Introduction

Instructors: Parth Bhavsar and Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University

What is SHRP2?(Second Strategic Highway Research Program)

• Products developed from objective, credible research

• Solutions that respond to transportation community challenges – safety, aging infrastructure, congestion

• Tested products, refined in the field

Save lives. Save money. Save time.

SHRP2 Solutions offer new technologies and processes to enhance the efficiency of transportation agencies

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

Reliability: reducing congestion and creating more predictable travel times through better operations

Capacity: planning and designing a highway system that offers minimum disruption and meets the environmental and economic needs of the community

Focus Areas

Focus Areas

Why Renewal?Infrastructure Report Card 2013• Evaluation based on

– Condition and performance– Capacity vs. need– Funding vs. need – Security enhancements not considered (no authoritative data available)

http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/

Why Renewal?http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/

Infrastructure Report Card 2013 - NJBRIDGES• 624 ofthe 6,566 bridges inNewJersey (9.5%) areconsidered structurallydeficient.• 1,710 ofthe 6,566 bridges inNewJersey (26%) areconsidered functionallyobsolete.• NewJerseyreceived $172.2million fromtheFederalHighwayBridgeFundinFY2011.RAIL• NewJerseyhas 18freightrailroads covering 983miles acrossthestate,rankingit 40th by

mileage.ROADS• NewJerseyhas 39,272miles ofpublicroads.• NewJerseyhas 6,822miles ofmajorroads,35%ofwhichareinpoorcondition.• Drivingonroadsinneedofrepair costsNewJerseymotorists$3.6billion ayearinextra

vehiclerepairsandoperatingcosts– $604.88permotorist.TRANSIT• NewJerseyhas 401.2million annualunlinkedpassenger tripsviatransitsystems– motor

bus,heavyrail,lightrail,andcommuterrail.

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Pavements

Guidelines for the Preservation of High-Traffic-Volume Roadways (R26)

Precast Concrete Pavement (R05)New Composite Pavement Systems (R21)Pavement Renewal Solutions (R23) Technologies to Enhance Quality Control on Asphalt Pavements (R06C)Tools to Improve PCC Pavement Smoothness During Construction (R06E)

Project DeliveryManaging Risk in Rapid Renewal Projects (R09)Project Management Strategies for Complex Projects (R10)Performance Specifications for Rapid Renewal (R07)

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StructuresNondestructive Testing for Concrete Bridge Decks (R06A) Nondestructive Testing for Tunnel Linings (R06G)Service Life Design for Bridges (R19A)Innovative Bridge Designs for Rapid Renewal (R04)GeoTechTools (R02)Nondestructive Testing for Concrete Bridge Decks (R06A)

Utilities and RailroadsIdentifying and Managing Utility Conflicts (R15B)Railroad–DOT Mitigation Strategies (R16)*A 2014 Every Day Counts product

Why Capacity?http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/

Urban Mobility Scorecard 2015

Kirkland, WA and College Station, TX – August 26, 2015 – America’s traffic congestion recession is over. Just as the U.S. economy has regained nearly all of the 9 million jobs lost during the downturn, a new report produced by INRIX and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) shows that traffic congestion has returned to pre-recession levels.According to the 2015 Urban Mobility Scorecard, travel delays due to traffic congestion caused drivers to waste more than 3 billion gallons of fuel and kept travelers stuck in their cars for nearly 7 billion extra hours – 42 hours per rush-hour commuter.

The total nationwide price tag: $160 billion, or $960 per commuter.Source: http://mobility.tamu.edu/ums/media-information/press-release/

If you have additional $960 per year, what will you do?

