NEWSLETTER Volume 31

Puente
Number 2
EL
2017

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PAVEMENT PRESERVATION INNOVATION:

WHERE, WHEN AND HOW

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UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, Puerto Rico LTAP

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Vol. 31 No. 1, 2017

CONTENTS PAGE

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Fourth Round of Every Day Counts Drives

Fourth Round of Every Day Counts Drives Adoption of Pavement Preservation
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Adoption of Pavement Preservation Initiatives

ISO/DIS 45001 Aligning with ISO 9001-2015/

8-11
ISO14001-2015

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New Results from Latin NCAP: Renault Captur
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ISO/DIS 45001 Aligning With

ISO 9001-2015/ISO 14001-2015
Puerto Rico ITE Section
12-13
Drives Complete Streets Forward

Vehicle Technology Innovation for Traffic Safety 14-17

Pages 14-17
Know your Trainer: Dr. Daniel Rodrguez-Roman 18

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Decade of Action for Road Safety Pledge 19
Vehicle Technology Innovation for Traffic Safety

Vol. 31 No. 2, 2017

The Puerto Rico Transportation Technology Transfer Center, PRLTAP/T2, is part of a network of 58 Centers
throughout the United States that comprises of the Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) and Tribal
Technical Assistance Program (TTAP). The mission of the PRLTAP/T2 Center is to provide training and technical
assistance to local transportation officials of the 78 municipalities that comprises the Government of Puerto Rico,
and the Department of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico, with emphasis on promoting a highway
safety culture and in the implementation of the USDOT FHWA Every Day Counts (EDC) initiatives.

Message from the Director
W elcome! Best
regards to all our
readers in the second edition
of the 31st Anniversary of the
Newsletter El Puente!
The feature article of this edition is dedicated to
FHWAs pavement preservation initiative. This
initiative, which is part of the EDC-4 projects,
consists of the adoption and informed
implementation of treatments for preventive
maintenance of pavements at a lower cost to
restore and/or maintain the physical condition of
the highway network. The article explains the
purpose of the initiative, preservation strategies and
treatments for both flexible and rigid pavements, as
well as a section of useful references for pavement
professionals.
The second article, provided as a contribution from
Fernando Corts-Castro, Safety and Health
Manager of Ferrovial Agroman of Puerto Rico,
where he presents the alignment process of the first
international standard for safety and health
management in work environments, ISO/DIS
45001 with the quality management standard ISO
9001-2015 and the environmental management
standard 14001:2015. These standards were last
updated and published in 2015.
In the practical safety tips we describe the latest
results from Latin NCA P. These results highlight
auto manufacturer Renault and their model Captur,
which achieved a four star score for adult safety.
Our third article is about the Puerto Rico Section of
the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE-PR)
and its celebration of its traditional Spring
Meeting. It was held on Friday, April 28, 2017, at
the headquarters of the College of Engineers and
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Surveyors of Puerto Rico (CIAPR, by its Spanish
initials). The conferences theme was Safety,
Mobility, and Health in Transportation:
Guidelines for the Design of Complete Streets.
Our fourth article, denominated V ehicle
Technology Innovation for Traffic Safety, is about
incorporation of safety technologies for drivers.
These advancements have become a priority for
government agencies and the auto industry. This
article highlights the technological innovations the
National Highway and Transportation Safety
Administration (NHTSA) is interested in and for
which it has created awareness campaigns.
Finally, in the Know your Trainer section, the
PRLTAP-T2 Center is proud to recognize Dr.
Daniel Rodrguez-Romn, Assistant Professor of
the UPRM at the Department of Civil Engineering
and Surveying and expert in transportation
engineering. Dr. Rodrguez-Romn has presented
courses pertinent to transportation, titled Practical
Methods to Improve Safety of Pedestrians on
Highways and Improving Public Health Using
Urban and Transportation Planning Strategies.
I hope the articles presented in this edition will be
of benefit to our local collaborators in
transportation in Puerto Rico. It is our intent to
share and continually update innovative
transportation research initiatives, especially Every
Day Counts (EDC), in our mission to promote
highway safety, workforce development and the
management of transportation infrastructure.
Benjamn Colucci Ros
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Source: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/everydaycounts/edc_4/pavement.cfm

