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Development of a Small Aircraft Runway Length Analysis Tool
9/16/2022 6:01:37 PM
An important operational characteristic of an airport is the length of its longest runway. The longest runway determines the types of aircraft that can use the airport and dictates the operational limitations at the airport. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's ACRP Web-Only Document 54: Development of a Small Aircraft Runway Length Analysis Tool provides a user-friendly computer tool to help airport planners and designers estimate runway length requirements for a variety of aircraft and design...
A Retroreflective Road Lane Marking Tape 1,000X Brighter than Existing Technology
4/14/2022 3:00:12 PM
Approximately 1,282 fatalities on U.S. interstate highways in 2020 were due to nighttime road departures. A new ultra-bright retroreflective lane marking tape can save lives as well as offer both a very short payback period and a very substantial benefit/cost ratio over its useful lifetime. The TRB IDEA (Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis) Program's NCHRP IDEA Final Report for Project 228: A Retroreflective Road Lane Marking Tape 1,000X Brighter than Existing Technology details a new product whic...
TR News 336 November-December 2021
3/31/2022 8:00:33 PM
The November-December 2021 issue of TR News —with a cover feature on collaboration and innovation at the MnROAD Research Facility—is available in full online. Other feature articles in the issue include Airport Cooperative Research Program guidance on best design practices for service animal relief areas, worship spaces, lactation areas, and more; developing the transportation workforce; and infrastructure preservation and renewal. This is Issue 336. To subscribe to TR News, sign up through MyTRB.org. Su...
Methods for State DOTs to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Transportation Sector
3/14/2022 12:00:00 PM
Many technical and institutional issues related to estimating and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) lie across a wide spectrum of the activities undertaken by state departments of transportation (DOTs). The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Web-Only Document 308: Methods for State DOTs to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Transportation Sector documents the research effort for an NCHRP project that focused on developing a guide for state DOTs on reducing GHG emission...
Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management
3/8/2022 7:28:29 PM
The AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management , published in 2016, defines enterprise risk management as “the formal and systematic effort to control uncertainty and variability on an organization’s strategic objectives by managing risks at all levels of the organization.” The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 986: Implementation of the AASHTO Guide for Enterprise Risk Management documents how several state departments of transportation are adopting risk man...
Long-Term Infrastructure Program Letter Report: January 31, 2022
2/1/2022 7:00:28 AM
A January 31, 2022 letter report from TRB's Committee for the Review of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Infrastructure R&D Program's Long-Term Infrastructure Program (LTIP) summarizes recent program progress, strategic issues, and committee recommendations for future actions. The program has produced some useful products and results over the past year and continued to improve user accessibility to data and information. Although FHWA’s infrastructure research and development is considerably broa...
TR News 335 September-October 2021: State of Emergency: What Transportation Learned From 9/11
1/28/2022 1:00:15 PM
The September-October 2021 issue of TR News —with a cover feature on what the transportation industry learned from 9/11—is available in full online. Other feature articles in the issue focus on how, since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11), transportation has broadened its role to include response and operations—from traffic incident management as a multiagency function to aviation security. But in the 20 years since 9/11, natural disasters, technology changes, and pandemics have pr...
NCHRP 2021 Annual Report
1/19/2022 9:00:04 PM
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released its annual report. This Annual Report provides a concise list of research published in 2021 and a list of all active projects, projects completed in 2021, and projects that were approved in 2021 but are not yet under contract. The Annual Report also presents detailed information about how NCHRP operates with oversight by the AASHTO Special Committee on Research and Innovation.
BTSCRP 2021 Annual Report
1/3/2022 9:00:04 PM
The 2021 Annual Report for the Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program (BTSCRP) is now available. BTSCRP provides practical, ready-to-implement solutions to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce costs of road traffic crashes associated with unsafe behaviors. The BTSCRP Annual Report highlights current and pending projects, sponsors, and other details about the program.
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