What's New in Education and Training

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 515: Practices for Preventing Roadway Departures identifies and summarizes practices being used by state departments of transportation (DOTs) to prevent roadway departure crashes and to identify the data-driven advantages and disadvantages of these practices. More than half of all traffic fatalities result from roadway depart...

TRB turns 100 on November 11, 2020. To commemorate this milestone, TRB has a yearlong celebration planned that will begin in January 2020 to recognize and honor the extraordinary record of achievements accomplished by TRB’s volunteers, sponsors, affiliates, friends, and staff. Please support to the celebration by contributing to the Century Club (individuals) or Century Patron (organizations) f...

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has released a pre-publication, non-edited version of Research Report 199: Transit Technical Training, Volume 2: Guide to Overcoming Barriers to Implementing Best and Innovative Training. This report provides public transportation agencies with best practices, strategies, and resources to assist with the implementation of effective and innovativ...

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has released a pre-publication, non-edited version of Research Report 199: Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources. This report documents the best models of technical training programs serving U.S. and international transportation agencies and related industries. A product of this research als...

TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board has released more than 200 papers from the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting. Enhancements to the journal include:  Articles published much closer to final acceptance A new user interface for the journal Article-level metrics  Full-text HTML to enhance discovery of the research Interactive proof markup for author...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have released the report, The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education. This report examines the evidence behind the assertion that educational programs that mutually integrate learning experiences in the humanities and arts with science, technology, engineering, mathematics,...

The TRB community extends condolences to the family and friends of Dr. Anthony "Tony" Kane, who passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Dr. Kane served as an ex officio member of the TRB Executive Committee and was an active volunteer with TRB since 1977. “Tony Kane is someone whose professionalism, friendship, and passion, especially for safety, we all admired and benefited from." states Neil Pe...

Carlos M. Braceras, P.E., has been newly appointed to serve on the TRB Executive Committee. Braceras began his tenure as executive director of the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) in May 2013. In this capacity, he is responsible for UDOT's more than 1,600 employees and the design, construction, and maintenance of Utah's 6,000-mile system of roads and highways. Braceras joined UDOT in 19...

TRB’s Transportation Research Record journal is implementing a new paper peer review system, Editorial Manager, to provide enhanced flexibility, security, and system performance. TRB’s Technical Activities Division has elected to integrate its peer-review paper process with Editorial Manager, a commercial peer review software product developed and supported by Aries Systems. Editorial Manager w...

TRB standing committees have issued calls for papers for the 98th TRB Annual Meeting, January 13-17, 2019, in Washington, D.C, and/or the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR) . Please create or update your MyTRB profile now if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, submit a paper for presentation, and/or submit a paper for publication. Calls for pap...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has released Data Science for Undergraduates: Opportunities and Options, which offers a vision for the emerging discipline of data science at the undergraduate level. This report outlines some considerations and approaches for academic institutions and others in the broader data science communities to help guide the ongoing transform...

TRB is cosponsoring the 2018 Summerail Conference on August 1-3, 2018 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The conference is designed to bring together railroad professionals, government officials, and academics to discuss the past, present, and future of the U.S. railroad industry. Particular emphasis will be placed on practical applications for students and young professionals pursuing careers in the r...

TRB released a series of recorded videos in May 2018 that provides information about the transportation research thesaurus (TRT).  The presenter explains what the TRT is and how it is used, and how researchers can use it to find information. The presenter also illustrates how to get the maximum use out of the TRT. The videos are available on-demand at no cost. The slides are available. Pre...

Brian W. Ness, Director of the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD), has been newly appointed to serve on the TRB Executive Committee. Since 2010, Ness has served as the ITD Director. Ness is an active member of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), chairing the AASHTO Special Committee on Transportation Security and Emergency Management (SCOTSEM) unt...

The Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University has released a report that evaluates the “Do It!" Program. The Federal Transit Administration sponsored the Ladders of Opportunity Initiative to encourage skilled workers from targeted groups, including the underserved, underemployed, and/or minority groups, into transit-oriented career paths. Under this umbrella, the Valley Trans...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 874: The Transportation Research Thesaurus: Capabilities and Enhancements documents the results of a comprehensive assessment of the Transportation Research Thesaurus’s (TRT’s) capabilities and strategies for the TRT’s future development. The TRT is a structured, controlled vocabulary of terms in English, used by TRB an...