Fourth Round of Every Day Counts Drives

Adoption of Pavement Preservation Initiatives

W ith the launch of the fourth round of the Every Day Counts
(EDC) program, the Puerto Rico Highway and
Transportation Authority (PRHTA) adopted four innovation
initiatives. This edition of El Puente Newsletter highlights the pavement
preservation initiative: where, when and how.
This initiative consists of the adoption and informed implementation of
treatments intended to achieve preventive maintenance of pavements at
a lower cost, with the goal of restoring and/or maintaining the physical
condition of the highway network, thus improving its operation, safety
and useful life. Puerto Rico currently is in early stages: in terms of the
pavement management process (where and when) a formal
implementation is under way, with the intention of reaching the
development stage by the end of the EDC round. As for the
development of the how, the goal is to reach the demonstration stage for
preservation methods.
At present, pavement maintenance practices in Puerto Rico is, on the
ordinary, of reactive nature, in which interventions are made to correct
advanced deterioration problems or to reconstruct the facility. This
contrasts with the approach of preventive maintenance, this other kind
of treatments are applied prior to the development of observable
distresses, or at latest when they still experience low severity levels.
Different organizations representing the industry, such as the American
Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO),
the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA), the National
Center for Pavement Preservation (NCPP), the Foundation for
Pavement Preservation (FP2), among other professional organizations
and state departments of transportation, have developed initiatives and
partnerships fostering the development and adoption of treatments.
The selection of these treatments must be subject to investigating the
history and contributing factors of any observed or anticipated distress,
thus achieving an optimum performance adapted to the intervened
segments. Likewise, the success of these treatments requires the proper
usage of materials and construction methods to ensure project quality.

The life cycle cost depends on the frequency and type of strategy
used. Preventive maintenance reduces costs in the long term
Source: http://fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/everydaycounts/
Flexible Pavement Strategies
At the time of this publication, PRHTA has section 409 of
the Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge
Construction, Bituminous Surface Treatment, intended
for preservation purposes. It also has specifications 402 for
Rehabilitation of Bituminous Concrete Pavement and
403 for Cold Milling of Bituminous Concrete Pavement,
as rehabilitation practices.
Flexible pavement preservation treatments include:
Crack sealing and filling: application of asphalt on
cracks, serves as a preparation for future treatments and
prevents water infiltration to lower layers.
Crack sealing allows for the preparation of deteriorated
pavements to receive Surface treatments.
Source: http://all-about-asphalt.com
Fog seal: water -based asphalt emulsion containing no
aggregates, seals cracks and low severity imperfections.
Slurry seal: thin layer consisting of an asphalt
emulsion, well-graded fine aggregate (nominal sizes
from 1/8 to 3/8) and mineral filler.
Microsurfacing: application of polymer -modified
asphalt emulsion, aggregates, mineral filler, water and
emulsifiers.
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Microsurfacing restores friction, forms a protective barrier
against humidity and fills cracks and minor deformations.
Source: http://www.site-kconstructionzone.com
Chip Seal: application of asphalt followed by an
aggregate cover, in one or more layers.
Cold recycling: r emoval of sur face layer , mater ial is
then mixed with additives and is re-applied as new
pavement.
Hot recycling: r emoval and subsequent heating of
surface layer, this material is then mixed with new
asphalt to create a new mix re-applied as a new
pavement.
Thin asphalt overlay: application of asphalt
pavement wearing course between 7/8 and 1.5 of
thickness
Whitetopping: application of hydr aulic cement
overlay for minor rehabilitation purposes
Geotextile fabric interlayer: geofabr ic layer placed
between a repaired pavement and a surface treatment,
for protection against humidity and crack development
Geotextile interlayers increase durability of preventive
treatments by counteracting humidity and crack formation.
Source: http://missouripetroleum.com
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Ride quality and slab durability depends on maintaining load
transfer, the replacement of dowel bars enables its restoration.
Source: http://www.pavementinteractive.org
Rigid Pavement Strategies
PRHTA applies preventative pavement treatments, in
accordance to Series 500 of the Standard Specifications
for Road and Bridge Construction, known in the industry
as Concrete Pavement Restoration (CPR). A brief
description of these CPR methods are shown:
Undersealing Portland Cement Concrete Pavement
(Specification 502): gr out injection to fill voids
below individual slabs
Removal and replacement of Portland cement
concrete, full depth (Specification 503): slab
removal, repairs for base layer and replacement with
cast in-place slab
Partial depth patching for Portland cement concrete
pavement (Specification 504): r emoval of
deteriorated pavement areas and replaced with cast in-
place concrete patch
Diamond grinding corrects for faulting, reduces noise, increases
friction and enables safer braking.
Source: http://abslconstruction.com
Installation of new dowels in Portland cement
concrete pavement (Specification 505): r estor ation
of load transfer between Portland cement concrete slabs
by installation of new dowel bars on transverse joints
Grinding Portland cement concrete pavement
(Specification 506): r estor ation of fr iction, r emoval
of irregularities, correction of faulting and noise
reduction by forming longitudinal grooves with
diamond saw blades
Joint and crack sealing in Portland cement concrete
pavement (Specification 507): r emoval of
deteriorated sealing material and/or debris, followed by
replacement with new sealing material
Jacking Portland cement concrete pavement
(Specification 508): gr out injection to lift settled
slabs along a highway segment, for sites facing
geotechnical problems
Cracking, reseating and resurfacing of Portland
cement concrete pavement (Specification 509):
controlled cracking is applied to concrete slabs,
resulting pieces are reseated, cleaned and patched to be
covered by an asphalt pavement overlay
Using pre-cast concrete slabs eliminates repair delays resulting
from the curing of concrete on the road.
Source: http://www.dot.ca.gov
Other applicable strategies for the maintenance of rigid
pavements include drainage rehabilitation and slab
replacement using pre-cast concrete pieces. The for mer
addresses one of the main factors contributing to distress,
water; the second allows for quick repairs within a work
shift without sacrificing quality.
Pavement Management: the Where and When
The application of these treatments must be subject to
monitoring, this allows for optimal scheduling of
interventions, monitoring of effectiveness and maintenance
budgeting. Preservation strategies bring benefits such as:
Extending service life by delaying the onset of distress
Restoration of functional characteristics by
rejuvenating or replacing surfaces
Structural capacity loss reduction
Reduction of life cycle costs by avoiding reconstruction
and minimizing rehabilitations
Increasing ride quality for users
Reduction of operational costs
Reduction of environmental impacts by diminishing
emissions, material consumption and energy use
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The optimum selection of each treatment, as well as their Pavement preservation treatment checklists by FHWA,
combinations, depends on the interaction of contributing NCPP, FP2 and other organizations, available free of
factors of distress, including: cost. Refer to https://www.pavementpreservation.org
Average daily traffic (ADT)
Average daily truck traffic (ADTT)
Climate and weather, in particular temperature changes
and humidity levels
Time and space restrictions for temporary traffic
control
Price and availability of materials
Specific characteristics of the site context (urban vs. Pavement preservation treatment checklists published by
rural, coast vs. mountain, land use, among others) FHWA, FP2 and other organizations.
Source: https://www.pavementpreservation.org

