Wednesday, July 25
10:00-11:30am
Session 29: ATSIP Model Crash Facts Publications
Speakers:
Robert Thompson
Thomas Hollingsworth
This session will be a status update and discussion of AT5IP's "Model Crash Facts
Publications" white paper and recommendations, Best Practices demonstration,
with feedback and discussion by session attendees.
Session 30: First Year Tales from the Section 408 Trail: A "Town Hall" Meeting Discussion
Speakers:
Mario Damiata
Don McNamara
Erick Moran
This open "town hall " meeting type forum will provide States with an opportunity
to share their experiences and provide comments on the first year 408 Traffic
Records grant implementation process. Topics will cover such issues as TRCC,
management, grant execution challenges, technology issues, oversight issues,
documenting improvements to data quality, updating TR Assessments, MMUCC
and NEMSIS reviews, and online 408 tracking. Expect a lively and informative
discussion. Comments will be recorded and shared with participants in the form
of a summary report.
Session 31: Crash Costs and Imputation: New CODES Methodology Applied to Familiar Problems
Speakers:
Larry Cook
Wayne Bigelow
Cynthia Burch
The Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) has implemented new
methodologies for studying crash outcomes. This session will discus how
imputation and crash analysis can shed new light crash outcome studies.
Topics covered will include teen drivers, older drivers and motorcycle crashes.
Session 32:
The Missouri Traffic Arrest/DWI Tracking System
Speakers:
Captain Brad Jones
Ron Beck
The Missouri Traffic Arrest/DUI Tracking System is a statewide intranet based
multi-agency system that tracks DWI offenses through their full life cycle -
from arrest through prosecutor action and final court disposition, across all
jurisdiction levels. Because it can be used to identify persistent and prior DWI
offenders, proper prosecution and adjudication of these offenders is more likely,
subsequently increasing the safety of Missouri roadways.
Virtual Citations in Alabama - Integrating Enforcement and Adjudication Information Systems
Speakers:
Allen Parrish
Mike Carroll
Captain Harry Kearley
Alabama traffic citations have gone paperless, and this presentation will
demonstrate the operational aspects of "virtual" citation administration and
adjudication.
Kentucky Citation Tracking
Speaker: Lt. John Carrico
Presentation on the Kentucky Electronic Citation and the Tracking Database.
The system collects both criminal and traffic citation data. It was developed and
deployed statewide in 1996. The electronic citations an transmitted directly from
the officers to the central repository and the court of jurisdiction. All citations,
electronic and paper, submitted to the State Central Repository are imaged and
entered into the database. Once in the database all citations are retrievable and
available for any type of data mining.
1:00-2:30pm
Session 33: The Evolution of the State Data Quality Program in FMCSA
Speakers:
Nance Kennedy
Ken Hackman
Betsy Benkowski
FMCSA will focus on new measures, applications, and assistance to States for
improving the quality of crash and inspection data states report to FMCSA.
Session 34: Evaluation of the Fixed Speed-Enforcement Camera Demonstration
Project
on SR101 in Scottsdale, Arizona
Speaker: Ida van Schalkwyk
Presentation on the findings of the safety evaluation of the fixed Speed-Enforcement
camera demonstration Project (SEP) implemented on Arizona State Route 101
from January 2006 through October 2006. The SEP is the first fixed-camera speed
enforcement program on a limited access freeway in the US. The analysis quantified
the impact of the SEP on speeding detections (75-mph or greater), the impact of the
SEP on average speeds, the effect of the SEP on traffic safety (motor vehicle crashes),
and the expected economic costs and benefits of the SEP.
Session 35: The Effects of Graduated Driver Licensing Law and the Crash Outcome
of 16-17
Year-Old Drivers in New York
Speaker: Motao Zhu
Using the 2001-2005 Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) databases,
this study will examine the crash involvements, traffic injuries and fatalities,
nighttime crashes, the number of passengers, and hospitalizations among 16-17-year old
drivers before and after the enactment of the graduated driver licensing law in
September 2003 in New York State. Furthermore, the presentation will evaluate the
crash outcome of 16-17-year-old drives in 2005 in terms of societal costs including
medical costs and quality of life costs, traumatic injury, and injury severity score.
