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 Federal Highway Administration has released the latest version of its Focus magazine, which highlights efforts designed to accelerate infrastructure innovations in order to build better, safer roads.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of its Successes in Stewardship monthly newsletter, which highlights current environmental streamlining practices from around the United States.

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to compare and contrast environmental resource, regulatory, and other processes that various governmental entities use to facilitate recovery from catastrophic events. Proposals are due May 21, 2012.

TRB is cosponsoring the 10th International Symposium on Cold Regions Development (ISCORD) on June 2-3, 2013, in Anchorage, Alaska. The symposium will explore efforts necessary to conduct large scale commercial and research activities in cold regions that don’t have significant adverse effects to the environment as well as to the local population. Issues to be addressed during the symposium incl...

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.

TRB conducted a webinar on April 10, 2012, that explored techniques for maintaining and managing granular surfaced roads. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu to request a recording of the webinar. Webinar presenters will share techniques for maintaining and managing granular surfaced roa...

The Colorado Department of Transportation has released a report that explores a cost-benefit analysis of constructed hot mix asphalt projects using three and five-year warranty specifications.

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.