. Staff promotion

• Establish evidence-based D&I competency requirements for each position.

• Establish qualified candidate pool for each staff opening prior to interviewing.

f. Staff awards/recognition for D&I milestones • Establish staff awards aligning with performance measures.

2. Stakeholder diversity and inclusion among volunteers, contractors,

and partners a. Establish structure, performance measures, and collective monitoring and

reporting for all engagement initiatives: State Rep, Transit Rep, University Rep, YMC (TAD); Ambassadors, Champions (CRP); MSFP (EO), etc.

b. Establish a structure to document all education initiatives and engage collegiate students in the following: YMC, group young member subcommittees, committees, CRP panels, and SASP committees, and report reviewers.

c. Establish a structure for young professionals to be involved in SASP, CRP. d. Establish staff officer D&I card - committee/panel D&I awareness. e. Establish formal partnerships with transportation organizations that serve

under-represented groups and diverse communities. f. Establish process to support chairs in nominating diverse and inclusive pool

of members g. Establish a method to create a diverse volunteer pool /active involvement. h. Establish a method to target D&I on technical committees where the

topic/field has historically had low D&I. i. Establish a method for soliciting, informing, and reviewing a diverse and

inclusive pool of proposals for contract awards.


j. Establish a method for monitoring and reporting on contract awardee diversity and inclusion.

3. Resources (utilization and purchase of products/services)

a. Establish method to capture who (organizations/individuals) uses TRB product and services, develop benchmarks, and method to increase users.

b. Establish performance measures for staff D&I (volunteers, products, services).

D&I Policies Senior Directors must develop D&I policies with respect to objectives outlined in Table 3.

Table 3: D&I Staff Objectives Staff Process Objective 1. Staff hiring Ensure that new positions are advertised to attract

diverse candidates. Ensure that all positions are advertised for a given

period. Ensure diverse and inclusive candidate selection

pool. Ensure fair staff candidate review.

2. Staff promotion Ensure fair and diverse and inclusive staff candidate

selection for promotion. Ensure fair interview and review. Ensure that all positions are advertised for a given

period.

3. Staff responsibilities

Ensure that each staff’s responsibilities, as it pertains to D&I, are clearly documented.

Ensure that that the format in which D&I information is maintained is useful for reporting and implementing new initiatives effectively and efficiently.

Provide requirements for diversity training. Provide requirements for diversity responsibilities

pertaining to the position, and requirements for how D&I it is to be communicated.

4. Staff evaluation

Provide requirements for D&I competencies (behaviors and knowledge).


5. Staff development Ensure that necessary information is provided in a timely manner and in appropriate form, to staff in a new position.

Provide professional growth opportunities. Provide staff development and training sessions for

Senior Directors. Provide a method for staff to discuss and document

successful or problematic process such that timely changes can be made.

6. Staff awards/recognition

Ensure that staff award selection process is fair, rewards accomplishments at all levels, and represents the diversity of the staff pool.

D&I Management Plan Once Senior Directors submit their actions items, a complete D&I plan should include the following components:

• TRB 1. Business Case for D&I 2. Commitment from Executive Committee 3. Vision, Mission and Strategy 4. Measurement and accountability

• Staff 5. D&I Competencies 6. D&I Recruitment and Sourcing 7. Employee Retention 8. Training and Development 9. Onboarding

• Outreach 10. Communications 11. Marketing, advertising and branding

• Volunteers 12. Strategic Alliances and Partnerships 13. Member experiences 14. Leveraging employee diversity

• Contract Awardees 15. Supplier/vendor diversity


TRB Framing Paper FREIGHT & LOGISTICS

June 2016 Background SPPR members requested agenda time at the June Executive Committee meeting to discuss how TRB can ensure that its current freight and logistics activities are known and well recognized within the freight community, that opportunities for additional engagement with the freight community are identified, and that TRB is addressing the most important strategic issues associated with freight. Freight Transportation and TRB The TRB portfolio consists of many freight-related convening activities, cooperative research projects, and ad hoc policy studies. The Freight Systems Group of the Technical Activities Division (TAD) has eleven standing committees deeply involved in freight transportation. These committees, represent TRB’s core communities of practice, are responsible for identifying key research needs, organizing a compelling program of convening events, and ensuring quality research dissemination through the Transportation Research Record review process. They are accompanied by other standing committees within specific modal areas that have a direct interest in freight, including the Marine, Rail, and Aviation Groups. In addition, a number of other TAD standing committees and subcommittees apart from those in the modal domains, such as the Planning, Data, Safety, and Environment committees, have missions aligned with freight transportation. Approximately 40 TAD committees have an interest in freight transportation. TRB’s Cooperative Research Programs sponsor freight-related projects. The most significant is the National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP), which will have completed 52 individual projects since its inception in 2006. The National Cooperative Highway Research Program has designated freight as one of three strategic areas (along with transformational technologies and resilience), and is in the process of developing a research roadmap to guide its freight and logistics work. TRB’s Policy Studies unit has undertaken many freight-related studies in recent years. Many of the studies have addressed the economic, environmental, and safety regulations that apply to the rail, trucking, pipeline, and maritime modes. Others have examined infrastructure planning and funding issues. The recently completed SHRP2 program included projects on freight data and modeling. The program addressed incorporating freight into the transportation planning and project development process and integrated this information into the broader topic of highway capacity. Appendices providing more detail on TRB’s freight-related activities in recent years are attached.


Current Freight Transportation Themes within TRB A review of the catalogue of TRB’s freight-related products and programs reveals the following themes:

- PLANNING - integrating freight considerations into planning, first- and last-mile impacts, urban freight issues, impacts of modal shift on the freight transportation system and supply chains

- DATA - big data, integrating data, data gaps and sharing barriers, freight modeling, performance measures, freight fluidity

- INVESTMENT - benefit-cost methodologies, appropriate public and private sector cost shares, project and corridor approaches

- INFRASTRUCTURE - inadequate capacity, funding sources, public private partnerships, state of good repair

- ENERGY - transportation of energy products, new energy options for transportation - SUSTAINABILITY - environmental impacts, air quality, mitigation strategies - RESILIENCE - all hazards, infrastructure and supply chain, response, recovery,

mitigation, business continuity - TECHNOLOGY - advancements and implications, regulatory lag and constraints,

infrastructure gaps Opportunities and Challenges Increasing Awareness of TRB Freight Activities Opportunities exist for TRB to increase awareness of its freight-related work and to strengthen its commitment to addressing freight issues in the future. These opportunities span the array of TRB products and services, for example:

- Make a concentrated effort to communicate TRB’s broad portfolio of freight-and logistics-related work to the freight transportation community and to seek input from carriers and shippers on topics of interest to them that TRB could pursue.

- As the NCFRP program winds down, TRB should ensure that the program’s portfolio of work is widely recognized within the freight community and among policymakers, whose support is critical to re-instituting the program. NCFRP Report 48 - Freight Research to Support MAP-21 Implementation could serve as the guiding product for this effort.

- Use the momentum of the FAST Act’s focus on freight and seek to increase TRB’s role in informing and advising policy makers on freight-related topics by identifying research needs and proposing studies that will inform USDOT’s implementation of the law.

- Identify critical and emerging freight and logistics issues, and determine what role TRB should play in addressing them. The NCHRP Research Roadmap for Freight Transportation may offer a starting point for understanding national freight priorities and research needs.


- Place more emphasis on research opportunities and innovation needed by the freight

sector to meet the ambitious fuel economy and emissions goals of the federal government, California, and other states. Whereas TRB’s coordination with other NASEM units, such as the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, will continue to be important to furthering policies on vehicle and fuel technologies, TRB can approach the challenge from a number of other angles involving system planning, funding, and operations.

- Address the role of automation and technology in freight movement, including assessing impacts on productivity, safety, and sustainability. Identify and perform research on issues for federal, state, and local governments to address as automation and technological advances are deployed on the freight system.

Attracting Freight Stakeholders It has been a perennial challenge for TRB to attract the private-sector elements of the freight and logistics sector, especially carriers, shippers, and suppliers of freight-related equipment and systems. Accordingly, the Executive Committee may wish to consider the following:

- Which TRB activities and volunteer roles have a history of successfully attracting freight carrier and shipper interest and involvement?

- What are the bottom-line, business reasons that might attract the freight and logistics sector to participate in TRB?

- What are the institutional and other impediments to greater involvement of the private-sector component of freight and logistics sector in TRB activities?

- What are the most important strategic future issues for TRB to address in freight and logistics?


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TRB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TRANSFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES TASK FORCE

WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD

TRB Executive Committee Task Force

June 2016 Report

TRANSFORMATIONALTECHNOLOGIES


Task Force Members

Kirk Steudle (Chair) Michigan DOT

Jon Eisenberg National Academies Computer Science and Telecommunications Board Director

Chris Hendrickson Carnegie Mellon University

Roger Huff Ford Motor Company (retired)/HGLC

Chris Gerdes US DOT/OSTR Chief Innovation Officer

Jane Lappin Chair of TRB Standing Committee on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Toyota

Tim Schmidt FHWA Research Center

Steve Shladover Chair of TRB Standing Committee on Vehicle‐Highway Automation, PATH

Katie Turnbull Texas A&M Transportation Institute

Dean Wise BNSF

Mark Norman TRB staff


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Task Force Accomplishments to Date

• Developed action plan for TRBo See action plan “dashboard” in meeting materials

• Assisted in developing June 2016 TRB Executive Committee policy session (cybersecurity)

• Guiding project to attract participation of stakeholders (w/CAVita)

• Peer reviewed “State-of-the-Activities” e-Circular

• Participating in “Accelerated Research” dialog


Attracting Stakeholders: CAVita Recommendations

Initiate Transformational Technologies Research Dialog

Conduct high-impact symposium Generate research roadmaps and

partnerships Identify and encourage accelerated

research processes


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Transformational Technologies Dialog


Partnerships in Research Symposium

To initiate partnerships among the public and private sectors and academia that can generate

needed research and the resulting implementation of innovations needed to enable public agencies to facilitate the deployment of

transformational technologies in transportation in a manner and timeframe that best serves the

public interest.


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Partnerships in Research Symposium Overview

• Primary Sponsors: Michigan DOT and NCHRP• Date/Location: Fall 2016 in Michigan• Attendance: 100-200 participants from public

agencies, private sector, universities• Sponsorships:

o Gold ($7500), Silver ($5000); Bronze ($2500)• Products:

o Foundations for Research Roadmaps & Partnerships


State-of-the-Activities TRB e-Circular (May 2016)

Connected/automated vehicles

Shared-use services Unmanned aerial systems NextGen Big data/cybersecurity Smart Cities/Internet-of-

Things 3D Printing


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Transformational Technologies Webpage (May 2016)

TRB Reports Academies Reports TRR Journal Papers TRB Committees TRB Research

Projects Other Research

Projects Research Needs TRB Conferences News


Other Recent & Ongoing Activities of Note

• Dialog on Accelerated Research Processeso Scheduled for several venues during 2016

• Automated Vehicle Symposiumo July 19-21 in San Francisco

• NCHRP Projects:o A Look at the Legal Environment for Driverless Vehicles

(released in February)o Impacts of Automated Vehicles on State & Local

Transportation Agencies (SCOR approved another $1.5M)o Research Roadmap-Transformational Technologies (other

than CAVs) (new project approved by SCOR)


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What are the best mechanisms that TRB should employ to reach out to and involve the non-traditional stakeholders in this space?o E.g., vehicle manufacturers, technology companies

What role can members of the TRB Executive Committee play in reaching out to these stakeholders?


May 27, 2016

MEMORANDUM TO: Members, TRB Executive Committee FROM: Russell Houston SUBJECT: June 22-23, 2016, Policy Session on Cybersecurity in an Age of Transformational

Transportation Technologies Drawing from special invited experts, the session will explore general cybersecurity trends; cybersecurity vulnerabilities as planes, trains, automobiles, and other vehicles continue to become more connected and autonomous; efforts to address cybersecurity in an era of big data; and how the transportation industry can leverage cybersecurity efforts underway in other public and private sectors. The session will begin at 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22. Panel presentations, general discussion, and breakouts will last until approximately 5:30 p.m. The session will conclude with the rapporteurs’ presentations and committee discussion from 8:30 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. on Thursday, June 23. Session Panel Members Policy Session Panelists

• Admiral Robert Day Principal, Bob Day and Associates LLC General Overview - What are technology descriptions and tends; key organizations and players, and applications and developments; and the relationship between innovation, productivity, and cybersecurity?

• Michael Dinning Director, Multimodal Programs and Partnerships, Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center, U.S. Department of Transportation Connected and Automated Vehicles - What are the vulnerabilities related to connected and automated planes, trains, automobiles, and other vehicles; and what’s being done to address those issues?

• Dr. Johanna Zmud Director, Washington, DC Office, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Big Data - Can transportation organizations realize the value of big data for the public good and also protect the public’s privacy and security? Is it possible to share big data safely?

• Bob Gourley Partner, Cognitio Corp. Getting in the Game - What’s the current state of transportation-related cybersecurity efforts and how can transportation leverage cybersecurity efforts already underway in other public and private sectors?


Session Panel Members’ Biographies

Rear Admiral Robert Day Principal, Bob Day & Associates LLC

Rear Admiral Robert E. Day Jr., United States Coast Guard (retired) was the Assistant Commandant for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology, Chief Information Officer, and Commander of Coast Guard Cyber Command from July 2009 until July 2014. During his 34-year career, he held a broad range of communications and information technology leadership positions responsible for acquiring, operating, and maintaining the myriad of advanced capabilities used by the Coast Guard to execute their extensive missions. He is currently the Principal at Bob Day & Associates LLC, which provides cyber and technology consulting services to public/private sector organizations.

Rear Admiral Day is also Executive Director for Commonwealth of Virginia Cyber Commission established by Virginia Executive Order 8. Rear Admiral Day holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the United States Coast Guard Academy and a Master of Science Degree in Telecommunications Systems Management the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Dr. Johanna Zmud Director, Washington, DC Office, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

Dr. Zmud is a senior research scientist at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and director of its Washington, D.C., office. She has nearly 30 years of transportation research and consulting experience, with clients at the federal, state, and metropolitan levels as well as international clients. She is an internationally acknowledged innovator in bridging transportation research, data, information, and technology. Prior to her current position, she directed the Transportation, Space, and Technology program at the RAND Corporation, a public policy think tank. The program focuses on transportation policy as it pertained to transportation funding and investment, sustainable urban mobility, travel behavior and demand analysis,

alternative fuels and vehicle technologies, transportation safety, and public health, as well as science, technology, and civil space policy. Prior to joining RAND, she was a senior executive who built and successfully managed a prominent transportation research practice, NuStats, LLC, specializing in travel behavior capture and analysis. She is also a visionary who partnered to start a mobility technology firm, GeoStats, LLC, for the real-time capture of travel behavior information. Active in the Transportation Research Board, she currently chairs a subcommittee on Data Privacy, Security and Protection Policy, and an NCHRP study panel for a Transportation Data Program Self-Assessment Guide. She serves on a special task force on Big Data for Freight Applications and is a former chair and member of a special task force on Data for Decisions and Performance Measures. She has a doctoral degree in communication theory and research from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California.


Mr. Michael Dinning Director, Multimodal Programs and Partnerships, Volpe, the National Transportation Systems Center, U.S. Department of Transportation

Michael Dinning coordinates multimodal initiatives at Volpe, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Transportation Systems Center. These efforts include freight transportation, big data in transportation, cyber-physical systems, multimodal payment systems, transportation resilience, and other cross-cutting issues. Dinning facilitates collaboration within Volpe and with industry, academia, and government agencies. Michael Dinning has extensive experience managing programs to evaluate, demonstrate, and deploy innovations in all modes of transportation. He has worked at Volpe for over 35 years. Recently, he served as director of Transportation Logistics and Security, leading programs to mitigate cyber and

physical security risks and to introduce innovative situational awareness and logistics management systems. Prior to that, he was executive director of business development and facilitated new business development across the organization. Dinning received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Northwestern University. Bob Gourley Partner, Cognitio Corp.

Bob Gourley is the publisher of CTOvision.com and is a co-founder and partner of Cognitio. At Cognitio, Gourley leads research and analysis activities, due diligence assessments, and strategic consulting. He is also a founding member and member of the board of directors of the Cyber Conflict Studies Association, a non-profit group focused on enhancing the study of cyber conflict at leading academic institutions and furthering the ability of the nation to understand the complex dynamics of conflict in cyberspace. Gourley’s first career was as a naval intelligence officer, which included operational tours in Europe and Asia. He was the first Director of Intelligence (J2) at DoD’s cyber defense organization JTF-CND. Following retirement from

the Navy, Gourley was an executive with TRW and Northrop Grumman, and then returned to government service as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). He was identified as one of the top 25 most influential CTOs in the globe by Infoworld; selected for the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s (AFCEA’s) award for meritorious service to the intelligence community; named by Washingtonian as one of D.C.’s “Tech Titans;” and identified as one of the “Top 25 Most Fascinating Communicators in Government IT” by the Gov2.0 community GovFresh. Bob holds an undergraduate degree in chemistry and three master’s degrees, one in scientific and technical intelligence from the Naval Postgraduate School, one in military science from the U.S. Marine Corps University, and one in computer science from James Madison University.


May 27, 2016

MEMORANDUM TO: Members, TRB Executive Committee

FROM: Russell Houston

SUBJECT: Future Executive Committee Policy Sessions January, Policy Session on Climate and Extreme Weather Resilience: Policy Priorities, Vulnerabilities, and Data Drive Decision-Making The Resilience Task Force has developed the following strawman as a proposed January 2017 Executive Committee Policy Session that addresses a critical issue or issues related to resilience. The Task Force recommends that the January 2017 session focus on the climate and extreme weather component of resiliency. The Task Force believes that while members of the Executive Committee are aware of the importance of the issue, additional information on the topic may be helpful as each decides what their organization needs to do to address resilience. Flood disasters have been declared in every state; there are many approaches available and applicable across varying timeframes. Topic Overview Adverse events listed in Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative, a 2012 report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, include the range of both natural and human-induced disasters that might affect the transportation system. Such disasters can include fire, flooding, storms, heat waves, terrorism, earthquakes, and more. These “adverse events” also include both abrupt disruption and long-term change such as rising seas related to a changing climate. Frameworks for addressing sea level rise and real-time flooding are creating new opportunities to proactively mitigate vulnerabilities. Supportive policies will allow these opportunities to be seized. Proposed Policy Session Panel Slots General Overview Key organizations and players; applications and developments; and the evolution of state DOTs’ understanding of the relationship between prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery in regards to resilience


In the 2015 AASHTO publication, Fundamental Capabilities of Effective All-Hazards Infrastructure Protection, Resilience, and Emergency Management for State Departments of Transportation, extreme weather is recognized as one of a host of evolving threats to critical infrastructure. That document reflects the paradigm shift from protection of assets to resilience of systems, while encompassing the expansion of critical infrastructure protection to include cyber security of transportation system networks and the integration and mainstreaming of security and all-hazards mitigation into operations.


Organization & Policy What is the policy context at the federal and state levels?

From an organization and policy perspective, FHWA issued Order 5520, Transportation System Preparedness and Resilience to Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events, that established this topic as a policy priority and solidified their commitment to incorporate climate resiliency into their programs and practices. This was an important step from an agency perspective; not many Orders are issued. Some state DOTs have similar policies and directives. One example is Washington State DOT’s (WSDOT) guidance on how climate adaptation be considered in NEPA documents. Caltrans also has project development guidance on considering sea level rise.

Climate Change & Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessment Pilots What are the vulnerabilities and what’s being done to address those issues?

From a methodology development and deployment perspective, over the past several years, FHWA has partnered with 19 areas to conduct vulnerability assessment pilots both at the systems level and in some cases at the project/site level. Those areas are piloting FHWA’s Vulnerability Assessment Framework. While all of the final reports have not been posted yet, many of them have been and can be found at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/adaptation/resilience_pilots/index.cfm


http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/legsregs/directives/orders/5520.cfm

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/BDF7C3DA-4F27-4CD5-8D02-6813027A928B/0/WSDOT_ClimateGuidance.pdf

http://www.dot.ca.gov/ser/downloads/sealevel/guide_incorp_slr.pdf

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/adaptation/publications/vulnerability_assessment_framework/

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The focus of the pilots varied based on the needs and objectives of the study. Caltrans, Arizona DOT, Washington State DOT, among others, were all vulnerability assessment framework pilot studies. A cross-cutting final report is currently being drafted that will make observations and recommendations for agencies starting a vulnerability assessment. Also, many lessons learned and new tools and techniques have been folded into a new resource called the Virtual Framework for Vulnerability Assessment, which also includes videos on various vulnerability assessment topics.

Harnessing Big Data for Real-Time Flood Prediction & Warning Lack of data is not so much a challenge as getting people within DOTs to think differently about how they use data in light of climate change and related threats, and mainstreaming these considerations across DOT decision-making processes. What is being done?

Flooding, and the effects and impacts of flooding along transportation corridors, has caused billions of dollars of damage and countless deaths. Technology currently exists to accurately pinpoint those areas along a transportation corridor that are susceptible to flooding. Many state DOTs have a bridge flood monitoring program for structures that are susceptible to bridge scour. Additionally, most state DOTs have inundation mapping and use inundation modeling in the design of their transportation infrastructure. Although there are weather and climate tools and systems available for predicting changes in the weather and climate conditions, they have not yet been integrated to provide sufficient planning and prediction information required by state DOTs to carry out flood planning, risk management, mitigation, operations, and emergency response activities. Research is underway to translate the available technologies into a suite of tools and methods for use


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by decision makers at DOTs. Such research is intended to support DOTs in their efforts to develop and deploy emergency management early warning systems that can be applied to flood prediction and warning for enhanced flood event decision making and situational awareness for transportation resilience by harnessing available processes, tools, and hydrometeorology network capabilities.

June 2017, Policy Session – Action

The Executive Committee is asked to provide their suggestions for topics to consider for the June 2017.

Past Session Topics Follow-Up Since 2002

Date Topic Rapporteur

1/88 Current Status & Future Outlook for Air, Rail, Trucking, Highway, Urban, & Water Transportation

Hoel & Koltnow

6/88 Small Group Discussion of Exec. Comm. Policy Initiatives 1/89 Marine & Intermodal Transportation Hoel 6/89 Transportation Response to Problems of Air Quality Paaswell 1/90 High-Speed Ground Transportation Walton 6/90 Relationship Between Transportation & Economic Development Wolpert 1/91 The Environmental Imperative, Fuel Use, & Surface Transportation

Funding Sussman

6/91 Air Passenger Transportation: Congestion Pricing for Airports Harris 1/92 Transportation Policy Research Priorities for the 1990s (USDOT

Associate Administrators for Policy) Lamm

6/92 International Economic Development & U.S. Transportation Walton 1/93 U.S. & International Efforts to Assist Russia & Other Former Soviet

Republics on Transportation-Related Problems Borrone

6/93 Implications of U.S. Defense Conversion for Transportation DeLong 1/94 Transportation Policy Priorities to Support a National Transportation

System Millar

6/94 The "Green" Car: Technological, Institutional, & Environmental Issues

Yerusalim

1/95 Intermodal Freight Transportation: Barriers, Linkages, and New Technologies

Wormley

6/95 Financing Transportation in the Post-ISTEA Era Kelly 1/96 ISTEA: Impacts and Issues for Reauthorization Wachs 6/96 Cross-Border Transportation Issues Martinez


Date Topic Rapporteur 1/97 Institutional Arrangements for Transportation: Impacts of Changing

Roles Sterman

6/97 Effects of the Federal Role on the U.S. Aviation System: Current Status, Prospects for & Barriers to Change

Riniker

1/98 Zero-Car Households: Strategies To Improve Mobility & Accessibility for the Carless

Fitzgerald

6/98 Land Use and Transportation: Relationships and Trends Gilbert 1/99 The Clean Air Act: Goals, Issues, & Impacts on Transportation Winstead 6/99 Industry Consolidation: Regulatory Issues, Cross-Modal Comparisons McCaig 1/00 Approaches to Achieving Advances in Transportation Safety Canby 6/00 Transportation Implications of E-Commerce and Telecommunications

Technology Giuliano

1/01 A System Wide View of Transportation Finance Campbell 6/01 Freight Transportation in the U.S. Economy: Capacity Issues and

Operating Challenges Wilding

1/02 U.S. Petroleum Dependence: Issues and Prospects for the Transportation Sector

Frosch

6/02 Work Force Development and Staffing Needs in Transportation * Input into Special Report 275 - The Workforce Challenge.

