Innovation in Lean Times Jerry A. DiMaggio TRB, Washington DC SHRP2 Implementation Coordinator

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1 Accelerating solutions for highway safety, renewal, reliability, and capacity Innovation in Lean Times Jerry A. DiMaggio TRB, Washington DC SHRP2 Implementation Coordinator

2 SHRP 2 Origin & Philosophy Needs identified by State DOT and industry leaders driven by customer-oriented goals: Make highways safer: revolutionary change Fix highways: address epidemic of aging infrastructure Reduce congestion: increase physical and operational capacity Success requires non-traditional approach: Multiple disciplines Collaboration with non-dot stakeholders Portfolio: from new knowledge to practical tools to allow existing innovations to be more widely used

3 Four Focus Areas Safety: fielding the largest-ever naturalistic driving study to reduce crashes and save lives through understanding driver behavior Renewal: making rapid, innovative construction possible for ordinary projects Reliability: Providing management and technical tools to reduce congestion through operations Capacity: Systematizing collaborative decision making to achieve better, faster project decisions

4 Safety: Strategic Rationale Driver behavior is key: Primary factor in two-thirds of crashes Contributing factor in more than 90% of crashes Hardest to study; the thing we know the least about Opportunity: Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS): Miniaturized sensor technologies & increased computing capacity: can observe real-world driving Method proven with 100 car study at VA Tech Crash, pre-crash, near-crash, and normal driving data SHRP 2 scales up NDS for more robust results drivers, 6 sites, all ages Data to be available for other researchers for decades

5 Camera Image Samples Source: VTTI 5

6 Safety Highlights Progress on data collection: 3,100 participants so far 4.3 million trips; 5 veh-yrs of data per day 12,500 center-line miles of roadway data Approval to collect cell phone records and supplemental data First analysis projects underway Interest in using data from outside of SHRP2 (FHWA, NHTSA, auto mfrs, academics, IIHS, AAA FTS, etc.)

7 Initial Analysis Projects Rural 2-lane curves Iowa State University Ex. App : more cost-effective roadway measures to prevent crashes Offset left-turn bays MRI Global Ex. App: cost-effective intersection design Driver inattention SAFER, Chalmers Univ. Ex. App: vehicle technology to track driver attention, warn distracted drivers 7

8 Renewal: Strategic Rationale Facilities are aging, users depend on them: Renew infrastructure quickly Have minimal impact on users Produce long-lasting facilities We know how to do this on special projects What keeps us from doing it consistently across the system? Lack of standard methods, specs Lack of reliable performance/usage information Human/institutional challenges SHRP 2 seeks to overcome these obstacles

9 Bridges Example Renewal Projects R04 Bridge Designs for Rapid Renewal R19A Bridges Beyond 100 Years Pavements R05 Modular Pavement Solutions R21 Composite Pavement Systems R23 Long-Life Pavements R26 Preservation on High Volume Roadways

10 Example Renewal Projects Project Management Tools R07 Performance Specifications for Rapid Renewal R09 Managing Risk in Rapid Renewal Contracts R10 Managing Complex Projects Non-Destructive Testing R06 Web Tool for Non-Destructive Testing Utilities and Railroads R15B Integrating Utility/Transportation R16 Railroad Agreements

11 Reliability & Capacity Capacity tackles recurring congestion Reliability tackles nonrecurring congestion

12 Reliability Strategic Rationale Nonrecurring events account for more than half of congestion Impact of these events on users is reduced travel time reliability (TTR) TTR is valuable to users TTR is a good tool to measure performance and develop and target improvements What do we need to effectively use TTR? Ways to measure and monitor TTR Integration of TTR into modeling, planning, programming, and design. Ops-oriented business practices, training

13 Example Reliability Projects L12 Training for Traffic Incident Responders Organizing for Reliability L31 CEO Workshop on Operations L17 Knowledge Transfer System L06 Organizing Agencies for Systems Operations and Mgt. L01 Business Processes for Reliability Reliability Analysis Tools L02 Monitoring Programs for Reliability L05 Planning/Programming for Reliability L07 Reliability by Design L08 Reliability in the Highway Capacity Manual L36 Regional Operations Forum

14 Capacity Strategic Rationale Sometimes you just need more highway Why don t we get it when we need it? Multiple independent decision points that must collectively satisfy a range of goals: engineering, economic, environmental, community Decisions tend to be lost or revisited, which can cause opposition and delay Facilitate and expedite key decisions: get the right information to the right people at the right time, avoid re-do loops

15 Example Capacity Projects C06 Integrating Ecosystem & Highway Planning TCAPP C01 TCAPP C02 Performance Measures C19 Expedited Project Delivery Economic Impact Tools C03 Economic Impact Case Studies C11 Economic Impact Analysis Tools C10 Travel Demand and Network Models C15 Freight Planning Guide

16 Research to Implementation Research Development Implementation Research responds to known transportation challenges A research product emerges and is refined through pilots and other activities Potential implementation explored through knowledge transfer Partner agencies select, prioritize, and prepare product for implementation Product is marketed to users and integrated into standard practice 16

17 MAP 21 and SHRP2 MAP 21 authorized funding for SHRP2 implementation $11 million of additional FFY 2012 funding FFY 2013 and 2014 funding had to come from Statewide Planning and Research (SPR) funds agreed to by 3/4 of the states 4% of SPR funds being used for SHRP2 implementation FHWA is providing additional funding Funding for implementation more than doubled to $169 million FHWA and AASHTO have developed a new implementation plan More products were added, as well as funding added for products already in the plan

18 SHRP2 SHRP2 Implementation Assistance Program

19 Products Included in First Round of Implementation Funding Assistance Capacity Implementing Eco-Logical (C06) Renewal Next-Generation Project Management Tools (2 products) Managing Risk in Rapid Construction Projects(R09) Managing Complex Projects (R10) Bridge Designs for Rapid Renewal (R04) Preservation on High-Volume Roadways (R26) Reliability Organizing for Reliability Tools (L01/L06) 19

20 Products Included in Second Round of Implementation Assistance Capacity Expedited Project Delivery (C19) Renewal Performance Specs for Rapid Renewal (R07) Managing Risk in Rapid Construction Projects (R09) Railroad Agreements (R16) 20

21 SHRP2 on the Web SHRP2 product fact sheets and collateral Focus on AASHTO members TRB Comprehensive info about research phase FHWA 21 Information clearinghouse for SHRP2 implementation phase Links to other SHRP2 websites

22 Accelerating solutions for highway safety, renewal, reliability, and capacity THANK YOU! Jerry A. DiMaggio