1. International Outreach Overview TRB Annual Meeting, 2007

2. SHRP 2 Targeted, short-term program of strategic highway research modeled on the first SHRP Authorized by Congress in 2005 Administered by TRB in cooperation with AASHTO and FHWA Integrates multiple fields of study to address critical needs

3. Safety Goal: to prevent or reduce the severity of highway crashes by understanding driver behavior. Use of vehicle-based and site-based technologies to gather pre-crash, crash, and exposure data.

4. Renewal Goal: to renew aging infrastructure through rapid design and construction methods that cause minimal disruption and produce long-lived facilities. Integrated approach involving engineering, finance, contracting, planning, safety, maintenance, customer relations.

5. Reliability Goal: to reduce congestion through incident reduction, management, response, and mitigation. Integrated approach involving data, analysis, institutional architectures, tools, and operational strategies.

6. Capacity Goals: to integrate mobility, economic, environmental, and community needs into the planning and design of new highway capacity. Systems approach involving fundamental knowledge, data, tools, institutional issues.

7. Funding and Time Frame $150 million, expended over 7 years –April 2006 through March 2013 $108 million of research contracts: –Safety: $43.2 million –Renewal: $28.8 million –Reliability: $18 million –Capacity: $18 million

8. Stakeholder Governance Oversight Committee (OC) to guide whole program Technical Coordinating Committees (TCCs) for each focus area Expert Task Groups (ETGs) prepare RFPs, review proposals, and provide technical advice on special tasks

9. International Outreach: Objectives Access an expanded research community Build on pre-existing or concurrent research Limit non-productive repetition Disseminate results more widely

10. Policy Resolutions Encourage International Participation on Contract Research Teams International “Loaned” Staff International Coordinators Collaborative and Cooperative Research

11. International Involvement To Date Derek Sweet—provided by Canadian Council of Transportation Deputy Ministers, first “loaned” staff International researchers on proposing teams Roundtable meeting with ECTRI Exploratory meeting with FEHRL (January 22)

12. Contact SHRP 2 Derek Sweet, International Coordinator By email DSweet@nas.edu By telephone at 202-334-1330 Visit www.TRB.org/SHRP2