Pavement Design, Construction, and Management: A

Digital Handbook, published by AASHTO, is a digital
book intended to aid pavement professionals in the
main aspects of highway network component.
Available as a digital lifetime subscription at the
AASHTO Bookstore, starting at $160.00.

Preservation treatments keep the pavement in good condition,

avoiding the development of the accelerated deterioration stage.
Source: fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/everyday counts
Pavement management should also be coordinated with
other problems of the highway network, allowing the Relevant digital documents for pavement preservation
correlation of distress with other phenomena. This way, published by SHRP-2, AASHTO and NAPA.
pavement preservation contributes to goals such as traffic The Transportation System Preservation Technical
safety, sustainability and efficient operations. Services Program (TSP2) has free of cost online
resources for preservation, management, research and
Useful Resources sustainability of pavements. Refer to https://
www.pavementpreservation.org
Different government agencies and industry organizations
have published videos, books, data sheets and checklists as For more information on these and other EDC initiatives,
resources for this initiative. readers can visit https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/
everydaycounts/.
Publications from the National Cooperative Highway
Research Program (NCHRP), including reports and
synthesis for each treatment, available free of cost.
Refer to http://www.trb.org/
Publications of the Second Strategic Highway Research
Program (SHRP-2), in particular the Pavement
Preservation Guidelines for High-Volume Roads
(Report S2-R26-RR-2) available free of cost. Refer to
http://www.trb.org/
NAPA has provided a free-of-cost digital book named
thin Asphalt Overlays for Pavement Preservation as The Transportation System Preservation Program has a
multimedia library addressing pavement preservation.
one of its pavement-related publications. Source: https://www.pavementpreservation.org
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Source: https://www.iso.org/home.html

