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John C. Vance Award
Established in 1979, the Award recognizes outstanding papers, or a presentation made at any TRB forum, or the person(s) responsible for a continuing, exceptional TRB publication that advances the study, understanding and implementation of transportation law. The award is named in honor of John C. Vance, who served with distinction as the Highway Research Board's Counsel for Legal Research from 1968 until his retirement in 1978.
The Executive Committee of TRB has authorized annual presentation of a limited number of awards for outstanding papers published by the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board and selected through peer-review under the Technical Activities Council.
Past Recipients
2022-26
No Award Presented
2021
PETER J. KIRSCH AND CHRISTIAN L. ALEXANDER
ACRP Legal Research Digest 40: Permissible Uses of Airport Property and Revenue
2020
No Award Presented
2019
TAMMY E. TRIMBLE, LISA LOFTUS-OTWAY, AND SUSANNA L. GALLUN
NCHRP Web-Only Document 253: Implications of Connected and Automated Driving Systems, Vol. 1: Legal Landscape
TAMMY E. TRIMBLE, JASON WAGNER, WENDY WAGNER, LISA LOFTUS-OTWAY, BETTY L. SERIAN, BRAD MALLORY, SUSANNA L. GALLUN, SAM G. MORRISSEY, GLENN HAVINOVISKI, RICHARD BISHOP, AND PETE GOULD
NCHRP Web-Only Document 253: Implications of Connected and Automated Driving Systems, Vol. 3: Legal Modification Prioritization and Harmonization Analysis
2018
LARRY THOMAS
Legal Issues Concerning Transit Agency Use of Electronic Customer Data, Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Legal Research Digest 48
2017
DOROTHY GLANCY, and ROBERT W. PETERSON
National Cooperative Highway Research Program Legal Research Digest 69: A Look at the Legal Environment for Driverless Vehicles
2015-16
No Award Presented
2014
LARRY W. THOMAS
Legal Issues Surrounding the Use of Digital Intellectual
Property on Design and Construction Projects
2013
MICHAEL C. LOULAKIS, SHANNON BRIGLIA and LAUREN MCLAUGHLIN
TCRP Legal Research Digest 40: Legal Issues Involving Surety for Public Transportation Contracts
2012
No Award Presented
2011
JOCELYN K. WAITE
Application of Physical Ability Testing to Current Workforce of Transit Employees
2010
RICHARD A. CHRISTOPHER
The Natural Lawyer
2002-2010
No Award Presented
2001
ROSS D. NETHERTON
Reexamination of the Line Between Governmental Exercise of Police Power and Eminent Domain
2000
MARK A. McNULTY
Treatment of Privacy Issues in the Public Transportation Industry
1999
RICHARD O. JONES
Application of Outdoor Advertising Controls on Indian Land
1998
NORMAN Y. HERRING and LAURA D'AURI
Restrictions on Speech and Expressive Activities in Transit Terminals and Facilities
1997
KEVIN M. SHEYS and ROBERT L. GUNTER
Requirements that Impact the Acquisition of Capital-Intensive Long-Lead Items, Rights of Way, and Land for Transit
1996
LEONA D. JOCHNOWITZ
Introducing Evidence of Contamination and Offsetting Cost of Remediation in Determining Fair Market Value for Eminent Domain Awards: A Review of Interrelationship Between Environmental and Acquisition Law
1995
G. KENT WOODMAN, JANE SUTTER STARKE, and LESLIE D. SCHWARTZ
Transit Labor Protection – A Guide to Section 13(c), Federal Transit Act
1994
MICHAEL C. BLUMM
Highways and the Environment: Resource Protection and the Federal Highway Program
1993
No Award Presented
1992
ROSS D. NETHERTON
Legal Aspects of Historic Preservation in Highway and Transportation Programs
1991
KENNETH G. NELLIS
The Public Duty Defense to Tort Liability
1990
KATHLEEN F. BRICKEY
Civil RICO Applications in the Highway Construction Industry
1989
No Award Presented
1988
DANIEL R. MANDELKER and ANNETTE B. KOLIS
Legal Techniques for Reserving Right-of-Way for Future Projects Including Corridor Protection
1986-87
No Award Presented
1985
LARRY W. THOMAS
collective writings, Selected Studies in Highway Law
1984
JULES B. GERARD
First Amendment Aspects of Control of Outdoor Advertising
1983
ORRIN F. FINCH
The Effects of Federal and State Public Information Acts on Highway and Transportation Department Activities
1982
RICHARD W. BOWER
Legal Aspects of Historic Preservation in Highway and Transportation Programs
1981
WALTER A. McFARLANE
State Highway Programs Versus the Spending Powers of Congress
1980
JAMES F. ZOTTER
Claims Arising Out of Subsurface and Other Unforeseen Conditions
1979
JOHN P. HOLLOWAY
Recent Developments in the Law of Inverse Condemnation
1978
JOHN C. VANCE, editor
Selected Studies in Highway Law, Volumes 1, 2, and 3
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