The implementation and utilization of SMS significantly improves objective safety outcomes and the perception of safety for organizations. Given this evidence, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) promote systematic safety assurance and risk reduction programs for industry stakeholders. Past experience from other regulatory agencies and industries suggests that there is a significant learning curve for both the regulator and industry in how to create and implement effective safety management systems. To educate stakeholders and articulate research needs in this area, US and international regulators, and industry representatives, will speak about their vision for, and experience implementing, SMS. By working together, regulators and industry stakeholders have the unique opportunity to discuss and disseminate SMS best practices to assist the workshop audience in understanding and overcoming challenges faced by the development and implementation of effective SMS.

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This workshop provides an overview of safety treatments and countermeasures that can be used to help reduce the frequency and severity of roadway departure crashes. One low-cost strategy is to use various treatments to help keep vehicles on the roadway. For those vehicles leaving the traveled way, it is important to reduce the potential for a crash, i.e., allow the vehicle to recover without overturning or striking fixed objects.  Techniques for improving shoulders, slopes and ditches are reviewed.  Removing, relocating or redesigning features such as trees, utility poles and drainage structures in the clear zone are also addressed. Enhancing mailbox safety is also covered. The session includes discussion of minimizing the severity of roadway departure crashes through use of breakaway supports and shielding obstacles. The essentials of barrier design, installation and inspection are reviewed.  The session concludes with case study exercises where participants apply what they learned to address actual roadway locations.

Transportation Asset Management properly established and supported by quality data collection provides the information required to enable comprehensive tribal transportation planning and readiness. Red Plains has been fortunate to work with many of the NW Region Tribes to establish GIS asset management systems designed to enable our tribal planners with the tools at their fingertips to make well-informed transportation decisions, present a cohesive set of transportation specific data layers easily manipulated and managed to tell a story, prepare graphic and data driven grant applications, and most importantly, have the ability to professionally present their transportation network to transportation stakeholders, the public, and tribal leadership.

The course is specifically developed to speak to those individuals responsible for oversight and implementation of their Tribe's Tribal Transportation Programs. We will discuss TTP Regulations, Data Collection, Inventory, LRTP's, TTIP's, ROW, Land Use, Safety Plans, Roadway Safety Audits, Maintenance, Planning, Traffic Analysis, Project Selection/Prioritization, and how they all work in concert if managed well. See work product from other Tribes and understand how to accomplish the same level of transportation management and readiness in this interactive classroom setting.  We will have time to get into specific scenarios so bring your questions and issues to the class for discussion.