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Capacity ProductsImplementing Eco-Logical (C06) Expediting Project Delivery (C19)Economic Analysis Tools (C03/C11)Freight Demand Modeling and Data Improvement (C20)Advanced Travel Analysis Tools for Integrated Travel Demand Modeling (C10/C04/C05/C16)

Why Reliability?http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/

Urban Mobility Scorecard 2015

Kirkland, WA and College Station, TX – August 26, 2015 – America’s traffic congestion recession is over.Just as the U.S. economy has regained nearly all of the 9 million jobs lost during the downturn, a new reportproduced by INRIX and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) shows that traffic congestion has returned topre-recession levels.According to the 2015 Urban Mobility Scorecard, travel delays due to traffic congestion caused drivers towaste more than 3 billion gallons of fuel and kept travelers stuck in their cars for nearly 7 billion extra hours –42 hours per rush-hour commuter.The problem has become so bad in major urban areas that drivers have toplan more than twice as much travel time as they would need to arrive ontime in light traffic just to account for the effects of irregular delays suchas bad weather, collisions, and construction zones. For example, drivers onAmerica’s Top 10 worst roads waste on average 84 hours or 3.5 days a year on average in gridlock– twice the national average. Of these roads, six are in Los Angeles, two are in New York and theremaining two are in Chicago. Nine other cities have roads ranked among the 50 worst.

The total nationwide price tag: $160 billion, or $960per commuter.Source: http://mobility.tamu.edu/ums/media-information/press-release/

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Reliability ProductsOrganizing for Reliability Tools (L01/L06)

Reliability Data and Analysis Tools (L02/L05/L07/L08/C11)

Coordinated Training for Traffic Incident Responders and Managers (L12/L32) *A 2012 Every Day Counts product

Why Safety?http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/

Toward Zero Deaths

We embrace the vision of Toward Zero Deaths; it provides an overarching and common vision that drives andfocuses our efforts to achieve our shared goal to eliminate injuries and fatalities on our roadways.The U.S. Department of Transportation will do our part by aggressively using all tools at our disposal – researchinto new safety systems and technologies, campaigns to educate the public, investments in infrastructure andcollaboration with all of our government partners to support strong laws and data-driven approaches to improvesafety.–U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx

Source: http://mobility.tamu.edu/ums/media-information/press-release/

US NJ

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Safety ProductsConcept to Countermeasure – Research to Deployment Using the SHRP2 Safety Data

q 10 State DOTs received assistance to start 11 research projects using the SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving and Roadway Information Databases (phase I: Jan.-Sep. 2015)

q Research goalCreation of better safety:

q Policiesq Technologiesq Countermeasures

Rowan University Focus

• Innovative Bridge Designs for Rapid Renewal (R04)• Precast Concrete Pavement (R05)• Nondestructive Testing for Concrete Bridge Decks (R06A)• Technologies to Enhance Quality Control on Asphalt Pavements (R06C)• Service Life Design for Bridges (R19A)• New Composite Pavement Systems (R21)• Pavement Renewal Solutions (R23)• Incorporating Reliability Performance Measures in Operations and Planning Modeling Tools

(L04)• National Traffic Incident Management Responder Training Program (L12/L32A/L32B)• Framework for Improving Travel-Time Reliability (L17)• Reliability Data Archive (L13A)• Regional Operations Forum (L36)• PlanWorks (C01)• Planning Process Bundle (C02/C08/C15)• EconWorks (C03/C11)• TravelWorks (C04/C05/C16)

Rowan University FocusInnovative Bridge Designs for Rapid Renewal (R04)

Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) Toolkit • describes standardized approaches to designing and constructing

complete bridge systems for rapid renewals.• Describes design standards and design examples for complete

prefabricated bridge systems• proposes specification language for accelerated bridge construction

systems,• Time laps video of case study site: https://vimeo.com/33297963

Rowan University FocusPavement Renewal Solutions (R05 & R23)

• Problem:– Prestressed Concrete Pavements (PCP) significantly speeds up the

rehabilitation of roadways.– However, PCP technology is relatively new: – Information on PCP best practices and performance has not been well

documented. – Many PCP systems are proprietary:

• Solution:– SHRP2 R05 project was initiated with the objective of:– “Developing guidelines and tools for agencies to use in the selection,

design, construction, installation, and maintenance of PCP systems, and offers tools to develop a cost-benefit assessment.”

