Transcript Aashto report - Traffic engineering

AASHTO REPORT
Subcommittee on
Traffic Engineering
June 28, 2010
Reauthorization
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Congress has extended program thru CY
2011 and 19.5 B transferred into Highway
Trust Fund.
This is another way of not touching the
tax issue but adding money to the Trust
fund by borrowing from the general
budget
AASHTO will continue to work with
Congress for sustaining revenue stream.
Reauthorization bill
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Looking at possible 5 year bill, otherwise
extensions
Climate change bill would channel all but
2B of 19.5B raised to non-transportation
uses.
AASHTO & others working to protect trust
fund and any other money raised from
transportation
Items in the Authorization Bill?
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Perform measurement & mgt almost certain to be in any
future authorization bill.
Some of those being talked about now are:
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preservation
Operations and management
Congestion reduction
Safety
Freight
Project delivery
Collaborating very closely with FHWA, but Congress staff
is pushing well beyond what’s appears to be workable.
SCOH Items Spring Meeting
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SCOH Strategic Plan (11 objectives)
– Cut Fatalities in half by 2030
– Congestion free America
– System Preservation
– Project Delivery
– Performance Management
SCOH Strategic Plan (Cont)
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Research and emerging technology
Communicating the value of research
Work force development
Climate Change
freight
Overarching Objective
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Technical Services
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Every Day Counts program
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A new business model going forward.
Three components:
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(1) internal - greener agency;
(2) process to reduce delivery time;
(3) speed deployment of innovations & tech.
Internal teams and external( AASHTO, ARTBA
AGC).
Focus on relative small set of initiatives with
partners.
Every day Counts Program
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Victor Mendez: EDC
Introduced, an innovation initiative
Senators: too long to develop a project.
Congestion, safety, air quality benefits of a
projects and yet, takes over a decade.
Let’s reduce time by half.  Every Day Counts
(EDC) –
Capture the urgency of completing projects.