Safety Implementation UpdateAASHTO RAC Meeting, July 22, 2014

Ann Brach, TRB, Director, SHRP 2Debra Elston, Director of Corporate R&T, FHWA

What we’ll cover

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• Safety Training & Analysis Center (STAC)

• STAC Tool Development Projects thru the Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program

• Implementation Assistance Program (IAP) Safety Proposals

• Phase 1 Implementation Activities

FHWA Safety Training and Analysis Center (STAC)

Tools

Training

Key Functions

State DOTs,Researchers,

Graduate Students and

Fellows

Office of Safety Research and DevelopmentTurner-Fairbank Highway Research Center

Secure EnclaveSecure facility

allows access to sensitive data while protecting privacy

Technical Assistance

Subject Matter ExpertsAnd internal staff

Time-series data including sensitive

data

Safety data sets that are accessible

or reside at TF

STAC Initial Service Goals• Training and technical assistance for State • Research opportunities for graduate students, fellows, and post docs to gain• Support U.S. DOT research agenda

STAC Status

• Facility constructed & 80% equipped.

• New staff (Researcher and Data Analyst) selected.

• DOT Staff Training on NDS

• Session 1: July/August, 2014

• Session 2: September 2014

• DOT Staff Training on RID in planning

• Target date: After TRB Annual Meeting

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Automated video decoding/data extraction• Carnegie Melon Univ. (CMU), “Machine Learning for Automated Analysis of Large Volumes of

Highway Video”• CMU, “DB-SAM: CMU Driver Behavioral Situational Awareness System”• SRI, “DCode: A Comprehensive Automatic Coding System for Driver Behavior Analysis”• Univ. of Wisconsin – Madison, “Quantifying Driver Distraction and Engagement”

Automated Identity Masking• CMU, Video De-identification in the Automobile Environment”• SRI, “DMask: A Reliable Identity Masking System for Driver Safety Video Data”

Calibration and Algorithm evaluation• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) - “Computer Vision Measurements and Analysis to Support

Naturalistic Driving Study”

Coordinating Workshop for PIs was held on Friday July 11, 2014 at Keck Center

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STAC Tool Development – EAR Projects

Creation of the SHRP2 Safety Task Force

• Safety Task Force met in March 2014– Rudy Malfabon, Director, Nevada DOT, chair– Sandra Larson, Iowa DOT, vice chair

• Multi-disciplinary team across AASHTO Committee structure

• Liaisons from FHWA and TRB• Proposed framework for implementation and

identified several research priorities

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IAP Approach for Safety

• FHWA, AASHTO are pursuing a phased approach to reduce risk and cost to states

• States accept responsibility to manage research, implement findings

• States encouraged to partner with researchers, particularly ones with IRB process

• States must deliver the authorized research

• If the concept phase is successful, in-depth research phase with a large data set may be authorized – Goal is to ultimately develop safety countermeasures

• 30 applications received!

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Safety Data, Phase 1

• Approach recommended by NRC committee• Objectives:

– Provide oversight and technical guidance– Promote conditions for data availability– Gain experience to support decisions for post-Phase 1– Support transition to Phase 2, as appropriate

• Status:– Executed MOU: FHWA, AASHTO, NHTSA, TRB; lays out

governance and management– Negotiating cooperative agreement : FHWA and TRB;

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Safety Data Committees• Safety Data Oversight Committee (not established)

– Leaders from sponsors, user groups, information tech– Strategy, budget, work plans; data sharing policy; study and

evaluate data access methods and institutional structures; identify decisions regarding future phases, coordinate among partners, users and contractors

• First Expert Task Group (established and met)– Highway safety, computer science, big data, spatial

information, data sharing, statistical protection of identity– Draft SOWs for contractors; give input on performance

measures, tools, user activities emerging technologies, ...9