Report The “Exceptional” Region 1 Connecticut o Delaware District of Columbia o Massachusetts Maine Maryland Hew Hampshire New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont Vermont Affiliate Member Quebec, Canada Associate Member FHWA Vermont Div.

Official: Host State!  George Colgrove, Vtrans, Host State!  James Fallon, ConnDOT Not a State!  Martin Parker, Washington D.C. Not a State! Unofficial  Debra Nelson, NYSDOT New Members

 AASHTO RAC Business ◦ Conducted monthly Regional conference calls ◦ Participated in Leadership calls ◦ Hosting the 2012 Annual Meeting in the exceptional state of Vermont  High Regional and International Representation  Interactive Sessions  Two Sponsors  Nice weather most days  Maple Moose 

 Program Improvement ◦ New Bylaws Adopted in MD ◦ NJ released a new profession Research brochure and promotional video ◦ DC, NJ Increased research staff ◦ Vtrans adopted a new cooperative agreement with UVM ◦ NJ adopted a basic agreement with Lehigh University in Pennsylvania ◦ DC has a larger library, two contract librarians ◦ DC submitted more than 30 TRB committee nominations

 Leverage Resources & Collaboration ◦ MD, PA, VT, CONN, NY, RI collaboratively conducted a multistate exchange to discuss Hurricane Irene Best Practices ◦ MD, PA, VA, & WV working with Region 3 UTC using pooled funds ◦ ME, VT, NH, conducted a Pavement Peer Exchange ◦ NJ conducted a Combined TRB Field Visit, Peer Exchange & Annual Research Showcase ◦ Re-initiated NETC ◦ 6 New England states created a product evaluators group

 Request Region 4 host meeting in: ◦ Hawaii, ◦ Alaska ◦ California  Increase the Number of HVR Submittals  Conduct Multistate Peer Exchanges  100% participation on at least one task force  Increase participation in TRB and AASHTO committees/task forces

 PA NJ DC: Update Research Policies/Procedures  Vtrans: Increase participation with UTCs  Streamlining research solicitation process  DC: Submit NCHRP problem statement  Request official replacement members for RAC from NYSDOT DELDOT  MD: Allison Hardt to wed ◦ CONGRATULATIONS! ◦ August 2012

See you in 2013!