1. AASHTO Standing Committee on Highway Traffic Safety: Business Meeting Key Points of Discussion
Tom Sorel, Chair
Pan Hutton, Vice Chair

2. Agenda: Report from the Safety Management Subcommittee
Report from Liaisons to other AASHTO Committees
Proposed Resolutions
New Items:
Development of a SCOHTS Strategic Plan
Role of SCOHTS in making Safety the highest priority of AASHTO and the member States
Structure of SCOHTS and role of Subcommittees
Keeping up the momentum through administration changes
Future Meetings – Texas?

3. Resolutions and Actions:
Recognition of Kirk Steudle
Highway Safety Manual (from Priscilla)
usRAP
Performance Measurement
Local Roads
Improve definition on serious injury

4. Performance Measurement
Purpose: Begin building experience that could help the States prepare for the reauthorization
Safety has the most consistent data base
Build on work of SCoPM on States’ efforts
Voluntary effort (possibly States)
Focus:
Performance Measures (beyond FARS)
Setting baseline and trend data
Goal setting and setting targets

5. Discussion Items: Strategic Plan
What would be the value of a SCOHTS Strategic Plan?
What issues should it address?
Major projects or Initiatives
Tie to other AASHTO Committees and BoD
Partnership Activities with TRB (NCHRP), USDOT, others
What should be the process for developing such a plan?
Next Steps? Lead?

6. Discussion Items: Role of SCoHTS
How can SCoHTS be most effective in influencing and assisting AASHTO and the member States?
How can SCoHTS work with the incoming AASHTO President in assuring Safety is in some way part of the President’s Agenda
How does SCoHTS want to be engaged in the TZD effort?