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Planning Subcommittee Overview: 

This subcommittee plans the meetings of the Task Force with respect to venue, times, and agendas. It includes the recommendation and preparation of paper and poster sessions for the TRB Annual Meetings every January.

The HSM Task Force sponsored a session at the 2007 TRB Annual meeting:

 Session Title:  New Tool for Highway Safety Profession: Overview of Highway Safety Manual
 Moderator:  Don Vaughn, Alabama DOT

 An Overview of the Highway Safety Manual - Beth Wemple, Kittelson and Associates
 The Evolution of Highway Safety Analysis - Forrest Council, University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center

 An Overview of Accident Modification Factors - Geni Bahar, iTRANS Consulting Inc.
 An Overview of HSM Prediction Methodology - Doug Harwood, Midwest Research Associates
 The HSM:  An Additional Tool for the Transportation Profession - Nick Antonucci, CH2M Hill
 

 In addition, the Task Force co-sponsored a session with the Safety Data, Analysis and Evaluation Committee:

“Surrogate Measures of Safety: International Perspective”

 

 

 

Please note that the Highway Safety Manual Task Force has not reviewed or formally endorsed any of these presentation materials. While you should feel free to use any of these presentation materials as-is or incorporate them into your own presentations, please give proper credit whenever you do so.