NDS Pooled Fund: Advancing Implementable Solutions

When significant or widespread interest is shown in solving transportation-related problems, research, planning, and technology transfer activities may be jointly funded by several transportation agencies, academic institutions, foundations, or private firms as a pooled fund study. The Federal Highway Administration’s Safety Training and Analysis Center has announced a pooled fund to conduct groundbreaking research in Highway Safety, Operations, and Planning.

The objectives of this pooled fund are:

• to conduct groundbreaking research using the SHRP2 NDS data and roadway information data (RID) that will result in a more efficient, reliable, and inherently safer experience for road users,
• to advance development of implementable solutions that address issues of high-priority to state and local transportation agencies,
• to create a venue for highway practitioners to share information and collaborate on research that advances their individual disciplines and addresses cross-cutting areas, including but not limited to, the advancement of a connected-automated highway system, and
• to communicate and work with others to leverage research results and work toward the common goal of a safer and more reliable experience for the road user.

View the solicitation at http://pooledfund.org/Details/Solicitation/1427.

Pooled Fund Webinars Give Additional Information

SHRP2’s Safety focus area is sponsoring a series of webinars concerning the SHRP2 NDS Pooled Fund. The next webinars are tentatively planned:

• September 20, 2016 1:00 – 2:00 p.m
• November 1, 2016 1:00 – 2:00 p.m

Recordings of the first three webinars are available now.

Recording for webinar #1 – Topic: Overview of NDS and RID Data and Pooled Fund

Recording for webinar #2 – Topic: Examples of How These Data are Being Used for Highway Safety

• Florida DOT with University of South Florida: Understanding interactions between drivers and pedestrians at signalized intersections
• Michigan DOT with Iowa State University: Identifying the interrelationships among speed limits, geometry, and driver behavior
• Washington State DOT with Virginia Tech Transportation Institute: Assessing the impacts of roadway lighting on nighttime crashes

Recording for webinar #3 – Topic: SHRP2 Implementation Assistance projects

• Minnesota DOT with Iowa State University: Evaluating work zone safety.
• Wyoming DOT with University of Wyoming: Investigating driver performance and behavior in adverse weather conditions.