– Poses a difficulty in implementation.

http://www.pavementrenewal.org/

Rowan University FocusNondestructive Testing (R06A & R06C)

The NDT database is a result of seven SHRP projects.• R06A – Nondestructive Testing to Identify Concrete Bridge Deck Deterioration (Rutgers

University)• R06B – Evaluating Applications of Field Spectroscopy Devices to Fingerprint Commonly Used

Construction Materials (University of Connecticut)• R06C – Using Both Infrared and High-Speed Ground Penetrating Radar for Uniformity

Measurement on New HMA Layers (Texas A&M)• R06D – Nondestructive Testing to Identify Delaminations between HMA Layers (Auburn

University)• R06E – Real-Time Smoothness Measurements on Portland Cement Concrete Pavements

During Construction (The Transtec Group, Inc.)• R06F – Development of Continuous Deflection Device (Virginia Tech)• R06G – Mapping Voids, Debonding, Delaminations, Moisture, and Other Defects Behind or

Within Tunnel Linings (Texas A&M)

www.ndtoolbox.org

Rowan University FocusService Life Design for Bridges (R19A)

• The main objective of the Guide is to provide information and guidance and to define procedures to systematically approach service life and durability for both new and existing bridges.

• The Guide includes 11 chapters, each devoted to certain parts of a bridge or aspects of the service life design process.

Link for the guide: http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/shrp2/SHRP2_S2-R19A-RW-2.pdf

Rowan University FocusNew Composite Pavement Systems (R21)

• Guidance and Tools Support Wider Use of Composite Paving System Construction

• Detailed performance data on existing composite pavement systems • Step-by-step guidance to design following composite pavements using

procedures consistent with the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG).

– (Hot-Mix Asphalt (HMA) over Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) and– PCC over PCC [constructed wet on wet])

• Practical recommendations for – construction specifications and techniques, – life-cycle costing, – quality management procedures, and – training materials.

http://shrp2.transportation.org/Documents/Renewal/R21_SHRP2_Renewal_Composite-Pavement-Sys.pdf

Rowan University FocusTravel-Time Reliability (L04 & L17)

Source: http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/tt_reliability/ttr_report.htm

Rowan University FocusTravel-Time Reliability (L04 & L17)

Estimating the value of improving predictability and reducing “buffer-time”Example: Preventing a missed flight (in congestion)

• Median drive time: 30 minutes• With incident delays: 2 hours

Rowan University FocusTravel-Time Reliability (L04 & L17)

• Framework for Improving Travel-Time Reliability (L17)

http://www.transportationops.org/

Rowan University FocusReliability Data Archive (L04 & L17)

The SHRP 2 Archive is a user interactive repository that will enable:• Uploading of artifacts and associated metadata.• Searching with results arranged in a list or on a map.• Downloading artifacts, including user-selected subsets of the datasets.• Collaboration between multiple researchers via comments.• Visualizing user-selected data.

http://shrp2archive.org/

Rowan University FocusNational Traffic Incident Management Responder Training Program (L12/L32A/L32B)

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/goshrp2/Solutions/Reliability/L12_L32A_L32B/National_Traffic_Incident_Management_Responder_Training_Program

http://www.safequickclearance.org/Home

Rowan University FocusRegional Operations Forum (L36)

Communicating the Value of Operations Within an Agency, to Customers, and Among Regional Decision Makers • Objective

– To design a curriculum for the ROFs based on a comprehensive review of available and anticipated research results of the SHRP 2 Reliability program and other information available from TSM&O resources, including federal, state, and local initiatives; and

– To pilot test the curriculum developed, • Audience?

– Decision makers vs. influencers vs. implementers– Agency organizational leadership– Regional leadership and elected officials– Partner agencies– Private sector– The public

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econ-works.org

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