Transportation History Committee Triennial Strategic Plan (TSP)

Transportation History Committee Triennial Strategic Plan

TRB Annual Meeting

Greetings and Happy New Year to the members and friends of TRB's Transportation History Committee.


This message contains information about the committee's activities at the annual meeting next week in Washington, and also a request for a volunteer committee representative for the "new attendees" reception on Sunday 2:30-4:00 pm at that meeting.

1. The committee meeting is on WEDNESDAY, January 13, from 10:15-noon, in the Hilton room 1919 East. A draft agenda is below, and if you have additional agenda items, please let me know. WE WILL TRY TO BREAK BY 11:45 IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE ATTENDING THE CHAIRMAN'S LUNCH.

2. The committee is sponsoring a session Wednesday, January 13, 4:30-6:00 pm, in the Hilton Jefferson East room, on the Influence of "The Urban Transportation Problem" by Meyer, Kain and Wohl, organized and chaired by Alan Pisarski with presentations by Martin Wachs (Rand Corp), Don Pickrell (USDOT Volpe Center), and Eric Beshers (ICF Consulting). More details below.

3. The committee is co-sponsoring as session on Tuesday, January 12, from 8-9:45 a.m., in the Hilton Jefferson West room, on "Knowledge Management: Successful Practices for Succession Planning." More details below.






Event Title: Transportation History Committee

Event Date: Jan 13 2010 10:15AM- 12:00PM

Event Location: Hilton

Presiding Officers: Gifford, Jonathan L. - George Mason University

Sponsored By: Transportation History (ABG50)






DRAFT Agenda



Call to order

Self introductions

Review of Committee Activities at 2010 Meeting

History Committee and TRB Emeritus/a members (Pisarski)

Activities for 2010

Summer 2010 meeting (participation in July TRB meeting in Minneapolis?)

Other business

Adjourn



Event Number: 702

Event Title: Influence of Meyer, Kain, and Wohl's "The Urban Transportation Problem"

Event Date: Jan 13 2010 4:30PM- 6:00PM

Event Location: Hilton

Presiding Officers: Pisarski, Alan E. - Consultant

Sponsored By: Transportation History (ABG50)








Presentations:

The RAND Role (P10-0774)

Wachs, Martin - RAND Corporation

The University Influence (P10-0776)

Pickrell, Don H. - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

The Economic Influence (P10-0785)

Beshers, Eric - ICF Consulting



Event Number: 421

Event Title: Knowledge Management: Successful Practices for Succession Planning

Event Date: Jan 12 2010 8:00AM- 9:45AM

Event Location: Hilton, Jefferson West

Presiding Officers: Stickel, Jack R. - Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities

Sponsored By: Strategic Management (ABC10)

Transportation Asset Management (ABC40)

Transportation Education and Training (ABG20)

Technology Transfer (ABG30)

Library and Information Science for Transportation (ABG40)

Transportation History (ABG50)

Statewide Transportation Data and Information Systems (ABJ20)

Visualization in Transportation (ABJ95)

Maintenance and Operations Personnel (AHD15)

Public Transportation (AP000)








Presentations:

What Is Knowledge Management and How Does It Help You? (P10-0592)

Hammer, Maureen L. - Virginia Department of Transportation

Learning How to Train Employees for the Workplace (P10-0796)

Brown, Shane - Washington State University

Planning for the Future: Succession Planning and Knowledge Management (P10-0798)

Pedersen, Neil J. - Maryland State Highway Administration



Subject Areas:

Data and Information Systems

Research and Education

Investing in Our Transportation Future – BOLD Ideas to Meet BIG Challenges

First Diverging Diamond Interchange in the US

A piece of current US transportation history being made from the Bolivar Herald-Free Press in Bolivar, MO:

New interchange at Mo. 13, I-44 will open Monday

Bridge closing at 10 p.m. Saturday
Published: Friday, June 19, 2009 5:05 AM CDT

The Kansas Expressway (Mo. 13) bridge over I-44 in north Springfield is scheduled to be closed at 10 p.m. Saturday and reopened early Monday in its new Diverging Diamond Interchange configuration, the Missouri Department of Transportation said.

The bridge closing will require the same driving adjustments and detours used during a similar bridge closing last weekend when the final asphalt driving surface was laid in areas at the interchange.

Drivers need to be aware that the Diverging Diamond Interchange will require a change in driving pattern starting before rush hour Monday morning, June 22.