Session 36:
The ITS/Public Safety Information Exchange Project: Enabling the Sharing
of Information Between Transportation and Public Safety Community CentersSpeaker: Scott Parker
Automating standardized data exchanges such as incident, event, and road
condition information between Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and
Public Safety Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) systems can greatly benefit both
transportation and Public Safety. Join us and discover how you can utilize these
standardized and highly valuable exchanges to enhance your center's operation.
Using Safety Data to Improve Your Finances
Speaker: John P. Miller
Missouri DOT is getting more property damage claims paid by using transportation
management systems data. Of equal importance in recouping much
of the repair costs is the building of relationships with the 1ocal and state law
enforcement and using a process that has improved property damage identification.
When these two are done well, more of the Missouri tax payer dollars can
be used for their intended purpose - smooth roads.
Achieving Interoperable Traffic Records Systems Required by SAFETEA-LU
Speaker: Mighael Botha
This discussion of the data changes mandated by SAFETEA-LU will discuss at
a non-IT level how standardized data exchanged and interoperability can be
achieved with the use of Service Oriented Architecture methodologies and technology,
integrating legacy systems and existing data stovepipes.
Session 37:
Evaluation of a State Voluntary Reporting Law for Medically Unfit Drivers
Speaker: Thomas M. Meuser, Ph.D.
This presentation will describe the data acquisition methods and preliminary findings
of a private university/state government / private foundation partnership
to evaluate Missouri's House Bill 1536, a voluntary reporting law
focusing on de-licensing of medically unfit drivers.
Crash Outcomes and Risk Factors Related to Pickup Trucks in Nebraska, 2002-2005
Speakers:
Ming Qu
Jihyun Ma
Xiaojuan Mi
This study examines crash outcomes resulting from crashes involving
pickup trucks and their corresponding contributing risk factors. The 2002 to
2005 Nebraska Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System Data (CODES) is used
to evaluate outcomes of the crashes involving pickup trucks and identify the
cause of these crashes including driver contributing factors and environmental
contributing factors.
Young Driver Crashes: Causes and Outcomes
Speaker: Cynthia Burch
We will examine the crash dynamics and injury characteristics, associated with
young driver crashes. The nature of the issue in Maryland will be detailed and
injury mechanisms will be discussed.
3:00-5:00pm
Session 38: Data Integration: Best Practices and Advantages for Reporting the
Top 5% Locations Exhibiting the Most Severe Safety Needs
Moderator: Ida vanSchalkwyk
Speakers:
Anita Vandervalk
Ida vanSchalkwyk
Representatives from State DOTs
Ms. Vandervalk will provide a summary of a TRB sponsored peer-exchange as
held in November, 2006 to discover activities in the area of integrating traffic,
roadway geometric and crash record data for the purposes of improved decision
making in state DOTS. This will include a summary of the lessons learned and
research statements generated.
Section 1401 of SAFETEA-LU requires states to report the top 5% locations exhibiting
the most severe safety needs. The integration of datasets can be quite valuable in
identifying these locations. Ms. vanSchalkwyk will provide a brief overview of the
general approaches followed by states in the reporting during 2006.
These presentations will be followed by a panel discussion on approaches and
changes in the approaches to reporting these locations.
Session 39: Removing Unsafe Vehicles from the Nation's Highways
Speaker: Richard Boyd
An inside view of how NHTSA conducts safety defect investigations of the auto
industry that result in safety recalls.
Session 40: Highway Performance Monitoring System Reassessment: Improving
Motorcycle VMT
Speaker: David R. Winter, P.E.
This session will focus oh the reassessment process that the FHWA Office of
Highway Policy Information undertook to re-evaluate and update the information
being collected by states in the Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS).
One component of that system is the collection of VMT data for motorcycles. A
portion of this session will be devoted to examining efforts to improve the state
collection of motorcycle VMT.