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2009 National Conference on Transportation Operations for Planned and Unplanned Events

Session 15

The Road Ahead - Updates on On-going Initiatives

AASHTO Perspective

Mark S. Bush, P.E., PTOE March 26, 2009

Planned or Unplanned???

Image of vans and cars in an intersection

What is AASHTO

• American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

• Nonprofit association founded in 1914

• Members include:

■ Highway and transportation departments of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico

■ Associate Members from Federal, State, and Local agencies and other countries

• Covers all five transportation modes: air, highways, rail, transit, and water

Vision and Mission

Vision

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials is the voice for transportation and catalyst for organizational and technical excellence.

Mission

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials advocates transportation-related policies and provides technical services to support states in their efforts to efficiently and safely move people and goods.

AASHTO's Standing Committees

By Mode:

■ Aviation

■ Highways

■ Public Transportation

■ Railroads

■ Water Transportation

SCOTS(EM); SSOM within SCOH

AASHTO Organization Chart of the Standing Committee on Highways

SCOH-SubCmte System Op & Mgt

• Technology Task Force

• Performance Measures Task Force

• Reliability Task Force

• Mainstreaming Task Force

SCOTS(EM) Special Cmte on

Transportation Security and Emergency Management

AASHTO Operations Focus Areas

• Inclusion in national policy positions

• Supporting current SAFETEA-LU programs; however, recommendations for new authorization bill

• Research (SHRP II, NCHRP, FHWA) and implementation

• Peer exchange with partner organizations

• Systems Operations and Management Subcommittee and exchange with other Standing and Subcommittees.

• Special Committee on Transportation Security and Emergency Management

• An AASHTO Operations guidebook to be developed

• Expanded Operations

The State DOTs

• Design, Build, Maintain, and Operate 19% of the nation's roads on average

■ (Range: CA - 9%; VA and NC - 90%)

• Operate Short Line Rail, General Aviation

• Heavily Fund Urban Transit

• Limited Operator of Transit, Major Airports, Harbors

• Motor Vehicle Administration - 18 States

• State Patrol, Truck Safety Regulation - 15 States

• Planned Events - Plan, Prepare, Respond, Recover

• Unplanned Events - Prevent, Plan, Prepare, Respond, Recover

Logical Highway Focus Areas at the National Level in the USA

• The National Highway System—4% of the miles; 40% of VMT ; 75% of large truck VMT

• The Interstate System (subset of the NHS)—1% of the highways ; 24% of the VMT

• Road Safety— 40,000 deaths per year

• Project delivery efficiency

• 24-7 highway system operation efficiency

Potential performance Areas for

the State DOTs

• Safety (e.g. fatalities)

• Preservation (e.g. pavement IRI and NHS bridge deficiencies)

• Congestion (e.g. delay and system connectivity)

• Operations (e.g. incident management )

• Freight /Economic Development (e.g. Interstate Highway average speed)

• Environment (e.g. greenhouse gas emissions )

Authorization of a New Federal Transportation Bill

• SAFETEA-LU expires September 30, 2009

• 10 Legislative Policy Teams, 12 Proposals

• AASHTO Board of Directors October 2008

■ Highways

■ Transit

■ Rail

■ Freight

■ Mobility

■ Future

■ Project Delivery

■ Safety

■ Climate Change

■ Research

■ Revenue

■ Reform

Proposal Operations Program $3 Billion per year

• Real Time System Management

• Traveler Information

• Emergency Response

• Traffic Signal Systems

• Smart Work Zone Management

• Incident Response

• Travel Demand Management

• Courtesy Motorist Patrols

• ITS System Upgrades and Deployment

• etc.

Proposal ITS RD&T

• Increase to $150 m per year

• Continue : 511, IntelliDrive (VII)—the Fed/State auto industry partnership effort; other key safety and mobility efforts

• Expand: New technology thrust to reduce congestion and greenhouse gas emissions ; and, enhance freight delivery

• Fund a Center of Excellence for Operations at AASHTO: to support state and local transport operators

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - $787 Billion

Bar Chart showing allocation of funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

ARRA Highlights

• Signed into law on February 17, 2009

• Provides $48.1 billion for transportation, including:

■ $27.5 billion for highways

■ $8.4 billion for transit

■ $8.0 billion for high speed rail

■ $1.3 billion for Amtrak

■ $1.5 billion for National Surface Transportation Discretionary Grants

• Significant accountability, transparency and reporting requirements

Project Eligibility

■ Federal share up to 100%; no match requirement

■ Generally follow the rules of the

Surface Transportation Program (STP) including:

❖ Construction, paving, bridges, transit, pedestrians, bikes, research, training, planning, enhancements,

operations, ITS, traffic signals, systems management

State Project Examples

State Projects (Continued )

Chart of State Project Examples with budgets

Various Local Agency Projects

• Oakland Co, projects identified, currently using CMAQ funds, given their portion of the stimulus, no projects programmed.