Under the new Diverging Diamond Interchange configuration, the opposing lanes of Kansas Expressway will criss-cross at traffic signals at the ends of the bridge over I-44. Crossing the bridge, oncoming traffic will be on the right, separated by concrete barriers and screening. This will give left-turning vehicles on Kansas Expressway a “free left” onto the I-44 on-ramps.

At the same time, traffic continuing north or south on Kansas Expressway will be able to travel more steadily through the interchange.

Signs and pavement markings will clearly guide drivers and help prevent making a wrong turn into the opposing lanes.

Concrete islands to help with the traffic flow will be installed in the next few weeks.

Bridge closed, ramps open

Even though the Kansas Expressway bridge will be closed for part of this weekend, the ramps will remain open. However, drivers will only be able to make right turns to enter I-44 from Kansas Expressway or exit from I-44 onto Kansas Expressway.

Drivers on Kansas Expressway who wish to cross I-44 will have to use I-44 to get around the bridge closing:

• Southbound Kansas Expressway (Mo. 13) traffic will be detoured west on I-44 to West Bypass (U.S. 160) to turn around.See Interchange Page 2A

• Northbound Kansas Expressway traffic will be detoured east on I-44 to U.S. 65 and north to County Road 102 (Valley Water Mill Road) to turn around.

During the Kansas Expressway bridge closing, contractor crews will put down permanent pavement markings, install new highway signs, modify the traffic signals and complete other work before reopening the bridge Monday morning in the new Diverging Diamond Interchange configuration.

Bad weather could cause postponement until the following weekend.

Drivers will be able to reach the many businesses along Kansas Expressway during the bridge closing, although it may take a few minutes longer to get there.

Watch out for backups on Kansas Expressway approaching I-44 and on I-44 approaching the off-ramps at Kansas Expressway.

Opening the First-in-USA Diverging Diamond Interchange June 22

When Kansas Expressway is reopened over I-44 on Monday morning, June 22, the interchange will be in the Diverging Diamond Interchange configuration.

The Diverging Diamond Interchange is designed to improve traffic flow through the interchange, although it won’t solve all the congestion problems in that area.

A separate project that will help traffic flow is the relocation further south of a traffic signal at Evergreen Street. This project is also under construction. The existing signal at Evergreen Street will be turned off when the Diverging Diamond Interchange is opened, even though the new signal to the south may not be ready to use.

The Diverging Diamond Interchange at Kansas Expressway and I-44 is the first of its type built in the USA.

Project summary

The prime contractor is Hartman & Co. Construction of Springfield.

The project will:

• Remove existing driving surface on bridge, make deck repairs and put down new driving surface.

• Build pedestrian walkway down center of opposing lanes, divided by concrete barriers and screening paddles.

• Install new traffic signals, new striping and other pavement markings, new overhead signs, new islands, new highway lighting and LED lighting for new pedestrian walkway.• Build new ramp that will enable drivers on the westbound I-44 off-ramp to slip onto Norton Road without getting onto Kansas Expressway.

http://www.bolivarmonews.com/articles/2009/06/19/news/doc4a3ab767bdac1330147843.txt

TRB Committee Homepages - Updated Listing

An updated list of TRB committee homepages is now available:
http://www.trb.org/directory/comm_homepages.asp

History Committee Mid-Year Meeting June 15, 2009

The Monday agenda and dial-in number are as follows:

TRB History Committee - Mid-Year Meeting
Monday, June 15, 2009, 9:00 a.m. (Eastern)
500 Fifth Street, Washington, DC 20016
(Dial-in number 866-606-4717, access code: 3829104)

9:00 - Call to order, self-introductions, Seattle summer meeting history walk (Rolf Schmidt)
9:30 - Discussion of draft Triennial Strategic Plan
10:30 - Break
10:45 - Discussion of draft Triennial Strategic Plan (continued)
Noon - Lunch (4th Floor Cafeteria)
1:00 - Plans for 2010 annual meeting, other business, adjourn

History Committee Mid-Year Meeting 2009

The history committee's mid-year meeting will be at the Keck Center, 500 5th Street, in Washington, D.C., on Monday, June 15, from 9-3.

Agenda details to follow.

PA Transportation History Sources

1. The commonwealth of Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission:

http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&mode=2&objID=1426

This site has links to the Pennsylvania State Archives; the Bureau for Historic Preservation and the State Museum.


2. The Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh. This collection concentrates on western Pennsylvania history.

http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org


3. History of aeronautics in PA:

William F. Trimble, "High Frontier: A History of Aeronautics in Pennsylvania," (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1982).


4. Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania:

http://www.rrmuseumpa.org/