Mid-Year Meeting July 30-Aug 1, 2013, Irvine CA

Access Management Committee (AHB70) Members and Friends,

You are invited to attend the Committee's mid-year meeting this summer in Irvine, California. The meeting
will be held in conjunction with the TRB Safety Effects of Geometric Design Decisions Workshop on July 30 -
August 1, 2013. Please see the workshop announcement below for additional details, which include early
registration deadlines and hotel rates.

We look forward to seeing you!

TRB is sponsoring the Safety Effects of Geometric Design Decisions Workshop, July 30-August 1, 2013,
at The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, California.

For details on how to register and to view the preliminary program, visit the conference website. Register
by June 1 to take advantage of the reduced Early Bird rate.

Rooms are being held at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach Hotel. Make your reservation for the TRB
special rate of $125 plus the current tax of 12%, and the $0.16 California Tourism fee. This rate is
available until July 1, 2013. Rooms may be at a higher rate after this date and are subject to availability.
The hotel may not be able to provide rooms at the group rate once the block of rooms is sold out.

(If the link above does not work, please copy & paste www.TRB.org/Calendar into your web browser.)

Want to get more involved? Visit the Access Management Committee's website at
http://www.accessmanagement.info/, join the Access Management Listserv today to post questions and
share ideas, or forward this email on to others interested in Access Management.

Conferences

AM Conferences The national access management conferences are held once every two years. These conferences are an opportunity to get the latest information on access management and to share experiences and advice with others involved in access management. Hosting a national access management conference is an excellent way to stimulate interest about access management in your state and region.

View presentations from the Tenth National Conference on Access Management in Dallas Texas on Jly 17-20, 2012

View presentations from the Ninth National Conference on Access Management in Natchez MS 2010

View presentations from the Eighth National Access Management Conference in Baltimore, MD on July 13-16, 2008.

View presentations from the Seventh National Access Management Conference held in Park City Utah in 2006.

View presentations from the Sixth National Access Management Conference held in Kansas in 2004

Meetings

2013 Annual Meeting of TRB Committee AHB70, “Access Management”
8:00am-12:00pm, Marriott, Wilson B & C Wednesday January 16, 2013, Washington, DC

AHB70 - Access Management Meetings

Sunday 8:00AM- 12:00PM
Workshop 109
Preserving the Lost Art of Highway Geometric Design: Tools, Techniques, and Talent
Eric T. Donnell, Pennsylvania State University, presiding
Hermanus Jacobus Steyn, Kittelson & Associates, Inc., presiding
Hillary N. Isebrands, Federal Highway Administration, presiding
Workshop: Design, Operations and Traffic Management, Safety and Human Factors
More Details...
Marriott, Thurgood Marshall East AFB10

Monday 8:00AM- 9:45AM
Session 201
Access Management: A Left Is Not a Right
James H. Isonhood, Mississippi Department of Transportation, presiding
Lectern Session
Law, Operations and Traffic Management, Transportation, General
More Details...
Marriott, Maryland A AL060

Tuesday 8:00AM- 9:45AM
National Conference on Access Management Subcommittee, AHB70(1)
Eddie Shafie, AECOM Transportation, presiding
Operations and Traffic Management
Marriott, Park Tower Suite 8216 AHB70

Tuesday 10:15AM- 12:00PM
Access Management Research Subcommittee, AHB70(2)
Grant G. Schultz, Brigham Young University, presiding
Operations and Traffic Management
Marriott, Park Tower Suite 8216 AHB70

Tuesday 1:30PM- 3:15PM
Access Management Outreach Subcommittee, AHB70(3)
Philip Demosthenes, Consultant, presiding
Operations and Traffic Management
Marriott, Tyler AHB70

Tuesday 3:45PM- 5:30PM
Access Management Manual Subcommittee, AHB70(5)
Marc Butorac, Kittelson & Associates, Inc., presiding
Operations and Traffic Management
Marriott, Tyler AHB70

Tuesday 7:30PM- 9:30PM
Intersections Joint Subcommittee of AHB65, AFB10, AHB70
Brandon Nevers, Kittelson & Associates, Inc., presiding
Jeffrey Shaw, Federal Highway Administration, presiding
Design, Operations and Traffic Management, Safety and Human Factors
Marriott, Washington B3 AHB65

Tuesday 7:30PM- 9:30PM
Session 672
Safety and Implementation Impact of Access Management Research
Grant G. Schultz, Brigham Young University, presiding
Lectern Session | Spotlight Session
Operations and Traffic Management
More Details...
Marriott, Thurgood Marshall West AHB70

Wednesday 8:00AM- 12:00PM
Access Management Committee
Kristine M. Williams, University of South Florida, presiding
Operations and Traffic Management
More Details...
Marriott, Wilson B & C AHB70

View presentations from the TRB 2008 Annual Meeting Sessions

Teleconference

Every three months, there is a national Access Management Teleconference for professionals. The teleconference is about an hour in duration and is a forum for those involved in access management to share information and ideas. For further information on upcoming teleconferences or to place a topic on the agenda contact Phil Demosthenes.

Training

Training

Those interested in obtaining training in access management should consider the three-day short course 'Access Management, Location and Design (Course #133078), which is offered by the National Highway Institute (NHI). An electronic copy of the materials from past NHI courses have been included in the Access Management CD Library.

Roundabout Conference (2008)

Click here for the National Roundabout Conference Draft Proceedings. The National Roundabout Conference held in Kansas City, Missouri was sponsored by the Transportation Research Board in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

Some of the comments from participants at the final Town Hall meeting included:

I am surprised at how few drawbacks there are to roundabouts!
It takes a holistic design, all parts are important
A peer review is important
The need for uniformity in signing and striping and lighting
The public doesn't like the idea of a roundabout, but once built, they love it!

To view the on-line proceedings from the conference:

Research

The TRB Access Management Committee has a Subcommittee on Research that works with state transportation agencies and others to facilitate needed research on a range of access management topics.

Current Access Management Research Projects:

NCHRP Synthesis 304 Driveway Regulation Practices (2002)