• Montogomery Co, MD, ITS projects identified, but all projects programmed to date under the stimulus are hwy projects.

• MPO in FL, projects ranked, but no known projects programmed.

• Monterey Co, CA, projects programmed but none ranked involving ITS.

• City of LA, CA, ITS projects identified

Member Organizations

■ Transportation (AASHTO, ATA/ATRI, ATSSA, FHWA, ITE, ITSA, I-95 CC, TRB, AMPO)

■ Fire & Rescue (Emergency Responder Safety Institute, IAFC, IAFF, IFSTA, NFPA, NVFC, USFA)

■ Emergency Medical Services (NASEMSO)

■ Public Safety Communications (APCO, NENA)

■ Towing & Recovery (TRAA, AAA)

■ Law Enforcement (IACP)

NTIMC - A National Voice

for TIM

Image of public transporation employees meeting a table

National Unified Goal (NUG) For Traffic Incident Management

A consensus document on issues of broad common concern, such as . . .

Image of ambulance, tow truck and walkie talkie

• Responder Safety

• Safe Quick Clearance

• Reliable Incident Communications

• Accountable Progress

AASHTO supports & endorses

Page of text from National Unified Goal for Traffic Incident Management

AASHTO NTIMC NCUTCD

• AASHTO coordinated a meeting with partners establishing formal 3C and representation.

• One member representative of NTIMC and NCUTCD to represent each other.

• MUTCD

• MUTCD Part 6 I Incident Management

• Proposed enhanced diagrams and updates to guidelines, goal of mobility and safety

• Federal NPRM

Transportation Infrastructure Security and Emergency Management Workshops

Background

•Combined effort of FHWA and TSA (funding) and

AASHTO (logistics) began in 2006

•Status:

•5 workshops completed

•October 2006: Mississippi Valley Region, Springfield, IL, IDOT hosted

•December 2006: Northeast Region, Newark, NJ, NJDOT hosted

•June 2007: Western Region, San Francisco, CA, CALTRANS hosted

•August 2008: Southeast Region, Tampa, FL, hosted by FDOT

•March 2009: Kansas City, KS, hosted by MO/KS DOTs

Background (cont'd.)

•Original Intent: Conduct 5 regional workshops; publish a best practices document

•Attendees: Security and emergency management representatives from state DOT and other state agencies

•Format: Let the states do the talking; listen and learn

•Modified :

•Conduct 4 regional workshops; •Conduct one national level workshop to validate/refine/delete/add to findings •Publish an issues and effective practices document and identification of additional need^

NCHRP and pertinent studies

• NCHRP 03-84 [Completed]

• Guide for Multistate Transportation Operations Programs

• NCHRP 20-59(11) [Completed]

• Emergency Traffic Operations Management

• NCHRP 03-94 [Active]

• Transportation Systems Operations and Management Guide

• NCHRP 20-77 [Active]

• Transportation Operations Training Framework

• NCHRP 20-59(23) [Active]

• A Guide to Emergency Response Planning at State Transportation Agencies

• NCHRP 20-59(24) [Active]

• A Guide to Transportation and Hazards Resources

• NCHRP 03-86 [Anticipated]

• Traffic Operations Management and Planning Process

• Additional research also in SHRPII focus areas

SHRP II

• Safety: Significantly improve highway safety by achieving an understanding of driving behavior through a study of unprecedented scale.

• Renewal: Develop design and construction methods that cause minimal disruption and produce long-lasting facilities to renew the aging highway infrastructure.

• Reliability: Reduce congestion and improve travel time reliability through incident management, response, and mitigation.

• Capacity: Integrate mobility, economic, environmental, and community needs into the planning and design of new transportation capacity.

Pertinent SHRP II Reliability

• L06

Institutional Architectures to Advance Operational Strategies

• L01

Integrating Business Processes to Improve Reliability

• L12

Training and Certification of Traffic Incident Responders

Additional Information

• www.transportation.org -

• www.fhwa.dot.gov

• www.ops.fhwa.gov

• www.rita.dot.gov

• www.timcoalition.org

• www.i95coalition.org

• www.ncutcd.org

• www.trb.org

• SCOTSEM, Irvine CA, August 24-27, 2009

w NCRHP20-59,

ABE40, and SCOWCoT

• SSOM, Manchester NH, June 15-17, 2009

w SCOTE

• NCUTCD immediately follows June 18-20, 2009

Many 3 Legged Stools

• Planning; Engineering; Operations

• Change; Challenge; Opportunity

• Engineering; Education; Enforcement

• Mobility; Safety; Security

• Communication; Cooperation; Coordination



		What is AASHTO • American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials • Nonprofit association founded in 1914 • Members include: ■ Highway and transportation departments of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico ■ Associate Members from Federal, State, and Local agencies and other countries • Covers all five transportation modes: air, highways, rail, transit, and water



			Vision and Mission

		Vision The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials is the voice for transportation and catalyst for organizational and technical excellence. Mission The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials advocates transportation-related policies and provides technical services to support states in their efforts to efficiently and safely move people and goods.



