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International Outreach Overview TRB Annual Meeting, 2007. SHRP 2. Targeted, short-term program of strategic highway research modeled on the first SHRP Authorized by Congress in 2005 Administered by TRB in cooperation with AASHTO and FHWA
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International Outreach Overview TRB Annual Meeting, 2007
SHRP 2 • Targeted, short-term program of strategic highway research modeled on the first SHRP • Authorized by Congress in 2005 • Administered by TRB in cooperation with AASHTO and FHWA • Integrates multiple fields of study to address critical needs
Safety • Goal: to prevent or reduce the severity of highway crashes by understanding driver behavior. • Use of vehicle-based and site-based technologies to gather pre-crash, crash, and exposure data.
Renewal • Goal: to renew aging infrastructure through rapid design and construction methods that cause minimal disruption and produce long-lived facilities. • Integrated approach involving engineering, finance, contracting, planning, safety, maintenance, customer relations.
Reliability • Goal: to reduce congestion through incident reduction, management, response, and mitigation. • Integrated approach involving data, analysis, institutional architectures, tools, and operational strategies.
Capacity • Goals: to integrate mobility, economic, environmental, and community needs into the planning and design of new highway capacity. • Systems approach involving fundamental knowledge, data, tools, institutional issues.
Funding and Time Frame • $150 million, expended over 7 years • April 2006 through March 2013 • $108 million of research contracts: • Safety: $43.2 million • Renewal: $28.8 million • Reliability: $18 million • Capacity: $18 million
Stakeholder Governance • Oversight Committee (OC) to guide whole program • Technical Coordinating Committees (TCCs) for each focus area • Expert Task Groups (ETGs) prepare RFPs, review proposals, and provide technical advice on special tasks
International Outreach:Objectives • Access an expanded research community • Build on pre-existing or concurrent research • Limit non-productive repetition • Disseminate results more widely
Policy Resolutions • Encourage International Participation on Contract Research Teams • International “Loaned” Staff • International Coordinators • Collaborative and Cooperative Research
International Involvement To Date • Derek Sweet—provided by Canadian Council of Transportation Deputy Ministers, first “loaned” staff • International researchers on proposing teams • Roundtable meeting with ECTRI • Exploratory meeting with FEHRL (January 22)
Contact SHRP 2Derek Sweet, International Coordinator • By email DSweet@nas.edu • By telephone at 202-334-1330 • Visit www.TRB.org/SHRP2