ISO/DIS 45001 Aligning with ISO 9001-2015/ISO14001-2015

T his article summarizes how the first international ISO/DIS 45001 standard for safety management and
occupational safety will be harmonized with ISO 9001/ISO 14001-2015, standards for quality management and
environment, respectively, which were updated and published in 2015. The ISO/PC 283 Committee continues
working on the final definition of the final ISO/DIS 45001 document, and it is very likely to be available by the end of
2017 or the start of 2018, being an evolutionary step of the OHSAS 18001:2007 standards (OHSAS stands for
Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series), which represents a reference standard for safety and health
management for organizations globally.
Brief history of OSHAS 18001
OHSAS 18001 is a global standard for the design and implementation of a safety and health management system,
however it isnt an ISO standard as are ISO 9001 / ISO 14001, for which OHSAS 18001 has experienced a difficult path
to immersion within the environment of ISO management standards. The trajectory of the current OHSAS 18001:2007
has had a long trek of evolution and modifications.
OHSAS 18001 is an Occupational Health & Safety Assessment Series. Its evolution can be summarized below:
BS 8800:1999, is a guide for implementation of safety management and occupational safety, where BS stands for
British Standards
BSI OHSAS 18001:1999, these are specifications for safety management and occupational safety, where BSI
stands for British Standards Institution
BSI OHSAS 18001:1999, was not developed nor published in accordance to the standard mechanisms used to create
policies
BSI OHSAS 18001:2007, is a series of policy specifications for the evaluation of safety management and
occupational safety systems
BSI OHSAS18002, these are directions or guidelines for implementation of the BSI OHSAS 18001
Structure of ISO/DIS 45001
The ISO/DIS 45001 safety and health management standard is the first global standard for safety and health
management. This standard will be an evolutionary step of the OHSAS 18001-2007 standards series, which has been a
major reference standard for numerous organizations worldwide.
At present, the new ISO/DIS 45001 is at its final stage, which will replace the other safety and occupational health
(S&OH) management standards. The ISO/DIS 45001, when published in its final edition, will close a gap, facilitating its
integration with the new version of ISO 9001:2015 for quality management and the new version of ISO 14001:2015.
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This will aid organizations to integrate ISO/DIS 45001
in a harmonious way with the high level structure (HLS)
defined by ISO, which will allow a 100% alignment with
ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015.
High-Level Structure Appendix SL
The high level structure (see Table No. 1) has been
developed as a model to generate directions for different
ISO management standards, be it for Quality
(9001:2015), Environment (14001:2015) or for ISO
45001 in its final published form. This structure is
defined in Appendix SL of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part
1. This document possesses a common denominator,
established by the ISO Committee, whose purpose is to
ensure all new management standards respect a share a
common objective: attaining uniformity of management
standards.
A common, related and standardized language, to
help organizations integrate multiple management
systems and enjoy side benefits, such as elimination
of redundant documents
Harmonization of different standards (ISO 14001,
ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 45001, etc.)
Relationship between OHSAS 18001:2007 with ISO
45001
In the new ISO standards, the High Level Structure
consists of a common and general organization, with
their respective titles per chapter, identical, and with the
same number of clause. In addition, Annex SL
establishes:
Introductory text for identical clauses

This model, in Annex SL, should not be visualized as a Identical statements for identical requirements
simple change, as it will impact all management systems
Common terms and principal definitions
under ISO. This organization and its committees aspire
to a common and more far-reaching objective, including:

