Interested in having a TRB Centennial component as part of a 2020 meeting or event your organization is sponsor? The TRB Centennial Roaming Exhibit is designed to allow organizations to have a TRB Centennial exhibit booth as part of a meeting or event they are hosting during 2020. The booth can be configured for a table top exhibit or for a 10 x 10 to 10 x 20 square foot booth. The booth is not staffed. To learn more and secure the booth for an upcoming meeting visit the Roam Exhibit portion of the TRB C...

TRB turns 100 on November 11, 2020. You are invited to join your colleagues listed below who have contributed to the TRB Century Club to support activities that will mark the anniversary; promote the value of transportation research; and celebrate the achievements of TRB’s volunteers, sponsors, affiliates, and staff. Details on the Century Club and a link to contribute is available at https://trbcentennial.nationalacademies.org/about-century-club . Additional information on the Centennial Celebration act...

TRB officially turns 100 on November 11, 2020. To help celebrate, TRB is asking you to “Tell Us ‘Our’ Story.” The TRB “Tell Us ‘Our’ Story" centennial activity is designed to allow as many of you (TRB’s volunteers and friends) as possible to participate in the TRB Centennial Celebration through the submission of your stories. The “Tell Us ‘Our” Story” Centennial activity consists of a series of monthly questions that will help capture your stories. This month’s question is: How has TRB supported your pro...

AM Online, the repository for TRB Annual Meeting content (a version of which was previously known as the “Compendium of Papers”) is going away, but it is being replaced by a new process that will provide material much more quickly and, ultimately, to a wider audience.  Read  mor e .

Have fun while you peruse TRB's online timeline with more than 200 milestones that encapsulate the events that shaped TRB as well as the people that purposely designed, carefully constructed, and devotedly maintained the entity that is now TRB. The timeline was developed as part of TRB's Centennial Celebration and produced in part with the help of contributions by individuals and organizations. Please consider contributing today . The TRB Timeline is available on the TRB Centennial Website .

Learn how five men from Iowa shaped TRB’s earliest decades with their expertise and commitment to research and how they succeeded in part because Iowa exemplified in the extreme the close relationships between universities and state highway departments during their earliest years. As part of the Centennial Celebration, TRB has initiated the History Highlights series that will regularly release stories that highlight the events and people that helped shape TRB during the last 100 years. Check out the late...

Act now to secure your exhibit space at the 2020 TRB Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2020, 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 13,000 transportation professionals. Some  149 organizations  have already secured space to be part of the 2020 exhibit, but prime locations ...

Register and make hotel reservations today for the TRB 99th Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Registration is required for all Annual Meeting attendees, including session speakers, poster presenters, and those who attend the exhibit hall, career fair, or any workshops. As part of TRB's Centennial Celebration, all full registrants at the 99th Annual Meeting will be eligible to pick up a complimentary copy of the book, Transportation Research Board 1920–2020: Everyone Interested Is ...

Learn about the history of traffic signal systems, and of the shifting interests of the community of researchers interested in them in the Standing Technical Committee on Traffic Signal Systems' Centennial Paper. Over the years, the committee has served as one of the principal forums on signal control and has stimulated many currents in research that have had transformative impact on the industry. As part of TRB's Centennial Celebration, the Technical Activities Council invited all standing technical com...

Dr. Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences, has approved appointments for the TRB Executive Committee. Carlos Braceras, Executive Director of the Utah Department of Transportation, will become Chair of the Executive Committee at the completion of the TRB Annual Meeting on January 16, 2020. At the same time, Susan Shaheen, a Professor from the University of California, Berkeley, will become Vice Chair. Marie Therese Dominguez , the Commissioner of New York State DOT, and Mike Goodchi...