Meyer

01/03 Decision-Making Processes for Public Sector Transportation Investments * Developed prospectus on self initiated study – no funding secured. * Theme of Division A 2004 mid-year meeting in Park City, UT.

Kirby

6/03 Transportation Security Initiatives: Balancing Public Perceptions, Political Expectations, and Practical Applications * Developed two prospectuses for self-initiated studies. * Adopted as a theme for 83rd Annual Meeting. * Pursuing DHS participation in TRB. * 06/14-15/04 workshop: The Role of TRB & How Division A Can Organize to Address the Issue.

Rebensdorf

01/04 The Impact of Global Warming on Transportation * Resulted in TRB Special Report 290: The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Transportation, which was published in March 2008.

Kanafani

06/04 Shifting Patterns and Growth of Global Trade: Implications for the Transportation System * Task Force is developing options for future ExComm consideration.

Shucet

01/05 Innovative International Roadway Safety Initiatives * Resulted in the development of a TRB Special Report 300 released in 2010.

McNeil


Date Topic Rapporteur 06/05 How Should America Pay for Transportation?

* Future of the fuel tax study underway. * One summer meeting session and four Annual Meeting sessions.

Morris

01/06 Raising the Public Profile of Transportation * TRB will continue to develop information that helps provide the foundation for answering the question of why transportation matters; however, TRB’s role is not to take on a major transportation profile- enhancement campaign. * TRB broad and proactive dissemination of the critical issues document.

Butler

06/06 20th Century Institutions Mismatched to 21st Century Missions * A theme for the 2006 Technical Activities summer meeting. * A theme of the 2007 Annual Meeting and the subject of several sessions. * The subject of five future specialty conferences and workshops including “Transforming Transportation Organizations: Tools and Techniques for Organizational Development” workshop held in July 2007.

Miller

01/07 The Energy Component of Transportation Sustainability * Addressed by several sessions at the 2008 Annual Meeting.

Gittens

06/07 Innovative Transportation Performance Measures * The session fulfilled a request by Secretary Peters who was briefed on the discussion.

Garber

01/08 Public-Private Partnerships: With an Emphasis on Equity * Article by Dr. Sandra Rosenbloom was published in the March/April 2009 issue of TR News on equity issues associated with public-private partnerships.

Rosenbloom

06/08 The Role of Transportation in Climate Change Mitigation * Spotlight theme of the 2009 Annual Meeting is Transportation, Energy, and Climate Change (already selected before policy session). * Resulted in TRB Special Report 299: A Transportation Research Program for Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change and Conserving Energy, which was released in September 2009.

Johns

01/09 Key Issues in Transportation and Climate Change * Provided input into the papers used to develop TRB Special Report 299: A Transportation Research Program for Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change and Conserving Energy, which was released in September 2009.

N/A

06/09 Issues and Perspectives on Water Transportation * Marine Board now provides regular updates to the SPPR.

Scalzo


Date Topic Rapporteur 01/10 Dialogue with the U.S. DOT Deputy Secretary

* The TRB Executive Committee held a two-part dialogue with U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) senior officials on key policy issues. The sessions were designed to introduce some of the key DOT leaders to the Executive Committee and provide an opportunity for a back-and-forth discussion of the administration’s policy plans. No formal follow-up.

06/10 Definitional Issues Related to the Concept of Livability Clark 01/11 Multimodal Freight Policy, Corridor-Level Priorities, and Funding

Strategies * Considered as part of an SPPR review in November on the role of policy sessions in development of Special Reports and other products.

Conti

06/11 Financing and Funding Transportation in a Transitional Period * National experts will convene in July 2012 to discuss the issues and advise TRB on how it could contribute to the discussion.

Seltzer

01/12 Inland Waterway Transportation: Issues, Challenges, Opportunities * April 2012 SPPR meeting recommended a policy study. Details to be presented to the Executive Committee at its June 2012 meeting.

Hancock

06/12 New Information and Telecommunication Technology Applications to Transportation: Opportunities and Challenges * SPPR decided that no follow-up was warranted.

Sperling

01/13 International Research Activities: Issues, Priorities, and Lessons Learned * An article for publication in the TR News is being solicited on the subject.

Sinha

06/13 Energy: Transportation Fuels and Sources * Issues identified may be able to be incorporated into TRB’s strategic planning process. Sessions at the 93rd Annual Meeting.

Hendrickson

01/14 Session on Aviation Issues: Challenges and Opportunities * Reform of FAA air traffic control as a government owned, privately operated entity was added to the list of possible self-initiated policy studies.

Arroyo

06/14 Connected Vehicles—A Pathway to Automation * In October the SPPR will review a series of potential activities that TRB might undertake as a result of this session.

Washington

01/15 Big Data * TR News article based on policy session being developed.

Fotheringham


Date Topic Rapporteur 06/15 The Intersection Between Urban Goods Movement, Smart Growth,

and Public Health * Spawned January 2105 Policy Session on Public Health and Transportation * Multiple 2016 workshops and sessions on urban goods movement issues addressed by the session

Breakouts

01/16 Advancing Public Health Through Transportation: Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons Learned * Provided input to Transportation and Public Health Task Force Report

Breakouts


Resilience Task Force

Report to the TRB Executive Committee June 2016

Jim Card, RTF Chair


Strategic Issues

• Resilience

• Transformational technology

• Public health and transportation


Resilience Task Force Members James Card (Chair) Vicki Arroyo (Georgetown Climate Center) Lauren Alexander Augustine (Program on Risk, Resilience, and Extreme Events; Policy and Global Affairs Division, National Academies) Mike Culp (Federal Highway Administration) Malcolm Dougherty (California DOT) John Gray (Association of American Railroads) Geraldine Knatz (University of Southern California School of Public Policy) Charlene Milliken (Resilient America Roundtable, National Academies) Gerry Schwartz (Consultant) Tom Wakeman (Chair, Resilience Section, TRB Technical Activities Division)

Supported by TRB staff team Stephan A. Parker (Transit and Highway Cooperative Research Programs) Monica Starnes (Technical Activities Division) Larry Goldstein (National Cooperative Rail Research Program) Marci Greenberger (Airport Cooperative Research Program) Andy Lemer (National Cooperative Highway Research Program) Lisa Marflak (Communications) Tom Menzies (TRB Policy Studies) Bill Rogers (Freight and Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Programs)


Resilience Task Force Actions

1. High level review to ID gaps in TRB publications 2. Solicit top research needs from state DOT CEOs 3. Develop high-level scopes to address key gaps, e.g.

• Governance for resilience • Language of resilience

4. Identify key resources in TRB-affiliated organizations 5. Identify actionable recommendations by TRB

Division: Policy, Technical, Cooperative, Executive 6. Identify potential strategic & tactical actions for TRB 7. Develop strategic communications plan


The Roundtable’s work is founded on four key actions from the Academies’ report, Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative, that communities can take to bolster their resilience: • Understand and communicate risk • Identify measures of community resilience • Share information and data to enhance or improve decision

making for building more resilient communities • Build or strengthen partnerships and coalitions within and

among communities to build resilience

Jim Card has been added as a member because of the RAR desire to tie more closely with TRB and transportation resilience

Resilient America Roundtable


http://nas-sites.org/resilience/




Resilience Task Force individual expertise

TRB Executive Committee

State DOT CEOs

New!!! TRB Technical Activities Division

Resilience Section Resilience Task Force

Review of 200+ projects

Identify strategic transportation

research needs

Transportation needs identified by Academies’

Resilient America Roundtable

2016 EU-US Transportation

Resilience Climate Change Symposium


1. High Level Review of Gaps

• 200+ publications from Cooperative Research

• 25+ potential gaps for resilience activities identified

• Resilience Section (Technical Activities Division) reviewing identified gaps for potential action

• Cooperative Research Programs reviewing identified gaps for appropriate action


2. Input from State DOT CEOs

Arizona ✓ Arkansas ✓ California ✓ Connecticut Delaware ✓ Iowa Michigan Mississippi ✓

Photo: Paul Trombino, Director, Iowa DOT


3. High-level Scopes for Key Gaps

• Governance for resilience • Language of resilience • Climate change impacts (e.g., sea level

rise at ports, airports) • Best practices for documenting and

sharing lessons learned • Maritime transportation resilience focus

Note: scopes are still being developed for gaps


Example, best practices in documenting incidents, capturing lessons learned and sharing lessons: FHWA, Building Climate Resilient Transportation: partnered with 22 climate resilience pilots in two rounds as well as four cooperative projects in the Gulf Coast, Northeast, Southeast, and New Mexico.

4. Key Resilience Resources in TRB-affiliated Organizations TRB Executive Committee Meeting, June 22-23, 2016 of 271

Resilience Action Plan

• Identifies actionable recommendations by TRB Division: Policy, Technical, Cooperative, Executive

• Identifies strategic & tactical actions • Marketing & communications plan

Identify targeted audiences: general and niche Craft niche-specific messages Deliver two-way communications with market niches Identify TRB market research & outreach staff needs


NCHRP Resources for Next Steps

National Cooperative Highway Research Program

• Project 20-59, Surface Transportation Security (several projects in progress)

• Project 20-24, Administration of Highway and Transportation Agencies, $500,000 Resilience

• FY 2017 Implementation: $1 million Resilience $750,000 Emergency Management $750,000 Security $250,000 FloodCast


Opportunities to further TRB Resilience Focus

• Get resilience research needs from TRB Executive Committee State DOT Representatives who did not have the opportunity to provide

• Get resilience research needs from Aviation and Railroads

• Further develop resilience research needs in Freight • Integrate research needs identified in EU-US

Transportation Resilience Climate Change Symposium


Thank You

For More Information Visit: www.TRB.org/SecurityPubs


Transportation Research Board: New Focus on Resilience

• TRB Executive Committee asked all of TRB to focus on three priority strategic issues:

1. Transformative Technologies 2. Resilience 3. Public Health

• Why transportation resilience? Global transportation systems more vulnerable to disruptions and cascading failures of other interdependent sectors (e.g., social, physical) – More resilient systems needed in the face of climate change and more frequent

extreme weather events • Transportation System Resilience Section formed in 2015 to:

– Advance resilience research into the nature of these interdependencies – Identify policy, protocols, and practices that promote greater transportation

system resilience – Communicate best practices to meet the needs of society


Transportation System Resilience Section

Transportation System Resilience Section goals: • Promote communication among the lifeline sectors and

transportation stakeholders to enhance knowledge of interdependencies and common vulnerabilities

• Build understanding of the sources of risk and mitigation options at the community, regional and national levels

• Identify transportation requirements during emergencies from the community and business perspective

• Support end user needs by providing guidance that encourages the incorporation of system resilience and sustainability into planning

• Develop a Transportation Resilience Guide


TRB Resilience Focus Areas

• Security (airports, ports, public transportation, state DOTs) • Emergency management • Infrastructure protection from all hazards • Preparation for extreme/disruptive events (e.g., climate change,

geological events, extreme weather, terrorism) Examples of recently funded projects: • Improving Freight Transportation Resilience in Response to Supply Chain

Disruptions • Integrating Climate Resiliency into Airport Management Systems • Improving the Resiliency of Transit Systems Threatened by Natural

Disasters • Guidelines to Incorporate the Costs and Benefits of Adaptation Measures

in Preparation for Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change


http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4069







Current/Recent Resilience-related activities

• First International Conference on Surface Transportation System Resilience to Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events Sept. 2015

• 4th EU-US Transportation Research Symposium, June 2016 in Brussels, Belgium (focus on adaptation to climate change and extreme events)


http://www.cvent.com/events/first-international-conference-on-surface-transportation-system-resilience-to-climate-change-and-ext/event-summary-cba1008fb1724a6eb2edd2898f16fc91.aspx

http://www.cvent.com/events/first-international-conference-on-surface-transportation-system-resilience-to-climate-change-and-ext/event-summary-cba1008fb1724a6eb2edd2898f16fc91.aspx

The Hazards and Disaster Management System Pre-Impact Interventions Mitigation Practices Emergency Preparedness Practices Recovery Preparedness Practices

EVENTS

Post-Impact Responses Emergency Activities (planned and improvised) Recovery Activities (planned and improvised)

Disaster Impacts Physical Social

Hazard Vulnerability Hazard Exposure Physical Vulnerability Social Vulnerability

Disaster Event Characteristics Frequency Magnitude of Impact Predictability Scope of Impact (spatial and social) Controllability Duration of Impact Length of Forewarning

Pre-Impact Trans-Impact Post-Impact CHRONOLOGICAL TIME

SOCIAL TIME

Source: Facing Hazards and Disasters (NAS, 2006), adapted from Kreps (1985), Cutter (1996), Lindell and Prater (2003)


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Public Health And Transportation Task Force

PUBLIC HEALTH AND TRANSPORTATION

TASK FORCE MEMBERSJim Crites (Chair) Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport

Ed Christopher Chair, TRB Subcommittee

Stephen Hargarten Medical College of Wisconsin

Steve Heminger Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Therese McMillan Los Angeles County Metro Transportation Agency

Mark Rosenberg The Task Force for Global Health

Kamillah Wood US DOT

Marci Greenberger & Bernardo Kleiner

TRB Staff

(Alina Baciu) (HMD Staff liaison)


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Mission of task force• Make recommendations to the TRB Executive Committee on

actions that should be taken to establish a self-sustaining strategic partnership between TRB and Academies’ Health & Medicine Division (HMD) regarding Public Health and Transportation.

• Initial partnering should occur in 4 areas:

• Ensuring access to health careand healthy living (active transportation)

• Reducing Injuries/Deaths

• Reduce Health and Environmental Impacts

• Reducing threat of transmission of diseases

Accomplishments TO DATE

• Collaborative partnership established between HMD and TRB staff

• HMD/TRB joint workshop “Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation” conducted on June 6-7

• Proposal to Elevate TRB Sub-Committee on Health and Transportation

• Recommendations for next steps


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Next steps/action planACTION ITEM NOTES STATUS

Increase collaboration of HMD staff in TRB activities This is occurring by involving HMD staff on committees

and CRP projects and through a joint SPO meeting among

the two divisions. Rides to Wellness is another

accomplishment whereby HMD and TRB are holding a

joint workshop.

On‐going

Highlight the importance of the integration between Public

Health and Transportation through a pre‐defined query on

TRID

Complete

Determine the suitability for elevating the Sub‐committee

on Health and Transportation

This was assigned to the TAC. The review is on‐going.

Further resources may be necessary to engage in a

thorough review (gap analysis, critical areas for

collaboration, etc…)

Initiated

Develop a one‐page communication that can be used to

engage our organizations to understand and engage their

stakeholders in PH&T

Preliminary draft for discussion at the Executive

Committee at the June 22 and 23rd meeting

Initiated

Further define the vision and goals of the Task Force and

metrics to determine progress/success of the Task Force

On‐going

Conduct a convening event to engage the leadership of

Transportation and Public Health agencies to establish

interest and commitment

Solicit TRB Executive Committee input at June 2016

meeting. Planning will need to be initiated soon if to be

conducted CY 2016.

Not yet initiated

Plan a large symposium for a broader audience based on

the concepts and ideas generated at the workshop held in

2016 with the outcomes identifying the opportunities, and

benefits of collaboration

This will require the identification of funding. Not yet initiated

DISCUSSION ITEMS

• Feedback on the one page communication• Who or which organizations should be invited for

the workshop and symposium?• What are some potential funding sources for the

proposed symposium?• How can we elevate the visibility of the issue of

transportation and health in both communities?• What partner organizations should be engaged on

this initiative?


SUBCOMMITTEE FOR NRC OVERSIGHT Biannual Report

The Subcommittee for NRC Oversight was appointed in 1982 to provide liaison between the Governing Board of the National Research Council (NRC) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB), in order to ensure that TRB meets the NRC's standards for objectivity and that its activities are appropriate for the NRC. The SNO's major functions are to monitor TRB with respect to specially-funded project committee and panel appointments, report review, and the summary of division programs provided to the NRC Governing Board. In addition, the Subcommittee monitors the participation of women and minorities in TRB’s NRC and non-NRC committees and panels. The SNO Chair serves as TRB’s Division Chair for NRC Oversight and also assists the Executive Committee in connection with special project approvals requested of the Governing Board.

Membership as of January 15, 2016

CHAIR Dr. Susan Hanson (NAS)

MEMBERS

Mr. Scott Bennett

Mr. James M. Crites

Dr. A. Stewart Fotheringham (NAS)

EX OFFICIO

Dr. Daniel Sperling

Mr. Paul Trombino, III


MIDYEAR REPORT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR NRC OVERSIGHT (SNO) January–May 2016

OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES Project Approvals for Policy Studies The following individual projects were approved by the NRC Governing Board Executive Committee from January–May 2016:

• Expert Meeting on Structural Health Monitoring for Innovative Asset Management of Waterways Infrastructure

• Future Interstate Highway System Study Committee and Panel Approvals The SNO approved appointments to the following committees and panels from January–May 2016: Technical Activities (Division A) None at this time.

Studies and Special Programs (Division B) Committee on the Study of a Performance Based Safety Regulation. Chair: Detlof von Winterfeldt, University of Southern California Cooperative Research Programs (Division D) NCHRP 20-102(06). Road Markings for Machine Vision. Chair: Timothy Crouch. Iowa DOT. NCHRP 20-102(07). Implications of Automation for Motor Vehicle Codes. Chair: Robert G. Mikell, Georgia DOT. NCHRP 20-102(08). Dedicating Lanes for Priority or Exclusive Use by CVs and AVs. Chair: Noah Goodall, Virginia DOT.


NCHRP 20-102(09). Providing Support to the Introduction of CV/AV Impacts into Regional Transportation Planning and Modeling Tools. Chair: Matthew A. Coogan, New England Transportation Institute. TCRP B-45. Transportation to Dialysis Centers: Health/Transportation Policy Intersection. Chair: Annette Williams, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. TCRP C-23. A Guide to Assessing and Eliminating Electrical Fires on Buses and Trains. Chair: Erin K. Schepers, Florida DOT. TCRP E-12. Guidance for Quantifying the Return on Investment of Transit State of Good Repair Investments. Chair: Victor Rivas, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. TCRP G-16. Development of Open Data Standards for Demand Responsive Transportation Transactions. Chair: A. Jeff Becker. Regional Transportation District – Denver. TCRP H-54. Comprehensive Guide to the Title VI Indicators for Transit. Chair: Lee L. Davis, Lee L. Davis Associates. TCRP F-25. Improving the Health and Safety of the Transit Workforce with Corresponding Impacts on the Bottom Line, Phase I: Safety and Health Impacts of Limited Restroom Access for Transit Operators. Co-Chairs: Peter Anderson, Greater Cleveland Transit Authority and Ed Watt, Amalgamated Transit Union. Division A Technical Activities Standing Committee and Task Force Appointments Based on SNO guidelines developed on behalf of the TRB Executive Committee, the SNO chair reviews all new appointments of chairs of Technical Activities Division’s standing committees and task forces. TRB’s Technical Activities Leadership Guide describes the process and criteria used to select chairs: http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/dva/chair/TRBLeadershipGuide1-34.pdf. From January–May 2016, the SNO chair approved 11 chairs.


http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/dva/chair/TRBLeadershipGuide1-34.pdf

Report Review From January through May 2016, the SNO oversaw the reviews of the following report types: Studies and Special Programs Full-Length Policy Studies

• Strengthening the Safety Culture of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry (Monitor: Frosch, Coordinator: Hanson; 8 reviewers, including 3 academy members)

• The Application of the Remote Real-Time Monitoring of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations (Monitor: McKay), Coordinator: Hanson; 8 reviewers, including 5 academy members)

Studies and Special Programs Letter Reports

• Impact of the United States Coast Guard Regulations on the United States Flag Registry (Monitored, 8 reviewers, including 2 academy members)

• Long-Term Bridge Performance, Report #6 (Delegated, 3 reviewers) • Long-Term Pavement Performance, Reports #37 & 38 (Delegated, 3

reviewers) Conference Summary

• 9th University Transportation Centers Spotlight Conference: Connected and Automated Vehicles: 4 reviewers

Cooperative Research Program (CRP) Reports for the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP), the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), and the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP):

• 7 ACRP • 16 NCHRP • 1 NCRRP • 2 TCRP

CRP Syntheses Reports:

• 7 ACRP • 4 NCHRP • 4 TCRP


CRP Legal Research Digest (LRD) and Research Results Digest (RRD): • 1 NCHRP (RRD) • 2 NCHRP (LRD) • 2 ACRP (LRD)

During the period of June–December 2016, the following reports from Studies and Special Program are expected to undergo SNO review: Studies and Special Programs Letter Reports and Full-Length Policy Studies

• W-beam Guardrail End Treatments • Review of the Long-Term Bridge Performance Program, #7 • Review of the Long-Term Pavement Performance Program, #39 • Research and Technology Coordinating Committee, #7 • First Letter Report for the Review of Department of Transportation Testing

of Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brakes During the period of June–December 2016, the following conference summary from Technical Activities is expected to undergo SNO review:

• 11th Conference on Transportation Asset Management


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Report Review Metrics In order to track TRB’s consensus reports as they move through report review, metrics (as adapted from other Academy divisions) will be used to evaluate factors that affect reports during the different stages of the review process. These metrics will be considered along with qualitative factors that may affect the length of time it takes the report to complete review. The resulting information will be used to identify trends in report review, and factors that may facilitate or inhibit the length of time for the report review process, and any resulting impacts of the report.

• Prep time for review (the date that TRB staff expect the report to enter review, and the date the report actually enters review)

• Time in review, broken down into phases: Phase I: Comments (date report sent to reviewers until the date that the number of review comments needed to move the report forward are received) Phase II: Response to Reviewer Comments (date review comments are due until the date report authors provide responses to reviewer comments and report revisions) Phase III: Negotiation (date that the responses to reviewer comments/revised report draft are received until the date the chair of the Academies’ Report Review Committee signs off on the report)

• Measurement against specific goals (bearing in mind that issues outside control of Academies’ staff can affect these goals):

Goal I: publish workshop summaries/conference proceedings within 6 months/1 year of the date of the workshop Goal II: meet original contract deadline (no no-cost extensions) While examining metrics, consider the following factors:

• Length of report • Ease or difficulty in recruiting reviewers (e.g., the # who invited, declined,

agreed to review, and the ability to find academy members to review) • Reviewers late in sending in comments or did not submit comments • Need for a reviewer to do a second review • Committee members who are unresponsive or have extenuating life

circumstances • Committees/individual committee members who have difficulty reaching

agreement on the initial draft of the report or revisions after review comments are received or chose to write a dissent


Additional Diversity Data Data on the gender and racial/ethnic composition of TRB’s NRC and non-NRC panels and committees for 2016 will be available in January 2017. To look at other aspects of diversity within TRB and from the Annual Meeting, data collected from TRB’s different divisions and the Minority Student Fellows Program are examined. General Overview of the Annual Meeting, as taken from the Technical Activities Council Report Final verified attendance: 12,577 • International attendees: 2,161 (17%) [Does not include international students or visiting scholars/other professionals at U.S. institutions/organizations] • Students and young professionals: 3,645 (29%) • Percentage of attendees 35 years or younger at New Attendee Orientation: 65% Annual Meeting Tweets on Diversity, as collected by TRB’s Communications Staff Using the hashtag #TRBAM, attendees had a total of 2,963 original tweets, which were classified in categories such as diversity and quality of presentations. The 17 tweets that focused on diversity were classified as either “negative” or “positive.” While not systematic data collection, these tweets can provide a barometer of strong negative and positive reactions to diversity at the 2016 Annual Meeting. Negative tweets: Twelve total, which were on lack of gender and age diversity. Examples are as follows: note for 2017: dye hair white to blend into committee meetings #TRBAM

Happy to attend my 11th #TRBAM and still be a "young professional". Says something about the average attendee age!