ISO/DIS 45001
Deming Cycle
ID Contents (PDCA)
1. Scope

2. Normative references

3. Terms and definitions

Context of the
4.
organization
5.1 Leadership and commitment
Leadership and Workers 5.2 OSH Policy
5.
Participation 5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities, accountabilities and authorities
5.4 Participation and consultation
6.1 Actions to address risks and opportunities
6. Planning
6.2 OH&S objectives and planning to achieve them
7.1 Resources
7.2 Competence Plan
7. Support 7.3 Awareness
7.4 Information and communication
7.5 Documented information
8.1 Operational planning and control
8.2 Management of change
8.3 Outsourcing
8. Operation Do
8.4 Procurement
8.5 Contractors
8.6 Emergency preparedness and response
9.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation
9. Performance evaluation 9.2 Internal audit Check
9.3 Management review
10.1 Incident, nonconformity and corrective action
10. Improvement Act
10.2 Continual improvement
Table No 1: Alignment of ISO/DIS 45001 with the Deming Cycle (Sour ce: Edwar d Deming)
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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Models of Improvement OHSAS 18001: 2007 and
has sought to ensure quality of its standards with this ISO / DIS 45001
High Level Structure, in order for its publications to be
consistent, have a long service life, for all kinds of It is clear that the new ISO 45001 standard will be much
organizations, regardless of size, sector and context. broader and more business oriented, based on a structure
that allows the system to be better contextualized with the
The High Level Structure is developed as shown: organizations strategic plan.
1. Scope Both standards have their model of improvement,
2. Normative References according to their objective that they have wanted to
encompass. Figures No. 1 and 2 show the OHSAS 18001:
3. Terms and definitions 2007 and ISO / DIS 45001 models, respectively.
4. Context of the organization The Edward Deming cycle abbreviated as PDCA ("Plan,
5. Leadership Do, Check, and Act") is well known as a core element of
ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, but it is also a distinctive
6. Planning feature of the series of evaluation standards OHSAS
7. Support 18001: 2007 and therefore within the system of
management of occupational health and safety. The
8. Operation PDCA cycle can simply be described as follows:
9. Performance Evaluation
Plan (P): Deter mine the objectives and pr ocesses
10. Improvement required to achieve the results according to the client's
requirements and the OH & S policy of the
The content and design of the standard follow the ISO organization.
protocol agreed upon, just as described in Annex SL. The
sections or key clauses are those numbered from 4 to 10, Do (D): Implement pr ocesses to achieve the
summarized as follows: objectives.
4. Context of the organization: includes the Check (C): Follow up and measur e pr ocesses and
organizational understanding, needs of employees and products in connection with the policies, objectives and
other stakeholders; and reach of the HSO requirements, indicating the results achieved.
management system
Act (A): Car r y out actions that pr omote the
5. Leadership and workers participation: includes improvement of the performance of the necessary
the commitment, OH&S policy, roles, responsibilities, processes.
accountabilities and authorities in the organization,
participation and consultation,
6. Planning: actions to addr ess r isks and
opportunities, legal requirements, action planning,
OH&S objectives and their achievement
7. Support: includes the r esour ces, competence,
awareness, communication, documented information,
and the creation and updating process
8. Operation: includes the planning and contr ol,
control hierarchy, management of change,
procurement, outsourcing, contractors and the
preparation and response for emergencies
9. Performance Evaluation: includes the monitor ing,
evaluation of attainment, internal auditing and
management review
10. Improvement: includes data on incidents,
nonconformity and management of continual
improvement
Figure No 1: Model of Impr ovement OHSAS 18001:2007

Figure No 2: Model of Impr ovement for Pr oject ISO 45001
Conclusions
The process in which ISO / DIS 45001 was reached, is an
evolution, not a revolution, since the standard provides a
model that focuses on the positive aspects of effective
business management, such as: Leadership; Planning;
Mechanisms of Support; Operational Management;
Evaluation of Performance and Continuous Improvement.
In Table No. 1, the structure ISI / DIS 45001 and the
Deming Cycle (PDCA) are related.
The PDCA cycle and the goodness of fit between
management systems and a general model of business
excellence (High Level Structure) stand out in ISO / DIS
45001. The implementation of ISO / DIS 45001 in
organizations will not only improve organizational
management, but also improve and promote business
management towards excellence, that is to say the best
practices in which organizations carry out their
operations. Companies accredited to ISO 45001 will have
an advantage over their competitors, which in turn will
have results towards business excellence, through
effective controls of their operations and reduction of
risks for their workers, and thus foster a preventive
culture.
This article was written by Fernando Corts-Castro,
Health and Environmental Safety Manager from Ferovial
Agroman of Puerto Rico.
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New Latin NCAP Results:
Renault Captur, Attains Four Stars
for Adult Safety
Source: http://www.latinncap.com/es/area-de-prensa/noticia/85937f55a6baf2/
renault-captura-la-atencion-con-cuatro-estrellas-para-la-seguridad-de-adultos
The New Car Assessment Program for Latin America and
the Caribbean (Latin NCAP) published this month the most
recent results for the Renault Captur vehicle. These results
were published concurrently with the 25th International
Conference Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV) held in
Detroit, MI, USA. The Renault Captur vehicle, obtained a
result of four stars for protection of adult occupant,
obtaining a score of 30.27 out of a total of 34.00 points and
three stars for protection of infant occupant, obtaining a
score of 33.68 out of a total of 49.00 points.
In the tests for adult occupant protection, the following
components were taken into account for the Renault Captur
vehicle: four airbags (two on the front and two on the side
head-thorax) and an Electronic Stability Control (ESC)
system.
PHASE VIIIJUNE 2017
RESULTS
Source: http://www.latinncap.com/es/area-de-prensa/noticia/85937f55a6baf2/
renault-captura-la-atencion-con-cuatro-estrellas-para-la-seguridad-de-adultos
"The Captur shows the potential of local industry to produce
and offer safer cars that exceed governmental requirements
and that perform good with todays tougher protocol.
Renault should be proud to show their consumers the crash
test result of the Captur. We encourage Renault and other
manufacturers to keep improving their model ranges to
achieve four and five stars, said Alejandro Furas, General
Secretary of Latin NCAP.
Latin NCAP was launched in 2010 to develop an
independent regional vehicle crash testing and security
rating system in the region. Latin NCAP is supported by the
Global New Car Assessment Program, International
Consumer Research and Testing, FIA Foundation, among
others. He is also an associate member of the United Nations
Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020.
This article is an adaptation of:
http://www.latinncap.com/es/area-de-prensa/
noticia/85937f55a6baf2/renault-captura-la-atencion-con-
cuatro-estrellas-para-la-seguridad-de-adultos
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Source: Wilfredo Cordero Cruz

