TRB has initiated sales of virtual booths as part of the virtual exhibit at its TRB 2021 Annual Meeting in January. Booths in the virtual exhibit hall will cost $1,900 or half the cost of the 2021 in-person rate, which was $3,800 for a 10 x 10 square foot booth. A 2021 virtual booth will come with two full meeting registrations, the ability to register an unlimited number of staff to monitor fo...

Consider leveraging your TRB Annual Meeting registration budget to maximize your organization’s visibility, by becoming an Annual Meeting Patron. Each patron package includes at least four complimentary registrations for your employees and a virtual exhibit booth—collectively a $3,000 value—in addition to the special recognition and exposure that comes with being a patron. Show your support for...

Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Aty is the recipient of the 2020 Roy W. Crum Award, to be received at the 2021 Annual Meeting. Dr. Aty is recognized for his distinguished achievements in the development of immediate practical applications of his fundamental and developmental research results as well as for contributing broadly to the science of transportation safety. His work and accomplishments will leave a...

Mr. Dorval R. Carter, Jr., President, Chicago Transit Authority, is the 2021 recipient of the Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship. Mr. Carter is recognized for his leadership in the transit industry and legal community, and for spearheading significant advances to public transportation. As the head of the nation’s second largest transit agency , Mr. Carter oversees the delivery of some 500...

You've heard the news that TRBAM is going virtual for 2021. 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 committee, update your address, and order print pub...

Because the need for knowledge hasn’t changed. Check all the boxes and the value is obvious: Quality - Access to the same high-quality content that you’ve come to expect from TRB. Engagement - Attend open committee meetings, January 5-8 and January 11-15, 2021, without any scheduling conflicts from technical sessions. Convenience - Conflicting sessions? No problem! Access video recordings of an...

Registration fees for the Virtual 2021 TRB Annual Meeting will be significantly lower than the fees for last year’s in-person meeting. While announcing the fees, TRB also released an accompanying document called “Why Attend a virtual TRB Annual Meeting,” containing a detailed list of the specific benefits of attending the event virtually (e.g., if you miss a session, you can view a recording of...

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...

TRB is pleased to announce that we have selected  Community Brands to provide a high-functionality online interface for the all-virtual 2021 Annual Meeting. The platform will make it possible for TRB provide both live and recorded sessions, interactive chat texting between attendees and speakers, virtual exhibit booths, and online networking opportunities. As a reminder, the dates for the ...

We recently announced that the 100th TRBAM will be a virtual conference in 2021 . The dates and times of the various parts of the conference are now available. Mark your calendar to attend the following: o Committee meetings: January 5-8 and 11-15, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. o Sessions: January 21-22, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and January 25-29, between the hours of ...

Thank you to everyone who submitted a paper to TRB for possible presentation as part of the 100th 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 2020. The meeting program will cover all transportation modes, addressing topics of interest to policy ...

We apologize that, due to technical issues, some of you did not receive last week's newsletter. You can find it online here. It was a particularly important issue, as we announced that the TRB Annual Meeting (#TRBAM) will be completely virtual in January.

TRB is announcing today that the TRB 100th Annual Meeting (#TRBAM), originally scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C., will be conducted as a virtual event over a series of dates throughout January 2021. TRBAM in its traditional face-to-face format brings together more than 14,000 transportation professionals from all over the world. “If other virtual events are a good indication, we expec...

TRB standing committees will be reviewing submissions for the 2021 TRB Annual Meeting and potential publication in Transportation Research Record (TRR). We welcome submissions on all modes of transportation and relevant transportation-related research. Because of committee restructuring, individual committees will not be issuing Calls for Paper this year. However, in addition to the general cal...

TRB is committed to holding its 100th Annual Meeting in January 2021. We are closely monitoring the evolving situation related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak and its potential impacts on the meeting. We are evaluating how to hold the meeting in a way that continues the important convening value and ensures the health and safety of everyone involved in the event, including whethe...

The TRB 100th Annual Meeting , originally scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C., will be conducted as a virtual event over a series of dates throughout January 2021.

TRB is committed to holding its 100th Annual Meeting in January 2021. We are closely monitoring the evolving situation related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak and its potential impacts on the meeting. We are evaluating how to hold the meeting in a way that ensures the health and safety of everyone involved in the event, including whether some or all of the meeting will be held vi...

The National Academy of Medicine's second COVID-19 Conversations webinar held on April 1 at 5:00 PM Eastern will discuss benefit-risk analysis of social/physical distancing strategies, including for vulnerable populations; examine strategies for mitigating mental health impacts; and explore what science is available to guide eventual relaxation of measures. The webinar will feature a panel of e...

The January 12 - 16, 2020 TRB Annual Meeting generated headlines, podcasts, and video from the various press on hand to cover more than 5,000 presentations in nearly 800 sessions and workshops. Catch up on your reading, watching, and listening!     Video   C SPAN 2020 Transportation Policy Agenda   Automation Technology and Transportation      DC Department of...

Presentations from the 2020 Annual Meeting are now available on the interactive program . To see presentations, log into the program, then search for the session you are interested in.  If approved for posting by the speaker, the presentations are listed under the scheduled presentations towards the bottom of the page. Click the ‘View Presentation’ button to view. (If there is no pres...

We hope you had a wonderful experience at the 2020 TRB Annual Meeting. Thank you for joining us. The meeting may be over, but this is a great time to jump start your interactions with TRB. Subscribe & follow: Weekly newsletter TR News print subscription TRR Journal Social media Be a friend: Receive email updates and volunteer opportunities. Log into MyTRB , update your Profile and navigate ...

Autonomous vehicles (AV) took center stage at the Chair’s Luncheon of the Transportation Research Board’s Annual Meeting this week. U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced “AV 4.0,” a new DOT-White House initiative created to unify AV efforts across 38 federal government entities, focusing chiefly on the potential of increased safety with less human error. One part ...

TRB gathered a group photo at the Annual Meeting to celebrate attendees and a record year of attendance at 13,900+. The result was a magnificent display of many of the world's best and brightest thinkers in the world of transportation, also showing what a multimodal group the annual meeting brings together of people from all over the world. For the full-size photo that allows you to scroll clos...

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...