Title: First Panel Meeting Orientation Presentation NCHRP
1Transportation Research Board(TRB)
AASHTO Standing Committee on Quality May 2007
Crawford JencksDeputy Director, Cooperative
Research Programs
2TRB Briefing
- TRB Overview
- Cooperative Research Programs
- National Cooperative Highway Research Program
(NCHRP) - SCoQ Involvement
3THE NATIONAL ACADEMIESPrivate, Nonprofit
Institution
Transportation Research Board
4TRB Today
- Information Exchange
- Research Management
- Policy Analysis and Advice
- Publications and Research Information
5TRANSPORTATION 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
6TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES
SHRP 2
STUDIES SPECIAL PROGRAMS
ADMIN FINANCE
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAMS ------------------
------ NCHRP TCRP?ACRP NCFRP?HMCRP CTBSSP
7TRB 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
8Annual Meeting
9TRB 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
10TRANSPORTATION 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
11Policy Analysis Advice
12TRANSPORTATION 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
13STRATEGIC 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
14TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES
SHRP 2
STUDIES SPECIAL PROGRAMS
ADMIN FINANCE
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAMS ------------------
------ NCHRP TCRP?ACRP NCFRP?HMCRP CTBSSP
15COOPERATIVE 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
16NEW 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
17TRBs Cooperative Research Programs
18Contacts Cooperative Research Programs
19NCHRP
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
20AASHTOs 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)
21Active 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
22Continuing 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
23NCHRP 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
24NCHRP Project 20-2420-24 Series
- A project (subprogram) within the National
Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) - Addressing needs of State DOT and AASHTO
leadership
25Project 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
2620-24 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)
27New 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
28SCoQ 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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