January 11, 2010–January 15, 2010

Meeting Schedule

The meeting will start Saturday Afternoon immediately with subcommittee meetings to go over specific draft chapters. We will continue in subcommittee meetings Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and Afternoon. Then on Sunday Night we start our first of two full committee meetings. Monday Morning is our second full committee meeting.

The coordination meeting for the International Highway Capacity Symposium in Stockholm is Monday night, 7:30 PM, in the Marriott, Taylor Room.

Other Activities

#302    What is New in HCM 2010     Marriott, Salon 3           Jan 11, 1:30-3:15 PM
#380    LOS for Signalized Ints.    Marriott, Salon 2           Jan 11,  7:30-9:30 PM
#553    Analysis of Managed Lanes   Hilton, International East  Jan 12, 3:45-5:30 PM
#563    LOS for Non-Highways        Marriott, Salon 2           Jan 12, 7:30-9:30 PM

Committee Rotation

By special dispensation from TRB, the committee rotation is being postponed one more year to April 2011. This is so that the committee can wrap up its work on the 2010 HCM before the rotation. The committee chair however WILL be rotating this April 2010.

Reminder on Committee Organization

Here is the latest chart of groups, subcommittees, and task force chairs. Note that this list has been updated to show HCM 2010 responsibilities.

Group 1 - Administration – Lilly Elefteriadou, Committee Secretary

The purpose of this group is to perform the various administrative tasks that TRB requires of the committee and to maintain the committee's website and roster. This group is also responsible for Chapters 4 and 24 (Concepts of Capacity).

• Paper Review: Zong Tian
• TRB Conference Sessions: B. Kent Lall
• Website: Andy Wolfe
• Research Subcommittee– Robert Foyle
• Responsible for Chapter 4 and 24, Capacity Concepts
• Definition of Capacity Task Force – Lily Elefteriadou
• Reliability Task Force – Lily Elefteriadou
• Sixth International Symposium Task Force – Tian/Haris

Group 2 - Uninterrupted Facilities Group – Abdul-Rahman Hamad

The purpose of this group is to provide capacity and performance estimation procedures for the design and operation of uninterrupted flow facilities. This group is responsible for Volume 2 of the HCM 2010 Chapters 10-15, 25-28, 35. The following subcommittees are in this group:

• Freeways & Multi-lane Highways – Scott Washburn
• Two-Lane Highways - Bruce Robinson
• Traffic Simulation and Applications Subcommittee – Loren Bloomberg
• Responsible for Chapter 6 (Analysis Tools) and shared responsibility for Chapter 7 (Interpreting and Presenting Results) of HCM 2010
• Active Traffic Management Task Force – Kevin Hanley (NEW)
• Responsible for Chapter 35, Active Traffic Management of HCM 2010

Group 3 - Interrupted Facilities Group – Bob Bryson

The purpose of this group is to provide capacity and performance estimation procedures for the design and operation of Interrupted flow facilities. This group is responsible for Volume 3 of HCM 2010 Chapters 16-22, 29-34. The following subcommittees are in this group:

• Signalized Intersections - Elena Prassas
• Unsignalized Intersections – Lee Rodegerdts
• Interchange Ramp Terminals - Joel Marcuson
• Urban Streets – Janice Daniel

Group 4 - Multimodal and Preliminary Engineering - Tom Creasey

The purpose of this group is to provide and/or adapt capacity and performance estimation procedures for the planning and preliminary engineering of multimodal highway facilities. This group is responsible for the planning applications described in Volumes 2 and 3 plus Chapter 2 (Applications), Chapter 3 (Modal Characteristics), Chapter 5 (Quality of Service), Chapter 9 (Glossary), and Chapter 23 (Off-Street Bike and Ped).

• Pedestrian/Bicycle Subcommittee - Martin Guttenplan
• Planning and Preliminary Engineering Subcommittee– Andy Wolfe
• Quality of Service Subcommittee - Aimee Flannery

Group 5 - User Liaison - Bill Sampson

The purpose of this group is to promote the use of the HCM and to assist new and existing users appropriately apply the HCM. This group will be responsible for HCM 2010 Chapter 1 (Users Guide), have shared responsibility for Chapter 7 (Interpreting and Presenting Results), and will be responsible for Chapter 8 (Executive Summary). The following subcommittees are in this group.

• Outreach Subcommittee - Dirk Gross
• Technical Subcommittee – Robert Foyle
• HCM Errata and Interpretations – Pete Terry
• International Liaison – Manuel Romana