2016 Traffic Safety Conference Program — Center for Transportation Safety

Monday, June 6, 2016
1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.	Conference Registration Desk Open (Pre-function Promenade)
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Exhibitor Set-up (Bluebonnet 4 – 7)
12:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Preconference Workshop: Large Truck and Bus Traffic Enforcement Training (Bluebonnet 3) Instructor: Keith Ternes, Project Manager, International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Preconference Workshops: Strategic Communications: Getting the right Impact the First Time (Bluebonnet 1) Instructor: Frank Keck, People Whisperer, Excellerant, Inc. Highway Safety Improvement Program Roundtable (Bluebonnet 2) Moderator: Darren McDaniel, Safety Engineer, Texas Department of Transportation
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.	Welcome Reception/Exhibitor Showcase/Student Poster Session (Bluebonnet 4 – 7)
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast (Bluebonnet 4 – 7)
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Registration Desk Open (Pre-function Promenade)
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Exhibitor Showcase (Bluebonnet 4 – 7)
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.	Opening/Welcome Session (Bluebonnet 1 – 3) Moderator: Robert Wunderlich, Director, Center for Transportation Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Introductions: Bill Stockton, Executive Associate Director, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Keynote Speaker: Jeff Moseley, Commissioner, Texas Department of Transportation Commission
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.	Break/Student Posters (Bluebonnet 4 – 7)
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon	4 Concurrent Breakout Sessions Breakout Session 1: Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety (Bluebonnet 1 – 2) Moderator: Joan Hudson, Associate Research Engineer, Mobility Management, Texas A&M Transportation Institute The Effect of Distractions on a Pedestrian’s Waiting Behavior at Traffic Signals: An Observational Study George Gillette, Student Intern, Roadway Design, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Will You Stop for Me? An Exploration of Variables Associated with a Driver’s Decision to Stop for a Pedestrian in a Crosswalk with a Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacon Kay Fitzpatrick, Senior Research Engineer, Roadway Design, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Rural Highway Shoulders that Accommodate Bicycle and Pedestrian Use Karen Dixon, Senior Research Engineer, Roadway Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Campus Outreach – Share the Road Laura Higgins, Associate Research Scientist, Human Factors, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Breakout Session 2: Updates and Processes for Effective STEP Grant Administration (Bluebonnet 3) Moderator: Jon Graber, Assistant Transportation Researcher, Center for Transportation Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Planned Changes to STEP for FY 2018 and Beyond Larry Krantz, Police Traffic Services Program Manager, Texas Department of Transportation Breakout Session 3: Statewide and Regional Safety Coalitions (Mockingbird A – D) Moderator: Terry Pence, Director, Traffic Safety Section, Texas Department of Transportation Impaired Driving Task Force Troy Walden, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Center for Alcohol and Drug Studies, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Brazos Valley Injury Prevention Coalition – A Safe Communities Coalition Cindy Kovar, Program Coordinator II, Brazos Valley Injury Prevention Coalition and the RED Program Motorcycle Safety Coalition and Outreach DJ Jeffries, Planner, Texas Department of Transportation Breakout Session 4: Data Analytics (Brazos Amphitheater) Moderator: Darren McDaniel, Safety Engineer, Texas Department of Transportation Using Naturalistic Driving Data for Safety Studies Bahar Dadashova, Associate Transportation Researcher, Roadway Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute GIS-based Statewide Roadway and Area Risk Assessment Screening Tool Michael Martin, Associate Transportation Researcher, Transportation Planning, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Roadway Data Extraction Edgar Kraus, Research Engineer, Research and Implementation, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Crash Analysis ViSualization (CAVS) use in Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Data Analysis Ioannis Tsapakis, Ph.D., Assistant Research Scientist, Research and Implementation, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
12:00 noon – 1:45 p.m.	Conference Luncheon (Oakwood Ballroom) Moderator: Robert Wunderlich, Director, Center for Transportation Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Keynote Speaker: Administrator Mark Rosekind, Ph.D., National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	4 Concurrent Breakout Sessions Breakout Session 5: Aging Drivers (Bluebonnet 1 – 2) Moderator: Eva Shipp, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Center for Transportation Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Longitudinal Research on Aging Drivers (LongROAD) Study: Project Overview Nicole Zanier, Research Assistant, ATLAS Center/University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute Older Driver Support Systems (ODDS) – Real-time Feedback on Driving Behaviors Laura Higgins, Associate Research Scientist, Human Factors, Texas A&M Transportation Institute The Paradox of Older Drivers: Why Don’t They Have More Crashes? Sandra Rosenbloom, Ph.D., Research Professor (Affiliated), University of Texas, Austin Improving the Safety of Older Heavy-Vehicle Drivers Jennifer Zakrajsek, Senior Research Associate, ATLAS Center/University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute Breakout Session 6: Update on Data Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS) (Bluebonnet 3) Moderator: Robert Gilbert, Senior Research Specialist, Center for Transportation Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Presentations Sargent Carlos Cantu, Investigations Supervisor, Major Crimes, Harlingen Police Department Chief Robert Severance, III, City of Cleburne, Cleburne, Texas Detective Kelly Summey, Crime Analyst, City of Cleburne Police Department, Cleburne, Texas Breakout Session 7: Vision Zero: One Year Update (Mockingbird A – D) Moderator: Stephen Ratke, P.E., Safety Engineer, Federal Highway Administration – Texas Division San Antonio Vision Zero Rebecca Pacini, AICP, Senior Transportation Planner, Transportation & Capital Improvements, City of San Antonio Austin Vision Zero Laura Dierenfield, Manager, Active Transportation, City of Austin, Austin Transportation Department Breakout Session 8: Roadside Safety (Brazos Amphitheater) Moderator: Chiara Silvestri-Dobrovolny, Associate Research Scientist, Roadside Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) 2016 Implementation. What, When and Why Roger Bligh, Ph.D., P.E., Roadside Safety Program, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH)-16 Implementation – An AASHTO-FHWA Joint Plan FHWA Chris Lindsey, Transportation Engineer IV, Design Division, Texas Department of Transportation Dick Albin, P.E., Safety Engineer, Federal Highway Administration Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) 2016 Implementation Process and Obstacles from a State Perspective Chris Lindsey, Transportation Engineer IV, Design Division, Texas Department of Transportation TTI’s Experience and Observations on Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) Compliance Testing Dusty R. Arrington, Associate Transportation Researcher, Crashworthy Structures, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Break/Student Posters (Bluebonnet 4 – 7)
