The Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Executive Committee has established the Robert E. Skinner, Jr. Distinguished Transportation Research Management Award to recognize outstanding achievement in management, administration, promotion, fostering, and implementation of transportation research. The award is named for Robert E. Skinner, Jr. who served TRB for more than 30 years, including 21 ye...

In recognition of his outstanding service to TRB and safety-critical systems research, Vincent Valdes is the 2021 recipient of the W.N. Carey, Jr., Distinguished Service Award . Mr. Valdes is the is the Executive Director of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) , the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization for a ten-county region including the City of Pittsburgh, where he l...

If you have questions or need procedural instructions while trying to carry out your role in facilitating this year's Annual Meeting paper review process, please visit these resource pages: Committee Guides and Reviewer Guides . If you have additional questions that are not answered on those pages, please consult with a fellow committee member or email trr@nas.edu , although responses may be de...

TRB is taking requests from non-profit organizations and government agencies that would like function space to hold meetings in conjunction with TRB’s 101st Annual Meeting , which takes place January 9-13, 2022, 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 fol...

If you receive a solicitation to purchase the TRB Annual Meeting attendee mailing list, it is not coming from TRB. TRB recommends that you do not click on any links in the email and that you delete it immediately. TRB also recommends that you do not request to be removed from the mailing list as that likely would confirm to the sender that your email address is valid and thus may result in addi...

Ms. Anne Strauss-Wieder , Director, Freight Planning, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA), is the 2022 recipient of the Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship . Ms. Strauss-Wieder is recognized for her contributions to the transportation community in freight mobility, resilience and business continuity, and “freight as a good neighbor” effective practices. Ms. Strauss-Wied...

Act now to secure your exhibit space at the 2022 TRB Annual Meeting, January 9-13, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Join us as the meeting returns to an in-person format, after being held virtually in 2021. Don't miss this opportunity to demonstrate your organization's support for transportation research and innovation, and to showcase your products and services to thousands of transportation profess...

You've heard the news that TRBAM is going to be in person for 2022. In order to attend the meeting, be sure to create or update your MyTRB profile  now. MyTRB allows TRB volunteers, contributors, and participants to maintain their own contact information. You can identify your areas of interest, upload your bio, become a friend of a standing technical committee, update your address, a...

Thank you to everyone who submitted a paper to TRB for possible presentation as part of the 101st Annual Meeting and for publication in Transportation Research Record (TRR). The papers will be peer reviewed and authors should expect to be notified of the status of their papers by late October 2021. The meeting program will cover all transportation modes, addressing topics of interest to policy ...

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The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 101st Annual Meeting will be held January 9–13, 2022 in Washington, D.C. The event is expected to attract thousands of transportation professionals from around the world and is scheduled to be in-person. This is after this January's event was an entirely virtual conference due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting program covers all transportation modes, ...

Dorval Carter, Jr. and Marcia McNutt's featured sessions are topping the list so far of most viewed/attended events during the TRB Annual Meeting , which took place in January. The sessions are all still available online to attendees through March 18.

The January 2021 TRB Annual Meeting is generating headlines from press and participants alike. From trade publications to universities sharing the work of their students, we've got the full picture. Catch up on your reading, watching, and listening!         Video YouTube Dorval R. Carter, Jr . Deen Lecture, "Our Work is Never Done: Examining Equity Impacts in Public Transpor...

The live sessions are over, but the conversation doesn't have to stop now! The beauty of a virtual meeting means that you can attend FAR more sessions than you could in person. Recordings from the workshops and sessions are available and the Exhibit Hall is still accessible for full registrants through February 16 .

Marcia McNutt, President of the National Academy of Sciences, presented, " Delivering Science in a Crisis: Our Critical Role in Helping Society Build Back and Forge a More Resilient, Sustainable Future " at the 2021 Annual Meeting. She discussed the significance and importance of TRB being a division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. She discussed the new NRC str...

Dorval R. Carter, Jr., President, Chicago Transit Authority, is the 2021 recipient of the Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship . Carter is recognized for his leadership in the transit industry and legal community, and for spearheading significant advances to public transportation. He delivered his lecture, “ Our Work is Never Done: Examining Equity Impacts in Public Transportation ,” on Mon...

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...