Predictions for #TRBAM: far too many #Allmalepanels

Positive tweets: Five total, which were on increased gender and age diversity. Examples are as follows: Love #TRBAM for the diversity of participants.

25% of this year's attendees are under 35. Go YMC! #TRBAM


Age Diversity on Cooperative Research Program Panels Under these programs, TRB organizes panels of experts to provide guidance on technical aspects of the research. Among the 3,400 current panel members, approximately half (1,700) provided their birthdates. Of these 1,700, 155 individuals (9%) were identified as young professionals (those 35 years and younger). While the 9% figure can only be considered an estimate, it does indicate that younger professional are underrepresented on these panels. Involvement in TRB’s Standing Committees in the Technical Activities Division TRB’s 200+ Standing Committees are each allotted up to 35 slots for their members, which includes three for young professionals (those 35 years and younger). People who are not members can also become involved in committees by becoming “friends of committees,” which allows them to attend committee meetings and partake in all committee activities—except for voting. These activities include the following:

• Stimulating research by developing research problem statements, issuing calls for papers, and publishing critical issues and research needs.

• Keeping the transportation community apprised of research. • Synthesizing and disseminating research results. • Reviewing and recommending research papers for publication by TRB and for

TRB-sponsored awards. • Cosponsoring special activities and providing liaison with other

transportation-oriented agencies in the United States and in other countries. • Encouraging participation in TRB by students and professionals entering the

transportation field. Because committees often turn to their “friends” when identifying full members, data on these friends can serve as a proxy for the pipeline of upcoming committee leaders. Friends data, as taken from TRB’s database that tracks involvement on all of its committees in the Technical Activities Divisions. For this report, data are examined from three vantages points: 1. The first vantage point is of the total N of individuals who are friends,

disaggregated by race/ethnicity. When examining the data, it is important to note that 45.3% did not report their race/ethnicity. This limitation points to the need to have friends provide their race/ethnicity so that TRB can have a better idea of its pipeline of future leaders. Among the 54.7% who did identify themselves as a member of a particular


racial/ethnic group, those whom TRB classifies as underrepresented minorities in the transportation field (i.e., American Indian/Alaskan, Black/African American, or Hispanic) compose 4.7% of friends.

Race N Friends % of Total

American Indian or Alaskan 12 0.2% Asian or Pacific Islander 646 8.7% Black/African-American 157 2.1% Hispanic 182 2.5% Two or More Races 54 0.7% White 2996 40.5% Total Reporting Race/Ethnicity 4047 54.7% Total Not Reporting Race/Ethnicity 3350 45.3% Total Committee Friends 7397

2. The second vantage point is of the N of individuals (both faculty/staff and

students) who are friends or full members of a Technical Activities Standing Committee at the 25 institutions that participate in TRB’s Minority Student Fellows Program, and those that are either Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) or Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) where University Transportation Centers (UTCs)1 are located. These 13 HBCUs and 12 HSIs that are part of the Fellows Program or that have a UTC were selected because they offer transportation-related degrees, carry out varying levels of transportation research, and as UTCs they have a mission of developing transportation professionals. Among the 25 institutions, 24 have a UTC, 15 are in the Fellows Program, and 14 have both UTCs and in the Fellows Program.

In the table below, of the 25 institutions, 9 do not have anyone who serves as a friend or member (7 of those are HBCUs and 2 are HSIs), and just three (which are HSIs) have more than 10 people who are members or friends. Among the 83 fellow alumni/ae of the Fellows Program, 13 are either friends or members of committees.

1 Institutions that are UTCs have been awarded grants from the U.S. DOT as a means to advance transportation research and develop the next generation of transportation professionals. TRB collaborates with UTCs through the Spotlight Research Forum at the Annual Meeting, TRB’s University Representative Program, and the Council on University Transportation Centers.


Committee Involvement, by Full Committee Member and Friend Status at HSIs and HBCUs

University Type N

Members N

Friends UTC Fellows

Program Fellow

Participation*

Arizona State University HSI 10 8 x

Cal State Polytechnic University, Pomona HSI 2 4 x x 3 Cal State University, San Bernardino HSI 0 0 x Cal State University, Long Beach HSI 4 5 x x n/a† City College of New York HSI 6 9 x x 0 Florida A&M University HBCU 2 4 x x 1 Florida International University (FIU) HSI 4 14 x x 1 Harris-Stowe State College HBCU 0 0 x

Howard University HBCU 0 1 x x 0 Jackson State University HBCU 5 5 x x 1 Langston University HBCU 0 0 x

Morgan State University HBCU 3 8 x x 1 New Mexico State University HSI 2 4 x x 2 North Carolina A&T State University HBCU 1 3 x x 0 Prairie View A&M University HBCU 0 0 x South Carolina State University HBCU 0 0

x 1

Southern University and A&M College HBCU 0 0 x

Tennessee State University HBCU 0 0 x x 0 Texas Southern University HBCU 3 5 x x 0 Tuskegee University HBCU 0 0 x

University of California, Riverside HSI 2 3 x

University of New Mexico HSI 7 17 x x 0 University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez HSI 3 5 x

University of Texas, El Paso HSI 5 7 x x 3 University of Texas, Pan American HSI 0 0 x

Totals 59 102

13 *This column includes both previous and former fellows. Therefore, this N does not necessarily include those in the N Members and N Friends columns. †This is the first year that Cal State University, Long Beach is participating in the Fellows Program.


The table below breaks out Friend and Member status at the institutions by HBCU and HSI designation: Total N Friends Average N Friends Total N Members Average N Members HBCUs 26 2.2 12 1.2 HSIs 76 5.9 45 3.8

3. The third vantage point involves comparing HBCUs and HSIs along with the

130 UTCs as a whole and another category of minority-serving institutions—Asian-American/Native Pacific Islander Serving Institutions. The data below are not to serve as a proxy for the quality of the institutions’ transportation-related program, research activities, or level of student achievement. For example, two of the Ivy League Institutions with UTCs have just a couple of members and no friends. Rather, these data point to the need for institutions to have advocates who can encourage and promote TRB committee involvement to both faculty and students.

Committee Involvement, by Full Committee Member and Friend Status at

All UTCs and at UTCs that are Minority-Serving Institutions

Institution Type Total N Average N Members

Average N Friends N Institutions without Members

or Friends All UTCs* 130 6 8 17

(13.1%) Non-Minority-Serving Institution Status 91 6.8 8.9 8

(8.8%) Historically Black-Serving Institution 12 1.2 2.2 6

(50%) Hispanic-Serving Institution 12 3.8 5.9 2

(16.7%) Asian-American/ Native Pacific Islander Serving Institutions

10 8.1 10.2 1 (10%)

*American Indian Alaska Native Serving Institutions are included in the “All UTC” data but are not broken out separately because half also have HSI status.


TRB Minority Student Fellows Survey In April 2016, a survey was administered to alumni/ae of TRB’s Minority Student Fellows Program. Since beginning in 2010, the program has funded 83 minority students studying in transportation-related disciplines at eligible minority-serving institutions to attend the Annual Meeting and present their research. While it is not possible to generalize the survey results to the young professional, student, or minority populations at the Annual Meeting, these results provide a snapshot of one particular group of individuals whom TRB would like increase involvement of on its committees/panels and in the transportation field as a whole. Of particular interest were responses to the questions about whether the alumni/ae are still in the transportation field and how attending the Annual Meeting has benefitted them. These responses provide insight into why students choose whether or not to pursue a transportation career and possible benefits that students/ young professionals perceive from attending the Annual Meeting. Of the 80 alumni/ae who were surveyed, 50 responded, which is a 62.5% response rate. (Contact information for three of the alumni/ae could not be found.) Overview

• Student status/sector employment: o 30% full-time students (Overlap in responses as some full-time

students also responded that they work in one of the sectors below.) o 30% consulting firm o 16% local/municipal government o 14% academic institution o 9% corporation/business o 9% federal government o 7% state government.

• Before being a fellow, 91% had not attended the AM before, and since being a fellow, 31% have attended the AM again.

Decision to pursue a transportation career

• 76% are working in the transportation field for reasons such as encouragement from a mentor, desire to have a meaningful career, range of opportunities, and desire to expand the number of women in the field.

“I’ve always wanted to work in a field where my work made a difference. Making roads safer is one of the ways that I think I can make the biggest difference.”


• 24% are not working in the transportation field for reasons such as not being able to find a job after graduation and finding other opportunities.

“I was forced not to pursue a career in transportation in order to get a job. I still plan on working in transportation in the future.”

Themes of benefits of Annual Meeting attendance

• Alumni/ae believe that TRB can aid in profession development and be a resource for them in achieving career goals.

“I did not know that there were so many committees designed to assist anyone interested in furthering their career. I don’t think I would have known about access to the networks if I hadn’t been at the Annual Meeting.” • Alumni/ae viewed their research presentations as an opportunity for feedback

which will allow them to improve their research moving forward, and for developing their presentation skills.

“Receiving positive criticism of my research during my poster presentation led to me having an award-winning paper at another transportation conference.” “Feeling vulnerable and ready for criticism during the poster session helped me develop my presentation skills and confidence, and overall, provided me with a sense of achievement after my presentation.”

• The networking opportunities allowed fellows an opportunity to meet and

learn from professionals from around the world, and make connections that encouraged them in their careers.

“Because of a relationship I made at the Annual Meeting, I secured a summer internship.” “Meeting others who are as interested in transportation engineering as I am was the most benefit part of the Annual Meeting. These people helped motivate me to finish my civil engineering degree and pursue transportation engineering as a profession.

• The process of preparing their research papers and presentations was a key

learning experience that allowed fellows to develop their writing skills and communicate their findings to a professional audience.


“Improving my writing skills was a big plus of the program. Because I developed better writing skills from the work on my research paper, I believed I wowed my employer and was able to get some billable work in grant writing.” “Being a fellow allowed me to develop skills including preparing a paper, managing a project to obtain good results, balancing my responsibilities in my classes and research, and presenting my findings to experts in the field.”

• Fellows broadened their knowledge base of the types of professionals and

breadth of possibilities in the transportation field. “Through attendance at the Annual Meeting, I had firsthand experience of the great impact that the field of transportation has on society. These experiences cemented by desire to continue in the transportation field.” “Being exposed to the Annual Meeting showed me that minorities have many opportunities to grow in transportation-related fields.”


24. Report on Technical Activities Division Technical Activities Council (TAC) Chair, Daniel S. Turner

Director, Ann M. Brach 2016 Annual Meeting • Final verified attendance: 12,577 • 17% non-US. 29% student or young professional. 65% of attendees at the New

Attendee Orientation were 35 years of age or younger. • Summary of post-Annual Meeting survey results (832 responses):

o Average rating of 4.24 out of 5 (5 was most favorable rating) o Most-cited things people liked: venue/proximity of events, variety and

quality of session content, networking opportunities, mobile app, food. o Most-cited things people didn’t like: schedule conflicts, food, insufficient

seating, inability to sync online and app schedules, crowded rooms 2017 Annual Meeting • Spotlight Theme: Transportation Innovation: Leading the Way in an Era of

Rapid Change • Our venders have begun to develop a way to sync personal schedules between

online interaction program and mobile app • Dan Turner will report in person on the Technical Activities Council’s (TAC)

decisions regarding the Deen Lecture and special cross-cutting sessions; TAC will make these decisions at their meeting on June 21.

Highlights of Implementation of TAC Strategic Plan 1. Conduct strategic reviews of the portfolio of TAC activities and products,

implement needed changes, track impacts, and introduce new activities to meet critical needs. • Design and Construction Group realigned their strategic plan, structure and scopes

to meet changing needs. • Survey of attendees to 2016 Annual Meeting reflected success in making

improvements to the event and provided feedback for potential future actions. • A comprehensive review is underway for Transportation Research Record (TRR). • A process is in place to expedite publication of e-circulars. • Almost 170 papers in a new “early paper” process were published between January

and March 2016. 2. Develop and implement processes to identify and address emerging and

critical transportation issues in a more strategic and proactive manner. • Standing committee members and TAD staff participate in the Executive Committee

task forces addressing the three Executive Committee “hot topics.” • TAC selected six sessions for the 2016 Annual Meeting that addressed TRB critical

issues on a cross-cutting basis. • Hot Topics sessions at the 2016 meeting include 22 on resilience, 17 on

transportation and public health, and 36 on transformational technology.


3. Take steps to involve a broader and more diverse cross section of stakeholders and constituencies. • Various efforts are underway to work with other units of the National Academies of

Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. • International outreach has included:

o Standing committee involvement in several sponsored and co-sponsored conferences.

o Staff development, in concert with OST-R, of the 4th European Union-United States research symposium which focused on transportation resilience.

o TRB staff advised planners of the 1st Transportation Research Congress in June. 4. Identify and publicize research needs, monitor ongoing research, and ensure

the effective sharing of research results. • Much progress has been made in this area under the Committee Research

Coordinators. TAC is considering revisiting this as a strategic action item. 5. Develop and implement approaches to communicate information on TAC

programs, activities and products in an effective and timely manner. • Conducted a hybrid conference in which presentations will be posted on line in

advance and the in-person conference will focus on workshopping and networking. • Actively participating in TRB’s strategic marketing and communications plan, which

includes strategies related to the state visit program. 6. Enhance effectiveness of TRB standing committees, facilitate collaboration

and coordination among committees, and recognize leadership. • Four TAC Blue Ribbon Awards and one honorable mention were made in January at

the Annual Meeting. • Committee chairs, review coordinators, event planners, and other volunteers have

been trained in the use of TRB’s new IT system and have provided feedback for system improvements.

SHRP 2 Safety Data program

See update under Consent Agenda items. TRB-Sponsored and Cosponsored Conferences and Workshops, January–June 2016

(*indicates event cosponsored by TRB)

From Sail to Satellite: Delivering Solutions for Tomorrow’s Marine Transportation Systems* June 21-23, 2016 Washington, D.C. 2016 International Symposium on Enhancing Highway Performance: 7th International Symposium on Highway Capacity and Quality of Service; 3rd International Symposium on Freeway and Tollway Operations* June 14-16, 2016 Berlin, Germany


Second International Symposium on Disaster Prevention & Mitigation of Highway Infrastructure* June 12-14, 2016 Xi'an, China Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation* June 6-7, 2016 Washington, D.C. 2016 Ferry Safety and Technology Conference* June 2-3, 2016 New York, New York Road Safety on Five Continents (RS5C) May 17-19, 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 15th International Conference on Managed Lanes May 4-6, 2016 Miami, Florida NATMEC: Improving Traffic Data Collection, Analysis, and Use May 2-4, 2016 Miami, Florida 6th Transportation Research Board Conference on Innovations in Travel Modeling (ITM) May 1-4, 2016 Denver, Colorado Women Transportation Leaders of the Northeast April 28, 2016 Cambridge, Massachusetts 2016 International Conference on Winter Maintenance and Surface Transportation Weather April 25-27, 2016 Fort Collins, Colorado 2016 World Tunnel Congress April 22-28, 2016 San Francisco, California 2016 World Steel Bridge Symposium* April 13-16, 2016 Orlando, Florida 2016 Joint Rail Conference* April 12-15, 2016 Columbia, South Carolina Lifesavers National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities April 3-5, 2016 Long Beach, California


http://www.trb.org/Calendar/Blurbs/172006.aspx




2016 Shifting International Trade Routes Workshop January 21-22, 2016 Tampa, Florida TRB Webinars Thin Asphalt Concrete Overlay June 20, 2016 Application of Human Factors Guideline for Road Systems June 15, 2016 Considerations for Transporting Passengers to, and Through, Airport Facilities June 9, 2016 Quality Management Plans for Network Level Pavement Data Collection June 7, 2016 TCRP Report 169: Developing Best-Practice Guidelines for Improving Bus Operator Health and Retention* June 7, 2016 Impact of Mega Events on Urban Growth through Sustainable Transportation Solutions June 2, 2016 Data to Support Transportation Agency Business Needs: A Self-Assessment Guide May 26, 2016 Minimizing the Risk of Early Age Cracking in Concrete May 25, 2016 Legal Aspects of Airport Programs May 24, 2016 Using Pavement Management System Data to Meet Agency Needs May 16, 2016 Economic and Financial Dimensions to a Climate Resilient Transportation Infrastructure May 12, 2016 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contracting Practices May 10, 2016 TCRP Report 181: Labor-Management Partnerships for Public Transportation May 5, 2016 Health Impact Assessments – Their Role in Transportation Planning May 4, 2016 Roundabout Construction Plans and Specifications – Development and Application of Practices May 3, 2016



Technology Readiness Level Assessments for Research Program Managers and Customers April 28, 2016 Transparent Best Value Selection Procedures April 27, 2016 Guidance for General Aviation Facility Planning April 25, 2016 Wrong Way Driving: What We Know, What We Are Doing, and Where Are We Going April 20, 2016 Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs April 19, 2016 Resistivity Measurements in Concrete April 13, 2016 Using Asset Valuation as a Basis for Bridge Maintenance and Replacement Decisions April 11, 2016 Properties and Short-Term Laboratory Conditioning of Foamed Asphalt for Warm Mix Asphalt Applications April 7, 2016 Effective Emergency Management Preparedness for Airports of all Sizes April 6, 2016 New Technologies for Renewable Energy in the Public Right of Way March 31, 2016 Performance Management – An Optimized Investment Portfolio March 29, 2016 Scalability of Roundabouts March 24, 2016 Identifying and Developing New Sources of Airport Revenue March 17, 2016 Air Service Strategies for Small, Medium, and Non-Hub Airports in Today’s Competitive Environment March 15, 2016 Lessons Learned from 10 Years+ of Using Full-Depth Reclamation for Road Rehabilitation March 9, 2016 Comprehensive Analysis of Thermal Cracking in Asphalt Pavements March 8, 2016 Cities Beyond Driving March 7, 2016
















Current Practices in Conducting Field Inspections for Maintenance Quality Assurance (MQA) March 1, 2016 A Sampling of Winter Maintenance Best Practices in Europe February 29, 2016 Environmental Protection Agency's Revised Ozone Standard February 25, 2016 Tools for Optimizing Performance of Airport Operations and Maintenance February 22, 2016 Improved Test Methods for Specific Gravity and Absorption of Coarse and Fine Aggregate February 18, 2016 Implementing Energy Efficient Technologies for Cost-Savings at Airports February 11, 2016 Improving the Earthquake Performance of Bridges Using Seismic Isolation February 10, 2016 Understanding Transportation Safety Risks on Tribal Lands: Learning from a Collaborative Research Project with American Indian Communities in Minnesota February 4, 2016 Transportation Security Awareness and All-Hazards Emergency Training February 3, 2016 Promising Practices for Construction, Repair and Rehabilitation of Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement (CRCP) January 28, 2016 Using the Updated TRID Interface January 26, 2016 TRB Straight to Recording for All Innovations in Public Transportation Planning and Modeling Utilizing General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) May 9, 2016 Supplemental Guidance on the Application of Federal Highway Administration's Traffic Noise Model April 1, 2016 Understanding Pedestrian Behaviors and Traffic Controls at Signalized Crosswalks for Safety Improvement March 30, 2016

















USDOT Public Access Plan: Overview and Data Management Primer March 1, 2016 Breaking Down Barriers – Funding and Finance Issues and Innovations in Public Transportation February 1, 2016




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TRR Post-Acceptance Production

2015 TRR Peer Review Panel Recommendations

Immediate Changes• Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for all TRRs out as early as possible• 167 paper released electronically by March 31

Longer-term Implementation • Determine a definitive plan for time and resources needed to implement

the changes suggested by the TRR review panel.

Implementation Plan Development Project

• Dana Compton, former Publications Director, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

• Learn TRB’s existing TRR pre- and post-acceptance production process

• Analyze existing processes in light of TRR Peer Review Recommendations

• Identify recommendations to be implemented• Develop Implementation plan and timeline• Plan due by the end of August


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2014

Marine Board Spring Meeting – June 7-9

Navigation Technology: Current State, Future Possibilities,

Gaps And Barriers Viewpoints from USN, USCG, NOAA, USDOT, Academia, Vessel

Operators

Autonomous Vessels Rolls Royce Marine

American Bureau of Shipping

Office of Naval Research

Technical Tour of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

“Autonomous Vessels” added as a new Priority Issue

Office of Naval Research now a Marine Board Sponsor


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Marine Board Focus Sessions 2013-2016

• Building a Positive Culture of Safety in a Regulatory

Organization

• The Future of Navigation in the United States

• Coastal Resilience

• Near Miss

• Offshore Oil & Gas Worker Training and Certification

• LNG as a Marine Fuel

• Cruise Ship Safety

• Cyber in the Marine Transportation System

• Responding to Emergencies in the Arctic

• Human and Intellectual Capital in Marine Transportation

• Navigation Technology

Challenges in Arctic Operations

Building and Fostering A Strong Safety Culture

Sea Level Rise and Other Climate Change Impacts on the Nation's Waterways

Cyber in the Marine Transportation System

Emergency Planning, Preparedness, Response, Mitigation, Improving

Resiliency

The Future of Navigation

Human and Intellectual Capital

Marine Incidents and Near-Miss

Risk Analysis and Predictive Analytics

Autonomous Vessels Watch List: Aging Infrastructure and Inadequate Revenues, New Energy Options

Marine Board Priority Issues


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Strategic Marketing and Communications PlanRecommendations to be addressed in 2016

1 Develop communications tracks

2 Seek TRB staff feedback and prepare employees for communications activities + update introductory materials

3 Transform the website: Phase 1 ‐ Initial stages of redesigning the homepage and enhancing TRB search (This recommendation will also be addressed in 2017 and 2018)

4 Update the e‐newsletter: Gather usage information

Recommendations to be addressed in 2017 and 2018

5 Create web content once, publish everywhere (Deploy an integration tool)

6 Explore partnering with other transportation organizations

7 Update return‐on‐investment materials

8 Review the TRNews

9 Explore state site visit practices

10 Explore a TRB ambassador program

Phase 1: Progress Report

1. TRB Senior Staff about products/services that fall into General Interest Track (complete June 2016)

2. Materials• Place brochure, PPTs, Videos, and Logos on

AcademyNet for Staff (complete May 2016)• Develop communications toolkit for staff (June 2016)

3. Meet with newsletter vendor GovDelivery on subscription process (complete June 2016)

4. Develop website working group and enhancing search functionality (ongoing)

*Social media analysis of Annual Meeting


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Cooperative Research Programs

Status Update

TRB Executive Committee Meeting

June 22-23, 2016 Irvine, CA

Current Initiatives• Diversity and inclusion plan

• Exploring electronic proposals

• Process streamlining

• Increased focus on implementation and tracking impacts


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Current Initiatives cont’d

• Enhanced problem statement development (ACRP)

• ACRP Insight Events (a NRC convening forum)

NCHRP ‐ Highways

• Governing body SCOR meet March 17‐18

• FY2017 program formulated

• 16 continuations + 37 new projects

• $30,775,000 programmed


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FY2017 NCHRP Highlights

• Another $1.5 million on connected/automated vehicles

• $2 million on dissemination and deployment

• Project on security best practices funded entirely by Transportation Security Administration @ $750,000

ACRP – Airports

Governing body AOC will meet again on July 21st & 22nd to select projects for the FY 2017 research program.

