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April 14, 2015
Region 10 Transportation Safety Workshop
Time: 8:00am – 4:00pm on May 5, 2015
Location: Talaris Conference Center
4000 NE 41st Street
Seattle, WA 98105Register for the webinar, 8:30 am – 12:15 pm
Purpose:
This Region 10 Transportation Safety Workshop is jointly organized by PacTrans, ITE Washington, ITE Oregon, ITE Idaho, and ITE Alaska. PacTrans is the Region 10 University Transportation Center funded by the US Department of Transportation with approximately $2.6 million per year. The main purposes of this workshop include:
- Bring agency, industry, and university people together to identify the most critical regional transportation safety issues that should be on the PacTrans’ research agenda
- Exchange success stories and ongoing efforts in addressing critical safety problems
- Set up collaborative partnerships in transportation safety research and education.
The final product of this workshop will be a list of prioritized research topics under each research category (safe user, safe infrastructure, and safe operation). This list will be an important document for setting up PacTrans’ future research directions.
Agenda:
The current PacTrans center theme is Developing Data Driven Solutions and Decision-Making for Safe Transport. PacTrans will spend funds to address the safety and security needs of our road users (vehicle occupants, pedestrians, bicyclists), road infrastructure (pavement, bridges, tunnels), and multi-modal operations (intersection, freight, rural, and urban mobility). All workshop participants will be assigned into one of the three working groups: safe user, safe infrastructure, and safe operations for the afternoon breakout sessions. We encourage workshop participants to discuss with your colleagues the critical safety problems your agency or company wants to address and bring them to our group discussions.
8:00 – 8:30AM Networking Continental Breakfast 8:30 – 9:00AM Welcome and Overview of PacTrans Safety Projects 9:00 – 9:30AM Transportation Safety Priorities – Federal Perspective 9:30 – 10:00AM Transportation Safety Priorities – State Perspective 10:00 – 10:15AM Break 10:15 – 11:15AM Transportation Agency Panel 11:15 – 12:15PM ITE Panel 12:15 – 1:15PM Lunch – Transportation Technology/Safety Updates 1:15 – 3:10PM Breakout Sessions Addressing Specific Research and Education Needs 3:10 – 3:25PM Break 3:25 – 3:55PM Summarize Discussions from Breakout Sessions 3:55 – 4:00PM Closing Remarks 4:00PM Adjourn