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TRB Committee AHB50 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES COMMITTEE TRB ANNUAL MEETING Monday, January 14, 2019 8:00 - 10:15 AM Marquis Ballroom S alon 9 (M2) Introductions Please sign in (multiple sheets are circulating) All: Please review
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1. Welcome and introductions (Gates) 2. Paper review update (Gates) 3. Committee membership status (Gates) 4. TRB Centennial Celebration Update www.TRB.org/Centennial (Gates) 5. Using the TCD committee Listserve (http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ahb50) 6. Review of sponsored sessions (Gates/Knodler) Event 1032 – Doctoral Student Research in Operations & Control, 101 Convention Center, Sun 9:00‐ 12:00 Event 1266 – TCD Student Challenge, Salon 8 Convention Center, Mon 1:30‐3:15 (judges are needed) Event 1339 – Speed Limits 2019: Current Perceptions, Technologies, and the Future, 102B Convention Center, Mon 3:45 – 5:30 Event 1628 – TCD General Poster Session, Hall A Convention Center, Tues 3:45‐5:30 7. 3rd Annual TCD Challenge (Carlson) We need judges for the hybrid session (poster with brief presentation) Topic ideas for year 4 of TCD Challenge 8. Collaborations with other TRB committees Freeway Ops (Obenberger) TRB workshop at European Road Conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia, Oct 2018 (Kuznicki/Gates) 9. Future committee activities (Carlson & Gates) Mid‐Year meeting TCD Website (www.ahb50.com) Webinar ideas Other 10. FHWA/NCHRP/NCUTCD updates National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (Hawkins) FHWA MUTCD Update (Kirschner) NCHRP Update (Derr) Turner Fairbank Update (Arnold) 11. Automated Vehicle Symposium (Kuznicki/Carlson) 2018 synopsis 2019 planning 12. Section report (Bertini) 13. Staff report (Cunard) 14. Other business 15. Adjourn
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TRB’s Centennial – Update on TRB’s Centennial Celebration to be held on November 11, 2020.
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Celebration begins at the 99th Annual Meeting (2020), focusing on TRB history and conclude at the 100th Annual Meeting (2021), focusing on the future.
Current S tatus:
TRB History Book –The manuscript has been completed and the book is in the review process. Distribution of the hard copy version of the book will begin at the 2020 Annual Meeting.
Centennial Website –TRB has a centennial webpage available right now so that people can get informat ion on the celebration; however, this coming summer will be launching a new Centennial Website which will include the Centennial Papers prepared by committees.
Videos – We expect two types of videos. The first will be a five-minute video on TRB that is scheduled to be completed by January 2020. The second set of videos are short video vignettes that we hope volunteers will take with their cell phones and submit in response to short and fun questions related to them and TRB. S
responses to the questions will begin this summer.
2020 & 2021 Booths – We will be celebrating TRB’s history with a booth at the 2020 Annual Meeting and TRB’s future with a booth at the 2021 meeting.
Roaming Exhibit –This summer, we will begin taking orders from
tabletop and small display on TRB’s Centennial at their meeting.
Centennial papers due from committees by Feb 1
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All TRB attendees should have received a brochure on TRB’s upcoming Centennial Celebration upon receiving the Annual Meeting program. In addition to the brochure, information on the celebration is available at www.TRB.org/ Centennial.
I have been asked to encourage each of you to consider the various ways that you can participate in the upcoming celebration.
TRB is soliciting contributions to support development of the various components of the celebration. Individuals can contribute via the Century Club and organizations can contribute via the Century Patron program. Those that have already contributed as of November 30, 2018, are highlighted in the brochure.
Contributors, both individuals and organizations, will be recognized in the history book that is being produced for the centennial as well as in other locations that will highlight and thank contributors.
