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TR News 330 November-December 2020: Asphalt Recycling: History of Recycled Materials and Lessons Learned About Recycling Plastic
3/4/2021 8:02:05 PM
Recycling is a concept that most of society supports as a practice that can benefit the environment and overall well-being, as well as reduce the needs and costs associated with raw materials. However, the conversation needs to shift from just recycling to responsible recycling. This is the focus of a feature article in the November-December 2020 issue of TRB's magazine, TR News (Issue 330). TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research an...
TR News 330 November-December 2020: Living with Transformational Technologies and Other Surprises
2/19/2021 3:02:05 PM
British–Hungarian Nobel Prize physicist Dennis Gabor wrote: “The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented." Considering in a reasonable and logical way what the implications of new technologies may be and acting on our conclusions is how the future is invented. This is the focus of a feature article in the November-December 2020 issue of TRB's magazine, TR News (Issue 330). TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and p...
TR News 328 July-August 2020: Stormwater
2/12/2021 6:00:49 PM
Issue 328 of TRB's magazine, TR News , is dedicated to water and the role of transportation agencies in the stewardship of this vital resource, particularly as the way humans use water is changing dramatically. Authors explore the evolution of stormwater regulation; how departments of transportation manage water in planning, design, construction, and operations; and more. TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice in all mo...
TR News 327 May-June 2020: Tunnels
2/10/2021 3:00:51 PM
Issue 327 of TRB's magazine is a special edition illuminating the many hidden aspects of tunnels as well as the benefits of tunnel technology to modern transportation systems. Articles highlight the contribution of tunnels to the economy and how transportation operators use the best technology to keep tunnels efficient and safe. TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice in all modes of transportation. It also includes brie...
TR News 330 November-December 2020 issue table of contents now online
1/20/2021 3:09:33 PM
The November-December 2020 issue of TR News —with a cover feature on the development of a Recycled Material Web Map—is available in hard copy and digital copy for subscribers. For those who are not subscribers, the table of contents is available. Other feature articles in the issue include "Living with Transformational Technologies and Other Surprises," "Asphalt Recycling: History of Recycled Materials and Lessons Learned About Recycling Plastic," and much more. This is Issue 330. To subscribe to TR News...
Insights, Inclusion, and Impact: Framing the Future for Women in Transportation
1/11/2021 12:48:20 PM
In comparison to the levels of public interest and attention, there is little research to help understand the major obstacles and constraints encountered by women travelers and women working in transportation industries. TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C268: Insights, Inclusion, and Impact: Framing the Future for Women in Transportation details the 2019 Women’s Issues in Transportation Conference (WIiT), the sixth in a series that began in 1978, focused on women’s issues related to all aspects o...
TR News September-October 2020: Embracing the Future
1/7/2021 9:31:14 AM
The September–October 2020 issue of TRB's magazine is now available in full online. Themed “Embracing the Future,” the issue celebrates TRB’s centennial with articles forecasting the future of transportation. Authors present outlooks that are multimodal, creative, diverse, inclusive, and thought-provoking, offering a pause point for transportation researchers, policy makers, and practitioners as they contemplate new directions for transportation. TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely artic...
COVID-19 Addendum to Critical Issues in Transportation
1/6/2021 5:05:19 PM
The year 2020’s raging coronavirus pandemic and reckoning with long-standing racial injustice led to widespread disruption and suffering, social unrest, and renewed calls for an accounting of our fragmented public health system and troubled history of racial inequity. The crises of 2020 transcend transportation yet also raise fundamental questions for it along with other sectors of our society and economy. In this addendum to Critical Issues in Transportation 2019 , the Transportation Research Board (TRB...
Transportation Research Board 2020 Annual Report
1/6/2021 4:50:37 PM
The 2020 Annual Report summarizes TRB’s accomplishments in each of its major program areas and how TRB has served the nation and the global transportation professional community throughout 2020. TRB provides leadership in transportation improvements and innovation through trusted, timely, impartial, and evidence-based information exchange, research, and advice regarding all modes of transportation. TRB is a program division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). The Nat...
Characteristics and Elements of Nonpunitive Employee Safety Reporting Systems for Public Transportation
12/17/2020 11:55:46 AM
The importance of safety cannot be overstated and requires continued shifts in the approach to safety management within the public transportation industry. The TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program's TCRP Research Report 218: Characteristics and Elements of Nonpunitive Employee Safety Reporting Systems for Public Transportation compiles the best practices used in nonpunitive employee safety reporting systems at transit agencies.
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