AASHTO RAC/ TRB State Representatives Meeting Burlington, VT July 25, 2012

1. Research Investments People, time, and money Leni Oman Director, Office of Research & Library Services AASHTO RAC/ TRB State Representatives Meeting Burlington, VT July 25, 2012

2. Funding is declining and our workforce is shrinking Less time and money for research activities • Legislative mandate to reduce 800 FTEs in engineering and technical services by 2015 Source: WSDOT 2

3. WSDOT innovations provide greater efficiency and benefits • Value engineering efforts provide the optimum solution at the least cost. Project cost estimates reduced by $375 million in the last two years. • Implemented national best practices, such as expedited bridge delivery, concrete pavement dowel bar retrofits and low-cost safety investments reducing run-off-the-road fatalities. • Making investments for the greatest benefits to stream habitats when transportation projects impact the natural environment. • New technology for optimum freeway operations efficiency • Automated Traffic Management, electronic tolling and ramp metering • Real-time traveler information and mobile apps • Performance-based management of preservation and maintenance • Using technology and research advances on high-performing, lower-cost pavement preservation and repair. • Maintenance tracking system and mobile data collection • Squeezing the most value out of every penny • Ensuring transportation investments are delivered with high quality and value 3 Source: WSDOT

4. Research Executive Committee Changes • REC Chair : Assistant Secretary, Engineering & Regional Operations (Chief Engineer) • Members: Division Directors of: • Strategic Planning • Capital Program Development & Management • Development • Construction & Materials • Traffic • Public Transportation • Highways & Local Programs • Aviation • Ferries CURRENT • Define research goals that are the basis for project selection • Establish the selection committees • Approve the funded research program • Review key research findings • Evaluate and finalize recommendations for implementation of research findings Expanded to include • Review of Client Sponsored Research funding • Review of transportation pooled fund project contributions • Identification of WSDOT objectives for national research programs • Problem statements submitted • Supporting what we submit • Pilot Tests and Demonstration Projects • Participation in national research committees and panels.

5. SPR, 28% TPF Other 46 Projects - State Contrib., 31% 17 Projects CSR, 37% 32 Projects TPF - WSDOT Contrib., 4% 11-13 BN Current Budget & Contract Value • $13,782,399 Old Research Executive Committee Role TRB: Transportation Research Board TRAC: Washington State Transportation Center NCHRP: National Cooperative Highway Research Program • SPR: State Planning and Research • TPF: Transportation Pooled Fund Program CSR: Client Sponsored Research

6. More Budget Context Program Funding Trends Transportation Pooled Fund Project Value by Contribution Source Total Value $26,430,000 Leveraging just under $10 for every WSDOT dollar spent. • SPR: State Planning and Research • TPF: Transportation Pooled Fund Program CSR: Client Sponsored Research

7. WSDOT Employees WSDOT Research Investments TRB Standing Committees • Sec. Hammond on TRB ExComm • 46 Committee Members • 2 Meetings/yr • Chair travel sponsored for one meeting/yr WSDOT Funding and Employees Synthesis Studies • 9 conducted to date for 9 different offices State Planning & Research (SPR) Projects • 46 Projects (Regular & Quick Response) • $2,601,876 to date • 30 Technical Monitors TRB Cooperative Research Project Panels • 64 Panel Members (104 Panels) • 2 or 3 days of sponsored travel over 2 years/project Washington State Transportation Center • $313,000/BN ORLS funding. $75K WSU, $238K UW • $ 461,000/BN Congestion Analysis & WSDOT Support Transportation Pooled Fund projects • 17 WSDOT-led projects • 27 Projects led by others • ~27 Technical Monitors • $3,252,345 to date TRB SHRP2 • 9 Program & Panel Oversight Members • Beta tests • Pilot Projects National Cooperative Highway Research Program Contribution • %100 unbudgeted Federal SPR • $ 1,431,000/BN Client Sponsored Research • 32 Projects • $3,562,356 to date • ~17 Technical Monitors Other Activities • 1 TRB Policy Study Member • 1 Special Study Member (LTPP) • 1 TRB State Rep/Advisory Panel Member TRB Core Services • %100 unbudgeted Federal SPR • $ 275,000/BN Data through May 31st, 2012

8. Participation in National Research Programs • Strategic Highway Research Program(SHRPII) • Expert Task Group appointments • Pilot Tests • Demonstration Projects • National Cooperative Highway Research Program • Provide Funding Contribution • Problem Statements • Synthesis Topics • Panel Nominations • AASHTO’s Quick Response Research Projects • CEO, SCOE, SCOP, SCOPT, SCOH, SCOTS, SCOHTS • Funded by NCHRP (State DOTs) • Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis • Suggest promising but unproven innovations for Transit, Highways, Safety • Transportation Pooled Fund Program • Project leadership • Project participation • Airport Cooperative Research Program • Problem Statements • Synthesis Topics • Panel Nominations • Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program (CTBSSP) • Topic submittal • International Scan Program • Topic submittal • Participation in Scan Team • Transit Cooperative Research Program • Problem Statements • Synthesis Topics • Panel Nominations AASHTO Research Programs Transportation Research Board Programs • Domestic Scan Program • Topic submittal • Participation in Scan Team • Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program • Panel nominations • National Freight Cooperative Research Program • Problem statements • Panel Nominations • Technology Implementation Group • Technology submittal • Policy Studies • Fund a topic • Committee nominations • National Cooperative Rail Research Program • Problem statements • Panel Nominations • Technical Services Programs • ETAP, NTPEP, APEL, AMRL, DAMS, TRAC, SICOP, AETO, SAFETY, Climate Change, MTAP, NPHQ, LRFD, TSP2 • Legal Research • Topic submittal for Highways, Transit, and Airports • Marine Board • Topic submittal Active Semi-Active Inactive

