. "Appendix B SHRP 2 Projects and Expected Products." Implementing the Results of the Second Strategic Highway Research Program: Saving Lives, Reducing Congestion, Improving Quality of Life - Special Report 296. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2009.
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Implementing the Results of the Second Strategic Highway Research Program: Saving Lives, Reducing Congestion, Improving Quality of Life
APPENDIX B SHRP 2 Projects and Expected Products
TABLE B-1SAFETY RESEARCH THEMES, PROJECTS, AND PRODUCTS
Theme
Safety Research Projects
Expected Products
Study design and field data collection
S05: Design of the In-Vehicle
Field study design
Driving Behavior and Crash Risk Study
Specifications and prototypes for data acquisition system
Field study management plan
S06: Technical Coordination and Independent Quality
Assurance for Field Study
Field study procedures
Integrated database
S07: In-Vehicle Driving Behavior Field Study
Site-specific data
S12: Data Acquisition System
Not applicable
Roadway data
S03: Roadway Measurement System Evaluation
Methodology for evaluation of mobile measurement systems collecting data related to safety analysis
State-of-the-practice report for mobile collection of safety-related data elements
S04: Acquisition of Roadway Information
Geographic information system database of roadway and roadside characteristics and features for selected segments of roads in geographic areas used for field study
Analysis
S01: Development of Analysis Methods Using Recent Data
Analysis methods
S02: Integration Methods and Development of Analysis Plan
Analysis plan
S08: Analysis of In-Vehicle Field Study Data and Countermeasure Implications
Analysis of selected safety questions
Site-based study
S09: Site-Based Video System Design and Development
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APPENDIX B
SHRP 2 Projects and Expected Products
TABLE B-1 SAFETY RESEARCH THEMES, PROJECTS, AND PRODUCTS
Theme
Safety Research Projects
Expected Products
Study design and field data collection
S05: Design of the In-Vehicle
Field study design
Driving Behavior and Crash Risk Study
Specifications and prototypes for data acquisition system
Field study management plan
S06: Technical Coordination and Independent Quality
Assurance for Field Study
Field study procedures
Integrated database
S07: In-Vehicle Driving Behavior Field Study
Site-specific data
S12: Data Acquisition System
Not applicable
Roadway data
S03: Roadway Measurement System Evaluation
Methodology for evaluation of mobile measurement systems collecting data related to safety analysis
State-of-the-practice report for mobile collection of safety-related data elements
S04: Acquisition of Roadway Information
Geographic information system database of roadway and roadside characteristics and features for selected segments of roads in geographic areas used for field study
Analysis
S01: Development of Analysis Methods Using Recent Data
Analysis methods
S02: Integration Methods and Development of Analysis Plan
Analysis plan
S08: Analysis of In-Vehicle Field Study Data and Countermeasure Implications
Analysis of selected safety questions
Site-based study
S09: Site-Based Video System Design and Development
Site-based video system
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TABLE B-2 RENEWAL: RELATIONSHIP OF RESEARCH PRODUCTS TO RESEARCH OBJECTIVES, TACTICS, AND PROJECTS
Objective
Tactic
Renewal Research Projects
Expected Products
Rapid approaches
1. Perform faster in situ construction
R01: Encouraging Innovation in Locating and Characterizing Underground Utilities
State-of-the-art manual
Electronic database of state-of-the-art technologies
Long-term research and development plan
New tools and training materials
R02: Geotechnical Solutions for Soil Improvement, Rapid Embankment Construction, and Stabilization of the Pavement Working Platform
Material/Technology Selection Catalog
Guidelines
Performance-related specifications
Construction inspection certification programs
Design procedures
2. Minimize field fabrication
R04: Innovative Bridge Designs for Rapid Renewal
Design specifications
Construction specifications
Contracting tools
Training materials
R05: Modular Pavement Technology
Modular pavement feasibility study
Design procedures
Guidelines and model specifications
Long-term evaluation plan
3. Perform faster inspection and monitoring
R06: A Plan for Developing High-Speed, Nondestructive Testing Procedures for Both Design Evaluation and Construction Inspection
Test procedures
Proof of concept of emerging techniques
Training materials
4. Facilitate innovative and equitable contracting environment
R07: Performance Specifications for Rapid Highway Renewal
Guidelines
Model specifications
R09: Risk Manual for Rapid Renewal Contracts
Guidelines for implementation
Training materials
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Objective
Tactic
Renewal Research Projects
Expected Products
Minimize disruption
5. Improve customer relations
R15: Strategies for Integrating Utility and Transportation Agency Priorities in Renewal Projects
Best-practices manual
Testing and evaluation plan
Recommended institutional and policy changes
Model agreements for cooperation
R16: Railroad-DOT Institutional Mitigation Strategies
Best-practices document
Model agreements
Streamlined permitting procedures
Recommended specification, institutional, and policy changes for implementation
Produce long-lasting facilities
