1. Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2) Grant
Liisa Itkonen
Principal Planner

2. Introduction What is SHRP2? What did COMPASS get?
What is COMPASS doing?
What is in it for you?
What is coming next?

3. Federal Highway Administration and AASHTO
Solutions to transportation challenges
Safety
Renewal
Reliability
Capacity
Implementation Assistance Program (Round 1-5)
Round 6 will open May 27, 2015
Round 7 to be announced
Round 1-4

4. What did COMPASS get?
Round 5 Implementation Assistance Grant of $225,000 as a Lead Adopter
Two categories:
Freight considerations
Performance measures
18 months to complete work

5. Freight Considerations
Freight advisory work group
Contractor to collect truck volume and other freight data
Freight data available on dash board
Estimate and forecast truck trips
Summarize regional freight benefits and costs
Incorporate freight into CIM transportation system

6. Performance Measures Performance measure advisory group
Contractor to help quantify and compare impacts/performance of transportation investments
Transparent and customizable method
All components (roadway, freight, public transportation, bicycle/pedestrian network)
Across eight elements:
Transportation, land use, housing, health, community infrastructure, economic development, open space, farm land

7. What does this mean to you?
More information for prioritizing projects
Ways to cross-prioritize
All (new) data and products will be available for your use
What do we need from you?
Your participation in advisory groups
Your data and technical assistance

8. Questions?

9. Next steps
Update of farm freight study and the broader freight component for CIM in June RTAC meeting
Grant work will start on July 1, 2015