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This committee is concerned with the development and evaluation of forgiving highway roadsides through countermeasures, safety hardware, and features and practices that will reduce the number and severity of roadway departure crashes and optimize the safety benefit to the traveling public.
Committee Leadership
Chair – James Kovar – Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Subcommittee Chairs
AKD20(1) Computational Mechanics – Nauman Sheikh (Texas A&M Transportation Institute)
AKD20(2) International Activities – Chiara Dobrovolny (Texas A&M Transportation Institute)
– Dipan Bose (World Bank)
AKD20(3) In-Service Performance Evaluation – Christine Carrigan (RoadSafe, LLC)
Secretary – Vacant
Research Needs Coordinator – Luke Riexinger (Virginia Tech)
Communications Coordinator – Fadi Tahan (George Mason University)