Welcome

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 Research Activities – Chiara Dobrovolny (Hill & Smith Inc.) 

    – Dipan Bose (World Bank)

• • AKD20(3) In-Service Performance Evaluation – Christine Carrigan (RoadSafe, LLC)

Secretary – Mark Ayton (Safe Roads R&D, Inc.)

Research Needs Coordinator – Luke Riexinger (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) 

Communications Coordinator – Fadi Tahan (George Mason University)