The motivation for establishing the Emerging Concepts and Practices Team stems from the growing challenges public agencies face when confronting new technologies and practices. These challenges include limited research and available information, difficulty distinguishing fact from fiction, and topics that often fall outside the traditional scopes of existing committees. This initiative aims to stimulate further research and focus on emerging concepts and practices by developing research statements, organizing curated calls for papers, fostering greater public/private collaboration, and expanding and diversifying membership.
Action plan:
- Establish Liaisons with TRB Committees and organizations (e.g. ITSA, IEEE, NEMA, ITE)
- Coordinate with ACP20 Freeways Ops Emerging Freeway Operations Issues and Concepts Subcommittee
- Develop problem statements and partnerships to sponsor advancing research on emerging concepts
- Facilitate the sharing of information and highlight innovative practices (e.g., Committee meetings, website, newsletter, social media, webinars, peer-to-peer exchanges)
Co-Leads: Matt Junak, HNTB (mjunak@hntb.com), Raj Ponnaluri (raj.ponnaluri@consoreng.com)
Volunteers: Martha Morecock Eddy, Battelle; Nady Moini, New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority; Youwen Duan, University of Michigan; Zorica Cvijovic, Trihydro