What's New in Education and Training

Register and make hotel reservations today for the TRB 98th Annual Meeting, January 13-17, 2019, 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. Full Registration also includes full access to: *Annual Meeting Interactive Program (available in Novem...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Report 186: Guidebook on Building Airport Workforce Capacity is the final product of a two-phase study to identify and evaluate workforce requirements for airports. Phase I, previously published as ACRP Web-Only Document 28 , gathered information to analyze current and future airport job requirements and identify mission-critical airpor...

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program invites experienced airport industry professionals to become ACRP Ambassadors . Apply by November 2, 2018, to be considered for next year’s cohort. The ACRP Ambassador program provides experienced airport industry professionals with a prestigious opportunity to represent the ACRP program as a volunteer. Ambassadors tell the ACRP story, help practitione...

TRB's second annual Careers in Motion Networking Fair takes place on January 13, 2019 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, during the 2019 TRB Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The event provides an opportunity for prospective employers from a wide range of sectors and modes to meet with transportation professionals interested in working for their organizatio...

TRB will conduct a webinar on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that features research from the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)’s Research Report 171 : Establishing a Coordinated Local Family Assistance Program for Airports. The research provides guidance to airport personnel when assisting victims and families affected by an aviation disaster and other hazar...

Raquelle (Kelly) Myers, staff attorney with the National Indian Justice Center (NIJC), is a featured volunteer in the TR News . Ms. Myers’ areas of interest are federal Indian law, family law, and tribal transportation programs. At NIJC, she aids the organization’s mission to improve the justice systems, health, and welfare in tribal communities, focusing on tribal transportation issues. While ...

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 TRB's upcoming centennial anniversary activities by contributing to the Century Club (individuals) or Ce...

TRB will conduct a webinar on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that will discuss the challenges transportation agencies have with attracting, developing, training, developing and retaining the planning workforce for the twenty-first century. This webinar will highlight case studies two agencies used to develop their future planning workforce. Presenters will demonstrate appro...

Mary E. Peters is the 2019 recipient of the Frank Turner Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Transportation. Ms. Peters is former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, and Director of the Arizona Department of Transportation. She is currently principal of Mary Peters Consulting Group, LLC. The Award will be presented during the Annual Meeting's Cha...

Titles, dates, times, and brief descriptions are now available for the 100+ specialty workshops at the TRB 98th Annual Meeting, January 13-17, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Annual Meeting registration is required for all workshop attendees. The Human Factors workshops, which are those with titles beginning with “HR,” have limited attendance and require a separate registration and fee. Mark your cal...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released educational modules to accompany the FHWA  Lighting Handbook . The modules help transportation agencies make decisions about appropriate roadway lighting and provide assistance in using the handbook.

TRB conducted a webinar on Tuesday, August 28, 2018 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET that explored the future of freight education. Presenters focused on how to develop a talent pipeline starting in primary and secondary education (K-12) and continuing through university programs. The webinar provided information for the K-12, community college, and university communities about how to support the fre...

TRB conducted a webinar on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM ET that provided users of TRB's Research in Progress (RiP) Database with the latest information about RiP's search and data entry interfaces. The RiP Database is a leading tool for transportation professionals to stay updated on current or recently-completed transportation research projects. In order to comply with fe...

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Research Report 199: Transit Technical Training, Volume 2: Guide to Overcoming Barriers to Implementing Best and Innovative Training provides public transportation agencies with best practices, strategies, and resources to assist with the implementation of effective and innovative training programs and techniques for frontline employees. TCRP Re...

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Research Report 199: Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources documents the best models of technical training programs serving U.S. and international transportation agencies and related industries. A product of this research also includes a training resource catalog to help transit agencies pro...

Maximize the visibility of your organization with a patron, sponsorship, presentation, or advertising opportunity at the TRB Annual Meeting, January 13-17, 2019, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, D.C. With promotional opportunities at all levels of investment, organizations and companies can leverage the 2019 meeting to reach leaders and professionals looking to fulf...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has released a report that examines the current state of U.S. graduate STEM education. The report explores how the system might best respond to ongoing developments in the conduct of research on evidence-based teaching practices and in the needs and interests of its students and the broader society it seeks to serve. The report is de...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have released a report that explores the influence of sexual harassment in academia on the career advancement of women in the scientific, technical, and medical workforce. The report reviews the research on the extent to which women in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine are victimized by sexual harassment and examines t...

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'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...

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,”...