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The goal of this study is to identify the best and most effective ways to collect element level data in a format and with specific procedures that will ensure quality data are obtained and subsequently used most effectively. Element level data are required to be collected to implement element level bridge inspection procedures by October 1, 2014 per the MAP 21.

The objective of the proposed pooled-fund project is to assess the feasibility of and demonstrate the use of Traffic Speed Deflectometer (TSD) for network level pavement structural evaluation for use in the participating state agencies' pavement management application and decision making.

The objectives of this research are to (a) Identify an injury scoring system for further consideration. Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of conventional injury scoring systems based on International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) codes and KABCO. Document advantages and disadvantages of various definitions for a serious injury metric. (b) Develop a roadmap to assist states in developing and implementing an interim system to measure and report injury severity using accepted injury scoring systems based on ICD codes. The intent of the roadmap is to enable year-to-year performance assessment by states using a standard measure. At a minimum, the roadmap should document a workable process(es) for linking statewide crash and hospital discharge data. For states where complete crash and/or hospital discharge data do not exist, identify surrogate sources, such as trauma registries, or alternative measures, such as estimates, that can be used within the workable process as an interim step until the preferred process(es) can be implemented. Identify means to overcome technical, legal, political, financial, and other challenges to implementation and linkage of these state-based data systems. The states’ future performance assessments will yield at a minimum the number of serious injury crashes and the number of persons seriously injured in each state using a standardized definition. This step should lead to the ultimate outcome, which is a unified database as described further in (c). (c) Expanding on (b), develop a state-based framework to perform comprehensive linkage of records related to motor vehicle crashes resulting in serious injuries, and incremental steps and priorities for achieving the linkage. A direct linkage is strongly preferred but it is recognized that alternative linkage methods may be appropriate, so the framework should include methods to be used when linkage is unsuccessful. Records may include crash and citation records; pre-hospital (telematics, 911, EMS, etc.); hospital (ED/inpatient); disability; death (coroner, medical examiner, vital statistics); trauma registries; traumatic brain injury registries; and roadway and traffic inventories. The framework will provide for a comprehensive analysis and understanding of the factors associated with serious injuries before, during, and after the crashes, and the associated medical outcomes. This will allow for the development, implementation, and evaluation of countermeasures for serious injury crashes, and continuous system improvement.

The objective of this proposed project is to develop an on-line user friendly truck weigh in motion (WIM) data tool where it offers data quality review and control functions, data visualization capabilities and analysis, and data output controls to meet pavement design, freight analysis, and truck weight and load trend analysis.

The 2012 federal transportation authorization - the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) - places several new performance measurement and reporting mandates, including arterial system performance, on state transportation departments. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is also interested in further, detailed system-performance measurement, as reflected in its current business plan goals. This research project will support VDOT in achieving compliance with these MAP-21 mandates and in making more informed operations and resource-allocation decisions. Specifically, this study will focus on identifying candidate arterial-system performance measures and data needs; exploring details of corridor segmentation for analysis and reporting; assessing impacts of missing data on performance measures; and conducting pilot analyses to calculate measures from actual Virginia data.

This tool provides information and guidance on the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control methodology. This methodology assists lean project teams' activities by identifying and eliminating variation in a process.

This tool is a checklist for the major elements needed to implement a successful Lean Rapid Improvement Event.

This exercise was originally created by the Minnesota Office of Continuous Improvement as a standard work tool for Lean methodology.

This tool provides all of the Colorado DOT's Lean Everyday Ideas from 2012 to present. These Everyday Ideas are front-line improvements that Colorado DOT has implemented with Lean methodology.

This tool includes a recorded webcast and slides originally presented by LeanOhio on the state's continuous improvement efforts.

This online tool is designed to help agencies minimize risk on roadways. The tool provides a list of potential risk factors, as well a step-by-step system to implement safety planning. The focus is primarily on systemic improvements, rather than focusing on risks at specific locations, although the tool does consider the necessary balance between sport-improvements and improvements that are system-wide. Case studies provided include: Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, and Thurston County, WA.

This executive summary is a report on a US scan team that visited several international agencies in July and August of 2009. The visited agencies were: Swedish Road Administration, the UK department of Transport and Highway Agencies, the New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority and Austroads, the Victoria Department of Transport and VicRoads, the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads and the New Zealand Transport Agency. The team looked at how strategic goals were actual implemented by the agencies, how performance goals were achieved, how performance and transparency were linked, and how agencies can demonstrate accountability.