• 115 problem statements received.• $10 million anticipated for research.


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• Contracts executed and planning started and ongoing for ACRP Insight Events.

• Efforts underway to expand diversity outreach for summer nominations.

• AOC will meet again in January 2017 to review progress and strategic direction.

ACRP – Airports cont’d

TCRP - Transit

Project panels formed for the majority of FY2016 projects. First meetings to draft the RFP have been scheduled for April and early May and most of the second meetings (to select contractors) have been scheduled.

Problem statements for FY2017 due June 15, 2016.


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NCRRP – Rail

All projects completed and final reports are either available or pending.

The program was authorized in FAST but no funding provided.

NCRRP – Freight

The last two NCFRP projects have been awarded, both of which address TRB emphasis areas:

NCFRP-49, Understanding and Using New Data Sources to Address Urban and Metropolitan Freight Challenges and

NCFRP-50, Improving Freight Transportation Resilience in Response to Supply Chain Disruptions.


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HMCRP – Hazardous Materials

17 projects have been completed

FAST authorized the Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to conduct the HMCRP, but did not appropriate funds

Publications – 2015 to date

NCHRP4 Reports8 Syntheses1 Digest6 Web-Only Docs2 Legal Digests

ACRP5 Reports1 Synthesis2 Digests2 Web-Only Docs2 Legal Digests

TCRP3 Reports4 Syntheses1 Digest1 Web-Only Docs2 Legal Digests

1 Freight report1 Rail report1 Rail web-only doc6 CRP CD-ROMs16 CRP Prepubs


3. Consent Agenda – Conferences and Workshops Technical Activities Council (TAC) Chair, Daniel S. Turner

Director, Ann M. Brach

Proposals for TRB Sponsored/Cosponsored Conferences (ACTION – Consent Agenda) The following criteria are used in evaluating proposals for conferences, workshops, and similar activities. In general, an activity should not be proposed unless it draws a favorable response to all applicable criteria. The TRB staff and the proposing committees feel that the conferences being proposed satisfy these criteria.

1. Is the proposed activity consistent with TRB’s mission? 2. Does it have a high probability of producing worthwhile results? 3. Is the purpose of the activity objective and noncommercial? (Might the

undertaking of the activity or the potential result give TRB an image of bias in an area in which it must remain neutral?)

4. Are the available time and funding adequate to conduct it in a proper manner and to carry it to a logical conclusion?

5. Is it within the existing staff capability of TRB or a capability that can reasonably be established?

6. Can committee members necessary to guide it be identified and their services obtained?

7. Does TRB retain the requisite control? Alternately, in case where TRB is not the lead organization, will TRB be involved in developing the program, and will TRB receive appropriate recognition?

8. Does it duplicate other efforts? Has the subject received all of the attention that is justified for the present time?

9. Is there a more appropriate organization, within the National Research Council or elsewhere, to handle it?


Executive Committee approval is requested for three sponsored and two cosponsored conferences as part of the consent agenda.

CONFERENCES PROPOSED FOR SPONSORSHIP BY TRB Title Date Location

1. Workshop on Future Highway Capacity Manual Update

June 2017 Minneapolis, Minnesota

2. Using Census Data for Transportation Applications

Fall 2017 TBD

3. 12th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management Spring/Fall 2018 TBD

4. 5th Urban Street Symposium* May 2017 Raleigh, North Carolina 5. Workshop on the Future of Road Vehicle Automation – 2017* July 2017 Bay Area. California

* TRB participates as a cosponsor


1. Workshop on Future Highway Capacity Manual Update

TRB Sponsored Location: Minneapolis, MN Date: June 2017 Description: TRB is sponsoring the Workshop on Future Highway

Capacity Manual Update Development in conjunction with the 2017 midyear meeting of the TRB Highway Capacity and Quality of Service Committee in June 2017, in Minneapolis, MN. A focus of the event will be to review feedback from the 6th Edition and future additions and modifications to the HCM that are necessary as a result of recently completed and ongoing research.

Expected Attendees:

50-75 Federal and State DOT employees, researchers, private sector consultants, and international participants involved in highway capacity research and analysis. The Workshop will be open to all.

Anticipated Products:

HCM update material and research needs.

Other Sponsors:

TBD

Funding: Registration fees will be used to cover all the costs of the Workshop.

TRB Committees:

AHB40 - TRB Committees on Highway Capacity and Quality of Service

TRB Role: The HCQS Committee will develop the technical program. TRB will be responsible for the development and conduct of the Workshop. TRB will handle the logistics and registration.

TRB Staff: Richard Cunard


2. Using Census Data for Transportation Applications TRB Sponsored

Location: tbd Date: Fall 2017 Description: The workshop will focus on the use of census data for

transportation applications, including the following components

• Disseminate the results of current research; • Share experiences of practitioners using census data;

and • Define strategies for practical improvements in data

use for current and emerging data needs. Expected Attendees:

80 – open to all


TRB Electronic Circular

Other Sponsors:

AASHTO

Funding: AASHTO Census Transportation Planning Programs (CTPP) will provide some funding to supplement registration fees and make travel support available for selected state and MPO representatives.

TRB Committees:

Data and Information Systems Section (ABJ00), Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems Committee (ABJ30)

TRB Role: Staff the program development and handle all logistics and registration

TRB Staff: Thomas M. Palmerlee


3. 2th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management TRB Sponsored

Location: tbd Date: Spring/Fall 2018 Description: TRB organized the last six national conferences on asset

management, with the 11th being held in Minneapolis in July 2016. Those conferences covered a broad range of asset management topics, including transit state of good repair plus adaptation to extreme weather & climate change tracks.

Expected Attendees:

400 - open to all


Conference proceedings, post-conference dissemination webinars, as well as research needs statements.

Other Sponsors:

AASHTO has cosponsored all the asset management conferences TRB has organized

Funding: Registration Fees, State Pooled Fund, FHWA, FTA TRB Committees:

Transportation Asset Management (ABC40)

TRB Role: TRB staff will support the Program Committee with program development and handle all conference logistics and registration.

TRB Staff: Thomas M. Palmerlee


4. 5th Urban Street Symposium TRB Co-Sponsored

Location: Raleigh, North Carolina Date: May 2017 Description: The purpose of the Urban Street Symposium (USS) is to

stimulate improvements in suburban/urban street design practices. It will provide a forum to compare and debate alternative street design practices, document better street designs, and transfer urban street research findings to state agencies and to local governments. The 5th USS will be jointly sponsored by the TRB Committees and the North Carolina Section of ITE.

Expected Attendees:

350 – open to all


On-line Compendium produced by NCITE

Other Sponsors:

North Carolina Section ITE

Funding: NCITE will collect registration fees which will be used to cover the costs of the Symposium. Patrons will be sought to help support the Symposium.

TRB Committees:

Committee on Operational Effects of Geometrics (AHB65) and Committee on Geometric Design (AFB10)

TRB Role: The TRB Committees and NCITE will jointly be responsible for the technical program. NCITE will be responsible for the logistical arrangements and registration.



5. Workshop on the Future of Road Vehicle Automation -2017 TRB Co-Sponsored

Location: Bay Area, CA Date: July, 2017 Description: The subject of road vehicle automation has caught the

interest of the public, media and the transportation profession. With announced developments by most major automobile manufacturers, Google’s and others’ on this topic TRB has identified this as a strategic priority. Building on the successful 2012 -- 2016 Workshops, this Workshop will provide an update on the current state of the art and thoughts about the topic, as well as provide a strong focus on issues impacting the USDOT and State DOTs resulting from vehicle automation developments.

Expected Attendees:

1000+ Federal and State DOT employees, researchers, private sector OEMs and suppliers, and international participants involved in the deployment of these technologies. The Workshop will be open to all.


Proceedings will be produced with a summary of the discussions and web-posting of presentations from the various speakers.

Other Sponsors:

Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI).

Funding: AUVSI will collect registration fees which will be used to cover most of the costs of the Workshop. Patrons will be sought to help support the Workshop.

TRB Committees:

Intelligent Transportation Systems Committee (AHB15) Vehicle-Highway Automation Systems Committee (AHB30) Emerging and Innovative Public Transport and Technologies Committee (APO20) Automated Transit Systems Committee (AP040) Emerging Technology Law Committee (AL040)

TRB Role: TRB Committees will be responsible for the technical program and Proceedings development. AUVSI will be responsible for the logistical arrangements and registration.



TRB Leadership Development Program Update

The program has been approved and will seek to develop the leadership potential of staff at the Program Officer level and above. TRB has partnered with the Academies staff development group who will cover the costs of the training and use TRB to assess the program with a view to opening it up Academy-wide.

Some of the sessions that will be offered are as follows:

Classes (Being finalized)

• Making the Transition to Leadership

• Communication Expectations at the Academies

• The Communication Challenge

• Succession Planning

• Collaboration/Teamwork

• Regulatory Requirements of Leadership

Brown-Bag Sessions/Panel Discussions

• Leadership Development

• Knowing Your Organization

• Creating and Managing Budgets

Employees will be asked to submit an application for acceptance into the program. The first cohort will start in September 2016 and the final session will happen by May 2017. There will be a combination of formal classroom sessions, brown-bag lunch speakers, and panel discussions offered. At completion of the program participants will be given a project to apply their knowledge and skills.


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Impact TrackingOf

TRB Programs & Activities2016

TRB Executive CommitteeJune 2016

2016 Citations to TRB Reports(to date)

Type #

Federal Legislation 1

Federal Rulemaking 6

GAO Reports/Testimony to Congress 3

State Legislation 3

Other 3

In addition, more than 65 NCHRP Reports have been used as the basis for AASHTO adopted guidelines and standards


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• What reporting mechanisms or formats can TRB employ to convey the impacts of its research programs and activities?

• What types of impacts should be highlighted?

• Who should TRB be distributing this information to ?


TRB Research Report Title/Link Program/Project Date Summary

Specifications for a National Study of the Future 3R, 4R,

and Capacity Needs of the Interstate SystemNCHRP Project 20‐24(79) Dec‐15

FAST Act requires TRB to conduct a $5M study on the future of the interstate

system, based on this NCHRP report.

Consideration of Environmental Factors in

Transportation Systems PlanningNCHRP project 8‐38; report 541 May‐16

FHWA/FTA Final Rule on Statewide and Nonmetropolitan Transportation

Planning; Metropolitan Transportation Planning: Cites this report as valuable

source of information and case studies for those responsible for complying

with this rulemaking.

Evaluation of the 13 Controlling Criteria for Geometric

DesignNCHRP Report 783 May‐16

FHWA relied on this NCHRP report to develop and issue final rulemaking

updating its 1985 policy regarding controlling criteria for design, applicable to

projects on the NHS, to reduce the number of controlling criteria from 13 to

10, and to apply only 2 of those criteria to low speed roadways. The notice also

contained guidance to clarify when design exceptions are needed and the

documentation that is expected to support such requests.

2009 TRB Asset Management Conference and 2010 TRB

Annual Meeting

TRB Conference and Annual

MeetingMar‐16

FHWA Final Rule on Highway Safety Improvement Program: MAP‐21 required

the Secretary of Transportation to establish a subset of the model inventory of

roadway elements, or the MIRE FDE, that are useful for the inventory of

roadway safety, in accordance with GAO recommendations. FHWA engaged in

efforts to obtain public input. The FHWA hosted a peer exchange at the 2009

TRB Asset Management Conference, two Webinars in December 2009, and one

listening session at the January 2010 TRB Annual Meeting to obtain input on

possible approaches to address the GAO's recommendations.

TRB 2009 Conference "Teamwork in U.S. Railroad

Operations, April 23‐24, Irvine, CATRB Conference and e‐Circular Mar‐16

FRA Proposed Rule on Train Crew Staffing: To aid the Working Group in its

development of recommendations for appropriate crew size minimum

standards, FRA provided five

FRA‐sponsored research reports, as well as one Transportation Research Board

(TRB) conference report that contains presentations from multiple research

reports, prior to the first meeting.

Developing a Long‐Range Strategic Plan for the MUTCD NCHRP Project 20‐07/Task 323 Dec‐15

FHWA proposed rule published in the Federal Register on December 22, 2015

inviting comments on the future of the U.S. Manual on Uniform Traffic Control

Devices based on this project report.

Federal Legislation

Federal Rulemaking

GAO Reports to Congress



ACRP Report 76: Addressing Uncertainty about Future

Airport Activity Levels in Airport Decision MakingACRP Report 76 Mar‐16

GAO Report on AVIATION FORECASTING FAA: Should Implement Additional

Risk‐ Management Practices in Forecasting Aviation Activity. To identify leading

riskmanagement practices in aviation forecasting, GAO relied on OMB and GAO

guidance documents that described practices for managing risk and

uncertainty, as well as FAA guidance documents for managing risk and

uncertainty within the aviation environment, and on a 2012 report by the

Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) for selected practices that

endorsed a systemic approach to managing uncertainty including within the

aviation forecasting environment.

The Safety Promise and Challenge of Automotive

Electronics: Insights from Unintended AccelerationTRB Special Report 308 Feb‐16

GAO February 2016 report ENHANCED PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF NEW

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COULD HELP IMPROVE NHTSA`S OVERSIGHT OF

SAFETY DEFECTS cites 2012 TRB report that states "NHTSA will need to keep

pace with changing safety demands placed on the agency as vehicles become

more dependent on electronics systems for their critical functions." As such,

realizing the life‐saving potential of many new technologies will depend on the

agency`s ability to adapt its regulatory and oversight processes to these new

technologies.

TCRP Research Results Digest 109 "Impact of the

Affordable Care Act on Non‐Emergency Medical

Transportation (NEMT): Assessment for Transit

Agencies"

TCRP Feb‐16

GAO February 2, 2016 testimony to Senate Committee on Finance: "To

determine how Non‐Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) is provided

under Medicaid, the challenges faced by state Medicaid agencies, and steps

that state Medicaid agencies and CMS are taking to address challenges, we

reviewed HHS‐OIG, state auditor, and Transit Cooperative Research Program

(TCRP) reports." GAO report February 2016 NEMT report: "For example, TCRP

is conducting a study evaluating the effects of different options for providing

Medicaid NEMT on access and coordination. As part of this work, TCRP officials

reported collecting information from all 50 states and the District of Columbia

on their approaches for administering NEMT.

Crossing Solutions at Roundabouts and Channelized

Turn Lanes for Pedestrians with Vision DisabilitiesNCHRP Report 674 Jan‐16

According to an article in the Nov/Dec 2015 issue of TR News authored by a

U.S. Access Board staff member, several NCHRP reports, including report 674,

have served as resources in the development of proposed rules for ADA

accessibility on public rights‐of‐way. The Access Board expects to issue final

guidelines in 2016.

The Fuel Tax and Alternatives to Transportation Funding TRB Special Report May‐16

Bill introduced in New York State Assembly (A.B. 9848) to create a pilot

program designed to assess various issues related to implementing a vehicle‐

miles‐traveled fee. Would appoint a Road User Charge advisory committee

consisting of 14 members, including representative of the transportation

research board who shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly. Bill in

committee.

State Legislation



Improving School Bus Safety TRB Special Report 222 Jan‐16

Hawaii Senate Bill 2185 introduced in February 2016 would require equiping all

school buses purchased, leased, or contracted for us by the states with seat

belt assemblies at all designated seating postions. The legislation cites "A

comprehensive, in‐depth study in 1989 by the Transportation Research Board

found that the inclusion of seat belts on compartmentalized school buses

provides additional crash protection." EDU committee deferred the measure.

NCHRP Report? NCHRP Report? Jan‐16

Idaho H.B. 395 Introduced....RELATING TO FISH AND GAME; AMENDING

SECTION 36‐1201, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE

OPERATION OF SAFE CHECK STATIONS AND TO PROVIDE CONDITIONS UNDER

WHICH CERTAIN VEHICLES MAY BE STOPPED....IN CONNECTION WITH THE

OPERATION OF CHECK STATIONS SHALL MEET SPECIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO

THE MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES (MUTCD), THE

NATIONAL COOPERATIVE HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM (NCHRP), AND THE

IDAHO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC MANUAL. Referred to

committee.

NCHRP Reports NCHRPMore than 65 NCHRP Reports have been used as the basis for AASHTO adopted

guidelines and standards (see separate listing)

Use of SHRP2 Safety Data SHRP2 Jan‐16

Google is using SHRP2 Safety Data in the development of the Google driverless

car, as reported by Google Driverless Car Director Chris Urmson at 2016 TRB

Annual Meeting.

Landslides, Investigation, & Mitigation TRB Special Report 347 Jan‐16

More than 60% of survey respondents report using this 2012 TRB publication

as a reference document. Survey was sent to rockfall and rockslope specialists

by TRB standing committee on Engineering Geology.

Other


Item # Strategy/Action Item Lead Staff Priority Urgency Status Summary (5‐star scale)

01

Develop and implement processes to identify and address emerging

and critical transportation issues in a more strategic and proactive

manner

02Take steps to involve a broader cross section of stakeholders and

constituencies in TRB programs and activities

03

Conduct strategic reviews of the portfolio of TRB legacy programs and

products, and introduce new activities, to meet the critical needs in

today’s marketplace

04Apply more systematic approaches for identifying and tracking the

impacts of TRB’s research programs

05Strengthen the long‐term financial stability of TRB by augmenting

traditional federal or federally derived sources of funding

06Develop and implement coordinated approaches to communicate

information on TRB activities and productsMarflak, Houston

07

Provide TRB staff with the knowledge, resources, and tools necessary

to meet and exceed the expectations of TRB stakeholders and

customers



01

Develop and implement processes to identify and address emerging

and critical transportation issues in a more strategic and proactive

manner

01A Annually designate one or more "hot topics" Norman 2 2COMPLETE. Three hot topics approved at June 2015 TRB

Executive Committee meeting (see below).

01B Develop and implement action plans to address each hot topic Norman 2 2

01B1 Transformational Technologies Norman 2 2COMPLETE: Initially developed in 2015. Updated in early

2016.

01B2 Resilience Parker, Starnes 2 2 UNDERWAY

01B3 Public Health Greenberger, Kleiner 2 2 UNDERWAY

01C Involve other NRC unitsPedersen, Brach,

Jenks, Godwin,

Norman

1 1

ONGOING: Each TRB ExComm hot topic task force includes at

least one representative from another NRC division. Added

representation from other NRC Divisions and National

Academies to TRB Executive Committee, hot topic task

forces, and research panels. Collaborating with other NRC

Divisions on policy studies and other initiatives. Detailed

report prepared for April 2016 SPPR meeting.

01D Critical Issues: Other

01D1 Conduct new TRB policy studies mandated in FAST Act and other legislation Godwin 1 1

UNDERWAY: Study on Future Interstates expected to start in

May or June. Study on FMCSA carrier safety ratings under

way. Other studies not moving forward.

01D2 Schedule at least one overview session on each hot topic for 2016 Annual Meeting Brach 2 1

COMPLETE. More than 50 sessions focused on one or more

of these hot topics at TRB Annual Meeting, including at least

one overview session for each.

02Take steps to involve a broader cross section of stakeholders and

constituencies in TRB programs and activities

02A Conduct a strategic review of TRB’s Sponsor and Affiliate programs Norman, Walker 2 2

UNDERWAY: Completed data mining on existing

stakeholders. Proactively market existing packages. Solicit

input from current and potential stakeholder organizations

on packages that may be attractive.

02B Pilot and implement roundtables Norman 2 2

UNDER CONSIDERATION: Completed review of Academies'

options for roundtables. Any TRB roundtables may differ

from typical Academies' roundtable model. ACRP Oversight

Committee approved funding for Insight Events ‐ convening

events that are intended to be forum or symposium

discussions. Tasks and contracts now being pursued.



02C Involve state DOT CEOs and other agency leaders in TRB activitiesBrach, Godwin,

Norman2 1

ONGOING: CEOs and leaders routinely invited to serve on

policy study committees and research program oversight

projects like LTPP and LTBP. Three CEO Roundtable sessions

conducted at each recent TRB Annual Meeting.

02D Increase involvement of non‐traditional stakeholdersNorman, Brach,

Godwin, Jenks2 2

ONGOING: Routinely done for policy study committees,

depending on the topic. Attracting non‐traditional

stakeholders is one of the desired outcomes of

transformational technologies hot topic action plan. First

annual Symposium on ACRP Research in Progress conducted

in January @ TRB AM attracted 12‐15 research contractors

that would not have attended TRB AM normally. Plans are in

place to expand the symposium in 2017.

02E Reach out to other U.S. and international organizations Brach, Starnes 2 3ONGOING: Neil Pedersen has been meeting with the leaders

of numerous organizations inside and outside of the U.S.

02E1 Conduct strategic review of TRB International activities Brach, Starnes 2 2UNDERWAY: TRB ExComm task force on international

activities conducting this strategic review.

02F Proactively involve other units of the NRCPedersen,Brach,

Godwin, Jenks,

Norman

1 1

ONGOING: Have taken steps that have increased

involvement of Academies members and NRC staff in TRB

activities. See separate listing prepared for April 2016 SPPR

meeting.

02G Stakeholders: Other

02G1Increase involvement of younger and more diverse transportation professionals, and

pursue succession planning for volunteers

Brach, Kleiner, Jenks,

Fitzgerald1 1

ONGOING: Young Members Council continues to pursue this,

including a mentorship program for new and younger

volunteers. ACRP Champions was launched in September

2015 as a targeted outreach to young professionals in the

airport industry. Presently, 44 YPs are enrolled in the

program. Plans are in place to include Champions in 2017

ACRP project panels and 2018 TRB AM. Additional plans are

being developed to engage ACRP Ambassadors Emeritus as

mentors with Champions. Draft diversity and inclusion

strategic plan developed.

02G1 Establish Industry Council Norman 2 2

ON HOLD: Focusing on soliciting input from existing and

potential private sector stakeholders. Industry Council may

be a future outcome.

02G4 Establish University Council Bryant, Brach, Norman 2 2

UNDERWAY: SPPR working group appointed to provide

recommendations on enhancing TRB/university

relationships.



03

Conduct strategic reviews of the portfolio of TRB legacy programs and

products, and introduce new activities, to meet the critical needs in

today’s marketplace

03AIdentify and pursue opportunities for further enhancements and

streamlining for TRB research and policy study programs.Godwin, Jenks 1 2 UNDERWAY: See below.

03A1 Identify alternatives to traditional TRB policy studies, and implement when possible Godwin 2 2

ONGOING: Air Traffic Control Symposium approved by TRB

ExComm Jan 2015, conducted July 2015, report released mid

Aug 2015.

03A2 Develop and present proposals for consideration by CRP oversight panels Jenks 2 3

UNDERWAY: Considering changes to CRP annual schedules,

authorizing more pre‐contract expense authorization starts,

attempting to increase budget per project to increase

contractors' on‐time performance, offering on‐time bonuses.

Experimenting with posting pre‐publication versions of

reports. CRP Problem Statement development, evaluation,

and selection process are currently being examined with the

intent to streamline and expand engagement within modal

industries. Also, CRP is examining process options, which

would enable receipt of electronic proposals for CRP

research projects. NCHRP and TCRP have allocated $ towards

implementation of products, as per SHRP2 model.

03BIdentify opportunities to take maximum advantage of the new TRB

Annual Meeting meeting venueBrach 2 1

ONGOING: Conducted 2015 & 2016 Annual Meeting

attendee surveys, identified common themes for

improvement, and implementing series of action items.

