Transportation

Research
Board

2007-08 Richard Cunard, P.E.

Engineer of Traffic & Ops
rcunard@nas.edu
Congestion
Increasingly congested facilities
across all modes
Addressing Congestion
 New Road  Improve System
Capacity Operations
 More Sophisticated
 Increase Transit
User Fees
Options
 Better Information
 Improved Land
 Public Investment
Use Coordination
in Freight
and Collaboration
Efficiency
Emergencies

Vulnerability to
terrorist strikes
and natural
disasters
Energy and Environment
Extraordinary challenges
Equity
Burdens on the
disadvantaged
Finance

Inadequate
revenues
Human and Intellectual
Capital

Inadequate
investment in
innovation
Infrastructure

Enormous,
aging capital
stock to
maintain
Institutions
20th Century Institutions
Mismatched to 21st Century
Missions
Safety
Lost leadership
in road safety
87th Annual Meeting
Jan. 13–17, 2008

Only 212 days to go!

 TRB Annual Meeting
 Over 10,000 attendees
 Over 550 sessions
 3,200+ presentations
 425 TRB committee meetings
 500+ other meetings
 TRB Annual Meeting
 All levels of government, industry,
academia
 40% government (1,300 State; 1,500
Fed)
 23% private sector
 25% universities (1350 Students)
 TRB Annual Meeting is
International
 >1100 attendees from more than 67
countries outside U.S.
 >550 presentations from 50+
countries outside U.S.
 >20 sessions dedicated to
international issues
Compendium CD-ROM

~1,800
Papers
87th Annual
Meeting
January 13-17, 2008
Washington, DC
Theme:
Partnerships for
Progress in
Transportation
87th Annual Meeting
New This Year:

Commercial
Exhibits &
Sponsorship
www.trb.org/meeting/
Workshops at TRB 2008
 Simulation Modeling and Analysis for Traffic
Evacuation
 VII and CICAS: Current Status and Future
Research Needs
 The National Unified Goal for Traffic Incident
Management - Safety, Clearance, and
Communications
 Human Factor Workshops (Billboards)
 Sessions at TRB 2008
 Intersection Design, Safety and Operations
 VII – Pathway to the future
 Role of Simulation in Engineering Analysis
 Incident Management
 Traffic Signal Dilemma-Zone Control
 Benefits of ITS Systems
 Access Management
New Dual Deadlines for Submittal
TRB
Publications
Highway Capacity
Manual 2000
Selected Recent Publications
TRR 1978: Traffic Signal Systems and
Regional Systems Management
TRR 1973: Traffic Control Devices,
Visibility, and Rail-Highway Grade
Crossings
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 New! -- TRB Webinars
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 PDH available
 Hot topics
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Research in Progress (RiP)
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TRB Conferences
 TRB Conferences - 2007
18th Visibility Symposium, College Station, TX,
April 17-18, 2007 (Papers on web)
 Freeway and Tolling Operations in the
Americas, May 20-22, 2007, Houston, TX (Papers
on web)
 3rd Urban Street Symposium, June 24-27, 2007,
Seattle, WA (CD available)
 TRB Conferences - 2007
 Workshop on VII and CICAS – Research Needs,
July 22-25, 2007, San Jose, CA
Third International Conference on Performance
Measurement, October 9, 2007, Irvine, CA
 TRB Conferences - Future
 National Roundabout Conference, May 2008
 Regional Traffic Monitoring Workshop, Spring
2008
 8th National Access Management Conference,
Fall, 2008, Baltimore, MD
Freeway and Tolling Operations, June 2009,
Hawaii
Research to Address the Sources of
Travel Time Reliability:
 Building a Foundation and Institutional
Setting for Operations
 Integrating Operations in Agency
Decision Making
 Developing Improved Operational
Strategies
Current Projects:
 Analytic Procedures for Determining
the Impacts of Reliability Improvement
Strategies
 Institutional Architectures to Advance
Operational Strategies
 Thanks!

www.TRB.org

Richard Cunard, P.E.

rcunard@nas.edu
Transportation Research
Board
Cooperative Research
Programs
Ray Derr
 Changes
 Chris Jenks is the new division director;
Crawford Jencks will be managing NCHRP
 New Programs
 Strategic Highway Research Program 2
 Airport Cooperative Research Program
 Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program
 National Cooperative Freight Research Program
 Selected New Publications
 NCHRP Digest 318: An Expert System for
Recommending Speed Limits in Speed Zones
 NCHRP Report 572: Roundabouts in the United
States
 NCHRP Web-Only Document 97: Guide to
Effective Freeway Performance Measurement:
Final Report and Guidebook
 TCRP 112/NCHRP 562: Improving Pedestrian
Safety at Unsignalized Crossings
 NCHRP Synthesis 356: Pavement Markings—
Design and Typical Layout Details
 New NCHRP Projects
3-89 Right-Turn Interactions and Channelized Right-Turns
($500,000)
3-90 Traffic Signal System Control for Congested
Conditions ($600,000)
3-91 Guidance for the Provision of Left-Turn Lanes at
Unsignalized Intersections ($350,000)
3-92 Production of the Year 2010 Highway Capacity
Manual ($1,000,000)
3-93 Automated Enforcement for Speeding and Red Light
Running ($150,000)
22-25 Design Layout and Placement Guidance for Cable
Barrier Systems ($400,000)
 NCHRP Projects (cont.)
Syn. Pavement Marking Warranty Specifications
($100,000)
Legal Liability Aspects of Bikeway Designation Updated
($50,000)
Quick Development of a Guide to Update ADA Transition
Plans ($100,000)
Quick Traffic Control Devices for Roundabouts ($90,000)
Quick Observed Minimum Thresholds of LED (Light
Emitting Diodes) Traffic Signals ($74,500)
 NCHRP Continuations
03-60 Capacity and Quality of Service of Interchange Ramp
Terminals ($200,000)
03-66 Traffic Signal State Transition Logic Using Enhanced
Sensor Information ($400,000)
03-79 Measuring and Predicting the Performance of
Automobile Traffic on Urban Streets ($225,000)
17-26 Methodology to Predict the Safety Performance of
Urban and Suburban Arterials ($100,000)
17-29 Methodology to Predict the Safety Performance of
Rural Multilane Highways ($100,000)
17-31 Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems—Phase
2 ($100,000)
17-32 Guidance for the Design and Application of Shoulder
and Centerline Rumble Strips ($200,000)
SCOR Desires for 2009 NCHRP
 Research problem statements should support AASHTO
committee/subcommittee strategic plans
 Research problem statements should support the
AASHTO Strategic Plan and Vision
 Research problem statements should address immediate
needs and long term vision
 Problem statements should be ranked by the appropriate
AASHTO committee/subcommittee
 Subgroup problem statements should be ranked by the
parent committee/subcommittee
 Staged research submittals (e.g., to develop a new
manual) should include a plan showing future submittals
 Committees/subcommittees should identify the top 2 or 3
issues they face