Puerto Rico ITE Section Drives Complete Streets Forward

T he Puerto Rico Section of the Institute of Transportation

Engineers (ITE-PR) celebrated its traditional Spring
Meeting on Friday, April 28, 2017, at the headquarters of
the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico at Hato
Rey, Puerto Rico. This year had Safety, Mobility and Health in
Transportation: Guidelines for the Design of Complete Streets as
its key topic.
Starting off the event was Eng. Miguel Pellot, an on behalf of the
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Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Public Works,

Carlos M. Contreras-Aponte, whose speech was about the vision
and concept the agency holds concerning complete streets.
Topics such as legislation, key partnerships and expected
benefits were highlighted.
Representing the Puerto Rico Division of the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), Michael Figueroa contributed to the
even with his conference on Fixing A mericas Surface
Transportation (FAST) Act, its implications for Puerto Rico and
the requirements of this federal law for urban road projects,
including complete streets and freight.
The following exposition of the day was done by Jos Acarn,
director of the Puerto Rico office of the A merican A ssociation of
Retired Persons (AARP-PR) as his topic he brought the need and
goal of developing complete streets as an inclusion and social
justice strategy to counteract age-based discrimination and
accommodate functional diversity of users, denominated 8-80
cities. If streets are designed in such a way that both people of
ages 8 and 80 can walk on them.then its a good design..
Planner and architect Martha Bravo, a supervisor of the Strategic
Planning Office of the Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation
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Authority (PRHTA), echoed Pellots presentation with her

conference, named Sustainable Urban Mobility: Designing our
Complete Streets With People in Mind.
During the main session, architect Peter Piet, associate director
of the Steer Davies Gleave firm, brought to the public the
progress made with the development of the Guidelines for
Complete Streets of Puerto Rico, a consulting project for
which PRHTA hired this planning firm. In his exposition,
architect Piet explained how the use of good design principles
for urban spaces naturally results in the creation of complete
streets, successful examples in Puerto Rico and how to
harmonize the practices and design documents of Puerto Rico
with this philosophy. The guidelines are expected to be
officially published by August 2017.

The ITE-PR Spring Meeting was spearheaded by the slogan Safety,

Mobility and Health in transportation, with architect Peter Piet presenting
the development of the Complete Streets Guidelines of Puerto Rico.
Promotional flyer source: ITE-PR

Yanira Rivera, a recent graduate student transportation of the

University of Puerto Rico at Mayagez, was also in
representation of FHWA with her workshop, Traffic Safety
Analysis for Complete Streets. Here she explained basic
concepts of traffic safety analysis applied to the balance of
interest in traffic safety when allocating space between
different kinds of users coexisting in the urban environment.
David Petrucci, a traffic safety engineer from FHWA, made
the last exposition of the day, where he presented the sixth
edition of the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) as applied to
the complete streets context using multimodal traffic analysis.
The Transportation Technology Transfer Center thanks Mara
G. Torres and Wilfredo Cordero for their collaboration in the
writing of this article. For more information and news from Speakers of the ITE-PR Spring Meeting. From top to
bottom: Eng. Miguel Pellot (DTOP), Michael Figueroa
ITE-PR and its events, readers can visit their Facebook page (FHWA-PR), Jos Acarn (AARP), planner Martha
at https://es-la.facebook.com/ITEprsection/, and their web Bravo (ACT), Yanira Rivera (FHWA) and Eng. David
page, http://itepr.org/. Petrucci (FHWA).
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Source: https://www.nhtsa.gov/technology-innovation/automated-vehicles

Technological Innovation for Vehicles in Traffic Safety

A s the years pass, vehicles have begun to provide another type

of safety, besides creating a structure of metal that is capable
of withstanding a collision. The incorporation of technology
for driver safety has become a priority for government agencies and
therefore the automotive industry. Some of this innovations are
beginning to be a requirement for all vehicles that are manufactured.
According to the Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015,
published by the W orld Health Organization (WHO), more than
1.25 million people die and about 50 million people are injured each
year on the highways around the world.
Meanwhile in the United States the
National Highway and
Transportation Safety Administration
(NHTSA), in the year 2015, reported
that 35,092 people die in traffic
crashes. While 3,477 people die due
to distraction and 9,557 people die in
high speed crashes. It was also
reported that 94% of fatal crashes
involved human error. These trends
have led the government agencies
such as the NHTSA, to request the
automotive industry to create
innovative systems based on user
safety and reduced road deaths.
The NHTSA has shown emphasis in
the following existing crash Source:http://www.who.int/
prevention technologies: automatic violence_injuryprevention/
emergency braking systems, lane road_safety_status/2015/
departure warning systems, blind GSRRS2015_Summary_EN_final2.pdf?
ua=1
spot detection and automatic crash
notification systems.