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Communicate and disseminate traffic control device (TCD) information
Presentations, posters, webinars, reports, papers
S pecial issues or initiatives
Promote TCD research
Problem statements, research needs statements
S tudent competitions
Coordinate with other TRB committees
Coordinate with the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (NCUTCD)
Identify new technology and emerging ideas that can lead to new concepts in traffic control devices applications.
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Annual Meeting
Paper reviews and re-reviews (forthcoming) S
ession sponsoring
TCDC
Other Activities
Develop TCD research problem statements Midyear Meeting S
ymposia coordination/ collaboration
Automated Vehicle S
ymposium
European Road Conference Workshop
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Triennial rotation again in 2020 (1/ 3 of membership)
Membership is FULL
Currently 34 total members (appointments thru 2020)
25 “ regular” members, including officers (25 max) 4 young member < 35 (4 max) 3 international members (5 max) 2 emeritus members
Best way to get involved is to become a committee friend
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end email to gatestim@ msu.edu
Attend committee meeting at TRB AM Help with paper reviews and re-reviews Volunteer to j udge Traffic Control Device Challenge Attend TCD committee sessions
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Paper reviews assigned in mid-August, due in mid-S ept
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Initial Paper Review
Reviewed 38 papers this year (up from 31 last year)
33 submitted for publication, 5 were presentation only 2-4 paper reviews assigned per member; 0-1 per friend 156 total reviews (4.1 per paper)
27 papers were selected for presentation/ poster at TRB 2019 AM
6-7 (~20% ) papers to be published in Transportation Research Record
11 papers are under consideration for publication
Re-Review
Re-review of final 11 papers Seeking volunteers for re-review
See me after the meeting Or email gatestim@msu.edu
Reviews due to me Thursday, January 31
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Y ear 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 TRB Papers Received 3,900 4,300 4,800 5,200 5,400+ 5,600 6,000 6,000 AHB50 Papers Received 33 27 34 49 48 54 34 31 37 Reviews Completed/ Assigned 145/ 163 89% 129/ 13 5 96% 155/ 173 90% 199/ 220 90% 190/ 202 94% 209/ 235 89% 162/ 173 94% 132/ 146 90.4% 156/181 86.2% Papers in AM Program 26 23 27 25 25 28 24 25 27 Papers making initial publication list 22 16 19 14 12 14 10 9 11 Papers to be published 8 7 8 10 9 10 6-7 6 6-7
S unday
Event 1032 – Doctoral S
tudent Research in Operations & Control, 101 Convention Center, S un 9:00-12:00
Monday
Event 1266 –TCD S
tudent Challenge, S alon B Convention Center, 1:30-3:15 (j udges are needed)
Event 1339 – S
peed Limits 2019: Current Perceptions, Technologies, and the Future, 102B Convention Center, 3:45 – 5:30
Tuesday
Event 1628 –TCD General Poster S
ession, Hall A Convention Center, 3:45-5:30
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S unday, January 13th from 9 AM - noon
16 Presentations from 13 Universities
Not like all TRB S essions… .
Presentations kept under 8 minutes (with a couple minutes
background material to a minimum and instead focus upon what you have done, how you did it, what you have found (or hope to find), and the implications.
S ponsored by AHB50 and ATS S A
S tudents prepare a pitch addressing a pre-specified topic
2019 – Innovative Ped/ Bike S afety Treatments for S ignalized Int.
2018 - Traffic Control Devices for Wrong Way Driving
2017 - Traffic Control Devices for CAVs
10 submissions this year (including one high school)
8 finalists present their ideas in a TRB Poster S ession
Event 1266 – S alon B Convention Cent er, Mon 1:30-3:15 (j udges needed)
Top 3 teams receive cash awards at ATS S A Traffic Expo
Please volunteer to judge at hybrid session We are soliciting topic ideas for next year
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From last year…
Collaborations with other TRB committees (Fwy Ops)
Wrong way driving
Liaison with NCUTCD (Carlson/ Katz)
Understanding the Physical Highway Infrastructure Needs to
S upport AV Technologies (Carlson)
Discussion
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Highlight practical applications in your proposal: TRB webinar attendees are practitioners who are seeking solutions for day-to-day problems
There must be chair/ co-chair approval for all suggestions.
