Making Roadway Departure Safety a Priority

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1 2015 Joint Meeting TRB COMMITTEE AFB20 and the AASHTO Technical Committee on Roadside Safety (TCRS) Workshop on Making Roadway Departure Safety a Priority July 12 15, 2015 Chicago, Illinois WORKSHOP OBJECTIVE More than 1.2 million people are killed every year in roadway crashes worldwide. Roadway departure crashes comprise over half of the fatal crashes in the United States every year and are a significant global problem. Various efforts are being undertaken to reduce the roadway departure crash problem. In a recent effort, the AASHTO Technical Committee on Roadside Safety is developing a strategic plan that will provide direction on future research needed to update the Roadside Design Guide and Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH). The purpose of this workshop is to explore ways to better understand the nature of roadway departure crashes and strategically reduce their frequency and severity. Elements of safe roadside design will be explored. Methods for evaluating the performance of safety hardware at both the design stage and in the field will be presented. Information and data needs required to enable informed decision making will also be discussed. Small groups will meet to review and consider the ideas presented, as well as to develop proposals for further research to achieve meaningful progress in the area of roadside safety.

2 PROGRAM Sunday, July 12, :00-3:00 pm Joint Subcommittee on Positive Protection in Work Zones Focus Topic: Considerations for TMA and Shadow Vehicle Use Melisa Finley, Chair, TTI Dean Alberson, AFB20 Liaison, TTI 3:30-5:30 pm AFB20(1) Subcommittee on Computational Mechanics Focus Topic: Developing a Research Results Digest on Demonstrating Competency in Roadside Safety Finite Element Analysis Malcolm Ray, Chair, RoadSafe, LLC 7:00-9:00 pm AFB20(2) Subcommittee on International Research Activities Focus Topic: Global Qualifications for Certification of Road Safety Audit Team Leaders Michael Dreznes, co-chair, International Road Federation Rod Troutbeck, co-chair, Troutbeck and Associates Monday, July 13, :00 8:00 am Breakfast & Registration 8:00 8:45 am INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME Roger Bligh, TTI Chair, Committee on Roadside Safety Design (AFB20) Keith Cota, NHDOT Chair, AASHTO Technical Committee on Roadside Safety Session 1 Comprehensive Roadside Design Guide (RDG) 8:45 9:00 am Updating AASHTO Documents Tracy Lovell, AASHTO 9:00 9:20 am TCRS Strategic Plan for RDG Christine Carrigan, RoadSafe 9:20 9:40 am MODOT Wiki Joe Jones, Leidos Engineering 9:40 10:20 am How Do You Use or Apply the RDG Moderator: Chris Poole, Iowa DOT Panel: Tim Sheehan, Illinois DOT; Ali Hangul, Tennessee DOT; Tracy Borchardt, AECOM; Ron Faller, MwRSF 10:20 10:40 am BREAK 10:40 11:00 am Guidelines for the selection of bridge rails (22-12(03)) & Guidelines for Shielding Bridge piers (12-90) Mac Ray, RoadSafe 11:00 11:20 am Consideration of Roadside Features in HSM (17-54) Christine Carrigan, RoadSafe

3 11:20 11:40 am Traversability of Slopes & Ditches (16-05 and 17-55) Nauman Sheikh, TTI 11:40 12:00 pm Evaluating the Performance of Longitudinal Barriers on Curved, Superelevated Roadway Sections (22-29) Dhafer Marzoughi, George Mason 12:00 1:00 pm LUNCH Session 2 Instrumental MASH 1:00 1:20 pm TCRS Strategic Plan for Updating MASH Christine Carrigan, RoadSafe 1:20 1:35 pm Hardware Eligibility Process Nick Artimovich, FHWA 1:35 2:10 pm MASH Implementation Keith Cota, New Hampshire DOT 2:10 2:50 pm Status of Available MASH Hardware Jennifer Schmidt, MwRSF; Michael Brackin, TTI 2:50 3:10 pm Keeping MASH Relevant Mike Elle, Minnesota DOT 3:10 3:30 pm BREAK 3:30 5:00 pm Break Out Sessions 1. Breakout A: Research Needs to Support MASH Update Plan Facilitator: Bob Bielenberg, MwRSF 2. Breakout B: MASH Implementation Facilitator: Andy Casey, Georgia DOT 3. Breakout C: MASH Update Plan Facilitator: Ron Faller, MwRSF 6:00 9:00 pm Reception & Group Dinner - Harry Caray s 7th Inning Stretch Restaurant and Chicago Sports Museum Tuesday, July 14, :00 8:00 am Breakfast 8:00 8:30 am Breakout Session Summaries Session 3 Meeting the Challenge of Decade of Action Pillar II 8:30 8:40 am Decade of Action Pillar II Mike Dreznes, International Road Federation 8:40 8:55 am Safe System Approach Raphael Grzebieta, University of New South Wales, Australia 8:55 9:10 am Road Safety Audits Difference Between U.S. and U.K. Kim Kolody Silverman, CH2M Hill 9:10 9:30 am SAVeRS Project Francesca La Torre, University of Florence, Italy