The A utomatic Emergency Braking System (AEB),
consists of sensors on the front of the vehicle that
detect possible collisions with a vehicle or a
pedestrian. The AEB system consist of three
mechanisms, the Forward Collision W arning (FCW)
system, the Dynamic Brake Support (DBS) system
and the Crash Imminent Braking (CIB). These
mechanisms are used when the vehicle detects that a
possible collision will occur, the FCW system is
activated. If the driver activates the brakes, but the
force employed is not enough, the DBS mechanism is
activated. Contrary to the previous one, if the driver
does not activate the brakes, the vehicle will activate
the CIB mechanism.
Vehicle to vehicle demonstration of the AEB system,
performed by NHTSA.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBK1puYESFU
Vehicle to pedestrian demonstration of the AEB system,
performed by NHTSA.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc_Sgkl4Pr4
NHTSA in partnership with the Insurance Institute
for Highway Safety (IIHS) on March 17, 2016,
communicate that twenty automobile manufacturers
agreed to commit to applying the AEB system as a
standard in the manufacture of the vehicles. For light
vehicles and trucks weighing 8,500 pounds or less,
the agreed date was September 1, 2022. As for trucks
weighing 8,501 pounds to 10,000 pounds, regulations
will be in force by September 1, 2025.
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The Lane Departure W arning (LDW) system serves
as a mechanism that alerts the driver when they make
a lane change without using the necessary signals. It
uses a camera that detects lane markings on the
pavement.
Alert that the LDW system would show on the dashboard .
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4xdqtzqyTY
There is another safety mechanism, which works in
conjunction with the LDW, called Lane Keeping
Support (LKS). Using the technology of the LDW,
when the driver departure from the lane and the
system detects that it surpassed the markings that the
vehicle transits without activating the lane change
signals, the system takes control of the steering wheel
and causes the vehicle to return to the originally
transit lane.
LKS system demonstration, performed by NHTSA.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4xdqtzqyTY
Using sensors that detect the driver's blind spots, the
Blind Spot Detection (BSD) system launches an alert
on the dashboard. This alert is activated when a
vehicle is moving though the driver's blind spot and
the driver proceeds to make a lane change.
Although the NHTSA has not required automotive
industries stipulations pertaining to BSD systems.
The agency looks to incorporate this technology into
the list of five-star safety ratings in the future.
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The automotive company Toyota, developed a

campaign of road safety called Toyota Safety Sense
(TSS) that incorporates several technological
systems. An example is the Automatic High Light
(AHB) system. It automatically shifts the lights to
low and vice versa, depending on traffic levels,
decreasing the time the driver divides his or her
concentration between the changes of lights.

BSD system demonstration, performed by NHTSA.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VB3ZqZRPCs

The Automatic Crash Notification (ACN) mechanism

uses sensors that detect when an crash has occurred
and dispatches a notification to the emergency
authorities, along with the location of the crash. The
system will activate, in case the air bags are activated
AHB system demonstration, performed by Toyota.
or the system detects that there was a sudden Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgfI63hOU8w
deceleration of the vehicle.

Dispatch: Emergency Response Personal

Flow chart of the ACN system.

