Special Committee on Research and Innovation
AASHTO Liaison
Glenn Page, Associate Program Director, Project Delivery
gpage@aashto.org
Virtual National RAC and TRB State Representatives Meeting
July 20-23, 2020
Agenda
[Meeting Materials are available below]
The 2020 National RAC and TRB State Representatives meeting will be virtual. Sessions are scheduled from 12:30pm-4pm ET so that the majority of our time zones will be reasonable to attend. Everyone interested in Research Management or any of the session topics is encouraged to attend with the exception of Monday, July 20, RAC Chat. The Monday, Tuesday, Thursday sessions (except RAC Chat) will use the same Microsoft Teams Meeting link. The Wednesday sessions (Sweet Sixteen and two TRB sessions) require separate registration.
Meeting Guidelines
- Familiarize yourself with the microphone and video buttons (generally in a bar at the bottom of your screen). In general, we ask participants to join muted and with video off until they ask a question. Video on while you are speaking is preferred.
- Most participants will have a Raise Hand feature that you can use if you have a question or concern. AASHTO will help us monitor this and hopefully the order.
- Feel free to use the Chat option (caption icon in the features bar). Your chat goes to Everyone in the session.
- We will experiment with a real-time virtual bulletin board/participant sharing system. This can be accessed at: <Link to be shared soon.>
Virtual Bulletin Board/Messaging System
Join our Slack workspace to connect with other meeting attendees and chat about the 2020 National RAC/TRB State Representatives meeting: https://aashtorac.slack.com.
Session Feedback
You are encouraged to provide feedback on the sessions to improve next year’s program using this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2020RAC
Sweet Sixteen Winners
Visit the 2020 Sweet Sixteen High Value Research Projects page to view materials related to the winning projects in both the general and supplemental categories.
Meeting Materials
Monday, July 20, 2020
Sweet Sixteen Presentations: Bridges, Hydraulics, and Geotechnology
12:30-12:50 p.m. ET
Maine DOT – Development and Implementation of Culvert Outlet Diffuser to Improve Stream Flow
Iowa DOT – Remote Controlled Hydrographic Survey System
Montana DOT – Guidelines for Chemically Stabilizing Problematic Soils
Welcome to RAC Week and RAC Overview with View from the Top Elements
1:00-2:15 p.m. ET
Jim Tymon – AASHTO Executive Director
Melinda McGrath – Mississippi DOT Executive Director & SCR&I Chair
Neil Pederson – TRB Executive Director
Kelly Regal – Director, FHWA Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
Alasdair Cain -Director of Research, Development and Technology Coordination with US DOT – OST-R
RAC Chat
2:30-4:00 ET
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Sweet Sixteen Presentations: Pedestrians and Bicyclists and Safety
12:30-12:50 p.m. ET
Arizona – Evaluation of Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons on Arizona Highways
CalTrans – Wrong Way Driver Mitigation
PennDOT – Regionalized Urban/Suburban Collector Road Safety Performance Functions (SPFs)
Implementation Best Management Practices with NCHRP Project 20-44 (021) Update
1:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Overview of NCHRP 20-44(21): Synthesis of Implementation Best Practices from State DOT Peer Exchanges and RPPM – Brian Hirt – CTC & Associates
Making Implementation Happen – Panel Discussion
Joe Crabtree – Kentucky Transportation Center – Moderator
Anna Bosin – Alaska DOT
Curtis Bradley – North Carolina DOT
Diane Gurtner – Wisconsin DOT
Allison Hardt – Maryland DOT
Dianne Kresich – Arizona DOT
Lily Oliver – Massachusetts DOT
Tyson Rupnow – Louisiana DOTD
Brian Worrel – Iowa DOT
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Sweet Sixteen Presentations: Construction and Materials/Highway Operations
12:30-12:50 p.m. ET
Florida DOT – Mainstreaming TSM&O: From Policy to Practice
Virginia DOT – Use of Corrosion-Resistant Stainless Steel for the Construction of Bridges
Louisiana DOTD – Adoption of E-Construction Inspection Presentation and Video
Indiana DOT – Risk-Based Construction Inspection
TRB Session 1: TRB Focus on the Issues
1:00-2:15 p.m. ET
Technical Activities Division Director Update – Ann Brach, Director, Technical Activities Division
Executive Director Update – COVID-19 and Equity Issues in Transportation – Neil Pedersen, Executive Director
Guides and Resources for TRB State Representatives and TRB State Visits 2.0+ – James Bryant, Senior Program Officer
TRB Session Part 2
2:30-4:00 p.m. ET
Cooperative Research Programs Update – Chris Hedges, Director, Cooperative Research Programs
NCHRP Update – Lori Sundstrom, Deputy Director, Cooperative Research Programs and Manager, NCHRP
Impacts on Practice – Sid Mohan, Senior Program Officer
Facilitated Open Discussion
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Sweet Sixteen Presentations: Maintenance and Preservation/Multimodal
12:30-12:50 p.m. ET
Texas DOT – Full Depth Reclamation in Maintenance Operations Using Emerging Technologies
DC DOT – Penn Quarter/Chinatown Multimodal Value Pricing Pilot Project
Massachusetts DOT – Improving Pedestrian Infrastructure Inventory in MA Using Mobile LIDAR
Technology, Pandemics, Budget Cuts and Working From Home: Maintaining the Integrity of Research in the Face of Disruption
1:00-1:30 p.m. ET
Tom O’Brien, CSU Long Beach, CUTC
TRB’s TRID and Research in Progress (RIP) Databases: What We’ve Done and What We’re Going to Do
1:30-2:00 p.m. ET
Bill McLeod, TRB
The National Transportation Knowledge Network
2:00-3:30 p.m. ET
Bob Sweet, NTKN
Mary Moulton, Digital Librarian, NTL
Presentation and Handout – Leighton Christiansen, Data Curator, NTL
Mary Moulton, Digital Librarian, NTL
Presentation and Handout – Leighton Christiansen, Data Curator, NTL