First Panel Meeting Orientation Presentation NCHRP

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Transportation Research Board(TRB)
AASHTO Standing Committee on Quality May 2007
Crawford JencksDeputy Director, Cooperative
Research Programs
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TRB Briefing

• TRB Overview
• Cooperative Research Programs
• National Cooperative Highway Research Program
  (NCHRP)
• SCoQ Involvement

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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIESPrivate, Nonprofit
Institution
Transportation Research Board
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TRB Today

• Information Exchange
• Research Management
• Policy Analysis and Advice
• Publications and Research Information

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TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES
SHRP 2
STUDIES SPECIAL PROGRAMS
ADMIN FINANCE
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAMS ------------------
------ NCHRP TCRP?ACRP NCFRP?HMCRP CTBSSP
Transportation Research Board
of the National Academies
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TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES
SHRP 2
STUDIES SPECIAL PROGRAMS
ADMIN FINANCE
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAMS ------------------
------ NCHRP TCRP?ACRP NCFRP?HMCRP CTBSSP
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TRB Committees Modes and Disciplines

• MODES
• Highways
• Public Transportation
• Freight Systems
• Rail
• Air
• Marine
• Non-Motorized

• DISCIPLINES
• Policy and Organization
• Planning and Environment
• Design and Construction
• Operations and Maintenance
• Safety and Systems Users
• Legal Resources

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Annual Meeting
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TRB 2007 Summer Conference

• July 7 to 9, 2007
• Renaissance Chicago Hotel
• Includes
• Ports, Waterways, Freight, and International
  Trade Conference
• Joint Summer Meeting of the TRB Planning,
  Finance, Administration, Freight, and Management
  Committees
• 40 TRB standing committee meetings

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TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES
SHRP 2
STUDIES SPECIAL PROGRAMS
ADMIN FINANCE
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAMS ------------------
------ NCHRP TCRP?ACRP NCFRP?HMCRP CTBSSP
Transportation Research Board
of the National Academies
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Policy Analysis Advice
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TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES
SHRP 2
STUDIES SPECIAL PROGRAMS
ADMIN FINANCE
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAMS ------------------
------ NCHRP TCRP?ACRP NCFRP?HMCRP CTBSSP
Transportation Research Board
of the National Academies
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STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM 2

• New TRB Division
• 51.25M/yr. (36M for FY06) for 4 years
• Themes Safety, Renewal, Reliability, Capacity
• Major issue re-prioritize research program to
  match reduced funding level
• Initial RFPs posted September 11, 2006
• TRB.org/SHRP2

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TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES
SHRP 2
STUDIES SPECIAL PROGRAMS
ADMIN FINANCE
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAMS ------------------
------ NCHRP TCRP?ACRP NCFRP?HMCRP CTBSSP
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COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAMS

• National Cooperative Highway Research Program
  (NCHRP) - 1962
• FHWA - AASHTO - TRB
• Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) -
  1992
• FTA - APTA - TRB
• Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) -
  2004
• USDOT(FAA) - TRB
• Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program
  (CTBSSP) - 2001
• FMCSA - TRB

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NEW COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAMS, FY2006-09

• Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program
  (HMCRP)
• Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
  Administration (PHMSA) - TRB
• National Cooperative Freight Research Program
  (NCFRP)
• Research and Innovative Technology Administration
  (RITA) - TRB

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TRBs Cooperative Research Programs
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Contacts Cooperative Research Programs
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NCHRP
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
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AASHTOs Research Program - Since 1962

• State DOTs
• Funds (5.5 SPR pooled by FHWA)
• Problems (selected by AASHTO)
• Applied research focus
• National issues
• Shared issues
• Contract research
• Panels (guide and monitor)
• Contractors (conduct research)
• Staff (facilitates)

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Active NCHRP Projects

• Project 20-72, Tools to Aid State DOTs in
  Workforce Issues
• Project 20-73, Accelerating Transportation
  Project and Program Delivery Conception to
  Completion
• Project 20-74, Developing an Asset-Management
  Framework for the Interstate Highway System

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Continuing Projects

• Funds allocated annually by SCOR to overall
  categories of activity
• Responsible NCHRP panels make sub-allocations to
  specific tasks or topics
• Assignments to Task Panels and Contractors

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NCHRP Special Projects

• 20-5 Synthesis Program
• 20-6 Legal Studies
• 20-7 AASHTO Highways Com.
• 20-24 Adm. Of State DOTs (for CEOs)
• 20-30 NCHRP-IDEA
• 20-36 International Info. Sharing
• 8-36 AASHTO Planning Com.
• 25-25 AASHTO Environmental Com.
• 20-65 AASHTO Public Transportation Com.
• 20-68 US Domestic Scan Program

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NCHRP Project 20-2420-24 Series

• A project (subprogram) within the National
  Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)
• Addressing needs of State DOT and AASHTO
  leadership

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Project 20-24

• Selections by NCHRP Panel SP20-24
• Chair Rhonda Faught
• To address top level management issues, and
• To support fact finding for AASHTO areas of
  interest
• By producing research deliverables and resource
  material
• Using 1 million per year

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20-24 Examples

• Project 20-24(37) Continuing, Measuring
  Performance among State DOTs
• Project 20-24(42), Comparison of State DOT
  Quality Management Systems (completed)
• Project 20-24(51), State DOT CEO Leadership Forum
  Sept 2006 (completed)
• NCHRP Project 20-24(53), Twenty-First Century
  Leadership and Management Techniques for State
  DOTs (active)

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New 20-24 Projects

• Project 20-24(58), Strategies for Reducing the
  Impacts of Surface Transportation on Global
  Climate Change
• Project 20-24(59), Executive Summit on
  Performance Based Management/Leadership
• Project 20-24(60), Toward Developing
  Performance-Based Federal-Aid Highway Programs
• Project 20-24(61), Updating AASHTOs Strategic
  Plan in CY 2008

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SCoQ Things to Do!

• Panel nominations for new FY 2008 NCHRP Projects
• Coordinate with DOT research manager
• Due May 25, 2007 (ish)
• 20-24 submittals before September 2007 AASHTO
  annual meeting
• FY 2009 problem statement candidates for main
  program due September 14, 2007

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