Dr. Jaiwon Shin, the Associate Administrator for NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate will be the featured speaker at the Chairman’s Luncheon for TRB's 96th Annual Meeting. The Chairman's Luncheon takes place on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 in Washington, D.C. It is the premier event of the Annual Meeting drawing an audience of about 750 leaders in transportation from the public and p...

Act now to secure your exhibit space at the 2017 TRB Annual Meeting, January 8-12, 2017, in Washington, D.C. All indications are that attendance at the meeting will be the largest ever. Don't miss this opportunity to demonstrate your organization's support for transportation research and innovation, and to showcase your products and services to more than 12,500 transportation professionals. Mor...

TRB’s Young Members Council is sponsoring a competition for entrepreneurs with cutting-edge, research-based concepts for transportation product or service-based business. Selected presenters will have the opportunity to make a six minute, an interactive presentation to a panel of distinguished transportation industry investors and entrepreneurs at the TRB Annual Meeting , January 8-12, 2017, in...

In recognition of his outstanding service to transportation research and to TRB, H. G. “Gerry” Schwartz, Jr., is the 2016 recipient of the W. N. Carey, Jr., Distinguished Service Award. Schwartz provided instrumental direction to TRB’s Strategic Highway Research Program. As the 10-year Vice-Chair of TRB’s Subcommittee on National Research Council (NRC) Oversight, Schwartz was responsible for en...

The 2016 Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award will be presented to Sandra Q. Larson, Systems Operations Bureau Director, Highway Division at the Iowa Department of Transportation, for her distinguished achievement and leadership contributions with both TRB and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Larson served on more than 20 TRB committees and held a numbe...

Register today and make your hotel reservations for TRB’s 96th Annual Meeting, January 8-12, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Registration is required for all Annual Meeting attendees, including session speakers, poster presenters, and those who attend any workshop or visit the exhibits. Registration also includes full access to: *Annual Meeting Interactive Program (available in November) *Annual Mee...

TRB will conduct a webinar on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 from 1:00PM to 2:00PM ET and Friday, December 16, 2016 from 2:00-3:00PM ET that will help both new and returning Annual Meeting attendees get the most out of their meeting experience. The webinar will review issues related to planning for the meeting, including hotel reservations, airline reservations, and other basics; help attendees p...

TRB is taking requests from non-profit organizations and government agencies that would like function space to hold meetings in conjunction with TRB’s 96th Annual Meeting , which takes place January 8-12, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Qualifying organizations wishing to hold meetings or food-and-beverage events at the Marriott Marquis or the Walter E. Washington Convention Center must agree to...

This is the perfect time for your organization to show its support for transportation research and innovation by becoming a 2017 Annual Meeting Patron . Signing up now will provide your company maximum exposure and ensure it can take full advantage of all 2017 TRB Annual Meeting Patron benefits. To become an Annual Meeting Patron visit the online patron sales site or contact Russell Houston at ...

Titles, dates, times, and brief descriptions are now available for the 110+ specialty workshops at the TRB 96th Annual Meeting, January 8-12, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Annual Meeting registration is required for all workshop attendees. The Human Factors workshops, which are those with titles beginning with “HR,” have limited attendance and require a separate registration and fee. Mark your cale...

If you will require a visa to enter the United States to attend TRB’s 96th Annual Meeting, January 8-12, 2017, in Washington, D.C., begin planning for the application process now. Even if you didn't need a visa for a previous Annual Meeting, you are encouraged to re-check the current requirements. U.S. regulations require security checks for most visitor visas, resulting in a process that may t...

More than 5,900 papers were submitted to TRB for possible presentation as part of the 96th TRB Annual Meeting , January 8–12, 2017, in Washington, D.C., and for publication in the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR) . The papers will be peer reviewed and authors should expect to be notified of the status of their papers by late October 2016. The sp...

Create or update your  MyTRB profile  now if you will be a credited author of a paper submitted for presentation at the 2017 TRB Annual Meeting or for publication in the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board . Having up-to-date profile information in the MyTRB system will ensure that you’ll have a smooth paper-submission process. If you are the ...

Visit the TRB Annual Meeting Online (AMOnline) portal to view papers, slides, and posters of more than 5,000 program presentations at the 95th TRB Annual Meeting, January 10-14, 2016, in Washington, D.C. In addition to the 2016 content, the portal also includes the papers, slides, and posters from the 2011-2015 TRB Annual Meetings. All employees of year-round TRB Sponsors have complimentary acc...

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ Transportation TV has released a T-Talk Video that highlights the keynote address by Chris Urmson, Director of Google’s Self-Driving Car Program at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Chairman’s Luncheon on January 13, 2016, in Washington, DC. Urmson said Google’s primary motivation for creating driverless cars...

Reserve your organization’s exhibit space today for the 2017 TRB Annual Meeting, January 8–12, in Washington, DC. More than 65% of the 2017 exhibit space already has been sold. Reservations taken now can be canceled without penalty until March 28, 2016, so there is no reason to wait. The TRB Annual Meeting attracts more than 12,000 transportation professionals, including 1,400+ state department...

Five recorded sessions from the 2016 TRB Annual Meeting,  January 10-14, 2016, are now available. The meeting covered all transportation issues, with more than 5,000 presentations in more than 800 sessions. This year's meeting attracted more than 12,000 transportation professionals from throughout the United States and 70 other countries. Transportation and the Environment: What’s Hot...

Visit the TRB Annual Meeting Online (AMOnline) portal to view the compendium of papers for the more than 5,000 program presentations at the 95th TRB Annual Meeting, January 10-14, 2016. A PDF of the Annual Meeting Final Program is available through AMOnline as well. In addition, the AMOnline portal also includes papers, visual aid slides, and poster presentations from the 2011-2015 Annual Meeti...

You are encouraged to visit the  TRB Annual Meeting Online (AMOnline) portal  to view the slides and posters of the more than 3,300 program presentations at the 2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting. These visual aids from the 2014 meeting are in addition to the 2,500 technical papers from the 2014 meeting that have been available on the portal since before the meeting. In addition t...

TRB is pleased to announce that the slides and posters of the more than 3,600 program presentations at the 2013 TRB 92nd Annual Meeting are available through the TRB Annual Meeting Online (AMOnline) portal . These visual aids from the 2013 meeting are in addition to the 2,700 technical papers from the 2013 meeting that have been available on the portal since before the meeting began. ...

Don't forget, the slides and posters of the more than 3,500 program presentations, and videos of some 40 high-profile sessions at the 2012 TRB 91st Annual Meeting are available through the TRB Annual Meeting Online (AMOnline) portal . This content is in addition to the 4,500 plus papers from the 91st and 90th Annual Meeting. In one search, the AMOnline portal allows users to quickly find all av...

The Utah Department of Transportation has realized more than $3.8 million in savings for every UDOT employee who has attended a TRB Annual Meeting since 2003, savings that have far surpassed the cost to UDOT of regularly sending their staff to the meeting. UDOT has developed and implemented a process for tracking the benefits to the Department that come from UDOT personnel’s attendance at the T...