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Michael Darter, Applied Research Associates, Inc.
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Strategic Highway Research Program
SHRP 2
Accelerating solutions for highway safety, renewal, reliability, and capacity
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Video Demonstrations of Three SHRP 2 Products Now Available
Posted February 3, 2012
Step-by-step
demonstrations narrated by the principal investigators of three SHRP 2
products that were featured in the SHRP 2 booth at the 91st TRB Annual
Meeting are now available on the SHRP 2 website:
•
Geotechnical Solutions for Transportation Infrastructure: a web tool
that provides guidance for soil improvement, rapid embankment
construction, and stabilization of the pavement working platform
•
Transportation Project Impact Case Studies (T-PICS): a national
database of case studies that can be used to assess the pre- and
post-construction economic development and related effects of various
kinds of transportation projects
• My Road Trip Advisor: a tool that predicts arrival times for travelers based on travel time reliability information
The videos are available on the following page.
Webinar: Part 2—Everyday Solutions: Application of SHRP 2–developed Tools in Case Studies
Posted February 1, 2012
TRB is co-sponsoring a web briefing or "webinar" on February 16, 2012,
from 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. EST that will explore a project conducted by
SHRP 2 that focuses on accelerated bridge construction (ABC). Part 1
held in January 2012, discussed the Strategic Highway Research Program 2
(SHRP 2) ABC toolbox that was developed under project R04: Innovative
Bridge Designs for Rapid Renewal. The February Part 2 webinar will
describe how the toolbox was used in two bridge construction pilot
projects. The first project, built in 2011, was the US 6 Bridge over Keg
Creek in Iowa, which used prefabricated elements to conduct a bridge
placement with only a 14-day road closure. The second project, to be let
in 2012, is the I-84 Bridge over Dingle Ridge Road in New York, in
which two adjacent bridges carrying I-84 will be laterally slid into
place each over a weekend. Learn how the standard plans and details in
the toolbox have been used to ensure success on these projects. There is
no fee to register for the webinar, and one professional development
hour will be provided. You can register for the webinar on the following
page. Please direct questions about this webinar to abc@fiu.edu.
SHRP 2 Product Briefs
Posted January 20, 2012
The second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) focuses for a short time on a small number of large problems that confront transportation agencies: congestion, crashes, and the need to rebuild aging infrastructure. The mission is to strategically advance innovative ways to plan, renew, operate, and improve safety on the nation’s highways. The following briefs list the products from the four related focus areas and their potential impacts on practice: driving behavior, highway capacity, travel time reliability, and rapid renewal methods.
TRB Webinar: New SHRP 2 Tools for Underground Utility Location Data Collection and Analysis
Posted January 5, 2012
SHRP
2, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), will
conduct a webinar on February 15, 2012, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST that
will explore new tools for underground utility location data collection
and analysis. Four SHRP 2 research projects are developing innovative
tools for detecting the location and characteristics of underground
utilities and for utilizing these data. Three of these projects are
approaching significant milestones and the fourth has now been
completed. There is no fee to register for this webinar and no
professional development hours will be provided. More information is
available on the following page.
News and
announcements associated with SHRP 2 and other parts of TRB are
regularly included in TRB’s e-newsletter. The e-newsletter is a free,
weekly electronic service designed to keep subscribers up-to-date on the
activities of TRB and on selected transportation research activities
taking place at the federal, state, academic, and international levels. To begin receiving the e-newsletter fill out
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