Webcast five 2016 Annual Meeting sessions.

03CConduct evaluations of the value, quality, and timeliness of TRB legacy

publications (TR News, proceedings, annual reports, e‐circulars, etc.)Houston, Brach 2 3

UNDERWAY: Using new "workshop‐in‐brief" reports for

conferences. Posting more conference presentations on web.

Piloting parallel review processes. Considering different

formats for TRB Annual Report for general audience vs.

historical recordkeeping.

03D/E

D. Evaluate and evolve the Transportation Research Record; E. Review

TRB’s processes and timelines for paper submissions, peer reviews, and

publication

Brach, Houston,

Norman1 2

UNDERWAY: New TRR Review Advisory Board appointed to

provide guidance on conducting a review of the TRR's focus,

quality, and processes.



03E1 Conduct peer review of TRR publication process and implement recommendations Houston, Brach 1 2

COMPLETE: Peer review completed in summer 2015.

Implementation initiated in September 2015. Expedited

publication process for 2016 resulted in 166 early decision

papers being published by April 1.

03E2Identify and implement longer term action items to expedite the TRR review and

publication process and to increase the TRR impact factor

Brach, Houston,

Norman1 3

UNDERWAY: Includes earlier assignment of DOI to accepted

papers, and earlier publication of early acceptance papers.

03FDevelop and implement a TRB training program for transportation

research program managersBryant, Brach, Norman 2 2

UNDERWAY: Course curricula developed. Outlines of

required courses being developed with NCHRP funding

assistance. First pilot courses presented. Others scheduled

for 2016.

03G Legacy Programs: Other

03G1 Test virtual/hybrid conferences Brach 3 2

ONGOING: Webcasting of selected conference sessions in

2015 and 2016. Other hybrid conferences scheduled for

2016 (presentation online in advance, w/discussions &

meetings on‐site). Webcasted a number of high profile 2016

Annual Meeting sessions.

04Apply more systematic approaches for identifying and tracking the

impacts of TRB’s research programs

04A Conduct periodic stakeholder surveys for each major TRB program Brach, Godwin, Jenks 3 2

ONGOING: NCHRP, ACRP, and TCRP have been conducting

periodic surveys in recent years to collect information on the

use of their research. May need a more formalized schedule.

IDEA program officers keep track of grantees experience post

completion of projects.

04A1 Identify and implement actions to generate feedback from users of TRB research reportsNorman, Houston,

Salamone2 3

UNDERWAY: NCHRP and ACRP arranging for implementation

coordinators. ACRP is utilizing contract services in developing

plans for tracking impacts from ACRP research. In 12 months

ACRP will revisit contract services vs. hiring staff. Presently,

ACRP is developing a set of action items and processes to

launch later this year. New opportunities may also be

generated by TRB use of National Academies Press

NAPXchange.

04B

Expand efforts such as the Research Pays Off series, the Key Research

Achievements database, the AASHTO RAC annual “Sweet 16,” and the

CRP Impacts on Practice

Jenks, Brach, Norman 3 3 NOT STARTED

04C

Augment programs such as the TRB–State visits and the ACRP

Ambassadors Program to solicit specific information on the impacts of

TRB’s research activities

Jenks, Salamone,

Brach2 3

UNDERWAY: ACRP Ambassadors and Champions have been

asked to submit leads for Impacts on Practice from ACRP

research during this spring and summer.



04DRequest committees that receive an annual allocation of CRP funds to

report on the benefits from previous funded projectsJenks 2 3

UNDERWAY: Committees are now requested to provide this

information each year. New NCHRP Implementation

Coordinator expects to pursue a more systematic approach.

04EImplement a strategic approach to communicate the impacts of TRB

research programs to TRB stakeholders and to decision makers

Houston, Marflak,

Jenks, Brach, Norman1 2

Implement in conjunction with TRB Communications &

Marketing Strategic Plan (Strategy #6). Preliminary plans to

include a new section on impacts from ACRP research in the

2016 ACRP annual report of progress.

04E1Develop materials that highlight examples of TRB products that have had a significant

impact

Norman, Houston,

Marflak1 2

UNDERWAY: Database of impacts of TRB products on federal

and state policy developed and being populated. Listing of

CRP reports that have been used as the basis for adopting

state DOT standards and guidelines developed.

05Strengthen the long‐term financial stability of TRB by augmenting

traditional federal or federally derived sources of funding

05A Pursue funding from a broader range of sources Norman 1 1UNDERWAY: Range of options identified and being pursued.

See separate reports.

05A1 Close the anticipated budget gap for TRB core programs Walker, Norman 1 1UNDERWAY: Options for increasing revenue and reducing

expenses identified and being pursued. See separate reports.

05A2Initiate TRB Executive Committee Task Force to provide advice on enhanced and new

revenue opitonsNorman 1 1

ONGOING: Task force established and has been providing

advice on revenue options, along with priorities and

suggested timeframes. See separate report.

05A3 Initiate and implement TRB planned giving program Norman 1 2

UNDERWAY: Program announced at 2016 Annual Meeting.

Website launched. Outreach plan developed and now in

process of being implemented.

05BOffer more private‐sector funding opportunities in conjunction with the

TRB Annual Meeting and other conferencesBrach, Houston 2 2

UNDERWAY: Multiple tiers of "patrons" added for the 2016

Annual Meeting, along with advanced reservations of exhibit

space.

05C Seek direct funding from agencies for CRP activities Jenks 3 3UNDERWAY: TSA has decided to provide the funding to

support an NCHRP project on security.

05D

Offer pooled‐funding arrangements to state DOTs and other

stakeholders to support TRB activities such as conferences and policy

studies

Brach, Godwin 3 2

ONGOING: Employing state pooled funding to support

conferences on asset management and performance

management.

05EDevelop and implement capital budgeting processes for selected larger,

multiyear investmentsWalker, Houston 3 3

UNDERWAY: Discussions taking place within TRB and with

the Academies Office of Chief Financial Officer.

05F Funding: Other

05F1 Conduct marketplace review of TRB fees for registrations, subscriptions, publications Norman, Walker 2 3UNDERWAY: General increases averaging 5% above inflation

in 2016 being pursued.



05F3 Make the case for funding for researchNorman, Houston,

Marflak2 3

ONGOING: Worked with AASHTO and met with

Congressional staff on research $ in lead‐up to FAST Act.

Pursue ongoing efforts in conjunction with identifying

impacts of research, and TRB Communications & Marketing

Strategic Plan (Strategy #6)

06Develop and implement coordinated approaches to communicate

information on TRB activities and productsMarflak, Houston

06ADevelop and implement a marketing plan for each TRB policy study

reportGodwin, Marflak 1 1

ONGOING: Now using TRB policy study funds for publicizing

reports. (Have done this in the past on an ad hoc basis.)

Marketed Mobility Services Report in advance of release.

Held announcement events for Inland Waterways and Urban

Mobility Services study reports. Numerous presentation

given on Urban Mobility Services report. Featured

Interregional Travel report (SR 320) at 2016 Annual Meeting,

including audio/video recording of session and sharing

information. Made video recording of Chairman summarizing

results of study.

06A1 Proactively offer to make presentations at meetings of other organizaitons Godwin, Norman 2 2

ONGOING: Presentations on Urban Mobility Services made at

meetings of AASHTO, ITE, ITS America, Conference of

International Taxi Regulators, WTS, and others. Extensive

dissemination planned for forthcoming study on Offshore Oil

and Gas Industry Safety Culture.

06BTake steps to coordinate the roles and messages across TRB

communications outletsMarflak, Houston 1 1

ONGOING: Common themes being employed through

Executive Director messages, e‐Newsletter, TRB Annual

Report, Annual Meeting, social media

06CTake steps to accommodate the increasing reliance on electronic

communications and social media over printed publicationsMarflak, Houston 2 3

UNDERWAY: Investigating options for revising TRB website

homepage and weekly e‐Newsletter. Agressively using

Twitter and Facebook for messaging.

06D Enhance TRB’s capacity to deliver webinars Marflak, Houston 1 1COMPLETE: Additional staff hired in 2015 increased webinar

capacity to about 100/year.

06EProduce easy‐to‐understand communications that provide overviews of

TRB and its programs and activitiesMarflak, Houston 1 1

COMPLETE: Produced and distributed new TRB

overview/mission brochure, slideshow, and video.

07

Provide TRB staff with the knowledge, resources, and tools necessary

to meet and exceed the expectations of TRB stakeholders and

customers

07A

Work with the NRC to rationalize the software and information

infrastructure, considering what portions should be common, shared,

and standardized

Loyo, Houston 2 3ONGOING: TRB has joined the Academies Content

Management Systems Unification process.



07BImplement and advance software applications for volunteer engagement

management and for paper review and Annual Meeting planningLoyo, Houston 1 1

ONGOING: New Annual Meeting paper submission and

review, and program development software supporting the

2016 meeting cycle launched in 2015. Integrated with

MyTRB. Continuing enhancements being made.

07CDevelop and employ succession plans and scenarios for senior

leadership positions, including training in administration and leadershipLouard, Norman 2 2

UNDERWAY: Conducted initial meetings with Division

Directors and other staff to determine general approach and

training needs. First stage focusing on leadership training

being implemented in 2016 with assistance from National

Academies' training office.

07C1 Develop and implement diversity and inclusion strategic plan Fitzgerald 1 2UNDERWAY: Strategic Plan developed. Development of

implementation plan underway.


Phase 1 of SHRP 2* Safety Data Implementation and Oversight John Njord, Safety Data Oversight Committee Chair

Program Manager, Steve Andrle Two databases comprise the SHRP 2 Safety Data: • Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS): Data from ~3,500 volunteer drivers and

their vehicles in six sites using passenger cars, vans, SUVs, pickups • Roadway Information Database (RID): New data collected on 12,500

centerline miles across six sites. Acquired data (from DOTs, others) on 200,000 centerline miles, traffic, weather, workzones, RR crossings, safety campaigns.

Data Access • The full data set can be used by qualified researchers. • For the RID, the researcher completes a Terms of Use Agreement and is sent a

copy of the RID for the cost of the storage medium. • For the NDS, there are two general forms of access: o InSight Website: Requires registration and proof of ethics training; provides

data dictionaries, sample data, and access to actual data with a query tool, but no downloads. Can be used for simple analyses and to do initial planning for InDepth data request. Free of charge.

o InDepth Data Requests: Requires data use license (DUL) and ethics board (IRB) approval. Provides custom data sets to user. Can provide analysis support and access to secure enclave for use of personally identifying information (PII), if needed. Charge for actual cost of dataset preparation and other services, if applicable.

Users and Usage (as of 2/26/16) • 35 RID licenses (used for 49 research projects) • 1,500 registered users of the InSight Website • 105 InDepth Data Requests, by organization type:

NDS DUL Holder By Organization Type Active/ Complete Pending % of Total

Domestic University/UTC and Partners 80 11 72%

Private Firms (Except OEMs) 10 6 13%

OEMs and Partners 5 1 5%

Public Health Organizations & Partners 4 0 3%

Federal Labs and Agencies 3 1 3%

Overseas Universities 3 2 4%

Total 105 21 100%

* “SHRP 2” is the 2nd Strategic Highway Research Program, administered by TRB 2006-2015.


• InDepth Data Requests by research topic area:

More than 10 DULs Data analysis tools and methods (making

the data easier to use) Safety performance measures Driver distraction and impairment

Between 2 and 4 DULs Intersections, interchanges, RR Xing Seat belt use Intelligent/automated vehicles Roadway lighting Speeding and speed limits Aggressive driving/road rage Adverse weather conditions Fuel economy and emissions Pedestrian/vehicle conflicts Work zones Mining the NDS data

Between 5 and 9 DULs Younger and older drivers Driver fatigue, impairment, and medical

conditions Rural roadway geometrics and curve

departure Connected/automated vehicles and active

safety systems

One DUL Vehicle following and platoons Vehicle defects Animal/vehicle conflicts Traffic simulation model calibration Pavement markings/signage

Implementation: Facilitating Data Use • Training dataset: data collected with the SHRP 2 NDS instrumentation, but

using staff who agreed to release full data (no PII restrictions). Acquaints users with data structure.

• Webinar series featuring users as presenters to help other/potential users with technical aspects of using the data. Two sessions have been held to date.

• Public Use Datasets (PUDs): Contractor is developing criteria for creating PUDs & assessing risk of re-identification of PII.

• Technical Plans (Archiving, Hardware/Software Evolution, Error Correction, InSight Transition & Enhancement) are in place. Requirements for Secure Data Enclaves drafted.

• Working with FHWA on development of their Safety Data Analysis Center (STAC)

User Community Development • Eleven data users invited to the TRB Annual Meeting to demonstrate their

work in a hybrid poster-podium session. A successful, well-attended session. • Student paper competition resulted in 6 student posters at the TRB Annual

Meeting. Papers will be published in Transportation Research Circular and 2 to present at Naturalistic Driving Research Symposium in Blacksburg, VA in August 2016.

• SHRP 2 NDS Symposium planned for summer of 2017 • Working with AASHTO’s 9 Implementation Assistance Program (IAP) analysis

projects Preparing for the Next Phase: to be presented at the meeting.


Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review April 26-27, 2016

Keck Center, Washington, D.C.

DRAFT MEETING SUMMARY

Members in Attendance: Daniel Sperling, James Card, James Crites (ex officio), Susan Hanson, Chris Hendrickson, Roger Huff, Ysela Llort, Melinda McGrath, and Dan Turner

Staff: Neil Pedersen, Scott Babcock, Ann Brach, Scott Brotemarkle, James Bryant (by teleconference), Karen Febey, Velvet Fitzpatrick, Steve Godwin, Marci Greenberger, Chris Hedges, Russell Houston, Lisa Loyo, Lisa Marflak, Tom Menzies, Mark Norman, Stephan Parker, Mike Salamone, Gary Walker (several staff attended for brief periods of time related to SPPR discussion items).

Summary of Action/Follow-up Items 1. Report to October 2016 SPPR meeting on options for accelerating policy studies. 2. Work on next issue of Critical Issues in Transportation to begin in 2017; Staff will propose a plan at the October SPPR meeting. 3. Help freight sector see the value proposition of involvement in/with TRB. Staff to develop plan for engaging with freight sector for October SPPR meeting, which should involve reaching out to these companies and finding out what they would value. (TRB’s focus could be to help freight sector meet environmental goals.) 4. Financial Stability

General SPPR support for • reducing frequency of TR News magazine from bi-monthly to quarterly. Unanimous support for • completely digital Transportation Research Record (TRR); • private sponsorship of E-Newsletter and TRID; • more conservative approach to conferences regarding financial commitment

of sponsors; • increasing cost of affiliate members by 5% above CPI; and • gradually increasing the cost for sponsorship of TRB from $65,000 to $70,000,

and, eventually, to $75,000. Too early in the process to decide about reducing number of papers in TRR or reducing the amount of editing of the papers

5. International Task Force Report. Sandi Rosenbloom to provide a complete report for the June 2016 Executive Committee meeting. 6. Support for Diversity and Inclusion plan, with a note to expand effort beyond staff to volunteers. 7. Policy Studies. Approvals for Polar Icebreakers Cost Assessment; Evidentiary Protection of Transit Safety Information; Review of USDOT testing of ECP Brakes (revised prospectus. General support for developing a self-initiated project on “Hand Off” problem in semi-autonomous vehicles.


8. Future Policy Sessions • For June 2016 session, most SPPR members preferred to have breakout

section reports on the following morning rather than at the end of the first day, but deferred to staff based on schedule constraints. Reports to focus on specific things that TRB could do to follow up.

• January 2017 session on resilience to extreme weather events to focus on identifying gaps and TRB follow-up actions.

9. Marketing. General SPPR support for TRB plan and proposed actions. Need to develop the “elevator speech” on TRB and a single card with information about TRB. 10. Executive Committee meeting format for June 2016: agreement to add in one 90-minute session on how TRB can engage more effectively with the freight sector. 11. Conferences and Workshops approved by Consent. 12. Fall SPPR meeting: October 24, 2016, 8:30 to 3:30. Discuss how TRB can engage with the incoming administration. Welcome, Review of Agenda, Consent Agenda Following a round of self-introductions, Chairman Dan Sperling provided an overview of the purposes and duties of the Subcommittee for new members. No items on the Consent Agenda were raised for discussion, so these items, plus one late-item conference, 2016 Innovations in Transportation Conference, Ames Iowa, were approved by consent (see last page for listing of approved events.)

Meeting Summary from October 2015 SPPR Meeting Approved. Executive Director’s Report Neil Pedersen provided highlights from his first year at TRB:

• Department of Energy returned as a sponsor of TRB. • The Transportation Security Administration is funding a $700,000 CRP

project. • Meetings with USDOT modal administrators have gone well and have

generated follow up work for TRB. • TRB’s organizational structure is continually under review. The main action

to date has been creation of a new position for strategic direction and fund raising, filled by Mark Norman.

• Continuing to look for efficiencies as TRB adjusts to new budget following the reductions in core support from FHWA.

• Coordination with other National Academies units is progressing well. Pleased with involvement of staff from other divisions in TRB’s Executive Committee task forces. Coordinating with the Health and Medicine Division on a workshop on access to health services.

• Staff are beginning to assess impact of TRB reports and activities. A contractor report on assessing the impact of NCHRP reports has been


delivered and is being implemented. Mark Norman has begun collecting information on impact of TRB activities more generally.

• Engagement with Congress has increased -- TRB benefits from an increase in State Planning and Research (SP&R) funds in the FAST Act, which resulted in increases in state DOT contributions to both the core program and the NCHRP program.

• The Industry Council idea floated and discussed previously is not the right way to engage with the private sector because of the wide range of private perspectives of people and organizations involved in TRB. A more targeted approach is being developed for individual sectors, beginning with the technology sector.

• A Strategic Communication Plan and Implementation draft is under review, and TRB is moving forward. (This item also discussed at the end of the SPPR meeting.)

• Making progress in engaging young professionals involvement in TRB. • A leadership development program for staff is in draft and TRB will begin

program delivery in late summer/early fall. • New Information Technology Plan for TRB has been developed and TRB now

going through a prioritization process.

Pedersen also highlighted his main goals for upcoming year: • The first priority is addressing finances since FHWA is cutting $450 to

500K/year and TRB was already operating in a deficit budget to intentionally draw down the Reserve Fund. (This item discussed in greater detail in the subsequent section of this summary.)

• Action plans from Executive Committee Task Forces to be completed. • Implement processes to shorten period of time to conduct Cooperative

Research Program (CRP) projects, particularly expediting the contracting process. (More detail on CRP plans and actions appear below.) (Following discussion of the period of time to conduct policy studies, staff will report back to SPPR at its October 2016 meeting about options to speed up this process as well.)

• Within the next year, TRB will start planning for the next Critical Issues in Transportation document. (A plan to be presented to the SPPR at its October 2016 meeting.)

Strengthening Financial Stability Pedersen opened the discussion by noting that whereas FHWA’s cuts in core support will require considerable effort to address, the Core Programs are 17 percent of TRB’s total annual cash flow. He reported on the growth in NCHRP funding over the life of the FAST Act, the stability provided for TCRP in the FAST Act, and the status of ACRP, which depends on FAA Reauthorization. Policy studies expenditures are expected to grow due to the number of congressional requests in the FAST Act and other legislation.


Discussion about the lack of funding for the Freight and Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program led to a discussion of how TRB can help the freight industry meet its pending environmental goals. This led to a commitment for TRB staff to present a plan for the October SPPR meeting on how TRB can more effectively engage with the freight sector.

Pedersen reported that to stabilize the Core Program, TRB will have to make up $700,000 for each of the next five years to reach a goal of having a Reserve Fund equal to 75 percent of the Core Program in 2021. The first step taken has been to increase Annual Meeting registration and other fees by 5 percent over estimated inflation. Pedersen then reviewed a range of options to reach the $700,000 goal. In response, the SPPR offered general support for:

• reducing the frequency of TR News from bi-monthly to quarterly; and Provided unanimous support for:

• a completely digital Transportation Research Record (TRR); • private sponsorship of the E-Newsletter and TRID; • a more conservative approach to conferences regarding financial commitment

of sponsors; • increasing cost of affiliate members by 5% above CPI; and • gradually increasing the cost of TRB sponsorship from $65,000 to $70,000

and, eventually, to $75,000. The SPPR members concluded that it was too early in the process to decide about reducing the number of papers in TRR or reducing the amount of editing of the papers. Task Force on New Revenues John Halikowski, task force chair, reported to the SPPR by teleconference. In addition to Pedersen’s efforts to attract more TRB sponsors, discussion highlighted the following items:

• Staff developing concept of Roundtables, but as an end in themselves rather than a means to increase general revenues.

• Staff should explore the possibility of “Positions Available” section in the E-Newsletter, which has been a good source of revenue for other scientific publications and would be supported by NRC leadership.

• TRB’s Planned Giving program has been unveiled (featured on TRB’s website). Staff is pursuing large gifts, but only have the ability to allocate part-time staff support at this juncture. This is viewed as a program that will take time to mature.

• TRB affiliate members. Staff is mining TRB’s databases to identify organizations with substantial involvement in TRB that aren’t affiliates.

(Other items developed by the Task Force were included among the items discussed in the previous section.)


Increasing Participation of Stakeholders Mark Norman indicated that companies introducing transformational technologies in transportation are promising organizations to get more involved in TRB, as are freight companies more generally. Discussion focused on the challenge of involving relatively new and start-up companies that are constantly changing. Freight organizations appeared to be more promising, particularly in the area of logistics. Trying to build relationships with such professionals should start when they are students, albeit strategies would differ between undergraduate and graduate students. SPPR members agreed that it is important to focus on specific groups and figure out what TRB has to offer them. Diversity and Inclusion Plan Velvet Fitzpatrick provided a summary of material in the SPPR Agenda Book. She stressed that (a) having a diverse and inclusive staff is the best business approach and (b) TRB wants diversity and inclusion to be embraced as core values for volunteers and staff rather than specific goals. SPPR members appreciated the presentation, endorsed the plan as presented by Velvet, and encouraged TRB to expand its plan beyond its current focus on staff to include TRB’s volunteers, which should be programmatic rather than demographic in design. Addressing social equity and environmental justice – Interstates through poor neighborhoods – was mentioned as an example. Embracing broader diversity and inclusion was described as a change in culture for TRB and the profession, and success in this regard requires leadership commitment. SHRP 2 Safety Data Project Ann Brach provided an overview of project status and plans for how the massive database will be supported after TRB’s 5-year project ends, especially given FHWA’s shortage of funds. She described a range of scenarios that the project’s oversight committee would be addressing. Annual Meeting Report Dan Turner provided highlights from the 2016 Annual Meeting and plans for the 2017 meeting, including the spotlight theme: Transportation Innovation: Leading the Way in an Era of Rapid Change.

International Task Force Sandi Rosenbloom reported on the task force by teleconference. She discussed the various questions that Pedersen had asked the task force to address and the efforts of the members to have a full report for the June 2016 Executive Committee meeting. Because of the large number of transportation graduate students from other nations, including those that are under-represented at TRB’s Annual Meeting, building relationships with these students before they return to their home countries was viewed as a good strategy.


Strategic Review of the Transportation Research Record (TRR) James Bryant reported by teleconference on the status of the review and the people involved. Brach pointed out that the TRR is tightly woven into the fabric of the Annual Meeting, which complicates the consideration of alternatives. She indicated that the key questions are (a) what we want TRR to be and (b) what purpose it should serve. Susan Hanson indicated that it is critical to have the right people around the table when these questions are asked. Streamlining CRP Initiatives Chris Hedges and Mike Salamone reported on a variety of steps being taken to reduce the amount of time between project selection and the production of a final report, including streamlining the contracting process, development of problem statements, greater reliance on use of electronic documents (including proposals), and release of time-sensitive reports that are not fully copy-edited. Members discussed the task ordering contracts benefits (speed) and costs (potential exclusion of worthy competitors).