		AASHTO's Standing Committees By Mode: ■ Aviation ■ Highways ■ Public Transportation ■ Railroads ■ Water Transportation



			SCOH-SubCmte System Op & Mgt

		• Technology Task Force • Performance Measures Task Force • Reliability Task Force • Mainstreaming Task Force SCOTS(EM) Special Cmte on Transportation Security and Emergency Management



		AASHTO Operations Focus Areas • Inclusion in national policy positions • Supporting current SAFETEA-LU programs; however, recommendations for new authorization bill • Research (SHRP II, NCHRP, FHWA) and implementation • Peer exchange with partner organizations • Systems Operations and Management Subcommittee and exchange with other Standing and Subcommittees. • Special Committee on Transportation Security and Emergency Management • An AASHTO Operations guidebook to be developed • Expanded Operations



		Potential performance Areas for the State DOTs • Safety (e.g. fatalities) • Preservation (e.g. pavement IRI and NHS bridge deficiencies) • Congestion (e.g. delay and system connectivity) • Operations (e.g. incident management ) • Freight /Economic Development (e.g. Interstate Highway average speed) • Environment (e.g. greenhouse gas emissions )



		Authorization of a New Federal Transportation Bill

• SAFETEA-LU expires September 30, 2009 • 10 Legislative Policy Teams, 12 Proposals • AASHTO Board of Directors October 2008


	■ Highways ■ Transit ■ Rail ■ Freight ■ Mobility ■ Future		■ Project Delivery ■ Safety ■ Climate Change ■ Research ■ Revenue ■ Reform



			Proposal ITS RD&T

		• *Increase* to $150 m per year • *Continue* : 511, IntelliDrive (VII)—the Fed/State auto industry partnership effort; other key safety and mobility efforts • *Expand:* New technology thrust to reduce congestion and greenhouse gas emissions ; and, enhance freight delivery • *Fund a Center of Excellence for Operations at AASHTO:* to support state and local transport operators



		ARRA Highlights • Signed into law on February 17, 2009 • Provides $48.1 billion for transportation, including: ■ $27.5 billion for highways ■ $8.4 billion for transit ■ $8.0 billion for high speed rail ■ $1.3 billion for Amtrak ■ $1.5 billion for National Surface Transportation Discretionary Grants • Significant accountability, transparency and reporting requirements



National Unified Goal (NUG) For Traffic Incident Management

	A consensus document on issues of broad common concern, such as . . .


		• Responder Safety • Safe Quick Clearance • Reliable Incident Communications • Accountable Progress



			NCHRP and pertinent studies

		• NCHRP 03-84 [Completed] • Guide for Multistate Transportation Operations Programs • NCHRP 20-59(11) [Completed] • Emergency Traffic Operations Management • NCHRP 03-94 [Active] • Transportation Systems Operations and Management Guide • NCHRP 20-77 [Active] • Transportation Operations Training Framework • NCHRP 20-59(23) [Active] • A Guide to Emergency Response Planning at State Transportation Agencies • NCHRP 20-59(24) [Active] • A Guide to Transportation and Hazards Resources • NCHRP 03-86 [Anticipated] • Traffic Operations Management and Planning Process • Additional research also in SHRPII focus areas



			Pertinent SHRP II Reliability

		• L06 Institutional Architectures to Advance Operational Strategies • L01 Integrating Business Processes to Improve Reliability • L12 Training and Certification of Traffic Incident Responders



	Additional Information

• www.transportation.org - • www.fhwa.dot.gov • www.ops.fhwa.gov • www.rita.dot.gov • www.timcoalition.org • www.i95coalition.org • www.ncutcd.org • www.trb.org
		• SCOTSEM, Irvine CA, August 24-27, 2009 w NCRHP20-59, ABE40, and SCOWCoT • SSOM, Manchester NH, June 15-17, 2009 w SCOTE • NCUTCD immediately follows June 18-20, 2009



			Many 3 Legged Stools

		• Planning; Engineering; Operations • Change; Challenge; Opportunity • Engineering; Education; Enforcement • Mobility; Safety; Security • Communication; Cooperation; Coordination