Operational Effects of Geometrics
Agenda
1. Call to Order, Welcome, Webinar Logistics
2. Chair’s Report
3. Secretary’s Report
4. Subcommittee Reports
5. 2011 Annual Meeting Plans
6. 2011 Mid-Year Meeting Heads Up
7. Announcements
2. Chair’s Report
2.1. Webinar objective:
– Review 2010 membership changes
– Organize subcommittee participation
– Preview 2011 TRB Annual Meeting activities
2.2. New membership roster
4
th
International Symposium
• It was fabulous!
• Special thanks to:
– Doug Harwood, Chair of Steering Committee
– Alfredo Garcia, Host and Co-chair
– Steering Committee members
– Polytechnic U. of Valencia faculty, students
and staff
2010 Membership Rotation
Members Who Rotated Off: • Jim Brewer, Kansas DOT
• Paul Dorothy, Burgess & Niple • Kathy King, Ohio DOT
• Keith Knapp, U. of Minnesota • Karl Passetti, Kittelson & Assoc. • Wendel Ruff, ABMB Engineers • Karen Schurr, U. of Nebraska • Larry Shannon, MS Consultants
New Members:
• Stefan Bald, Technical U. of Darmstadt, Germany
• Justin Bansen, Kittelson & Assoc. • Daniel Carter, UNC HSRC
• Gilbert Chlewicki, Consultant • Kay Fitzpatrick, TTI
• Alan Glen, Quincy Engineering • Ram Jaggannathan, VHB
Continuing Members
• Mike Dimaiuta, Genex
• Eric Donnell, Penn State U. • Alfredo Garcia, Polytechnic U.
of Valencia, Spain • Doug Harwood, MRI
(Emeritus)
• Yasser Hassan, Carleton U. • Manoj Jha, Morgan State U. • Geoff Millen, Delphi-MRC • Angelia Parham, CH2M Hill • Paolo Perco, U. of Trieste, Italy • Chris Poe, TTI
• R. J. Porter, U. of Utah
• John Smart, Institution of Hwys & Transp., UK
• Nick Stamatiadis, U. of Kentucky
• Gerald Sudimick, PBS&J
• Dewayne Sykes, North Carolina DOT
• Dan Turner, U. of Alabama (Emeritus)
Expectations of Members
• Basics:
– Review papers
– Attend at least one committee meeting/year
• Additionally,
– Lead/co-lead one activity (e.g., subcommittee
chair/co-chair)
Or
3. Secretary’s Report:
3.1.Committee Web Site
• Purpose:
– Keep members up-to-date on committee activities – Communication between members
– Communicate info about committee to others to encourage interest in committee activities
• Initial Content:
– Member List and New Members Guide – Committee/subcommittee functions
– Committee business (e.g., meeting minutes, strategic plan) – Past and upcoming events
– Conference/symposia proceedings
• Member site vs. Public site
Committee Website
• Desirable Web Capabilities (being considered
and prioritized):
– Volunteer recruitment interface and task assignments for volunteers
– Technical document libraries with an advanced search function – Creation of an expert panel for responses to public questions to
the committee in blog format
– Creation of a platform for teams to collaborate and produce documents with version control
– Interfacing with subcommittees and allocating their space on the website
Contacts: Ram Jaggannathan [[email protected]]
4. Subcommittee Reports
4.1. Paper Awards
4.2. Performance-Based Analysis
4.3. Freeway Safety & Operations
4.4. Self-Enforcing Contextual Geometrics
4.5. Research
Paper Awards
• Overview of Subcommittee
• Paper selection process
• Last year’s participants:
– Larry Shannon, Jim Brewer, Geoff Millen, and Gerald Sudimick
• 2010 paper award recipient:
– “Measurement and Comparison of Acceleration and Deceleration Zones at Traffic Control Intersections” by Saroch Boonsiripant, Michael Hunter, Karen Dixon, and Michael Rodgers
• Volunteers for 2011 paper award selection
Performance-Based Analysis
• Modeling Operating Speed: Synthesis Report
• Case Studies of Performance-Based Design
• Operational Effects of Geometrics…at Night
• 3-5 year strategic plan
– Subcommittee scope/objectives
– Call for papers, conference sessions, workshops – White papers/e-circulars
– Research problem/synthesis statements
Freeway Safety & Operations
• Synthesis topics
• Research Needs Statements
• TRB Annual Meeting Workshops