Identifying and Addressing Emerging and Critical Issues

Resilience Task Force Jim Card provided a presentation on the work of the task force, which is, among other activities, reviewing gaps in research not already addressed in previous publications, soliciting ideas from state DOT CEOs, and identifying strategic and tactical actions that TRB could take.

Public Health and Transportation Task Force Jim Crites provided a presentation that began with the goal of developing a self-sustaining partnership between TRB and HMD. Crites noted that, at the working level, many people with public health degrees are, and long have been, working in transportation. He mentioned the possibility of a symposium to bring DOT and HHS together. The idea of holding a workshop to develop a research roadmap was discussed, recognizing the literatures in some areas, such as emergency medicine and safety programs, are vast. Susan Hanson suggested breaking out major segments of the field (access to care, physical activity, infectious diseases, safety) and reviewing research agendas that already exist. Pedersen indicated that it is a challenge to educate transport community about the importance of these issues.

Transformational Technologies Task Force Chris Hendrickson made a presentation on the work of the task force, noting the challenge of reaching companies that are constantly innovating and evolving. Mark Norman mentioned the developing potential for a symposium to develop a research road map. In discussion it was agreed that the rapid development of technology in passenger and freight vehicles, concerns about cybersecurity, lack of standards, and uncertainty about consumer acceptance, liability, electrification, and other issues provided an opportunity for TRB.


Policy Studies

Steve Godwin presented three studies for approval: Polar Icebreakers Cost Assessment; Review of USDOT Testing of Electronically Controlled Brakes (revised prospectus) and Evidentiary Protection of Transit Safety Information. After discussion, all three were approved.

Godwin then asked whether a project addressing the “hand off problem” in semi-autonomous vehicles would be useful focus for a self-initiated study. SPPR members agreed that such a project would be timely and encouraged staff to discuss with NHTSA the possibility of supporting such an effort.

Godwin reported about possible new studies that have appeared in draft legislation. The first study, Future Aviation Infrastructure and Financing, is included in the Senate-passed version of FAA reauthorization, which members agreed would be a good topic for TRB. The second study, Benefits and Costs of Autonomous Vehicles, appears in the Senate transportation appropriations for FY 2017, which has cleared committee. It was agreed that this study was ambiguously framed and would be a challenge given the uncertainties about the topic.

Executive Committee Policy Session Topics

Russell Houston provided an overview of the June 2016 session, Cybersecurity for Transformational Technologies, and asked for comments on the format of the session. Discussion of format indicated that most SPPR members preferred having reports on the break-out sessions on the morning following the session rather than at the end of the day, but members deferred to staff to manage schedule conflicts. Members agreed that the reports should focus on follow up actions for TRB.

Regarding the January 2017 topic, Climate and Extreme Weather, Jim Card provided a proposal based on a handout distributed at the meeting. It was agreed that, given the amount of work and activity under way in this area, the speakers should focus on gaps that TRB could fill. Jim Crites asked about the terrorism dimension of resilience in light of the recent attack at the Brussels airport. Dan Turner agreed to take this topic the Technical Activities Committee for proposed follow up at the 2017 TRB Annual Meeting.

Marketing and Communication Plan

Lisa Marflak provided an overview of the plan prepared for TRB by a communications consultant. SPPR members discussed the growing importance of social media relative to websites, the importance of face-to-face communication in motivating people to attend the Annual Meeting, and the value of having a TRB “elevator” speech.


Executive Committee Meeting and Agenda

Neil Pedersen suggested that the Executive Committee meeting agenda shift from its focus on TRB’s strategic plan and asked about the possibility of having a second, shorter, session on a special topic. The issues associated with freight, including requirements for greater sustainability and building stronger relationships between TRB and the freight industry were discussed. It was agreed to ask people knowledgeable about both TRB and freight to give short presentations. Names mentioned in this regard include current and former Executive Committee members Geraldine Knatz, Roger Huff, Pat Thomas, Dean Wise, and Genevieve Guiliano.

Next SPPR Meeting

The SPPR members agreed to Oct 24th, 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. Members suggested discussing at this meeting preparing for how TRB should engage with the incoming administration.

Projects Approved by Consent

CONFERENCES PROPOSED FOR SPONSORSHIP BY TRB

Title Date Location

1. Symposium on Innovations in Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics in the Era of Autonomous Vehicles, Big Data, and the Internet of Things (IoT) and Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics Committee (AHB45)2016 Summer Meeting

July 2-3, 2016

Sydney, Australia

2. TRB Partners in Research Summit Transformational Technologies in Transportation

Fall 2016 Ann Arbor, Michigan

3. Building a Sustainable Highway Safety Workforce

November 14-15, 2016

Washington, DC

4. I-TED 2018: International Transportation and Economic Development Conference

May 2018 Washington, DC

5. 12th Access Management Conference Summer 2018 Milwaukee, Wisconsin

6. 2016 Summerail Conference* August 9-11, 2016 Council Bluffs, IA &

Omaha, NE


CONFERENCES PROPOSED FOR SPONSORSHIP BY TRB

Title Date Location

7. International Conference on Transport Infrastructure and Systems*

April 10-12, 2017 Rome, Italy

8. Tenth International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields*

June 28-30, 2017 Athens, Greece

9. 22nd International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory*

July 24-26, 2017 Evanston, Illinois

10. 2017 Symposium on Managed Lanes and All Electronic Tolling*

July 2017 Dallas, TX


TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD 2016 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

OFFICERS

CHAIR: Mr. James M. Crites, Executive Vice President of Operations, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport P.O. Box 619428, DFW Airport, TX 75261-9428, (972)973-5220, fax (972)973-5751, e-mail: [email protected] VICE CHAIR: Mr. Paul Trombino, III, Director, Iowa Department of Transportation 800 Lincoln Way, Ames, IA 50010, (515)239-1111, fax: (515)39-1120, [email protected] EXECUTIVE Mr. Neil J. Pedersen, Transportation Research Board, DIRECTOR: National Research Council, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20001, (202)334-2936, fax (202)334-2920, e-mail: [email protected] MEMBERS Ms. Vicki Arroyo, Executive Director, Georgetown Climate Center, 2018 Asst. Dean, Centers & Institutes, Professor from Practice, and Environmental Law Program Director, Georgetown Law, 600 New Jersey Ave, NW, Suite 357 E.B.W. Library, Washington, D.C. 20006, (202) 661-6556, e-mail: [email protected] Mr. Scott E. Bennett, Director, Arkansas State Highway and 2019 Transportation Department, P.O. Box 2261,

Little Rock, AR 72203-2261, (501) 569-2211; email: [email protected]

Ms. Jennifer Cohan, Secretary, Delaware Department of Transportation, 2018 800 Bay Road, Route 113, Dover, DE 19903-0778

(302)760-2303, email: [email protected] Mr. Malcolm Dougherty, Director, California Department of Transportation, 2019 1120 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

(916)654-5791, fax (916) 654-6608 email: [email protected]









(Members continued) Dr. A. Stewart Fotheringham, Professor, NAS 2017 School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning,

Coor Hall, Fifth Floor, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5302, (480)965-5302, email: [email protected]

Mr. John S. Halikowski, Director, Arizona Department of Transportation, 2019 206 South 17th Avenue, Room 135 – Mail Drop 100A, Phoenix, AZ 85007, (602) 712-7227, email: [email protected] Dr. Susan Hanson, Distinguished University Professor Emerita, School of Geography, NAS 2019 Clark University, Worcester, MA Mailing Address: 645 Natural Turnpike, Box 5, Ripton, VT 05766, (802) 388-9977, email: [email protected] Mr. Steve Heminger, Executive Director, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, 2019 375 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, (4150) 778-5210, email: [email protected] Dr. Chris T. Hendrickson, Duquesne Light Professor of Engineering, NAE 2018 Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering,

Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Porter Hall 119, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, (412) 268-1066, fax (412) 268-7813, email: [email protected]

Mr. Jeffrey D. Holt, Managing Director, Power, Energy and Infrastructure Group, 2019 BMO Capital Markets Corp., 3 Times Square, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10036 (212) 605-1606; email: [email protected] Dr. S. Jack Hu, Vice President for Research and J. Reid and Polly Anderson

2019 Professor of Manufacturing, University of Michigan, 4080 Fleming Administration Building, 503 Thompson Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340, (734)936-2680, [email protected] Mr. Roger B. Huff, President, HGLC, LLC, 29828 Harrow Drive 2018 Farmington Hills, MI 48331, (313)550-3322; email: [email protected] Dr. Geraldine Knatz, Professor of Practice of Policy and Engineering

NAE 2018 USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, USC Viterbi School of Engineering 3620 South Vermont Avenue, KAP 268A, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531,

(562)-343-0226, e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]












Members continued) Ms. Ysela Llort, Consultant, 8750 SW 3rd Lane 2018 Miami, Florida 33174, (786) 469-5406, email: [email protected] Ms. Melinda McGrath, Executive Director, Mississippi Department of Transportation, 2019 P.O. Box 1850, Jackson, MS 39215-1850, (601) 359-7004, [email protected] Mr. James P. Redeker, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Transportation 2018 2800 Berlin Turnpike, Newington, CT 06131-7546 (860) 594- 2802, email: [email protected] Dr. Mark L. Rosenberg, Executive Director, The Task Force for Global Health, Inc., NAM 2018 325 Swanton Way, Decatur, GA 30030-3001, (404)687-5635, fax (404)371-1087-5635, email: [email protected] Dr. Kumares C. Sinha, Edgar B. and Hedwig M. Olson Distinguished Professor of NAE 2017 Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive,

West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, (765)494-2211, fax (765)496-7996 e-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Daniel Sperling, Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science 2018 and Policy; Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue,

Davis, CA 95616, (530)752-7434, fax (530)752-6572, e-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Kirk T. Steudle, Director, Michigan Department of Transportation 2017 P. O. Box 30050, 425 West Ottawa Street, Lansing, MI 48909, (517) 373-2114, fax (517) 517-373-8841, e-mail: [email protected] Mr. Gary C. Thomas, President/Executive Director, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, 2016 1401 Pacific Avenue, Dallas, TX 75266, (214) 749-2544, email: [email protected] Mr. Pat Thomas, Senior Vice President, UPS State Government Affairs,

2019 316 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Suite 300, Washington, DC. 20003, (202)675-3361, [email protected]

Dr. Katherine F. Turnbull, Executive Associate Director,

2019 Texas A&M Transportation Institute, 3136 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3135 , (979) 845-6005, [email protected]

Mr. Dean H. Wise, Vice President, BNSF Railway Company, 2500 Lou Menk Drive,

2019 Fort Worth, TX 76131, (817)593-3154, [email protected]













EX OFFICIO MEMBERS

Lieutenant General Thomas P. Bostick, Chief of Engineers and Commanding General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 441 G Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20314-1000, (202)761-0001, fax (202)761-4463, e-mail: [email protected] Vice Admiral James C. Card, Maritime Consultant, 71 West Horizon Ridge Place,

The Woodlands, TX 77381 (281) 296-6516, email: [email protected] Mr. Scott Darling, Chief Counsel, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C. 20590, (202)366-1927, fax (202)366-3224, e-mail: [email protected] Ms. Marie Therese Dominquez, Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C. 20590, (202)366-4433, fax (202)366-3666, e-mail: [email protected] Ms. Sarah Feinberg, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C., 20590, (202)493-6014, fax (202)493-6009, e-mail: [email protected] Ms. Carolyn Flowers, Acting Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., 4th Floor - East Building, Washington, D.C. 20590, (202)366-4040, fax (202)366-9854, email: [email protected] Mr. LeRoy Gishi, Chief, Division of Transportation, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA),

U.S. Department of the Interior, 20817 Tall Forest Drive, Germantown, MD 20876, (202) 513-7711, fax (202)219-1193,

email: [email protected] Mr. John T. Gray, Senior Vice President, Policy and Economics, Association of American Railroads, 50 F Street, NW, 12th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001-1530, (202) 639-2319, fax (202)639-2286, e-mail: [email protected] Mr. Michael P. Huerta, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 800 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 1010, Washington, D.C., 20591, (202)267-8111, fax (202)267-5047, e-mail: [email protected]











Ex Officio Members (continued) Mr. Paul N. Jaenichen, Administrator, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C. 20590, (202)366-5823, fax (202)366-3890, e-mail: [email protected] Ms. Bevan B. Kirley, Research Associate, UNC Highway Safety Research Center,

730 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, Suite 300 CB 3430, (919)962-5836, e-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Gregory Nadeau, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C. 20590, (202)366-0650, fax (202)366-3244, e-mail: [email protected] Mr. Wayne Nastri, Acting Executive Officer, South Coast Air Quality Management District, 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765

(909) 396-3213, email: [email protected] Mr. Mark Rosekind, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C. 20590, (202) 366-9700, fax (202)366-2106, e-mail: [email protected] Dr. Craig A. Rutland, U.S. Air Force Pavement Engineer, Air Force Civil Engineer Center

139 Barnes Drive, Suite 1, Tyndall AFB, FL 32403-5319 (850) 283-6083, email: [email protected]

Mr. Reuben Sarkar, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, N,W., Washington, D.C. 20585, (202)586-0367, (fax) (202)586-9260 email: [email protected] Mr. Richard A. White, Acting President and CEO, American Public Transportation Association, Suite 1100, 1300 I Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202)496-4815, fax (202)496-4324, e-mail: [email protected] Mr. Gregory Winfree, Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C., 20590, (202)366-4412, fax (202)493-2381, e-mail: [email protected]











Mr. Frederick G. "Bud" Wright, Executive Director, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 444 N. Capitol Street, NW, Suite 249, Washington, D.C. 20001, (202)624-5810, fax (202)624-5806, e-mail: [email protected]

Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2100 Second Street, SW, Stop 7000, Washington, D.C. 20593-7000, (202)372-4411, fax (202)372-4960, e-mail: [email protected]




Representatives to the TRB Executive Committee: Technical Activities Council: Dr. Daniel S. Turner, Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering,

2016 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering P.O. Box 870205, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0205 (205)348-1704, [email protected]

Stephen Lane, VA Center for Transportation Innovation & Research, 2016 530 Edgemont Rd., Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, (434) 293-1953,

[email protected] Ram Pendyala, Frederick R. Dickerson Chair and Professor of Transportation

2016 School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, (Georgia Tech), Atlanta, GA 30332-0355, (404)385-3754, [email protected]

Robert J. Shea, Pennsylvania DOT, Office of the Chief Council, P. O. Box 8212,

2016 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8212, (717)787-5619, [email protected] Eric C. Shen, P.E. PTP, Director, Southern California Gateway Office,

2016 Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 501 West Ocean Blvd, Room 5190, Long Beach, CA 90802, (202) 557-5067, [email protected]







TRB STAFF ATTENDING JUNE 22-23, 2016 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

EXECUTIVE OFFICE Neil J. Pedersen, Executive Director, TRB 334-2936 [email protected] Cynthia 'Cindy' Baker, Executive Assistant 334-2936 [email protected] Claudette Louard-Clarke, Director, TRB Human Resources 334-3616 [email protected] Mark Norman, Director, Program Development and Strategic Initiatives 334-2242 [email protected] Karen S. Febey, Senior Report Review Officer 334-2829 [email protected] Russell W. Houston, Associate Executive Director 334-3252 [email protected] Lisa Berardi Marflak, Director, Communications/Media 334-3134 [email protected] Lisa Loyo, Director, Information Technology and Research Services 334-2990 [email protected] TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES (Division A) Ann M. Brach, Director 334-2242 [email protected] STUDIES AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS (Division B) Stephen R. Godwin, Director 334-3261 [email protected] ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE (Division C) Gary Walker, Director 334-3215 [email protected] COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAMS (Division D) Christopher W. Jenks, Director 334-3224 [email protected]














TRB Committee and Task Force Structure


SUBCOMMITTEES Advisory to Executive Committee

Planning and Policy Review

(SPPR)

NRC Oversight

(SNO)

DIVISION A Technical Activities

DIVISION D Cooperative Research

Programs

DIVISION C Administration and Finance

DIVISION B Studies and

Special Programs

Marine Board

Technical Activities Council

CRP Oversight Committees Subcommittee on Planning

and Policy Review

Group Councils, Sections, and

Standing Committees

Policy Study and

Program Review Committees

Research Synthesis

Panels

Information Services

Committee

Project Panels and

Committees

IDEA Program Committees and

Panels


TRB Staff Organization and Divisional Responsibilities

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Neil J. Pedersen

ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Russell W. Houston

Committee and Project Approvals

Communications and Technology

Publications

Annual Meeting Exhibit

Research Information Services

Library

HR DIRECTOR Claudette Louard-Clarke

Personnel

Staff Development Training

DIVISION A – TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES Ann Brach

Annual Meeting Program

Conferences and Workshops

Standing Committees

State Visits

Legal Studies

Safety Data

DIVISION B - STUDIES AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

Stephen R. Godwin

Policy Studies

Research Program Advisory Committees

Syntheses of Current Practice

IDEA (Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis) Programs

Marine Board

DIVISION C - ADMINISTRATION AND

FINANCE Gary J. Walker

Budgets and Finance

Affiliates Accounts

Administrative Services

Publications Sales and Distribution

DIVISION D - COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAMS

Christopher W. Jenks

National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)

Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP)

Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)

National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP)

Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP)

National Cooperative Rail Research Program

SR. REPORT REVIEW OFFICER Karen S. Febey

Report Review

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES DIRECTOR

Mark Norman

Revenue Development

Critical & Emerging Issues

Strategic Initiatives


DESCRIPTIONS OF TRB DIVISIONS Page Executive Office 2 Technical Activities (Division A) 7 Studies and Special Programs (Division B) 9 Administration and Finance (Division C) 11 Cooperative Research Programs (Division D) 12


EXECUTIVE OFFICE Neil J. Pedersen, Executive Director TRB Executive Office TRB's Executive Office is headed by Executive Director Neil Pedersen. The TRB Executive Office provides policy and operational guidance for programs and activities; oversees committee and panel appointments and report review; provides support and direction for human resource issues and staffing needs; develops and directs the Board’s communications and information technology efforts; operates a bibliographic database of transportation research and provides library reference services; provides staff support to the Executive Committee and its Subcommittee for National Research Council (NRC) Oversight (SNO); and maintains liaison with the executive offices of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the Board’s parent institution. The Executive Office also manages the editing, production, design, and publication of many TRB reports, including its journal series, TR New magazine, and other titles.

Oversight Activities

The Executive Office supports the work of the TRB Executive Committee, which provides policy direction to TRB programs and activities within the overall policies of the Academies. Oversight of committee and panel appointments and of report review is the responsibility of the Executive Committee’s SNO, which ensures that TRB meets institutional standards and that its activities are appropriate for the Academies. As part of its oversight function, the subcommittee monitors the Board’s progress in expanding the representation of minorities and women on TRB committees and panels. Susan Hanson, TRB Division Chair for NRC Oversight, heads the subcommittee and represents TRB as an ex officio member on the NRC Governing Board. The Executive Office processes the Board’s large volume of committee and panel appointments and maintains committee membership records. A hallmark of the Academies is its institutional process to ensure the independent, rigorous review of reports. In maintaining these high standards, TRB follows Academies' guidelines that carefully match the review criteria and procedures to the type of report.

Program Development and Strategic Initiatives

In addition, the Executive Office is responsible for ensuring stable, long term revenue streams for TRB and for coordinating strategic initiatives across the board's various divisions. To carry out these responsibilities, the EO helps facilitate the increased use of technology to deliver TRB products and services; oversees the development and implementation of action plans for strategic, long


term, cross cutting, and critical issues; encourages the exploration of new and innovative ways to facilitate information transfer within the rules of the Academies; helps promote the value of TRB products and services; oversees TRB’s international participation strategy; administers the Minority Student Fellows Program; and is responsible for helping to ensure the continued development of the next generation of TRB volunteers.

Publications

To fulfill one of its oldest missions, TRB disseminates transportation research results and technology information through an extensive array of timely publications. The Board has gained national and international prominence for its books and reports assessing the state of the art or practice in specific areas of transportation, presenting the results of transportation research, addressing major national transportation policy issues, and identifying research needs. TRB continues to expand its publishing effort by releasing a growing number of titles electronically, some exclusively in electronic format. TRB books and reports span the range of transportation functions, disciplines, and modes. The TRB Publications Office produces titles in the following series:

• Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board gathers technical papers that have been accepted for publication through a rigorous peer review process refereed by TRB technical committees. TRR Online, inaugurated in 2007, is an online subscription and pay-per-view service for the Transportation Research Record series. Record papers are posted to a searchable, password-protected section of the TRB website, which also includes all journal papers published since 1996. The service allows all visitors to identify papers of interest and to review abstracts of those papers. Access to the full papers is available to service subscribers and employees of TRB sponsors and on a pay-per-view basis to the general public.

• The bimonthly magazine TR News features timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice in all modes of transportation. News items of interest to the transportation community, profiles of transportation professionals, book and journal summaries, meeting announcements, and highlights of TRB activities also are included. Selected features of TR News are posted on the TRB website, and the full issue is made accessible on the web on a four-month delay.

• Special Reports contain the results of TRB policy studies on issues of national importance in transportation. These studies, many conducted at the request of federal agencies or of Congress, focus on a variety of complex, often controversial, topics. All current and selected out-of-print special reports are posted on the Board’s website.

• Conference Proceedings assemble formal papers, presentations, and summaries of discussions from TRB conferences and workshops.


• Transportation Research E-Circulars collect research problem statements, reports, and technical information from the work of TRB technical activities committees. Circulars are available exclusively in electronic format on the TRB website.

• Miscellaneous Reports include special publications, such as the Highway Capacity Manual and the Access Management Manual.

Communications

The Executive Office is charged with developing, coordinating, and carrying out communications activities that span the entire organization. The following communications activities are overseen by the Executive Office:

• The Transportation Research E-Newsletter is a free weekly electronic service designed to keep individuals up-to-date on TRB activities and to highlight selected transportation research related activities taking place at the federal and state levels, and within the academic and international transportation communities. More than 63,000 people from around the world receive the E-Newsletter.

• The TRB Webinar Series produces approximately 100 webinars per year on a variety of topics. TRB’s webinars are produced with funding received from TRB Sponsors and TRB Sustaining Affiliates. Accordingly, employees of TRB Sponsors and TRB Sustaining Affiliates may attend the session without a fee. TRB is authorized to issue Professional Development Hours (PDH) for select, live webinars. TRB is also a registered with the American Planning Association's professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), to provide Certification Maintenance credits.

• TRB uses Social Media such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to help our audience stay connected to transportation research. Social media also helps TRB to better understand how its reports and products are being used.

Information Technology and Research Services

In late 2014, TRB reorganized and consolidated the management of the Information Technology (IT) and Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) departments. Both groups had key responsibilities that included the development, maintenance, and application of software in support of various TRB missions. The IT department’s primary focus has shifted from the development of systems to operation, maintenance, and management. The new focus aligns with the TRIS staff’s responsibilities in relation to the Transport Research International Documentation (TRID) database, the Research in Progress (RiP) database and website, the Research Needs Statements (RNS) database, the Practice-Ready Papers (PRP) database, and the TRB Publications Index.


http://www.trb.org/Publications/PubsTRBENewsletter.aspx

http://www.trb.org/ElectronicSessions/ConferenceRecordings.aspx

http://www.trb.org/ElectronicSessions/Twitter.aspx

http://trid.trb.org/

http://rip.trb.org/

http://rns.trb.org/

http://prp.trb.org/

http://pubsindex.trb.org/

The responsibilities of the IT and Research Services group include customer support for internal and external users of TRB’s software systems; software enhancement and development; server and website monitoring and security; general IT support activities, such as training, documentation, and troubleshooting; and management and operation of transportation research services, bibliographic databases, and the TRB Library.

