1 2010 Annual Meeting AASHTO Research Advisory Committee/TRB State Representatives July 27, 2010...

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2010 Annual MeetingAASHTO Research Advisory Committee/TRB State

RepresentativesJuly 27, 2010 • Kansas City, Missouri

Report from RITA

Robert L. Bertini, Ph.D., P.E., Deputy Administratorwww.rita.dot.gov

2U.S. Department of TransportationResearch and Innovative Technology Administration

DOT Priority Areas

Safety Livability Environmental

Sustainability Economic Growth State of Good

Repair

Infrastructure & Materials Human Factors Energy Sustainability Risk-Based Analysis to Address Safety Issues Data Driven Decision Making Multimodal Intelligent Transportation Systems Livability Modeling and Simulation Positioning, Navigation & Timing Transportation Implications For an Aging Population

and Those with Special Needs System Resilience & Global Logistics Policy Analysis Travel Behavior Economics

Current Research Clusters

U.S. DOT Priority Areas and Research Clusters


1. Infrastructure & Materials - promotes cross-modal awareness of issues, topics and innovations affecting modes of transport and the conveyances that operates over them

2. Human Factors - focuses on the human interactions with infrastructure and conveyances that operates over them

3. Energy Sustainability - supports activities to develop and deploy next generation fuels as well as promote conservation and other innovations

4. Risk-Based Analysis to Address Safety Issues - shares cross-modal activities and advances to improve the safety of the nation's transportation systems

5. Data Driven Decision Making - shares cross-modal activities and advances to improve the information used for policy, regulatory and other federal transportation activities

6. Multimodal Intelligent Transportation Systems - focuses on enabling safe, interoperable wireless connectivity between vehicles , conveyances, infrastructure and passengers' devices to support safety, mobility and environmental enhancements

7. Livability - supports awareness and cooperation to increase choices for transportation users, provide affordable access to employment centers and other destinations, and enhance economic opportunities and quality of life for all Americans

8. Modeling and Simulation - supports awareness and cooperation on current data technologies to project future needs and trends as well as address emerging issues

9. Positioning, Navigation & Timing - promotes the research that best supports DOT as it leads the federal civilian agency efforts and cooperates with DoD on these important support services to GPS and similar technologies

10. Transportation Implication For an Aging Population and Those with Special Needs - addresses the research needs, issues and topics affecting these population segments

11. System Resilience and Global Logistics - focuses on recovery from natural and other disasters as well as freight issues and concerns

12. Policy Analysis - shares cross-modal activities and advances to improve the information used for policy, regulatory and other federal transportation activities

13. Travel Behavior - promotes cross-modal awareness of issues, topics and innovations affecting how people choose their travel and travel patterns

14. Economics - promotes the research technologies and information sources that best help the Department in addressing lifecycle and other key transportation economics issues and topics

Science Based Clusters


Definition

Identified by the DOT RD&T Planning Team, clusters:

Define a set of common areas of scientific research that cut across modes and support DOT strategic goals

Provide a nexus around which DOT, UTC and other researchers will be connected to share ideas, project pursuits, issues and lessons learned about a specific research topic

Provide points of interest for consultation, connection, facilitation, coordination and collaboration on research activities

Are dynamic, flexible clusters in order to meet current and evolving research needs in the context of the Departmental Strategic Plan and its RD&T Strategic Plan

Research Clusters – Overview


Research Clusters – RITA Support

The Planning Team has identified researchers from your modes to begin these enhanced efforts

Types of RITA support for the clusters will include:□ Facilitate meetings, teleconferences and webinars to foster general information

sharing □ Promote sharing of outcomes and outputs □ Facilitate discussion of cooperative efforts and opportunities for leveraging results

and resources □ Disseminate information on accomplishments and upcoming events□ Identify links to useful information sites and stakeholders□ Use Web 2.0 technologies to support these activities including documents library,

calendars, RSS feeds, etc.□ Sponsor special events on cluster or multi-cluster topics


DOT Research Clusters

DOT Research Clusters □ DOT RD&T Planning Team identified clusters of needed research that

apply across all modal administrations as well as researchers working in these areas.

□ RITA is developing an external SharePoint site to facilitate collaboration across the transportation research enterprise – currently in beta testing with DOT researchers.

□ Schedule being driven by Federal IT requirements, especially security▪ DOT -funded researchers (UTCs) – access early fall▪ External researchers (state DOTs) – access late fall/early winter

□ Anticipate webinars and other forums to facilitate enterprise collaboration in these research areas.

RITA moving to provide online coordination and collaboration tools – with valued input from RAC/Research Coordination and Collaboration Task Force

We’re excited about how this is going to help us all do our jobs better


DOT Research Program and Project Management Site

DOT Research Program and Project Management (RPPM)□ Development of the AASHTO RAC Research Coordination and

Collaboration Task Force’s www.transportationresearch.org site coincided with RITA’s external Sharepoint development

□ RAC RCC site migrated to www.transportationresearch.gov in May 2010▪ Content now being enhanced by a RAC RCC subcommittee▪ 5 major site areas, including team collaboration

□ Anticipated improvements before going live:▪ Adding links to/from Research Clusters sites▪ Matching Research Clusters page design▪ Hosting international team research project

RITA collaborating with the community to provide a central site for online coordination and collaboration tools for research project and program managers

The RPPM site is a great complement to the Research Clusters’ topical focus


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RPPM #1


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RITA News

Upcoming and Recent Events

IntelliDrive User Need Workshops□ August 25 – 26; Detroit, MI□ September 1 – 2; San José, CA□ Goal: developing IntelliDrive Concept

of Operations (ConOps) TRB/UTC Spotlight Conference

□ “Transportation for Livable Communities: Charting a Research Agenda”

□ October 18 – 19; Washington, DC□ Early-bird registration ends August 26

NYC Off Hour Delivery Program□ Off-peak commercial deliveries

reducing congestion□ Based in Remote Sensing research

Recent BTS Releases

State Transportation Statistics 2009□ Reference guide to transportation data

by state□ 112 tables on infrastructure, safety,

freight transportation, passenger travel, economy, energy and environment.

2010 National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD)□ Adds the Railroad Bridges Database□ Multiple intermodal transportation-

related GIS data layers Commodity Flow Survey 2007 –

Hazardous Materials□ Presents data on hazardous material

shipment characteristics

Call on RITA for Partnerships in Research, Data and Technology

Please take a one-pager highlighting recent RITA activities


Thank You for Your Attention

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