• Subcommittee meeting in the Fall
Self-Enforcing Contextual Geometrics
• Self-Explaining Roads
• Context Sensitive Solutions
• Complete Streets
• Task groups to address
– Knowledge gaps – Research needs – Issues
• Target date: 2011 Midyear meeting
Research
• Strategic Research Needs Program Progress
– 5 “high-priority” research needs statements developed after 2009 mid-year meeting and submitted to
AASHTO Technical Committee on Geometric Design – 2 of 5 “high-priority” needs statements selected for
funding in NCHRP FY 2011 program (NCHRP 17-53 and NCHRP 3-102)
– Remaining “high priority” need statements (3) and 13 additional needs statements being prepared by
Research (Cont’d)
• Strategic Research Needs Future Plans
– Prepare Transportation Research E-circular
document of white papers and 18 research needs statements in fall/winter 2010-2011
– Present updated strategic research needs document at July 2011 mid-year meeting with AFB10, AHB65, and AASHTO Technical Committee on Geometric Design
– Continue to develop research needs as emerging issues evolve
Intersections Joint Subcommittee
• Establishing/formalizing Work Groups:
– Communications & Outreach Work Group – Program Planning Work Group
– Research Needs & Monitoring Work Group – Alternative Intersections Work Group
• Organized workshop & 2 podium sessions for
October Access Management Conference
• Newsletter to be released by end of year
4
th
Urban Street Symposium
• Jointly held with Midwestern ITE in Chicago, Illinois
• Tentative dates: June 24 to 27, 2012
– TRB committee meeting would be Wednesday afternoon (June 27)
• Call for abstract to be developed by end of year and
distributed at Annual Meeting 2011
– Will need help reviewing abstracts in 2011 (will call for assistance at annual meeting)
5. 2011 Annual Meeting Activities
5.1. Sunday Workshops
5.2. Podium Sessions
5.3. Poster Sessions
5.1. Sunday Workshops
• Preserving the Lost Art of Geometric Design: Freeways and Interchanges [Geometric Design Committee]
• Active Traffic Management [Freeway Operations Committee]
• Assessment of the Effectiveness of Road Safety Measures [Transportation Safety Management Committee]
• Virtual Design and Construction for Transportation: Terminologies, Opportunities, Benefits, and Barriers
5.2/5.3. Sponsored Sessions
5.2. Podium Sessions (maximum of 2):
– Best Papers from the 4th International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design
5.3. Poster Sessions (“unlimited”)
– Case Studies in Performance-Based Analysis
5.2/5.3. Possible Topics:
– Signalized Intersections – Unsignalized Intersections – Freeway/Interchange Design – Rural Two-Lane Highways
5.2/5.3. Co-Sponsored Sessions
• Podium:
– Balancing Freight Movement Needs in Livable Urban Areas [Committee on Truck Size and Weight]
• Part 1: Planning Issues
• Part 2: Road Design and Operational Issues
– Where are They Now? Updates on NCHRP-Funded Geometric Design Research Projects [Geometric Design Committee]
– Emerging Trends in Geometric Design: Top Paper
Submittals from the 2010 TRB Paper Review Process
[Geometric Design Committee]
• Poster:
– Geometric Design Research—Up Close and Personal
5.4/5.5 Meetings
5.4. Subcommittee Meetings
– Intersections Joint Subcommittee
– Freeway Safety & Operations Subcommittee – Performance-Based Analysis Subcommittee
– Self-Explaining Contextual Geometrics Subcommittee – 4th International Symposium Steering Committee (?) – Others ???
6. 2011 Mid-Year Meeting
• Joint meeting with:
– TRB Geometric Design Committee
– AASHTO Technical Committee on Geometric Design
• Tentative dates: July 23-28, 2011
• Tentative location: Irvine, California
• Organizing committee:
– Led by TRB Geometric Design Committee
– Seeking volunteers to represent Operational Effects
7. Announcements
• ASCE Green Streets and Highways Conference
– November 14-17, 2010 – Denver, CO