Past Annual Meeting S essions are acceptable webinars candidates; however, please do not try to summarize an entire conference in one webinar.
Ideas:
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peed limits?
AVS
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Others?
S ubmit ideas to me: gatestim@ msu.edu
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AVS 2019, July 15-18, 2019, Orlando World Center Marriott
AVS 2018, July 9-12
Evolving Idea: Reading the Road Ahead: Relevance and Readiness in Traffic
Control Devices
Understanding how traffic control devices can, should, or must change in order to
provide for high reliability from self-driving transport machine vision systems
How and when S
tate DOTs and other agencies need to prepare for automated vehicles with traffic signals, signing, and pavement markings Co-sponsorship opportunity (freeway ops): How will OEMs and DOTs
S uccessfully Deploy CAV S
AVS 2017, July 10-13
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ession 15: Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAVs) S cenarios for High- S peed Controlled Access Facilities (Obenberger)
Co-sponsored by TRB Freeway Operations, ITS
, Managed Lanes, Highway Capacity and Quality of S ervice, and Traffic Control Device Committees S
ession 18: Reading the Road Ahead: Infrastructure Readiness (Kuznicki)
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Breakout S ession Title: Standards for Lane Markings for Automated Vehicles
Preliminary Session Goals and Objectives
Provide an overview of how machine vision systems work
Increase understanding of lane marking needs for ADAS
Identify the challenges in characterizing lane markings with different technologies - machine vision systems, LiDAR, sensor fusion
Clarify the current and desired state for lane markings
Clarify infrastructure and lane marking challenges for DOTs and IOOs – Mixed fleet perspective
Identify a path towards implementation which maximizes performance benefits for humans and CAVs within allowed budgets
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TCD, S igning and Marking Materials, Visibility committees collectively sponsored “ TRB S pecial Interest S ession on Traffic S igns & Pavement Markings: International S tate of the Art on Policies & Research” at the International Road Federation’s European Road Conference
Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 22-24, 2018
16 peer reviewed abstracts were accepted for presentation across 3 separate tracks
Conspicuous signs/ makrings for all weather Good practices in asset management Interaction between CAV and
signs/ markings/ delineation
Hosted by University of Zagreb
They have completed what is likely the world’s largest
sign inventory with retroreflectivity readings.
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FHWA MUTCD Update (Kirschner) National Committee on Uniform Traffic
Control Devices (Hawkins)
NCHRP Update (Derr) Turner Fairbank Update (Arnold) TRB S
taff Report (Cunard)
Operations S
ection Update (Bertini)
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Previous years had attempted to host a live midyear meeting at AVS in S an Francisco
Poor attendance
Last year we hosted a midyear webinar
August 8
Timing convenient as prep for paper reviews (especially to
give update on new review system)
About 1 hour in duration ~40 attendees
Discussion?
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The TRB Technical Activities Council (TAC) Blue Ribbon Committees Program recognizes exemplary best practice standing committee activities and the volunteer efforts associated with those activities.
The Blue Ribbon Committees serve as role models, with committee Chairs and members sharing their experiences with
4-6 committees typically receive the honor each year
TCD Committee was awarded Blue Ribbon Committee for 2018!
I would like to submit for a future award. Please see me with ideas
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Any agencies using speed feedback signs for horizontal curve warning use
S ee me or email me at gatestim@ msu.edu
Remember:
TCD Challenge Poster j udges - today 1:30 – 3:15 in S
alon B of Convention Center
Please talk to Paul Carlson or myself
Email me gatestim@
msu.edu
if you’ d like to assist with paper re-review If you’ d like to j oin the committee as a friend or listserve If you’ d like to follow up on any discussion topics from today’s
meeting
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