4 9:30 9:45 am EU Project Pilot4Safety Francesca La Torre, University of Florence, Italy 9:45 10:15 am International Response to Pillar II Chile Jaime Campos Canessa Nepal Tulasi Sitaula Australia Shaun Lennard 10:15 10:30 am BREAK 10:30 noon Break Out Sessions 12:00 1:00 pm LUNCH 4. Breakout D: Research Needs to Support RDG Update Plan - Facilitator: Dean Alberson, TTI 5. Breakout E: International Roadway Departure Safety Conference - Facilitator: Ron Faller, MwRSF 6. Breakout F: RDG Update Plan Facilitator: Chris Poole, Iowa DOT Session 4 In-Service Evaluations and Data-Driven Decision Making 1:00 1:20 pm TCRS Strategic Plan: Evidence-Based Engineering Mac Ray 1:20 1:50 pm ISPE Data Collection and Analysis Methodologies Clay Gabler, Virginia Tech 1:50 2:10 pm Meta-Analysis of Guardrail Terminal In-Service Evaluation Studies Malcolm Ray, Roadsafe LLC 2:10 2:30 pm Using RFID and Bar Codes to Perform Roadside Hardware Asset Management Jeff Pollock, International Coding Technologies, Inc. 2:30 2:50 pm Using Mobile LiDAR for Sign Asset Management and Applications to Roadside Hardware Neil Boudreau, MassDOT and Mark Day, GPI 2:50 3:10 pm Combining Roadside Hardware Inventory, Maintenance, and Crash Data: State perspective John Donahue, WSDOT 3:10 3:30 pm BREAK 3:30 5:00 pm Break Out Sessions 7. Breakout G: Research Needs to Support TCRS Data Plan - Facilitator: Doug Gabauer, Bucknell 8. Breakout H: Application of Advanced Technologies to Assist with Roadside Hardware Inventory Management and ISPEs Facilitator: Mac Ray, Roadsafe 9. Breakout I: Who, How, When and Where to Collect ISPE Data Facilitator: Clay Gabler, Virginia Tech

5 Wednesday, July 15, :00 8:00 am Breakfast 8:00 9:00 am Breakout Session Summaries 9:00 9:10 am Report of AFB20(1) Computational Mechanics Subcommittee Activities Chair - Malcolm Ray, Roadsafe LLC 9:10 9:30 am Report of AFB20(2) International Research Activities Co-Chair - Michael Dreznes, International Road Federation Co-Chair - Rod Troutbeck, Troutbeck and Associates 9:30 9:40 am Report of Joint Subcommittee on Positive Protection in Work Zones Activities AFB20 Liaison Dean Alberson, TTI 9:40 10:15 am Summary of Ongoing Roadside Safety Research Activities NCHRP (20 min.) Mark Bush, NCHRP FHWA (15 min.) Eduardo Arispe, FHWA 10:15 10:30 am BREAK 10:30 11:50 am Summary of Ongoing Roadside Safety Research Activities Midwest States Pooled Fund (20 min.) MwRSF Roadside Safety Pooled Fund (20 min.) TTI RoadSafe (20 min) RoadSafe George Mason (20 min) George Mason 11:50 12:00 noon Other Business Noon Noon 1:30 pm ADJOURN Joint AFB20/TCRS Meeting Lunch - On your own 1:30-5:00 pm Computational Mechanics Workshop/Forum Sponsored by AFB20(1) 1:30-5:00 pm TCRS Business Meeting By invitation only Thursday, July 16, :00 8:00 am Breakfast (for Workshop Attendees) 8:00 12:00 noon Computational Mechanics Workshop (continued) Noon Lunch on your own 1:30 5:00 pm Computational Mechanics Workshop (continued if needed)