The spotlight theme for the TRB 92nd Annual Meeting, January 13-17, 2013, in Washington, D.C., is Deploying Transportation Research—Doing Things Smarter, Better, Faster. These uncertain times are also exciting times for the transportation community, which looks to build on its successes as never before. Spotlight sessions, workshops, and discussions at the TRB 92nd Annual Meeting will highlight...

TRB standing committees have issued  calls for papers for the TRB 92nd Annual Meeting, January 13-17, 2013, in Washington, D.C, and the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR). While papers addressing any relevant aspect of transportation research will be considered, some committees are soliciting papers in specific subject areas to help potential...

The North Carolina State University College of Engineering has released the latest issue of its newsletter, which provides updates on the civil, construction, and environmental engineering activities taking place within the college.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest update to its conditions and performance report series. The biennial report to Congress provides an appraisal of the physical conditions, operational performance, and financing mechanisms of highways, bridges, and transit systems based on the current state of these systems and on the projected future state of these systems under a ...

The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that explores the cause of failures in several cantilever sign structures that occurred as a result of four major hurricanes during a six-week period, and explores design potential improvements that can be made to these structures.

The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that explores the construction of a two-lane single-span precast box girder bridge, which used accelerated bridge construction techniques.

The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that describes the field demonstration and testing of a newly-constructed, glued-laminated timber girder bridge.

The National Research Council Canada has released a report that describes a decision-making approach designed to address sustainable design and management of highway bridge decks.  Factors that the approach attempts to balance include minimization of the owner’s costs, users costs, and environmental impacts.

TRB is cosponsoring the 2013 International Highway Transportation Summit Innovative Approaches and Best Practices on April 17-19, 2013 in Beijing, China. The conference will include four tracks that will address highway engineering, bridge and tunnel structures engineering, traffic engineering, and environment and sustainability. The focus of the conference will be on inspection, maintenance, a...

TRB is cosponsoring the 29th International Bridge Conference (IBC 2012) on June 12-13, 2012, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Conference attendees will have the opportunity to participate in technical sessions, workshops, special interest sessions, and seminars. Topics that will be addressed during the conference include design, rehabilitation, construction, research, inspection, and rehabilitation...