6. Design and construct low-maintenance facilities
R19-A: Bridges for Service Life Beyond 100 Years: Innovative Systems, Subsystems, and
Load and resistance factor design and construction specifications
Standard plans
Detailed design examples
R19-B: Bridges for Service Life Beyond 100 Years: Service Limit State Design
Load and resistance factor design and construction specifications
Standard plans
Detailed design examples
R21: Composite Pavement Systems
Guidelines
Design, materials, and construction manuals
Training materials
R23: Using Existing Pavement in Place and Achieving Long Life
State-of-the-art report
Design guides
Construction procedures and specifications
7. Preserve facility life
R26: Preservation Approaches for High Traffic Volume Roadways
Guidelines
Methodology and supporting data for life-cycle considerations
Research plan
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TABLE B-3 RELIABILITY RESEARCH THEMES, PROJECTS, AND PRODUCTS
Theme
Reliability Research Projects
Expected Products
1. Data, metrics, analysis, and decision support
L02: Establishing Monitoring Programs for Travel Time Reliability
Guidebook for establishing travel time monitoring programs
Report on traffic detector technologies, conversion of traffic recorders to provide real-time information, and integration of various data on nonrecurring congestion
L03: Analytical Procedures for Determining the Impacts of Reliability Improvement Strategies
Report on technical relationships between mitigation measures and performance measures
Report on pilot studies of field data collection to support assessment of analytical procedures
L04: Incorporating Reliability Performance Measures into Planning and Operations Modeling Tools
Report on how planning and traffic simulation models can be modified to incorporate reliability performance measures
Report on proof of concept of the modifications
Guidelines for incorporation
L13: Developing the Requirements for Designing and Implementing a System for Archiving and Disseminating Data from SHRP 2 Reliability and Related Studies
Guidelines for a reliability data archiving and dissemination system using web-based mechanisms
An archival system that is documented, tested, and populated for use
2. Institutional change, human behavior, and resource needs
L01: Integrating Business Processes to Improve Reliability
Report on successful examples of integration of business processes to improve travel time reliability
Guidelines for agencies for implementing successful business practices to improve travel time reliability
L06: Institutional Architectures to Advance Operational Strategies
Workshop report on key institu-tional architecture issues
Report on successful practices recently instituted
Guidebook for agencies for changing institutional architectures in support of improved operational strategies
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Theme
Reliability Research Projects
Expected Products
L10: Using In-Vehicle Video Data to Explore How to Modify Driver Behavior that Causes Nonrecurring Congestion
Report on the feasibility of using in-vehicle video data to support investigations aimed at modifying congestion-causing behavior
Report on studies using in-vehicle video data to investigate means of modifying congestion-causing behavior
L12: Training and Certification of Traffic Incident Responders
Checklist of responder actions and identification of core competencies for responders
Curriculum and instruction outline for key responder types
Recommended framework for responder certification
Report on pilot study and evaluation of certification process
L14: Effectiveness of Different Approaches to Disseminating Traveler Information on Travel Time Reliability
Identification of traveler information methods
Assessment of how improved travel information systems would affect road user behavior
Report on alternative mechanisms for agencies to improve traveler information services
3. Incorporating reliability into planning, programming, and design
L05: Incorporating Reliability Performance Measures into the Transportation Planning and Programming Processes
Procedures for linking countermeasures to reliability performance measures
Report on analysis of trade-off s in capital versus operating expenditures resulting from using mobility and reliability performance measures in the programming process
Report on analysis of how using reliability performance measures fits into the short-term programming process
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Theme
Reliability Research Projects
Expected Products
L07: Evaluation of Costs and Effectiveness of Highway Design Features to Improve Travel Time Reliability
Report on design practices aimed at improving travel time reliability
Assessment of the cost-effectiveness of using design practices to improve travel time reliability
Guidebook of design practices that can improve travel time reliability
L08: Incorporation of Nonrecurrent Congestion Factors into the Highway Capacity Manual Methods
Methodology for predicting the probability of occurrence of nonrecurring incidents in varying conditions
Methodology for predicting impacts on speed and delay
Methodology for predicting the effectiveness of design and management strategies for reducing nonrecurring congestion
L09: Incorporation of Nonrecurrent Congestion Factors into the AASHTO Policy on Geometric Design
