Participating from a DistanceBringing the TRB Annual Meeting Home to the

Washington State Department of Transportation

Leni OmanDirector

Office of Research & Library Services

AASHTO RAC/TRB State Representatives Annual Meeting Salt Lake City, Utah

July 27, 2011

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Leadership Briefing: TRB Annual Meeting Benefits

• Briefing provided to top leadership each year. All agency executives and research committee members invited.

• TRB Annual Meeting attendees are mandatory presenters. Each has 5 minutes to present.

• A common presentation format is used. Each presenter has ONE slide.

• I review everything and help them target their message to what the leadership team wants to know.

• Remote and on-site access available

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Technical Activities

Studies & Special

Programs Administration & Finance

Cooperative

Research Programs

What is TRB?

TRB Divisions

NRC Divisions

WSDOT Employees involved in TRB Activities

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• 56 Employees on 79 Cooperative Research Project panels. – WSDOT employees Chair 14 panels

• 42 WSDOT Employees on 62 TRB Standing Committees. – WSDOT employees Chair or Co-Chair 7committees.

• 9 WSDOT Employees on 12 SHRP2 Panels. – WSDOT employees Chairs 2 Expert Task Groups.

• 3 WSDOT Employees on 4 Other TRB Committees. – A WSDOT employee is Vice-Chair of one.

82 unique WSDOT Employees participate in 236 committees, panels and task groups

WSDOT Attendees at the Annual Meeting

20 WSDOT employees attended• 10 sponsored

– Funding provided by TRB, FHWA, and AASHTO• 9 paid their own travel expenses • 1 attended some sessions between meetings with congressional offices.Of these employees• 14 are members of 31 TRB Division A committees and 2 Committee Task

Forces and Subcommittees• 6 chaired 7 TRB committee meetings• 9 presented at 11 sessions, poster sessions, and workshops• 6 presided over 5 sessions and 2 poster session

28 other WSDOT staff are members of TRB Division A committees and did not attend the meeting.

2011 TRB Annual Meeting Facts• 10,900 attendees

– 65 Countries– 1000 State DOTs attendees – 1000 Federal agency attendees

• Over 4000 scheduled presentations in more than 650 sessions and workshops

• January 23-27, Washington DC

By mid-February, the TRB Annual Meeting Online website• More than 19,000 visits• More than 245,000 page views • Visitors from 83 countries

Benefit to WSDOT/Washington from your Attendance

Funding Opportunities

Emerging or Evolving Federal Policies Identified/Discussed

WSDOT Research Proposals or Problem Statements Conveyed/Influenced

Partnerships Formed/Continuing

Actions you will implement as a result of attendance

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Funding Source Sponsored or Paid Own Way

Days AttendedSun Mon Tues Wed Thurs

RolesExample: Committee Chair

Session Presenter (2)Session Moderator (1)

Member (2) TRB Committees

Benefit to WSDOT/WashingtonAbility to influence national priorities and policy related to highway safetyPotential Funding for WSDOT efforts, Influenced National Research Priorities

Funding OpportunitiesFHWA on funding MIRE Data Collection EffortsFHWA on behalf of NTSB on funding Development and Implementation of Weather Based Algorithm for

Variable Speed Limits

Emerging or Evolving Federal PoliciesDevelopment of AASHTO Strategic Safety Plan, AASHTO Safety Research Plan, AASHTO Safety Performance Measures, AASHTO Highway Safety Manual, FHWA Highway Safety Implementation Plan, Safety Edge

WSDOT Research ProposalsDevelopment of Serious Injury Performance Measures, Two Lane Rural Highways, Freeways and Interchanges, Development of Simulation Models in Road Safety, Human Factors in Road Safety, Development of Crash Modification Factors

Partnerships Formed/ContinuingMeetings with AASHTO, TRB and FHWA on Safety Policy and Plans, Potential Research and Implementation Strategies

Implementation ActionsIdentify Additional Funding Opportunities with FHWA Evaluate Policy on HSM and Sustainable Safety Implementation

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John MiltonDirector, Enterprise Risk Management

Funding Source Sponsored by TRB

Days AttendedSat Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs

RolesCommittee Chair

Session Presenter (1)Session Moderator (3)

Member 3 TRB Committees

Benefit to WSDOT/Washington• Additional funding and cost savings potential (below)• State DOT perspective in mostly academic/federal government/consultant audience

Funding Opportunities• $100,000 FHWA funds request for Quieter Pavement Pooled Fund, supplements WSDOT QP program• FHWA will consider mobile source air toxics (MSAT) streamline proposal (~$2,000/project)

Emerging or Evolving Federal Policies• New and proposed air quality standards and potential affects to WSDOT• New state noise policies required by FHWA

WSDOT Research Proposals• Advocated for noise research focus on noise wall alternatives, applied quieter pavement research• Connected ADC20 to AASHTO AQ subcommittee research priorities (shared by WSDOT)

Partnerships Formed/Continuing• State DOTs, FHWA (HQ, Resource Ctr., Volpe, Turner Fairbanks), EPA, Consultants

Implementation Actions• DRAFT streamlining strategy prepared and discussing with FHWA• Worked with FHWA stakeholders to understand needs, they have requested $100,000 for pooled fund

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Tim SextonAir Quality, Noise, Energy Policy Mgr

Funding Source Sponsored by FHWA

Days AttendedWed

RolesSession Presenter (1)

Session Moderator (1)Member TRB Committees (2)

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