TRID

In January 2011, TRB and ITRD released TRID, the TRIS and ITRD Database. TRID is the world's largest and most comprehensive bibliographic resource on transportation research information. It is produced and maintained by the Transportation Research Board of the US National Academies with sponsorship by State Departments of Transportation, the various administrations at the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other sponsors of TRB's core technical activities. ITRD is produced by ITRD member organizations under the under the sponsorship of Joint Transport Research Centre (collectively JTRC) of the International Transport Forum and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and ITRD. The records comprise published or ongoing research in English, German, French, or Spanish; more than 200,000 records link to full-text publications. The service offers simple and advanced searching and allows users to download and e-mail results, as well as to share via social media. TRID is available free of charge on TRB’s website.

Publications Index

The TRB Publications Index includes more than 65,000 citations and abstracts for all TRB, Highway Research Board (HRB), SHRP, and Marine Board publications since 1923. The index offers simple and advanced searching and allows users to download and e-mail the results in a variety of formats. Records contain links to available full-text documents and to ordering information.

Research Needs Statements Database

The RNS database is a dynamic collection of highest-priority topics developed by TRB technical standing committees. The database serves as a tool for reviewing research needs, setting research priorities, and identifying gaps in current research.

Research in Progress Database

RiP is a searchable database of records of active or recently completed research projects from State Departments of Transportation, the modal administrations at the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Transportation Research Board, and


http://www.trb.org/InformationServices/TRBLibrary1.aspx


http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/jtrc/itrd/



http://www.trb.org/InformationServices/ResearchNeedsStatementsRNS.aspx

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university transportation centers. The current awareness service notifies users about new and updated project records in specified subject areas. TRID offers users an option for searching the RiP database or the RiP and TRID databases simultaneously.

Practice-Ready Papers Database

The PRP database helps practitioners easily find TRB Annual Meeting and TRR papers identified by peer reviewers on TRB’s standing committees as presenting research results immediately applicable to problems or issues. The database offers a search by keywords, title, author, index term, subject area, and date of publication.

TRB Library

The TRB Library provides research and reference services to TRB sponsors, committee members, and staff. The library subscribes to almost 250 serial titles and contains the complete collection of TRB, HRB, SHRP, and Marine Board publications. The TRB Library participates in the Eastern Transportation Knowledge Network and in the National Transportation Knowledge Network.



http://rip.trb.org/

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http://prp.trb.org/


TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES (Division A) Ann Brach, Director About the Technical Activities Division

Who We Are The Technical Activities Division provides a forum for transportation professionals to identify, facilitate, and share research and information related to transportation. The Division carries out activities on behalf of TRB sponsors and the transportation community through a network of over 200 standing committees and task forces comprised of more than 5,000 volunteers and supplemented by designated TRB representatives from each state, over 150 universities, and 35 transit agencies.

Watch our free 30-minute webinar to learn more. (You must have Windows Media Player.)

Our Mission The Technical Activities Division supports TRB’s mission of promoting innovation and progress in transportation through research and information exchange by identifying needed research and research in progress, and disseminating completed research results.

Our Staff The Technical Activities Division staff consists of specialists within each transportation mode and topic. They oversee the activities of the Division’s network of volunteers, who carry out the following activities: Our Activities

• Standing committees and task forces provide an opportunity for you to network with others in your field, and stay current on emerging issues while contributing to the continuing evolution of transportation research and practice. Learn how to get involved in standing committees and task forces Aviation Group Brochure Design and Construction Group Brochure Freight Systems Group Brochure Law Group Brochure Marine Group Brochure Public Transportation Group Brochure

• Technical Activities Council, consisting of the overall Chair and the Chairs of each of the Groups of committees, provides a forum for interchange


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http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/dva/DesignConstructionBrochure.pdf

http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/dva/FSGroupBrochure.pdf

http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/dva/LawGroupBrochure.pdf

http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/dva/MarineGroupBrochure.pdf

http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/dva/TransitBrochure.pdf

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between the Groups of committees, the TRB Executive Committee, and TRB Staff. They assist in identifying emerging topics of interest to the transportation community and cross-cutting issues, and foster outreach efforts to other transportation organizations.

• Conferences, Meetings, Webinars & Workshops are sponsored and cosponsored by many of the Division’s standing committees and task forces

• TRB Annual Meeting is hosted every year and is the largest transportation conference in the world with over 700 sessions, workshops and 300 meetings that attracts over 12,000 professionals from around the globe. The Annual Meeting is held in January of every year in Washington, DC.

• Supporting State DOT Representatives & Our Field Visit Program serves as a major source of information collected and disseminated by TRB. Transportation professionals on the TRB staff meet on site with representatives of state departments of transportation, and with representatives of universities, transit and other modal agencies and industry. Annual results of field visits are published each year

• Publications are disseminated by the Technical Activities Division that showcase transportation research results through Transportation Research Records, Conference Proceedings, and Transportation Research Circulars.

• The SHRP 2 Safety data program promotes conditions under which the safety data from the second Strategic Highway Research Program is made available to qualified users and provides technical and policy guidance for data implementation and oversight.”

June 8, 2016


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http://www.trb.org/Calendar/Calendar.aspx

http://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting

http://www.trb.org/AboutTRB/FieldVisitProgram.aspx


http://www.trb.org/Publications/Publications.aspx

http://www.trb.org/Publications/PubsTRRJournalOnline.aspx


http://www.trb.org/Publications/PubsConferencesandWorkshopsConferenceProceedings.aspx

http://www.trb.org/Publications/PubsTransportationResearchCirculars.aspx

http://www.trb.org/StrategicHighwayResearchProgram2SHRP2/Blank2.aspx


STUDIES AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS (DIVISION B) Stephen Godwin, Director

The Studies and Special Programs Division conducts policy studies at the request of the U.S. Congress, executive branch agencies, states, and other sponsors; produces syntheses of current practices in highway, transit, and airport operations; and manages Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) programs in highways and transit and rail safety.

POLICY STUDIES

With the guidance of committees drawn from the nation’s leading experts, the Policy Studies group produces reports examining complex and controversial transportation issues. Studies cover all modes of transportation and a variety of safety, economic, environmental, and research policy issues. The U.S. Congress and the executive branch have adopted many recommendations from TRB policy reports, attesting to the substantive value of the findings. The Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review provides oversight for TRB’s policy work. Since 1998, all completed policy study reports are posted on the TRB website. Informing Transportation Policy Choices, a document that provides an overview of all TRB policy studies from 1983 through 2003, is also posted on the Policy Studies page of the website.

SYNTHESIS OF INFORMATION REPORTS

Under the sponsorship of the Cooperative Research Programs administered by TRB, the Synthesis unit prepares reports on current practice and knowledge for a range of key highway, transit, and airport topics. Practitioners and researchers make extensive use of the reports.

A highway committee, a transit committee, and an airport committee of the Cooperative Research Programs select the study topics each year. A consultant experienced in the topic area researches and writes each Synthesis report, with guidance from an expert panel.

INNOVATIONS DESERVING EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS PROGRAMS

Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) programs fund early-stage investigations of potential breakthroughs in transportation technology. Through small projects, researchers investigate the feasibility of innovative concepts that could advance transportation practice. IDEA programs sponsor high-risk research that is independent of the immediate mission concerns of public agencies and of the short-term financial imperatives of the private sector.


http://www.trb.org/PolicyStudies/PolicyStudies.aspx


http://www.trb.org/IDEAProgram/IDEAProgram.aspx

The state DOTs collectively fund highway-related research through the NCHRP IDEA program. Research on innovations applicable to transit practice is carried out under the Transit IDEA program, funded by FTA through TCRP. FRA sponsors the Rail Safety IDEA program, which funds projects to improve the safety of rail operations.

Each IDEA program follows a similar administrative model, adapted for sponsorship arrangements and target audiences. Each program operates through a committee or panel of volunteer transportation experts who solicit, review, and select proposals that merit research contracts. Because IDEA projects are high-risk investigations of unproven concepts, funds awarded for any one project are usually less than $100,000. Frequently, however, IDEA funds are augmented through cost-share arrangements, nearly doubling the amount of research that can be supported through the IDEA programs.

An annual summary of completed and current projects is published for each of the IDEA programs and distributed at the TRB Annual Meeting. These summaries also are available on the IDEA page of the TRB website, along with the IDEA Program Announcement, which contains forms and guidelines for submitting proposals. A less formal publication, Ignition, features interviews with IDEA investigators and transportation leaders, plus articles that highlight promising projects. Issues of Ignition are archived on the IDEA website.


ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DIVISION (Division C) Gary J. Walker, Director TRB's Finance and Administration division manages more than $100M in annual revenue and expenditures in support of TRB’s various transportation research programs. Finance staff monitors federal and state contracts and grants, prepare budgets for continuing operations and individual projects, and control expenditures. Financial staff also assists in managing various aspects of TRB's member and sponsor relations, other benefits and services to our customers, subscription programs, TRR Journal Online, and the TRB e-Bookstore. Our services are aligned with the three core areas of our interaction with TRB members and customers as follows:

Join / Support TRB- Find information on the many ways to become involved with, give funding support to, and/or become an affiliate member of TRB, including:

• High level agency sponsorship for TRB’s Core Programs • Mid-range organizational affiliation with TRB • Individual levels of membership and services • Subscriptions to our publications – most available in both hard copy and

electronic form

TRB Products and Services- Browse or search for various products and services, including:

• Purchasing individual publications via our e-Bookstore • Pay-per-view certain TRB publications on-line • Visit and browse in our TRB Library • Conference registrations

Financial Information- Find answers to customer questions such as: • How to get reimbursed for committee/panel travel • Who are the points of contact for financial questions on programs such as

SHRP2, NCHRP, Marine Board • Who to contact regarding a contract or consulting agreement with TRB


http://www.trb.org/Finance/JoinSupportTRB.aspx

http://www.trb.org/Finance/ProductsServices.aspx

http://www.trb.org/Finance/FinancialInformation.aspx

Cooperative Research Programs Division (Division D) Christopher Jenks, Director The Cooperative Research Programs Division of the TRB, led by Director Chris Jenks, administers a number of major research programs sponsored by other organizations. National Cooperative Highway Research Program Sponsored by the member departments of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, the NCHRP was created in 1962 as a means to accelerate research on acute problems that affect highway planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance nationwide. All of the state highway and transportation departments contribute to an annual cooperative pool to fund the program’s activities. AASHTO committees and member departments and the Federal Highway Administration recommend research topics each year, and the AASHTO Standing Committee on Research (SCOR) determines both the projects to be funded and the levels of funding for those projects. A close working relationship with AASHTO during execution of the projects and the participation of experienced practitioners on project panels help ensure the application of completed NCHRP study results. Transit Cooperative Research Program The TCRP was initiated in 1992 by three cooperating organizations: the Federal Transit Administration, the program sponsor; the Transit Development Corporation, a nonprofit educational and research organization established by the American Public Transportation Association, which provides program governance through the TCRP Oversight and Project Selection (TOPS) Committee; and the National Academies, acting through TRB, which serves as program manager. Under TCRP, the transit industry develops innovative near-term solutions to operating problems and adapts appropriate new technologies and approaches to help meet the demands placed on the nation’s public transit systems. The program’s research covers topics relating to all aspects of public transportation, including planning, service configuration, equipment, facilities, operations, human resources, maintenance, policy, and administrative practices. Each year, the TOPS Committee selects a program of research from the large number of candidate research problem statements submitted by organizations and individuals in the transit community.


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Airport Cooperative Research Program The ACRP was authorized in federal aviation legislation and funding is made available through the annual federal appropriations process. ACRP, which began in 2006, is an industry-driven applied research program that develops near-term, practical solutions to problems faced by airport operators. The federally authorized program is sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Research topics are selected by an independent governing board appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation that includes individuals from airports, universities, FAA, and the aviation industry. National Cooperative Freight Research Program The NCFRP carries out applied research on problems facing the freight industry that are not being adequately addressed by existing research programs. The program, which began in late 2006, is sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (formerly Research and Innovative Technology Administration) of the U.S. Department of Transportation. NCFRP covers a range of issues to improve the efficiency, reliability, safety, and security of the nation's freight transportation system. The NCFRP was not reauthorized in the MAP-21 surface transportation legislation. However, work on previously approved projects will continue until completed. Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program The HMCRP is a stakeholder-driven, problem-solving program, researching real-world, day-to-day operational issues in hazardous materials transportation with near- to mid-term time frames. The program, which began in late 2006, is sponsored by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The HMCRP was not reauthorized in the MAP-21 surface transportation legislation. However, work on previously approved projects will continue until completed. National Cooperative Rail Research Program The NCRRP, initiated in Spring 2012, conducts applied research on problems that are shared by freight, intercity passenger (including high speed rail) and commuter rail operators. Authorized in the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act, the NCRRP undertakes research and other technical activities in a variety of rail subject areas, including design, construction, maintenance, operations, safety, security, policy, planning, human resources, and administration. The program is sponsored by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), with program oversight provided by an independent governing board (the NCRRP Oversight Committee) appointed by the Secretary, U.S. DOT. One year of funding was provided for the program, with no additional funding thereafter. Work on previously approved projects will continue until completed.


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Under all of these programs, TRB organizes panels of experts to provide guidance on technical aspects of the research and to translate the problems into project statements with well-defined objectives. Research proposals are then solicited from private and public research organizations with capability and experience in the problem areas to be studied. The technical panels review the proposals, recommend contract awards, monitor research in progress, provide technical guidance, and determine the acceptability of the final reports. More than 3,000 experienced practitioners and research specialists currently serve on Cooperative Research Program panels. TRB also manages programs of smaller studies focused on synthesizing current practices and analyzing legal issues in the NCHRP, TCRP, and ACRP programs. Findings and publications from these synthesis and legal research projects have been well received by highway, transit, and airport practitioners.


DESCRIPTIONS OF TRB DIVISIONS Page Executive Office 2 Technical Activities (Division A) 7 Studies and Special Programs (Division B) 9 Administration and Finance (Division C) 11 Cooperative Research Programs (Division D) 12


EXECUTIVE OFFICE Neil J. Pedersen, Executive Director TRB Executive Office TRB's Executive Office is headed by Executive Director Neil Pedersen. The TRB Executive Office provides policy and operational guidance for programs and activities; oversees committee and panel appointments and report review; provides support and direction for human resource issues and staffing needs; develops and directs the Board’s communications and information technology efforts; operates a bibliographic database of transportation research and provides library reference services; provides staff support to the Executive Committee and its Subcommittee for National Research Council (NRC) Oversight (SNO); and maintains liaison with the executive offices of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the Board’s parent institution. The Executive Office also manages the editing, production, design, and publication of many TRB reports, including its journal series, TR New magazine, and other titles.

Oversight Activities

The Executive Office supports the work of the TRB Executive Committee, which provides policy direction to TRB programs and activities within the overall policies of the Academies. Oversight of committee and panel appointments and of report review is the responsibility of the Executive Committee’s SNO, which ensures that TRB meets institutional standards and that its activities are appropriate for the Academies. As part of its oversight function, the subcommittee monitors the Board’s progress in expanding the representation of minorities and women on TRB committees and panels. Susan Hanson, TRB Division Chair for NRC Oversight, heads the subcommittee and represents TRB as an ex officio member on the NRC Governing Board. The Executive Office processes the Board’s large volume of committee and panel appointments and maintains committee membership records. A hallmark of the Academies is its institutional process to ensure the independent, rigorous review of reports. In maintaining these high standards, TRB follows Academies' guidelines that carefully match the review criteria and procedures to the type of report.

Program Development and Strategic Initiatives

In addition, the Executive Office is responsible for ensuring stable, long term revenue streams for TRB and for coordinating strategic initiatives across the board's various divisions. To carry out these responsibilities, the EO helps facilitate the increased use of technology to deliver TRB products and services; oversees the development and implementation of action plans for strategic, long


term, cross cutting, and critical issues; encourages the exploration of new and innovative ways to facilitate information transfer within the rules of the Academies; helps promote the value of TRB products and services; oversees TRB’s international participation strategy; administers the Minority Student Fellows Program; and is responsible for helping to ensure the continued development of the next generation of TRB volunteers.

Publications

To fulfill one of its oldest missions, TRB disseminates transportation research results and technology information through an extensive array of timely publications. The Board has gained national and international prominence for its books and reports assessing the state of the art or practice in specific areas of transportation, presenting the results of transportation research, addressing major national transportation policy issues, and identifying research needs. TRB continues to expand its publishing effort by releasing a growing number of titles electronically, some exclusively in electronic format. TRB books and reports span the range of transportation functions, disciplines, and modes. The TRB Publications Office produces titles in the following series:

• Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board gathers technical papers that have been accepted for publication through a rigorous peer review process refereed by TRB technical committees. TRR Online, inaugurated in 2007, is an online subscription and pay-per-view service for the Transportation Research Record series. Record papers are posted to a searchable, password-protected section of the TRB website, which also includes all journal papers published since 1996. The service allows all visitors to identify papers of interest and to review abstracts of those papers. Access to the full papers is available to service subscribers and employees of TRB sponsors and on a pay-per-view basis to the general public.

• The bimonthly magazine TR News features timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice in all modes of transportation. News items of interest to the transportation community, profiles of transportation professionals, book and journal summaries, meeting announcements, and highlights of TRB activities also are included. Selected features of TR News are posted on the TRB website, and the full issue is made accessible on the web on a four-month delay.

• Special Reports contain the results of TRB policy studies on issues of national importance in transportation. These studies, many conducted at the request of federal agencies or of Congress, focus on a variety of complex, often controversial, topics. All current and selected out-of-print special reports are posted on the Board’s website.

• Conference Proceedings assemble formal papers, presentations, and summaries of discussions from TRB conferences and workshops.


• Transportation Research E-Circulars collect research problem statements, reports, and technical information from the work of TRB technical activities committees. Circulars are available exclusively in electronic format on the TRB website.

• Miscellaneous Reports include special publications, such as the Highway Capacity Manual and the Access Management Manual.

Communications

The Executive Office is charged with developing, coordinating, and carrying out communications activities that span the entire organization. The following communications activities are overseen by the Executive Office:

• The Transportation Research E-Newsletter is a free weekly electronic service designed to keep individuals up-to-date on TRB activities and to highlight selected transportation research related activities taking place at the federal and state levels, and within the academic and international transportation communities. More than 63,000 people from around the world receive the E-Newsletter.

• The TRB Webinar Series produces approximately 100 webinars per year on a variety of topics. TRB’s webinars are produced with funding received from TRB Sponsors and TRB Sustaining Affiliates. Accordingly, employees of TRB Sponsors and TRB Sustaining Affiliates may attend the session without a fee. TRB is authorized to issue Professional Development Hours (PDH) for select, live webinars. TRB is also a registered with the American Planning Association's professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), to provide Certification Maintenance credits.

• TRB uses Social Media such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to help our audience stay connected to transportation research. Social media also helps TRB to better understand how its reports and products are being used.

Information Technology and Research Services

In late 2014, TRB reorganized and consolidated the management of the Information Technology (IT) and Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) departments. Both groups had key responsibilities that included the development, maintenance, and application of software in support of various TRB missions. The IT department’s primary focus has shifted from the development of systems to operation, maintenance, and management. The new focus aligns with the TRIS staff’s responsibilities in relation to the Transport Research International Documentation (TRID) database, the Research in Progress (RiP) database and website, the Research Needs Statements (RNS) database, the Practice-Ready Papers (PRP) database, and the TRB Publications Index.


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The responsibilities of the IT and Research Services group include customer support for internal and external users of TRB’s software systems; software enhancement and development; server and website monitoring and security; general IT support activities, such as training, documentation, and troubleshooting; and management and operation of transportation research services, bibliographic databases, and the TRB Library.

TRID

In January 2011, TRB and ITRD released TRID, the TRIS and ITRD Database. TRID is the world's largest and most comprehensive bibliographic resource on transportation research information. It is produced and maintained by the Transportation Research Board of the US National Academies with sponsorship by State Departments of Transportation, the various administrations at the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other sponsors of TRB's core technical activities. ITRD is produced by ITRD member organizations under the under the sponsorship of Joint Transport Research Centre (collectively JTRC) of the International Transport Forum and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and ITRD. The records comprise published or ongoing research in English, German, French, or Spanish; more than 200,000 records link to full-text publications. The service offers simple and advanced searching and allows users to download and e-mail results, as well as to share via social media. TRID is available free of charge on TRB’s website.

Publications Index

The TRB Publications Index includes more than 65,000 citations and abstracts for all TRB, Highway Research Board (HRB), SHRP, and Marine Board publications since 1923. The index offers simple and advanced searching and allows users to download and e-mail the results in a variety of formats. Records contain links to available full-text documents and to ordering information.

Research Needs Statements Database

The RNS database is a dynamic collection of highest-priority topics developed by TRB technical standing committees. The database serves as a tool for reviewing research needs, setting research priorities, and identifying gaps in current research.

Research in Progress Database

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university transportation centers. The current awareness service notifies users about new and updated project records in specified subject areas. TRID offers users an option for searching the RiP database or the RiP and TRID databases simultaneously.

Practice-Ready Papers Database

The PRP database helps practitioners easily find TRB Annual Meeting and TRR papers identified by peer reviewers on TRB’s standing committees as presenting research results immediately applicable to problems or issues. The database offers a search by keywords, title, author, index term, subject area, and date of publication.

TRB Library

The TRB Library provides research and reference services to TRB sponsors, committee members, and staff. The library subscribes to almost 250 serial titles and contains the complete collection of TRB, HRB, SHRP, and Marine Board publications. The TRB Library participates in the Eastern Transportation Knowledge Network and in the National Transportation Knowledge Network.



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TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES (Division A) Ann Brach, Director About the Technical Activities Division

Who We Are The Technical Activities Division provides a forum for transportation professionals to identify, facilitate, and share research and information related to transportation. The Division carries out activities on behalf of TRB sponsors and the transportation community through a network of over 200 standing committees and task forces comprised of more than 5,000 volunteers and supplemented by designated TRB representatives from each state, over 150 universities, and 35 transit agencies.

Watch our free 30-minute webinar to learn more. (You must have Windows Media Player.)

Our Mission The Technical Activities Division supports TRB’s mission of promoting innovation and progress in transportation through research and information exchange by identifying needed research and research in progress, and disseminating completed research results.

Our Staff The Technical Activities Division staff consists of specialists within each transportation mode and topic. They oversee the activities of the Division’s network of volunteers, who carry out the following activities: Our Activities

• Standing committees and task forces provide an opportunity for you to network with others in your field, and stay current on emerging issues while contributing to the continuing evolution of transportation research and practice. Learn how to get involved in standing committees and task forces Aviation Group Brochure Design and Construction Group Brochure Freight Systems Group Brochure Law Group Brochure Marine Group Brochure Public Transportation Group Brochure

• Technical Activities Council, consisting of the overall Chair and the Chairs of each of the Groups of committees, provides a forum for interchange




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between the Groups of committees, the TRB Executive Committee, and TRB Staff. They assist in identifying emerging topics of interest to the transportation community and cross-cutting issues, and foster outreach efforts to other transportation organizations.

• Conferences, Meetings, Webinars & Workshops are sponsored and cosponsored by many of the Division’s standing committees and task forces

• TRB Annual Meeting is hosted every year and is the largest transportation conference in the world with over 700 sessions, workshops and 300 meetings that attracts over 12,000 professionals from around the globe. The Annual Meeting is held in January of every year in Washington, DC.

