1. Shrp2 and safety training and analysis center (stac)
Yusuf Mohamedshah
Research Highway Safety Specialist
Federal Highway Administration Presented at ATSIP, August 6 – 10, 2017

2. outline
Brief Description of SHRP2 Safety Data: Roadway Information Database (RID) & Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS)
Safety Training and Analysis Center (STAC)
SHRP2 Implementation Assistance Program (IAP) Projects
FHWA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Projects
SHRP2 NDS Pooled Fund

3. RID NDS Shrp2 safety data (GIS) Data Complete Captured System
Naturalistic Driving Study
Roadway Information Data

4. Naturalistic Driving Study Data (NDS)
3,500 Participants
5.4 Million trips – 30+ million miles
Passenger car, Van, SUV, Pickup
1,465 crashes
1 Million hours continuously recorded video (exposure data)
Physical Size: 4 Petabytes of data

5. Driver behavior Road features Vehicle sensors Road design
Driving conditions and
traffic
Traffic control
Road design
Driver behavior
Vehicle sensors

6. Data Acquisition System
Rear looking camera
Head Unit
Front Turn Signals
GPS WiFi Antenna
DAS Main Unit
Radar Unit
Radar Interface Box
OBD Connector
Fuse Box

7. Roadway Information Database (RID)
It is part of SHRP2 data that provides context for the NDS drivers.
Four types of data present in RID:
Mobile Van Collected data
Acquired data from each site
Existing data from DOT and ESRI
HPMS data

8. Mobile Van Data Data was collected from following six States:
Florida (Tampa)
Indiana (Bloomington)
Pennsylvania (State College)
New York (Buffalo)
North Carolina (Durham)
Washington (Seattle)
Approximately 25,000 centerline miles of data collected

9. Data collection sites Tampa, FL Seattle, WA Buffalo, NY
Bloomington, IN
State College, PA
Durham, NC
Tampa, FL

10. mobile van collected assets
33,000 miles of shoulders
518,570 signs
11,852 miles of rumble
10,756 miles of median
7,376 miles lighting
6,129 miles of barriers
43,195 intersections

11. Safety training and analysis center (stac)
Established by FHWA to:
Expand understanding of NDS and RID databases
By developing training materials
Provide access to PII data by
Establishing a secure connection to VTTI
Creating a Secure Data Enclave (SDE) to access and process NDS data
Developing access protocols and procedures for using SDE
Expand usability of NDS data by
Developing reduced datasets and analysis tools
Developing Video analytic tools to process video data

12. STAC Inauguration

13. Stac activities Two use cases
Center for Transportation Research and Education (CTRE), Iowa State University
Operations R&D at TFHRC

14. Implementation assistance program (IAP)
Funded by Transportation Research Board(TRB) under SHRP2
Phased Process

15. Iap projects Phase I had 11 projects 9 projects promoted to Phase II
6 projects promoted to Phase III
List of research topics
Adverse Weather Conditions
Horizontal and Vertical Curves
Interchange Ramps
Roadway Departure
Roadway Lighting
Speeding
Work Zone
Vulnerable Road Users
Intersections
Enforcement

16. Broad agency announcement (baa)
Projects funded by FHWA Office of Safety Research and Development
Two Phases
8 Projects awarded in Phase $100,000 per study
6 Projects promoted to Phase II
Each project had to have a State DOT as a partner
Final deliverable for each project is an implementable countermeasure

17. Baa phase II projects MRI Global Missouri, Ohio, Utah Speed
Development of Speed-Safety Relationships
TransAnalytics
Florida, Maryland
Vulnerable Road
Users
Toward a Better Understanding of Vulnerable Road User Safety
Issues
University of Missouri
Missouri
Work Zones
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Investigate Work Zone Safety using
SHRP 2 Safety Data
Iowa State
Iowa, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Michigan
Rural Intersection
Safety
Research Utilizing the SHRP2 Safety Data to Support Highway
UMTRI
Michigan
Analysis of SHRP2 Data to Understand Normal and Abnormal
Driving Behavior in Work Zones
CUBRC
New York
Enforcement
The Development of New Insights into Driver Behavior to Improve
High Visibility Highway Safety Enforcement Programs (HVE)
Contractor
Partner State(s)
Focus Area
Research Title

18. Shrp2 nds Pooled fund FHWA has established this pooled fund to
Support State DOTs and USDOT to use NDS/RID databases for research
To address high priority needs by conducting ground breaking research
To develop implementable solutions for State and Local transportation agencies
A Technical Advisory Committee will be created representing participating States in the Pooled Fund

19. SHRP2 Safety pooled fund
STAC will manage Pooled Fund
TAC will define research needs, funding allocations and select projects
It is a cross cutting Pooled Fund involving Safety, Operations and Planning
FHWA has committed $1 Million over 5 year period
We are asking each participating State to contribute $50,000 per year
These States have joined:
Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Nevada & Washington

20. Contact
Safety Training and Analysis Center Office of Safety Research and Development Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
Yusuf Mohamedshah Research Highway Safety Specialist Phone: 202–493–3464

21. Questions