Aviation Council

AASHTO Liaisons
Shayne Gill, Program Director for Multimodal Transportation
sgill@aashto.org
Oscar Bermudez, Associate Program Manager for Multimodal Transportation
obermudez@aashto.org

The AASHTO Unmanned Aerial Systems/Aerial Air Mobility (UAS/AAM) Working Group held its third meeting on February 4, 2021.  Below you will find a recording of this webinar, as well as links to several presentations regarding the working group.

Webinar Recording: Watch here (04/February/2021)

Meeting Agenda: Click here

Presentations:

• FAA Presentation 
• NCHRP 20-24 Research Proposal: UAS/AAM Jurisdictional Study
• Coordinating Committee Council Updates: Caltrans

The AASHTO Unmanned Aerial Systems/Urban Air Mobility (UAS/UAM) Working Group held their second meeting on September 17th, 2020.  Below you will find a recording of this webinar, as well as links to several presentations regarding the working group.

Webinar Recording: Watch here (9/17/2020)

Meeting Agenda: Click here

Presentations:

• AASTO UAS/UAM Working Group Welcome Presentation
• AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group Resource Presentation
• Coordinating Committee Council Updates: North Datoka DOT 

The first kick-off webinar of the new AASHTO Unmanned Aerial Systems/Urban Air Mobility (UAS/UAM) Working Group.  Below you will find a recording of this webinar, as well as links to several presentations regarding the working group.

Webinar Recording: Watch here (6/26/2020)

Meeting Agenda: Click here. 

Presentations:

• AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group Presentation
• AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group Framework

According to a March 2016 survey by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 33 state departments of transportation have or are exploring, researching, testing or using unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly referred to as drones, to inspect bridges and assist with clearing vehicle crashes, among other innovative applications. AASHTO recently hosted a webinar to further discuss how different states are incorporating UAS technology into their research and project delivery. Below you will find a recording of this webinar, as well as links to several presentations regarding UAS.

Webinar Recording: Watch Here. (4/8/2016)
Slideshow PDFs:

• California UAS Operations – Gary Cathey
• Evaluating the Use of UAS for Transportation Purposes – Steven Cook.pdf
• Kentucky Transportation Cabinet UAS Program – Jason Siwula, PE.pdf
• Ohio and Indiana UAS Center – Enabling UAS Operations – Fred Judson.pdf
• UAS in Vermont – Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne.pdf

Webinar Recording: Watch here  – January 2019

Three State DOTs were selected as part of the FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program. This webinar focused on the pilot programs of Kansas, North Carolina and North Dakota.

Webinar Recording: Watch Here – November 2018

The webinar focused on the establishment of the UAV/Drone User Work Group at AASHTO, to highlight the recent National Cooperative Highway Research Project Domestic Scan 17-01 Successful Approaches for the Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems by Surface Transportation Agencies and to summarize the State DOT Panel at the Commercial UAV Expo.

• • • Webinar Q&A