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.	4 Concurrent Breakout Sessions: Breakout Session 9: Motorcycle Safety (Bluebonnet 1 – 2) Moderator: Mike Manser, Ph.D., Human Factors Program Manager, Center for Transportation Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Crash Analysis Eva Shipp, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Center for Transportation Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Motorcycle Crash Testing Chiara Silvestri-Dobrovolny, Associate Research Scientist, Roadside Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Motorcyclist Attitudes Toward Safety Gear Stephanie Quinn, Ph.D., Associate Transportation Researcher, Human Factors, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Share the Road: Look Twice for Motorcycles Chris Sharman, Senior Vice President, Sherry Matthews Advocacy Marketing Breakout Session 10: CRIS Program Update and Dashboards (Bluebonnet 3) Moderator: Robert Gilbert, Senior Research Specialist, Center for Transportation Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute CRASH Program Updates and Dashboards to Access Data Kellie Pierce, Crash Data and Analysis Director, Texas Department of Transportation Larbi Hanni, Crash Data Analysis Branch Manager, Texas Department of Transportation Joseph Flores, Business Analyst, Texas Department of Transportation Texas Highway Safety Program Jean M. Dark, Senior Trooper, Texas Department of Public Safety Breakout Session 11: Safety Cities (Mockingbird A – D) Moderator: Katie Womack, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Transportation Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Brazos Valley Safety City – Opening Partnership Doors Mary Jo Prince, Program Coordinator, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Frisco Fire Safety Town – Public Education 2.0 Leslie Girdner, Community Education Coordinator, Frisco Fire Department, Frisco, Texas Safety City Lubbock: From Then to Now Karen Peoples, Traffic Safety Specialist – Lubbock District, Texas Department of Transportation Breakout Session 12: Engineering Research Findings (Brazos Amphitheater) Moderator: John Haberman, Research Engineer, Research and Implementation, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Safety Implications of Managed Lanes Cross Sectional Elements Raul Avelar, Associate Research Engineer, Roadway Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Operational and Safety Tradeoffs – Narrowing Freeway Lanes and Shoulders to Add an Additional Travel Lane Karen Dixon, Senior Research Engineer, Roadway Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Is Age a Factor in Crashes at Channelized Right-Turn Lanes? Kay Fitzpatrick, Senior Research Engineer, Roadway Design, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.	Light Reception/Student Poster Winner Announced (Bluebonnet 4 – 7)
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast (Bluebonnet 4 – 7)
7:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.	Registration Desk Open (Pre-function Promenade)
7:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.	Exhibitor Showcase (Bluebonnet 4 – 7)
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.	4 Concurrent Breakout Sessions Breakout Session 13: Youth Transportation Safety (Bluebonnet 1 – 2) Moderator: Russell Henk, Senior Research Scientist, Youth Transportation Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Youth-led Outreach to Decrease Distracted Driving and Improve Safety Belt Use Stacey Tisdale, Research Specialist, Youth Transportation Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Helping Teens Driver Safer around Large Commercial Vehicles Lisa Minjares-Kyle, Associate Transportation Researcher, Youth Transportation Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute An Incentive-Based App to Deter Distracted Driving Rick Alexander, MOBISOFT Breakout Session 14: Drugs and Driving (Bluebonnet 3) Moderator: Troy Walden, Ph.D., Director, Center for Alcohol & Drug Education Studies, Center for Transportation Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Robert D. Johnson, Ph.D., F-ABT, Chief Toxicologist, Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office Breakout Session 15: Traffic Safety Culture Indexing (Mockingbird A – D) Moderator: Katie Womack, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Transportation Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Texas Neal Johnson, Assistant Transportation Researcher, Center for Transportation Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Tennessee Dr. Jerry Everett, Associate Director, Center for Transportation Research, University of Tennessee Arizona Dr. Terry Stobbe, Associate Professor, Department of Community, Environment & Policy, University of Arizona Breakout Session 16: Engineering Countermeasures (Brazos Amphitheater) Moderator: Kay Fitzpatrick, Senior Research Engineer, Roadway Design, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Benefit-Cost Analysis of Curve Safety Treatments Brad Brimley, Associate Transportation Researcher, Signs and Markings, Texas A&M Transportation Institute; and Bryan Wilson, Associate Research Scientist, Pavements, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Highway Safety Manual Safety Analysis Tool for Six-Lane and One-Way Urban Streets Mike Pratt, Assistant Research Engineer, Roadway Design, Texas A&M Transportation Institute IH-35 Texas Department of Transportation Waco District – A Study of Speed Reducing Countermeasures John Haberman, Research Engineer, Research and Implementation, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.	Break (Bluebonnet 4 – 7)
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon	Closing Plenary Session (Bluebonnet 1 – 3) Moderator: Mike Lukuc, Research Scientist, System Reliability Division, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Technologies Enhancing Transportation Safety