The TRB community extends condolences to the family and friends of Dr. Joseph Sussman, a tireless TRB volunteer who served as Chair of the TRB Executive Committee in 1994. Dr. Sussman passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at the age of 79 following a long illness. “Perhaps Joe Sussman’s greatest legacy will be the many transportation leaders who he taught and mentored during his long career,”...

Visit the TRB Annual Meeting Online (AMOnline) portal to view the presentations, abstracts, and papers for the more than 5,000 program presentations at the 97th TRB Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018. A PDF of the Annual Meeting Final Program is also available through AMOnline. The AMOnline portal includes abstracts, papers, visual aid slides, and poster presentations from the 2014-2018 Annual ...

To keep pace with accelerating rate of research distribution, the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board is now publishing articles as soon as they are finalized. The latest papers to be published are as follows: Use of a Laser Diffractometer to Obtain the Particle Size Distribution of Fine-Grained Soils Interstate Speed Profiles Conditioning and Testing Pr...

The Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) is sponsoring its 47th annual conference on July 28-August 1 in Baltimore, Maryland. It is currently accepting calls for papers and presentations that focus on multimodal transportation. Proposals are due by March 31, 2018.

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Research Report 194: Knowledge Management Resource to Support Strategic Workforce Development for Transit Agencies explores the importance of knowledge management (KM), which is an organization’s process for collecting, storing, and sharing organizational information and knowledge, and provides guidance on implementing KM strategies in transit a...

TRB conducted a webinar on Thursday, February 22, 2018 from 2:00pm to 3:30pm ET that discussed how to get the most out of the TRID database when searching from your desktop or mobile device. This webinar explored recent updates to the TRID interface, as well as provide practical tips when using the database. TRID is the world's largest and most comprehensive bibliographic resource on transporta...

The American Association for State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Transportation TV has released a video covering the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting. Among the 13,000 attendees, CEO’s from nearly three dozen state departments of transportation attended the meeting to exchange ideas and serve as panelists on one or more of the nearly 800 sessions. Investing in transportation infrastructu...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web Only Document 241: Development and Management of Sustainable Enterprise Information Portals documents the research approach and methodology to develop  NCHRP Research Report 865 : Guidance for Development and Management of Sustainable Enterprise Information Portals. The guidance addresses the  development and managem...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 865: Guidance for Development and Management of Sustainable Enterprise Information Portals provides guidance for the development and management of effective Enterprise Information Portals (EIPs) at state departments of transportation. EIPs have become key tools for transportation agencies as they make available informat...

On January 10, 2018, TRB Executive Director Neil Pedersen signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Council of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) President and Chief Executive Officer A. Bradley Mims. Founded in 1971, COMTO provides a forum for minority professionals in the transportation industry. COMTO's mission is to ensure opportunities and maximum participation in the tran...

On January 7, 2018, TRB Executive Director Neil Pedersen signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) International Board Chair Diane Woodend Jones. Founded in 1977, WTS is an international organization dedicated to building the future of transportation through the global advancement of women. TRB and WTS share mutual organizational objectives, and this M...

Visit the  TRB Annual Meeting Online (AMOnline) portal to view the abstracts and papers for the more than 5,000 program presentations at the 97th TRB Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018. A PDF of the Annual Meeting Final Program is available through AMOnline, as well. AMOnline visual aids and poster presentations will be made available in early March. In addition, the AMOnline portal also i...

The American Association for State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Transportation TV has released a featured video examining the TRB 97th Annual Meeting, taking place this week, January 7-11, 2018 in Washington, D.C. In this segment, TRB Executive Director, Neil Pedersen, reveals three featured topics for this year’s sessions. The meeting covers all transportation issues, with 5,0...

TRB's latest National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Paths to Practice explores how the TRB webinar program helps advance NCHRP research. This program has become the go-to resource for transportation professionals who want to stay informed about the latest research results and get ideas on how to implement them without leaving their desks. NCHRP produces approximately 30 webinars ...