Report on how to incorporate factors in nonrecurring congestion into the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials design guide
4. Future needs and opportunities to improve travel time reliability
L11: Evaluating Alternative Operations Strategies
Report on the requirements of road users for travel time reliability and the ability of agencies to meet these requirements
Report on suggested operations strategies for improving travel time reliability
L15: Reliability Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis
Reports from several projects aimed at identifying and testing innovative concepts to improve travel time reliability
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TABLE B-4 CAPACITY RESEARCH THEMES, PROJECTS, AND PRODUCTS
Theme
Capacity Research Projects
Expected Products
1. Elements of collaborative decision making
C01: A Framework for Collaborative Decision Making on Additions to Highway Capacity
Collaborative Decision-Making Framework built around 30 key decision points
Twenty-five case studies
Tabletop vetting exercises
C07: Integrating SHRP 2 Products into the Collaborative Decision-Making Framework
Integration of all products into a modular, flexible, usable product
C02: A Systems-Based Performance Measurement Framework for Highway Capacity Decision Making
Knowledge-based web resource
Library of measures and data needs
Guidelines for selecting measures
Examples of good practice
C08: Linking Community Visions and Highway Capacity Planning
Guidelines for incorporating community visioning into highway capacity decisions and ensuring that they are followed through to project development
C09: Incorporating Greenhouse Gas Emissions into the Collaborative Decision-Making Process
Guidelines for considering greenhouse gas emissions in the various key decision points in the decision process
C12: The Effect of Public-Private Partnerships and Nontraditional Procurement Processes on Highway Planning, Environmental Review, and Collaborative Decision Making
Good practices for adapting to public-private partnerships and design-build procurements
C13: Integrating Full Cost and Fiscal Impact Analysis into Collaborative Decision Making
Guidelines for full cost analysis and allocation of present and future costs to jurisdictions
C14: Developing a Multiagency Change Management Framework
A guide to the theory and practice of changing one’s own agency and others, organized around key decision points in the decision process
C15: Integrating Freight Considerations into the Collaborative Decision-Making Process
Good practices for considering freight transport in the collaborative decision-making process
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Theme
Capacity Research Projects
Expected Products
2. Ecological approach to surface environmental protection
C06A: Integration of Conservation, Highway Planning, and Environmental Permitting Using an Outcome-Based, Ecosystem Approach
Methods and procedures for interagency environmental cooperation at all key decision points in the highway delivery process
Science-based system of multipurpose credits for habitats, wetlands, and endangered species
C06B: Development of an Ecological Assessment Process and Credits System for Enhancements to Highway Capacity
A business model for an ecological approach
Model programmatic agreements
Guidelines document to assist in adopting an ecological approach
3. Improved tools for analysis of travel behavior
C10: Partnership to Develop an Integrated, Advanced Travel Demand Model and Fine-Grained, Time-Sensitive Network
SHRP 2 partnership with one or two metropolitan planning organizations or departments of transportation
Bringing an advanced model set and time-sensitive network online
Testing the ability of the integrated model set to estimate time and route shifts in response to tolls or congestion (C04 products)
Testing the ability to deliver fine-grained inputs to air quality models (C09)
Testing the ability to estimate effects of operations, design, and technology improvements (C05)
Having a catalytic effect on accelerated adoption of these techniques by others
C04: Improved understanding of How Congestion and Pricing Affect Travel Demand
Mathematical representations of how motorists react to highway congestion and pricing
Product packaged for use in models
Testing of product in C10 partnership
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Theme
Capacity Research Projects
Expected Products
C05: Understanding the Contribution of Operations, Technology, and Design to Meeting Highway Capacity Needs
Tools to quantify network-level capacity benefits, individually and in combination, of operations, design, and technology improvements
Guidelines for using results in planning networks to reflect sustained service rates
C16: The Effect of Smart Growth Policies on Travel Demand
Analysis of the effect of smart growth policies on peak-period travel demand and methods for analysis that may entail the tools of the C10 partnership
4. Economic impacts of highway investment
C03: Interactions Between Transportation Capacity, Economic Systems, and Land Use and Integrating Economic Considerations into Project Development
Sixty case studies distributed across various highway types, degrees of urbanization, and geographic regions
Case-based reasoning tools to use the case studies
Practitioners’ handbook
C11: Development of Improved Economic Analysis Tools Based on Recommendations from Project C03
Techniques for integrating databased analytical tools with case-based tools