9. FHWA Research Programs • RESOURCES • FHWA Research Topics • Corporate Master Plan (CMP) for Research and Deployment of Technology & Innovation • R&D Topics • Infrastructure • Operations • Safety • Innovation Life Cycle Introduction • Roadmaps • Research Deployment • FHWA Priority Technologies • Every Day Counts Initiative • Highways for LIFE program • 24 Priority, Market Ready Technologies and Innovations Briefs Exploratory Advanced Research Surface Transportation Environment and Planning Cooperative Research Program Exploratory Advanced Research Highways for Life Program Innovative Bridge Research and Deployment Program International Visitor Program Coordination of U.S. International Road Activities International Highway Technology Scanning Program Global Technology Exchange Program Emerging Markets/Opportunities

10. FTA Research Programs RESOURCES FTA Research Funding Applying for FTA Research Funding FTA Research Projects Research Reports Public Transportation Research Digest FTA Public Transportation Research Digest Priority Areas supported by Research Environmental Sustainability Livable and Sustainable Communities Safety State of Good Repair Bus Rapid Transit Related Programs Training and Workforce Development National Research and Technology Program Intelligent Transportation Systems for Transit National Fuel Cell Bus Program University Transportation Centers International Public Transportation Program Transit Cooperative Research Program Small Business Innovative Research Bus Testing Program Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER)

11. More USDOT Research Programs • MARAD • Research and Development • Ballast Water and Aquatic Invasive Species • National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) • Marine Board • Transportation Research Board (TRB) • National Maritime Enhancement Institutes (NMEIs) • Research Opportunities • National Maritime Enhancement Institutes (NMEIs) • University Transportation Centers (UTCs) FAA Advanced Pavement Design Airport Design Technology Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting Technology Airport Wildlife Hazard Abatement National Airport Pavement Test Facility Nondestructive Pavement Testing Pavement Materials Operation of New Large Aircraft Visual Guidance & Runway Incursion Reduction Runway Surface Technology Field Instrumentation and Testing

12. More USDOT Research Programs NHTSA Biomechanics & Trauma Behavioral Research Crash Avoidance Crash Injury Research (CIREN) Crashworthiness Databases and Software Driver Simulation (NADS) Enhanced Safety Vehicles (ESV) Event Data Recorder (EDR) Human Factors Child Seat Research Public Meetings Vehicle Research & Testing (VRTC) RITA RITA Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office University Transportation Centers 12 Tier 1 Centers 10 Regional Centers (including PacTrans) FRA Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Research and Development PHMSA PHMSA Research & Development

13. Research Decision Calendar

14. Washington’s transportation system future Our need for a functioning transportation system continues to grow, while our revenue stream declines Current issues Treating the transportation system like the utility it is • Gas taxes built the transportation system of the past. • We need to look at new and different revenue sources to keep up with today’s changing technology. • Fuel-efficient vehicles • Electronic vehicles and charging stations • User-based fees are here today and are likely in our future • Tolling • Mileage-based fees • Other sources 14

15. Moving Washington is our three-pronged approach to fight congestion and combat climate change Managing demand Operating roadways efficiently Adding capacity strategically Providing more travel choices and options for people and freight helps improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our transportation system. Maximizing the use of the existing system and using available technology to communicate with and direct traffic, improves the system’s performance and generates revenue through variable pricing and other traffic management tools. Adding new capacity to our currently over-stressed transportation system removes choke points and bottlenecks, completing critical corridors; improvereliability, throughput for freight, commuters and transit partners. 15 15

16. Strategic research goals 16

17. Changing our business model • Recognize that our business needs in the future will be different than the needs of the past • Evaluating our business needs • Determine the skills needed to do the work • Assess individual employees’ skills • Identify the gaps • Develop individual training plans to bridge those gaps • What do we need to know? • What is our base preservation and maintenance model? • What are our core competencies? • How do we transition to a mobile workforce? • How will we manage consultants? • What additional quality assurance measures need to be put in place? WSDOT continues to transform our organization and business practices • There are many unknowns. This is a work in progress 17

18. Collaboration is critical What we can’t afford to do separately, we can work to achieve together Research collaboration comes in many forms • Business needs • Potential solutions • New technology or techniques • Data, information, and technical expertise • Field locations and test sites • Funding • Advocacy 18

19. Reshaping the Strategic Investment of Research Resources This is a work in progress Timely support for business needs • ensure that actions address the most pressing needs • coordinated for the best outcome for our investments • support implementation of results  • Contribute to the advancement of practice Support employee development • Career development • Succession planning • Don’t disrupt daily agency management • Development of future workforce 19