Overview
Extreme weather events, including flooding, record temperatures, high winds, and increased snowfall, are becoming more common. Are your agency’s operations and maintenance departments prepared to handle what future weather has in store? Learn which questions your agency should be asking and which actions you can take now to prepare.
The Federal Highway Administration offers six Capability Maturity Frameworks (CMF’s) for state and local transportation operating agencies. Each CMF covers a certain aspect of operations, like road weather or work zone management. The CMF’s assist agencies in objectively assessing their operational capabilities and suggest actions to advance capabilities across six key dimensions.
While the current CMF’s help assess an agency’s capabilities in current operating conditions, FHWA has added an extreme weather overlay so that agencies can assess their ability to adapt their operations, become more resilient, and respond appropriately in the face of changing weather patterns.
Learning Objectives:
In this webinar you will learn about the CMF’s, how a state or local transportation agency can use them for self-assessment, and the workshops that the Federal Highway Administration offers to guide agencies through the process. You will also learn about the best practices in preparing for extreme weather so that operations can be maintained through extreme weather events with minimal disruption.
Moderator:
- Paul Pisano, Road Weather and Work Zone Management Team in the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Office of Transportation Operations
Mr. Paul Pisano is the Team Leader of the Road Weather and Work Zone Management Team in the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Office of Transportation Operations. Mr. Pisano has worked for the FHWA for 33 years, and in his current capacity he is responsible for two programs: the program that addresses the effects of weather on transportation safety and operations, and the program that seeks to improve transportation safety and mobility in and around work zones. Paul is the recipient of the 2016 Kenneth C. Spengler Award from the American Meteorological Society, and his education is in Civil Engineering, holding Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Maryland.
Presenters:
- Doug Pape, Senior Research Engineer, Battelle
Douglas B. Pape is a Senior Research Engineer at Battelle in Columbus, Ohio. He has worked in transportation safety from the perspective of the highway, the driver, and the vehicle. He has led projects for the Federal Highway Administration for automated and conventional vehicles. During his 35-year career with Battelle, he has conducted experiments on highways, test tracks, and in computer simulations. Mr. Pape has spoken to industry and government meetings of both technical and non-technical audiences. He has bachelor’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master’s degree from The Ohio State University, both in mechanical engineering, and he is a registered professional engineer.
- Hunter McCracken, Transportation Operations Researcher, Battelle
Hunter McCracken is a Transportation Operations Researcher at Battelle in Arlington, Virginia. Mr. McCracken provides ongoing support to the Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Operations and Office of Transportation Management intransportation engineering research and analysis task orders. Hunter has extensive experience with the Capability Maturity Framework, including in the development of the Framework and in the execution of both Traffic Management and Work Zone Management CMF workshops. Mr. McCracken holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Tennessee Tech University and a Master’s degree in Transportation Engineering from the University of Tennessee.