TRB’s SHRP 2 Tuesdays Webinar: Roadway Information Data from the SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study (S04A and S04B)

As part of the SHRP2 Tuesdays Webinar Series, TRB conducted a webinar on April 8, 2014, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm ET that explored the Roadway Information Database (RID) component of the SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS).

View recorded webinar.

The RID was populated with roadway and other contextual information from the six field study sites in the SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS). The NDS gathered real-time, in-vehicle data from 3,147 participants in 6 sites across the United States who made 5.4 million trips covering almost 50 million miles. The RID includes new roadway data collected and quality assured by SHRP 2. It also contains existing data - such as roadway inventories, crash histories, traffic, weather, work zones, 511 information, and safety enforcement laws - acquired from government, public, and private sources.

This geographic information system (GIS) database, which will be linked to the NDS database, will make it possible to relate driver behavior to characteristics of the roadway. Learning more about this relationship is critical to understanding how to diminish crash risk in the roadway design process.

Webinar Presenters

• Omar Smadi, Iowa State University
• Nick Vavaroutsos, Fugro Roadware, Inc.
• Allan Venema, Fugro Roadware, Inc.
• Aladdin Barkawi, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Moderated by: Charles Fay, Transportation Research Board

Webinar Outline

• PART 1: Brief overview of the SHRP 2 mission, objectives of the Safety focus area, and related SHRP 2 research
• PART 2: Introduction to the Roadway Information Database (RID)
• PART 3: Data collection process and lessons learned
• PART 4: FHWA's implementation activities for the Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) and the Roadway Information Database (RID)
• PART 5: Question and answer session

The first 60 minutes of the webinar is for presentations and the final 30 minutes is reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify the types of roadway information data collected in the NDS;
• Discuss the process used to collect the data; and
• Describe ways in which the data can be used to improve highway safety.

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Registration Information
This webinar is sponsored by SHRP 2, and no fee is associated with registering for this webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Professional Development Hour Information
A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For groups, only the person who registers and attends the session will receive a PDH certificate.

Individuals registered as Florida PEs are required to email Reggie Gillum, RGillum@nas.edu, with their license number.

This webinar was developed in February 2014. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Certificates of Completion will be issued to individuals who register for and attend the entire webinar session. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, PO Box 1686, Clemson, SC, 29633. Website: www.RCEP.net.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.