User Group Purpose

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) established the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM) User Group to:

• Foster communication between IHSDM users within a forum to share their experiences with the software (e.g., success stories/case studies, challenges faced, and solutions) and build support for using IHSDM within an agency.
• Provide a forum to conduct discussions and presentations on specific IHSDM-related topics.

How do I become a User Group Member?

To become a member of the IHSDM User Group (i.e., to be added to the IHSDM User Group mailing list), please send an e-mail expressing interest to IHSDM Support at ihsdm.support@dot.gov.

IHSDM User Applications/Case Studies

FHWA seeks to document IHSDM user applications/case studies by posting case study summaries and case study presentations from future IHSDM User Group meetings on the IHSDM website. Please contact IHSDM Support at ihsdm.support@dot.gov if you or your agency/organization have used IHSDM for safety analysis or would like to present your project at an IHSDM User Group meeting and/or prepare a project summary for posting on the IHSDM website.

User Group Meetings

December 6, 2023

The December 2023 meeting focused on IHSDM user applications, featuring a presentation by AtkinsRealis staff highlighting their IHSDM Project Applications:

• Modeling Process Overview.
• Case Studies: I-285 Eastside Project - Dekalb County, Georgia; I-15 Improvement Project, Las Vegas, Nevada; IH 45 Program, Bryan District, Texas; and FM 917 Schematic Design, Johnson County, Texas.
• Lessons Learned.

Additional topics included: Review of IHSDM version 17 capabilities; Download and installation of IHSDM version 17; IHSDM website; FHWA’s plans for assisting IHSDM users in applying future Highway Safety Manual second edition (HSM2) Part C Predictive Methods; FHWA’s future plans for IHSDM; Future of IHSDM user group; and Training opportunities.

A recording of the meeting is available here; enter 2*52t?cn as the Passcode when prompted.
 

June 6, 2022

The June 2022 IHSDM User Group meeting focused on the following presentations highlighting the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s (WisDOT’s) use of IHSDM:

• WisDOT and IHSDM (Kevin Scopoline, state traffic safety engineer, WisDOT).
• Safety Evaluation of the I–894 Freeway Rehabilitation Project (Chris Hager, WisDOT, and Eric Youngblom, HNTB).
• IHSDM Intersection Example (Kevin Scopoline).

Additional topics included FHWA’s future plans for IHSDM and the IHSDM User Group, IHSDM/Highway Safety Manual training opportunities via the FHWA Resource Center and the National Highway Institute, IHSDM 2021 capabilities, and downloading and installing the software.

Click here to access a recording of the meeting.