Source: http://slideplayer.com/slide/10188560/

Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) is one of the innovations in
which NHTSA has worked for more than a decade,
in partnership with the automotive industry and
academic institutions. The goal of this mechanism is
to collect data, with which the system can anticipate
possible shocks. V2V is possible by merging a
Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC)
protocol with Global Positioning System (GPS)
technology. This results in a 360 communication
system, which provides a visualization of nearby
vehicles with V2V technology. Among the safety
and mobility information that can be provided by
this mechanism are the position and movement of
the vehicle, the state of the mechanical systems and
the vehicle's travel forecast.
Conceptual diagram of the V2V system,
representing a crash alert at an intersection and
a sudden crash alert ahead in the lane.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V06U8tuYM
Among the automotive companies that have begun to
incorporate technology that incorporates the V2V
system, there is Volvo. The Slippery Road A lert
innovation was introduced by Volvo in 2016. This
system provides drivers with alerts on road sections
with slippery surfaces by sharing this information
between vehicles through a network of servers
(Cloud Computing). Volvo has been a pioneer in the
development of several road safety innovations.
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Slippery Surface alert system demonstration.
Source: http://www.volvocars.com/intl/about/our-company/
heritage/innovations
The goal of government agencies and the automotive
industry is to reduce the consequences of human
error. That is why technologies have been adopted to
compensate in these situations. By 2020, new
innovations for road safety are expected to be
presented and thus getting closer to the goal of zero
road deaths.
This article was written by adaptation from the
following references:
http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/
road_safety_status/2015/en/
https://www.nhtsa.gov/equipment/safety-
technologies
http://www.iihs.org/iihs/news/desktopnews/u-s-dot-
and-iihs-announce-historic-commitment-of-20-
automakers-to-make-automatic-emergency-braking-
standard-on-new-vehicles
https://www.toyota.com/safety-sense/animation/pcs
https://www.nhtsa.gov/technology-innovation/vehicle
-vehicle-communications#basics
http://www.volvocars.com/intl/about/our-company/
heritage/innovations
For more information on new innovations and
technologies, readers can visit the NHTSA website
at: https://www.nhtsa.gov/technology-innovation.
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Adapted from: http://www.acueductospr.com/NUESTRAAUTORIDAD/regiones.html
Know Your Trainer Dr. Daniel Rodrguez Romn
D
r. Daniel Rodrguez Romn was born in the city of
Mayagez, Puerto Rico. In 2004, he began his
studies in civil engineering at the University of
Puerto Rico at Mayagez (UPRM). During his time at UPRM,
he participated in the UPR-PUPR-ATI Professional
Development Program, which exposed him for the first time
to the field of transportation engineering research. As part of
the program he studied how different countries implemented
road pricing strategies, and how these international
experiences could inform the implementation of pricing
strategies in the San Juan Metropolitan Area (SJMA). Dr.
Rodrguez-Romn also worked on transportation engineering
issues as a research assistant at the Puerto Rico Transportation
Technology Transfer Center. After completing his bachelors
degree Dr. Rodrguez Romn completed a Master of Science
in Transportation Engineering from the University of
California, Berkeley. He continued his doctoral studies in
transportation systems engineering at the University of
California, Irvine (UCI), which he completed in 2015.
While at UCI, Dr. Rodrguez-Romn was part of the research
group that developed the California Statewide Freight
Forecasting Model (CSFFM), a project sponsored by the
California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS). He
created methods to impute missing demographic data relevant
to freight demand models and methods to disaggregate modal
flow data from the Freight Analysis Framework. He also
participated in the development of the CSFFMs mode split
models. His doctoral dissertation was focused on the design of
environmentally oriented road pricing and traffic rationing
schemes. For example, he proposed network design models to
select tolling location and levels in order to reduce human
exposure to vehicle-generated pollutants, as well as the
resulting inequality in the distribution of these pollutants.
Additionally, Dr. Rodrguez-Romn developed algorithms
aimed at finding solutions to the network design problems he
proposed.
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Three months after finishing his doctoral studies, Dr.
Rodrguez-Romn returned to his alma mater as an assistant
professor in the Civil Engineering and Surveying Department,
where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses related
to transportation engineering. His research work is currently
focused on three main areas: road pricing scheme design,
paratransit demand forecasting, and transit network design.
Related to the first topic, Dr. Rodrguez-Romn is conducting
research on the design of sustainable area- and cordon-based
pricing strategies; this project is being conducted in
collaboration with Dr. Mahdieh Allahviranloo of the City
College of New York and it is sponsored by the University
Transportation Research Center.
Dr. Rodrguez-Romn also received a grant from the Puerto
Rico Integrated Transit Authority (ATI) to, among other
things, develop models to forecast the ridership of the Llame
y Viaje program, the paratransit system of the Metropolitan
Bus Authority. This project motivated further research work
that will be presented this year at an event organized by the
Transportation Research Board; Dr. Rodrguez is collaborating
in this research with Dr. Sarah V. Hernandez, of the
University of Arkansas. The ATI project also motivated
ongoing research with Dr. Jee Eun Kang, of the University of
Buffalo, related to no-show and cancellation predictions in
paratransit systems.
Lastly, Dr. Rodrguez-Romn is studying how to incorporate
equity objectives when budget cuts force the reduction of
transit services, a topic that is of great relevance to the current
situation in Puerto Rico. In addition to the previous research
topics, Dr. Rodrguez is also interested in the development of
methods models for the allocation of resources to improve
highway safety, strategies to manage parking demand, and the
use of evolutionary algorithms to solve transportation
problems, among other topics.
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