Working Smart for the Customer’s Benefit Pam Hutton AASHTO SHRP2 Implementation Manager June 11, 2013

Customer Service is Personal 2 “It’s bigger than you and me. It’s all about ME.” -Stephen Colbert

3 Safety: fostering safer driving through analysis of driver, roadway and vehicle factors in crashes, near crashes, and ordinary driving Renewal: maintaining and repairing the deteriorating infrastructure using already-available resources Reliability: managing non-recurring events to create more predictable travel times Capacity: building a highway system that creates minimum disruption and meets the environmental, and economic needs of the community. Focus Areas

Who will benefit? Motorists State/local transportation agencies Metropolitan Planning Organizations Highway designers, suppliers, and construction contractors Freight industry Environmental agencies Communities and businesses Emergency medical services Railroads 4

What Can SHRP2 Solutions Do For our Customer? Use model standard designs to accelerate bridge construction. Proactively assess and respond to risk Extend pavement life Expedite your environmental reviews and permitting Manage complex projects – of all sizes – with next generation strategies. Improve travel-time reliability for your road users through targeted operations. 5

Turning Research into Every Day Practice For past two years, SHRP2 research has been wrapping up and implementation gearing up Products include: –Guides –Software tools –New processes –Technologies and Tools –Testing procedures –Collaborative-decision making protocols –Driver behavior data 6

Efforts are Collaborative Implementation is cooperative. It engages: –AASHTO –FHWA –SHRP2/TRB staff Relies on States and their desire to serve their customers States are the customers of AASHTO FHWA, TRB also serve locals, academia, MPOs 7

Prioritizing States’ Needs AASHTO’s role is focused on identifying which products meet the states’ practical needs We are relying on members and committees to define how implementation can be successful 8

FHWA Implementation Assistance Program Opportunities for implementation assistance Proof of Concept Pilots Lead Adopter Incentives User Incentives Timeline Application process through FHWA –First round awards announced May 3, 2013 –Tentative schedule for second round: Product announcements in June Product webinars in July Solicitation in early August, final applications due early September; announcement October 9

Looking forward: Updated SHRP2 Implementation Funding More funding will be available Current funding available: SAFETEA-LU$81 Million FFY 2012 MAP-21$11 Million FY SP&R funding$58 Million Additional FHWA funding$18 Million Estimated total funding available:$168 Million 10

Expanding the Program More money:Additional $87 million available to put toward implementation More products:39 additional research projects are becoming available More experience:Engaging states to champion product implementation 11

AASHTO Implementation Task Force ITF Meeting, March State DOTs met to review products for next round of implementation plan Survey of AASHTO Committees to gauge value of potential new products 11 meetings of Focus Area Teams Engagement of FHWA and TRB ITF Recommendations now being developed 12

SCOD Survey Responses 13 Full survey available at

Next Steps for SHRP2 SHRP2 Oversight Committee determines expanded program and next products (June 2013) Begin full-scale state implementation of first six products (Summer 2013+) Next round of Implementation Assistance (Late summer 2013) Begin planning implementation of 2014 products 14

What’s Your Role? Apply for the next round of implementation assistance Become a champion for the products that fit your program Identify key technical stakeholders and advocates within your states Carry the message back to your colleagues and peers Become a “lead state” Provide panel members for upcoming Implementation Planning Workshops Participate in technical transfer and implement products 15

Questions? 16 For more SHRP2 information: Contact Pam Hutton, AASHTO SHRP2 Implementation Manager, or