• Supporting State DOT Representatives & Our Field Visit Program serves as a major source of information collected and disseminated by TRB. Transportation professionals on the TRB staff meet on site with representatives of state departments of transportation, and with representatives of universities, transit and other modal agencies and industry. Annual results of field visits are published each year

• Publications are disseminated by the Technical Activities Division that showcase transportation research results through Transportation Research Records, Conference Proceedings, and Transportation Research Circulars.

• The SHRP 2 Safety data program promotes conditions under which the safety data from the second Strategic Highway Research Program is made available to qualified users and provides technical and policy guidance for data implementation and oversight.”

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STUDIES AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS (DIVISION B) Stephen Godwin, Director

The Studies and Special Programs Division conducts policy studies at the request of the U.S. Congress, executive branch agencies, states, and other sponsors; produces syntheses of current practices in highway, transit, and airport operations; and manages Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) programs in highways and transit and rail safety.

POLICY STUDIES

With the guidance of committees drawn from the nation’s leading experts, the Policy Studies group produces reports examining complex and controversial transportation issues. Studies cover all modes of transportation and a variety of safety, economic, environmental, and research policy issues. The U.S. Congress and the executive branch have adopted many recommendations from TRB policy reports, attesting to the substantive value of the findings. The Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review provides oversight for TRB’s policy work. Since 1998, all completed policy study reports are posted on the TRB website. Informing Transportation Policy Choices, a document that provides an overview of all TRB policy studies from 1983 through 2003, is also posted on the Policy Studies page of the website.

SYNTHESIS OF INFORMATION REPORTS

Under the sponsorship of the Cooperative Research Programs administered by TRB, the Synthesis unit prepares reports on current practice and knowledge for a range of key highway, transit, and airport topics. Practitioners and researchers make extensive use of the reports.

A highway committee, a transit committee, and an airport committee of the Cooperative Research Programs select the study topics each year. A consultant experienced in the topic area researches and writes each Synthesis report, with guidance from an expert panel.

INNOVATIONS DESERVING EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS PROGRAMS

Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) programs fund early-stage investigations of potential breakthroughs in transportation technology. Through small projects, researchers investigate the feasibility of innovative concepts that could advance transportation practice. IDEA programs sponsor high-risk research that is independent of the immediate mission concerns of public agencies and of the short-term financial imperatives of the private sector.




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The state DOTs collectively fund highway-related research through the NCHRP IDEA program. Research on innovations applicable to transit practice is carried out under the Transit IDEA program, funded by FTA through TCRP. FRA sponsors the Rail Safety IDEA program, which funds projects to improve the safety of rail operations.

Each IDEA program follows a similar administrative model, adapted for sponsorship arrangements and target audiences. Each program operates through a committee or panel of volunteer transportation experts who solicit, review, and select proposals that merit research contracts. Because IDEA projects are high-risk investigations of unproven concepts, funds awarded for any one project are usually less than $100,000. Frequently, however, IDEA funds are augmented through cost-share arrangements, nearly doubling the amount of research that can be supported through the IDEA programs.

An annual summary of completed and current projects is published for each of the IDEA programs and distributed at the TRB Annual Meeting. These summaries also are available on the IDEA page of the TRB website, along with the IDEA Program Announcement, which contains forms and guidelines for submitting proposals. A less formal publication, Ignition, features interviews with IDEA investigators and transportation leaders, plus articles that highlight promising projects. Issues of Ignition are archived on the IDEA website.


ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DIVISION (Division C) Gary J. Walker, Director TRB's Finance and Administration division manages more than $100M in annual revenue and expenditures in support of TRB’s various transportation research programs. Finance staff monitors federal and state contracts and grants, prepare budgets for continuing operations and individual projects, and control expenditures. Financial staff also assists in managing various aspects of TRB's member and sponsor relations, other benefits and services to our customers, subscription programs, TRR Journal Online, and the TRB e-Bookstore. Our services are aligned with the three core areas of our interaction with TRB members and customers as follows:

Join / Support TRB- Find information on the many ways to become involved with, give funding support to, and/or become an affiliate member of TRB, including:

• High level agency sponsorship for TRB’s Core Programs • Mid-range organizational affiliation with TRB • Individual levels of membership and services • Subscriptions to our publications – most available in both hard copy and

electronic form

TRB Products and Services- Browse or search for various products and services, including:

• Purchasing individual publications via our e-Bookstore • Pay-per-view certain TRB publications on-line • Visit and browse in our TRB Library • Conference registrations

Financial Information- Find answers to customer questions such as: • How to get reimbursed for committee/panel travel • Who are the points of contact for financial questions on programs such as

SHRP2, NCHRP, Marine Board • Who to contact regarding a contract or consulting agreement with TRB


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Cooperative Research Programs Division (Division D) Christopher Jenks, Director The Cooperative Research Programs Division of the TRB, led by Director Chris Jenks, administers a number of major research programs sponsored by other organizations. National Cooperative Highway Research Program Sponsored by the member departments of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, the NCHRP was created in 1962 as a means to accelerate research on acute problems that affect highway planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance nationwide. All of the state highway and transportation departments contribute to an annual cooperative pool to fund the program’s activities. AASHTO committees and member departments and the Federal Highway Administration recommend research topics each year, and the AASHTO Standing Committee on Research (SCOR) determines both the projects to be funded and the levels of funding for those projects. A close working relationship with AASHTO during execution of the projects and the participation of experienced practitioners on project panels help ensure the application of completed NCHRP study results. Transit Cooperative Research Program The TCRP was initiated in 1992 by three cooperating organizations: the Federal Transit Administration, the program sponsor; the Transit Development Corporation, a nonprofit educational and research organization established by the American Public Transportation Association, which provides program governance through the TCRP Oversight and Project Selection (TOPS) Committee; and the National Academies, acting through TRB, which serves as program manager. Under TCRP, the transit industry develops innovative near-term solutions to operating problems and adapts appropriate new technologies and approaches to help meet the demands placed on the nation’s public transit systems. The program’s research covers topics relating to all aspects of public transportation, including planning, service configuration, equipment, facilities, operations, human resources, maintenance, policy, and administrative practices. Each year, the TOPS Committee selects a program of research from the large number of candidate research problem statements submitted by organizations and individuals in the transit community.


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Airport Cooperative Research Program The ACRP was authorized in federal aviation legislation and funding is made available through the annual federal appropriations process. ACRP, which began in 2006, is an industry-driven applied research program that develops near-term, practical solutions to problems faced by airport operators. The federally authorized program is sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Research topics are selected by an independent governing board appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation that includes individuals from airports, universities, FAA, and the aviation industry. National Cooperative Freight Research Program The NCFRP carries out applied research on problems facing the freight industry that are not being adequately addressed by existing research programs. The program, which began in late 2006, is sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (formerly Research and Innovative Technology Administration) of the U.S. Department of Transportation. NCFRP covers a range of issues to improve the efficiency, reliability, safety, and security of the nation's freight transportation system. The NCFRP was not reauthorized in the MAP-21 surface transportation legislation. However, work on previously approved projects will continue until completed. Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program The HMCRP is a stakeholder-driven, problem-solving program, researching real-world, day-to-day operational issues in hazardous materials transportation with near- to mid-term time frames. The program, which began in late 2006, is sponsored by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The HMCRP was not reauthorized in the MAP-21 surface transportation legislation. However, work on previously approved projects will continue until completed. National Cooperative Rail Research Program The NCRRP, initiated in Spring 2012, conducts applied research on problems that are shared by freight, intercity passenger (including high speed rail) and commuter rail operators. Authorized in the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act, the NCRRP undertakes research and other technical activities in a variety of rail subject areas, including design, construction, maintenance, operations, safety, security, policy, planning, human resources, and administration. The program is sponsored by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), with program oversight provided by an independent governing board (the NCRRP Oversight Committee) appointed by the Secretary, U.S. DOT. One year of funding was provided for the program, with no additional funding thereafter. Work on previously approved projects will continue until completed.




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Under all of these programs, TRB organizes panels of experts to provide guidance on technical aspects of the research and to translate the problems into project statements with well-defined objectives. Research proposals are then solicited from private and public research organizations with capability and experience in the problem areas to be studied. The technical panels review the proposals, recommend contract awards, monitor research in progress, provide technical guidance, and determine the acceptability of the final reports. More than 3,000 experienced practitioners and research specialists currently serve on Cooperative Research Program panels. TRB also manages programs of smaller studies focused on synthesizing current practices and analyzing legal issues in the NCHRP, TCRP, and ACRP programs. Findings and publications from these synthesis and legal research projects have been well received by highway, transit, and airport practitioners.


PURPOSES AND DUTIES OF THE TRB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The TRB Executive Committee is the senior policy body of TRB, composed of approximately 25 members appointed by the Chairman of the National Research Council (NRC). These members are selected so as to provide balanced representation of transportation modes, academic disciplines, private and public sectors, levels of government, geographical regions, and other relevant factors. Members are appointed for a term of three years and may be reappointed for one term. In addition, approximately 20 ex officio members serve on the Executive Committee; these members have no vote but otherwise participate fully in Executive Committee activity. Ex officio members include the representatives of the Board’s various sponsoring organizations. The Executive Committee meets twice a year, once at TRB's Annual Meeting in Washington each January and once in June. The Chair of TRB's Executive Committee, appointed by the Chairman of the NRC, serves a one-year term, and presides over the Committee discussions, which are directed toward obtaining consensus on issues wherever possible. When formal rules of debate are required, Roberts' Rules of Order are employed. The Executive Committee performs a number of functions in serving four different constituencies — the National Research Council (NRC), TRB, TRB's sponsors, and itself. Executive Committee Responsibilities to the NRC The TRB Executive Committee is officially an advisory group to the Chairman and the Governing Board of the NRC, who look to the Executive Committee to provide oversight of TRB's activities. Such oversight is intended to ensure that TRB's activities are appropriate for the NRC and constructive to the transportation system and the nation. Reports (both written and oral) of ongoing and proposed TRB projects are brought to the Executive Committee at each meeting and are approved, rejected, or accepted after modification. The Board is also expected to note new opportunities for TRB to provide its services or projects and, where appropriate, to find ways to bring such projects into being. A subcommittee of the Executive Committee, the Subcommittee for NRC Oversight (SNO), is charged to ensure that NRC procedures and policies are faithfully employed with respect to study and project committee appointments and report review. The SNO is chaired by the TRB Division Chair for NRC Oversight, who must be a member of the National Academy of Sciences or the National Academy of Engineering and a member of the TRB Executive Committee. The TRB Division Chair for NRC Oversight serves as an ex officio member of the NRC Governing Board. Also assisting the Executive Committee is its Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review (SPPR), which reviews and approves proposed projects and studies, develops lists of Critical Issues in Transportation, plans and develops opportunities for new Executive Committee initiatives, and generally handles those substantive transportation issues that require action during the interval between the twice-yearly meetings of the Executive Committee. Items approved by the SPPR are brought before the Executive Committee for its concurrence at its next meeting.


TRB's Expectations of the Executive Committee Most TRB projects and activities are conducted by expert volunteers who agree to serve on TRB standing committees, study committees, panels, task forces, and other similar groups. At any one time, about 500 such groups are in existence, composed of some 5,000 professionals serving without compensation. The Executive Committee, either directly or through one of its subordinate committees, provides oversight on the formation, termination, and membership of committees and on the review of projects undertaken and reports produced. The Executive Committee can also influence committee and other TRB activities by developing and monitoring strategic plans, preparing the critical transportation issues, and undertaking special activities of its own. From time to time, Executive Committee members are also called on to perform special duties, such as assisting with report review or fundraising for special projects. The Executive Committee also serves as a symbol of the prestige attached to serving on TRB committees. Executive Committee members are selected in part because they occupy some of the most prestigious and influential positions in the industry. Their participation on the Executive Committee demonstrates support for research and cross-modal dialogue at the highest levels, and thereby provides motivation for the uncompensated service of otherwise highly paid experts on whom TRB depends for its products and services. Sponsors' Expectations At the core of TRB, and perhaps its most visible feature, is a collection of Technical Activities, which include about 200 TRB standing committees, the TRB Annual Meeting, publications programs, field visits to organizations conducting transportation research, and information services. About $12 million—approximately one-fifth of TRB's total budget—is spent annually on these activities, supported by funding from individual states, federal agencies, private transportation organizations, local governments, individual affiliates, publication sales, and conference registration fees. These funds are pooled and spent in accordance with budgets approved by the Executive Committee. TRB's sponsors look to the Executive Committee to ensure that these funds are spent in ways appropriate to TRB's mission and in ways that encourage research and its dissemination. Executive Committee's Own Expectations Although the responsibilities summarized above indicate that the Executive Committee has more than enough duties for a group that only assembles twice a year, members often comment that their greatest personal satisfaction in serving comes from participating in discussions of substantive transportation issues and that they would like to devote more time at meetings to such discussion. The caliber and diversity of talent represented on the Executive Committee make serving on it a unique experience for most members, providing an unusual opportunity to share different perspectives in far-reaching discussions of major transportation issues. Thus, an effort is made to conduct the Executive Committee's official business expeditiously at meetings, in order to leave time for these other important activities of the Board. Executive Committee policy sessions and other discussions of substantive issues have led to the initiation of important TRB projects and other activities. June 8, 2016


TRB POLICY ON EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION IN COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM (CRP) AND STRATEGIC HIGHWAY

RESEARCH PROGRAM 2 (SHRP 2) PROJECTS Revised 1/24/2007

In the administration of its contract research programs, TRB wishes to maximize both the substance and the appearance of fairness in the selection and management of its contractors, at the same time ensuring the quality and expanding the number of potential researchers as much as possible. It is in TRB's interest to use the expertise of the best qualified individuals and organizations available to perform the research programs, where no actual or apparent conflicts of interest exist. However, conflicts may arise or appear to exist if members of TRB's Executive Committee or organizations with which they are affiliated submit proposals on projects. To prevent such problems in the administration of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program and other Cooperative Research Programs (CRP) administered by TRB, and in the Strategic Highway Research Program 2 (SHRP 2) administered by TRB, members of the Executive Committee are not permitted to serve as principal investigators on any CRP or SHRP 2 projects. Additionally, the following rules will apply to all members of the Executive Committee: 1. No involvement is permitted in the selection process for CRP and SHRP 2 contractors,

where the individual Executive Committee member or an affiliated organization is being considered.

2. No involvement is permitted in TRB's administration of a contract in which the

individual or an affiliated organization is involved. 3. No involvement is permitted in setting or modifying administrative policies that would

directly or materially affect either the administration of existing contracts with the individual or affiliate organization, or the individual's or affiliate organization's ability to submit proposals.

The Chairman of the TRB Executive Committee, serving a one-year term; the Chairman of the Subcommittee for NRC Oversight (SNO), serving a three-year term; and the Vice Chairman of the SNO, serving a three-year term, have close ties to the Executive Director and to the activities of TRB. Neither of the Chairs nor the Vice Chair has any role in the selection of contractors for CRP or SHRP 2 projects. Nevertheless, because of these special relationships, the following additional rules also will apply to their activities on CRP and SHRP 2 projects during their terms as Executive Committee Chair, SNO Chair, and SNO Vice Chair:


4. Individuals serving in these positions may not personally propose on any CRP or SHRP 2

project during their years of service as Executive Committee Chair, SNO Chair, and SNO Vice Chair. This limitation on their right to propose on a CRP or SHRP 2 project as an individual does not extend to a governmental or academic entity with which they are affiliated provided that the individuals in question do not hold a significant financial interest (other than their salaries) in the governmental entity or academic institution of higher learning. Affiliated organizations in which an Executive Committee Chairman, SNO Chairman, or SNO Vice Chairman holds a significant financial interest, other than a salary derived from a position in a governmental entity or an academic institution of higher learning, may also propose, but only in accordance with case-specific guidelines established by the SNO in advance of that individual's appointment as Executive Committee Chair, SNO Chair, or SNO Vice Chair to ensure that there is neither actual nor perceived conflict of interest.

5. They may not be personally consulted or participate in any way in the preparation of a

proposal, or otherwise provide information that would be advantageous to a proposal team.

6. They may not work on a project as a member of the research team or as a consultant to

the team. Where a newly appointed Chairman of the Executive Committee, Chairman of the SNO, Vice Chairman of the SNO, or other member of the Executive Committee has existing activities or commitments covered in the foregoing list of rules on a CRP or SHRP 2 project at the time of appointment, those activities will be reviewed and recommendations made on a case-by-case basis by the members of the SNO (exclusive of a newly appointed chairman, vice chairman, or member if his/her activities are being considered). June 8, 2016


TRB STANDING OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES

Subcommittee for NRC Oversight (SNO) Composition Subcommittee of TRB Executive Committee composed of 7 members of Executive Committee (at least three of whom must be members of one of the Academies). The SNO Chair, Vice Chair, and 2 other members serve 3-year terms. The Chair, Vice Chair, and the immediate Past Chair of the TRB Executive Committee serve 1-year terms, the Vice Chair and immediate Past Chair as ex officio nonvoting members. Function To ensure that TRB meets NRC standards for objectivity and that its activities are appropriate for the NRC; to monitor TRB with respect to specially funded project committee and panel appointments, report review, and the biennial summary of Division programs presented to the NRC Governing Board. The SNO Chair serves as the TRB Division Chair for NRC Oversight and as an ex officio member of the NRC Governing Board. Appointment Procedure Appointed by NRC Chair upon recommendation of Executive Director in consultation with NRC and Chair of TRB Executive Committee, subject to approval of the NRC Governing Board. Appointment letters signed by NRC Chair. Selection of members complies with TRB Terms of Reference. Bias/conflict of interest statements are required. ________________________________________________________________________ Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review (SPPR) Composition Subcommittee of the TRB Executive Committee, composed of 11 members. The Chair and 10 other members serve 3-year terms. Function To advise the Executive Committee and staff on matters relating to selection, scope, and execution of policy-oriented studies within TRB; establish goals and directions for those parts of TRB engaged in policy studies; plan and develop opportunities for new Executive Committee initiatives; identify critical transportation issues warranting TRB consideration; act for Executive Committee on all matters requiring its attention between regular Executive Committee meetings; advise the Chairs of the Executive Committee and the SNO of actions taken; and report to the Executive Committee on all of its activities at each Executive Committee meeting. The SPPR is also charged to identify major transportation problems, with particular attention to multimodal and intermodal issues; propose action plans for TRB that address these problems; and suggest sources for the funds needed to pursue these plans. The SPPR also oversees TRB's strategic planning process, including development of TRB


Strategic Plans, and develops policy session agendas and other program initiatives of the TRB Executive Committee. Appointment Procedure Appointed by Chair of the TRB Executive Committee following guidelines approved by the Executive Committee. Bias/conflict-of-interest statements are not required. Technical Activities Council (TAC) Composition The Technical Activities Council consists of the overall Chair, the Chairs of each of the eleven Groups, and one or more at-large members. All serve 3-year terms. Members who are in the second year of their 3-year term serve as the Council’s representatives to the TRB Executive Committee, along with the Technical Activities Council Chair. Function Program Function: Provides a forum for interchange and interaction among the Groups, between the Groups and the TRB Executive Committee, and between the Groups and TRB staff. Assists in identifying emerging topics of interest to the transportation community and cross-cutting issues. Facilitates interaction among Groups, Sections, and committees to address cross-cutting issues and opportunities. Fosters outreach efforts to other transportation organizations and groups. Administrative Function: Plays a significant role in refining and implementing processes and techniques for improving the quality of meetings and publications emanating from Technical Activities Division volunteer activities. Serves as a focal point for the continuing review in each of the Group Executive Boards of the need for establishing new committees and for discharging those that are no longer necessary. Appointment Procedure Appointed by the TRB Executive Director with approval by SNO Chair. Bias/conflict of interest statements are required. __________________________________________________________________________


MARINE BOARD Composition

15-20 members. The Chair and the other members serve 3-year terms.

Function

To identify research and policy study needs and provide a forum for the exchange of information relating to new technologies, laws and regulations, economics, the environment, and other issues affecting the marine transportation system, port operations, coastal engineering, and marine governance. Also, to oversee standing technical committees in related areas. Appointment Procedure

Appointed by NRC Chair following recommendation of TRB Executive Director in consultation with NRC and members of Marine Board. Appointment letters are signed by the TRB Executive Director. Bias/conflict of interest statements are required. _________________________________________________________________________ SHRP 2 Oversight Committee

Composition

15 voting members with expertise in highway program administration and operations, design, construction, traffic, research, highway impacts, and highway user needs. Four non-voting ex officio members representing the Federal Highway Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Canadian Provinces, and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Function To oversee the conduct of the multi-year Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) 2 including provisions for competitive, merit-based selection of research contractors, research project oversight, and dissemination of research results.

Appointment Procedure Appointed by the TRB Executive Director following approval by SNO and NRC Chairs. Appointment letters are signed by the TRB Executive Director. Bias/conflict of interest statements are required.

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COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES Composition Varies according to program and origin. Some oversight bodies (NCHRP, TCRP, ACRP, NCRRP) are entities that are appointed and exist outside the NRC/TRB. Others (NCFRP, HMCRP) are internally appointed. Function To select research problems and program the funding for them, on behalf of the constituent user groups associated with the program. Appointment Procedure Varies according to program and origin. Internally appointed committees are appointed by TRB Executive Director following approval by SNO Chair and, as appropriate, by NRC Chair. Appointment letters are signed by the TRB Executive Director. Bias/conflict of interest statements are required.


TRB PROJECT APPROVAL PROCESSES Policy Studies and Program Reviews Description Projects conducted by NRC-appointed committees that provide consensus findings, recommendations, advice Approval Steps Approval by TRB Executive Committee or Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review; approval by Executive Committee of NRC Governing Board Product Full-length study reports, interim reports, letter reports ___________________________________________________________________________ Conferences and Workshops I. Organized by TRB Standing Technical Committees Description Outgrowth of standing committee activity; no significant outside funding; often self-supporting; no consensus findings, recommendations, or advice Approval Steps Approval by TRB Executive Committee or Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review Product Transportation Research Circular II. Organized by Other Organizations and Cosponsored by TRB Description Conference formats vary, but TRB must have a role in conference planning Approval Steps Approval by TRB Executive Committee or Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review Product No TRB publication


III. Organized by Specially Appointed (“Ad Hoc”) TRB/NRC Committee Description Supported by outside funding; may not include consensus findings, recommendations, or advice Approval Steps Approval by TRB Executive Committee or Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review; approval by Executive Committee of NRC Governing Board Product Conference or workshop report, summary, or proceedings (in the TRB Conference Proceedings series) ___________________________________________________________________________ Cooperative Research Program Projects Description Supported by NCHRP, TCRP, ACRP, NCRRP, NCFRP, or HMCRP funding; projects selected by NRC/TRB-appointed oversight committees or by non-NRC/TRB entities representing the user communities; research conducted by contractors selected by individual project panels, which oversee the work and review final report Approval Steps Approval by the Subcommittee for NRC Oversight Chair of research problems selected by the non-NRC/TRB entities (SCOR, TOPS, AOC, and ROC Committees) Product CRP Reports, Research Results Digests ___________________________________________________________________________ Synthesis Projects Description Supported by NCHRP, TCRP, ACRP, or FMCSA funding; projects selected by oversight panels representing the user communities; research conducted by contractors under the guidance of individual topic panels. Topic panels and two members of umbrella panel review final documents. Approval Steps Approval by the TRB Executive Director of research topics selected by oversight panels. Product Synthesis report


Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Projects Description Supported by SHRP 2 funding; projects selected by SHRP 2 Oversight Committee based on advice of Technical Coordinating Committees in the four focus areas; research conducted by contractors selected by SHRP 2 Oversight Committee based on recommendations from project-specific expert task groups; Technical Coordinating Committees oversee work of contractors and review final reports Approval Steps Approval by SHRP 2 Oversight Committee Product SHRP 2 Research Report


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