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When Research Meets the Road Capacity Focus Area February 4, 2013

When Research Meets the Road Capacity Focus Area February 4, 2013. Agenda. SHRP2 Overview What is SHRP2? Focus Areas Implementation Assistance Technical Product Description Product Implementation

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When Research Meets the Road Capacity Focus Area February 4, 2013

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  1. When Research Meets the Road Capacity Focus Area February 4, 2013

  2. Agenda • SHRP2 Overview • What is SHRP2? • Focus Areas • Implementation Assistance • Technical Product Description • Product Implementation • Wrap-up: Implementation Timeline • Questions?

  3. What is SHRP2? Tools to save lives, save money, save time. • Products developed from objective, credible research • Solutions that respond to challenges of the transportation community – safety, aging infrastructure, congestion • Collaborative effort of AASHTO, FHWA, and TRB • Tested products, refined in the field SHRP2 Solutions offer new technologies and processes to enhance the efficiency of transportation agencies

  4. Focus Areas Safety: fostering safer driving through analysis of driver, roadway and vehicle factors in crashes, near crashes, and ordinary driving Renewal: rapid maintenance and repair of the deteriorating infrastructure using already-available resources, innovations and technologies Capacity: planning and designing a highway system that offers minimum disruption and meets the environmental, and economic needs of the community Reliability: reducing congestion and creating more predictable travel times through better operations

  5. Implementing SHRP2 Solutions Moving forward • Approximately 30 high-priority products introduced over the next few years • Users run the gamut of the transportation industry • Selected products integrated into current transportation practices

  6. Products Ready for First Round Implementation Capacity • Implementing Eco-Logical (C06) Renewal • Next-Generation Project Management Tools • Managing Risk on Rapid Renewal Projects(R09) • Managing Complex Projects (R10) • Bridge Designs for Rapid Renewal (R04) • Preservation Techniques for Heavily-Traveled Roadways (R26) Reliability • Organizing for Reliability Tools (L01/L06)

  7. Implementation AssistanceLevels of Engagement Proof of Concept Pilot • Funds for piloting products to evaluate readiness for implementation • Contractor support to collect data and evaluate the application Lead Adopter Incentive • Funds for lead adopters to offset implementation cost and mitigate risks • Recipients required to provide specific deliverables designed to further refine the product, and possibly “champion” the product to other States and localities. User Incentive • Funds for implementation support activities after lead adopter use. • Used to conduct internal assessments, build capacity, implement system process changes, organize peer exchanges, or offset other implementation costs

  8. Implementation AssistanceProducts & Solicitation

  9. Implementation Assistance Selection Criteria • General criteria for participants  (will vary among products) • Geographic diversity of participants • Demonstration of culture to implement new products or processes • Demonstration of past interest and/or efforts to implement similar products or processes • High commitment to making institutional/organizational changes • Commitment to conduct demonstration workshops • Willingness to share experience by facilitating peer-to-peer activities • Commitment to dedicate staff to the implementation project

  10. Bringing greater collaboration for better, faster decisions Capacity Focus Area – Technical Product Description

  11. Capacity Focus Area • Tools for planning, environmental reviews, and collaborative decision making to expedite project delivery while meeting community and environmental goals. • Products address: • Collaborative decision making; economic impact analysis; dynamic integrated models and networks; conservation, highway planning and environmental review integration; freight demand planning. • Benefits: • Efficient project delivery, fewer conflicts and delays • Reduced project costs because decisions are made once, not revisited • Facilities that meet community, mobility, and environmental goals

  12. Today’s Product

  13. ImplementingEco-Logical Challenge • Higher expectations and demands, shrinking budgets • Piecemeal mitigation • Lack of predictability • Limited guidance about how to cost-effectively apply an ecosystem-scale approach to transportation planning Solution • Create a roadmap for applying the ecosystem-scale approach to transportation planning, and provide the tools, evidence, and best practices to support multiagency adoption

  14. ImplementingEco-Logical– Background • Builds on FHWA’s Eco-Logical: An Ecosystem Approach to Developing Infrastructure Projects (2006) • Fills a gap by addressing challenges in planning for ecosystems and infrastructure • Duplication of efforts • Uncertainty and lack of predictability • Results: piecemeal mitigation 14

  15. Eco-Logical Overview • 9-step process to identify ecological priorities in a region • Includes tools for: • Cumulative effects and alternatives analysis • Regulatory assurances • Ecosystems crediting Ecosystems Conservation Planning Environmental Permitting

  16. Benefits to the Eco-Logical Approach • Promotes streamlined and efficient delivery of infrastructure projects • Improves the predictability of project permitting and environmental review • Enhances interagency coordination • Predictability • Connectivity • Conservation • Transparency

  17. Bringing greater collaboration for better, faster decisions Capacity Focus Area – Product Implementation

  18. ImplementingEco-Logical –Financial Assistance • No proof of concept pilots • 15 previous Eco-Logical grant projects and 4 SHRP2 pilots • Up to 6 Lead Adopter Incentives $200,000 - $250,000 each • Up to 20 User Incentives ~ $25,000 each • State DOTs and MPOs eligible

  19. ImplementingEco-Logical – Current FHWA Activities • Administer financial incentives • Develop guidelines/model agreements to support integrated conservation, planning, and permitting • Leverage agency liaisons • Identify links to MAP-21 • Support technical training and peer exchanges • Examine lifecycle costs and benefits • Identify and equip champions and opinion leaders

  20. ImplementingEco-Logical – Additional Development Activities • Data integration • geospatial ecological screening tools and data • Strategies to address offsite mitigation concerns

  21. ImplementingEco-Logical – AASHTO Activities • Survey State Departments of Transportation • Develop an Eco-Logical starter kit • Develop an Eco-Logical Practitioner Handbook • Provide executive training • Provide technical expert assistance • Provide peer exchange opportunities • Bring together State DOT environmental and planning practitioners • Develop and facilitate an Eco-Logical community of practice • Document case studies to highlight successful use • Develop an awards and recognition program • Develop an outreach and communication plan and materials

  22. Implementing Eco-Logical An Ecological Approach to Integrating Conservation and Highway Planning, Volume 2, is available online at http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/166938.aspx For more information, please work with your FHWA Division Office (www.fhwa.dot.gov/about/field.cfm) or contact one of the following:

  23. Looking Ahead: Transportation for Communities: Advancing Projects through Partnerships (TCAPP) (C01) Expedited Planning and Environmental Review (C19) Economic Projections (C03/C11) Travel Demand and Network Models (C10) Freight Planning Guide (C15)

  24. Implementation Timeline • Solicitation opens: Mid-February • Solicitation closes: Mid-March • First awards: Mid-April

  25. Questions? Email: goSHRP2@dot.gov Contact your FHWA Division SHRP2 Research: www.TRB.org/SHRP2 SHRP2 at AASHTO: http://SHRP2.transportation.org Eco-Logical: http://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/ecological/ eco_entry.asp

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