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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) invites the public to comment on the draft DOT Strategic Plan for FY 2018-2022. Comments must be received on or before November 13, 2017. The draft DOT Strategic Plan reflects the Secretary’s priorities for achieving DOT’s mission through four strategic goals: Safety: Reduce Transportation-Related Fatalities and Serious Injuries Across the T...

TRB has launched its Careers in Motion Job Center, an online platform that will support the broader transportation industry’s impending challenges around attracting and retaining its professional workforce. Create an account to view curated professional transportation jobs from multiple employers and disciplines. The careers are based around the world. The website will also build upon the emplo...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) has released Final Report 181: Development of Small Specimen Geometry for Asphalt Mixture Performance Testing. The use of small specimen geometries in Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester (AMPT) offer a means to measure as-built pavement layers. Small specimen geometries may improve the e...

Time is running out for your organization to show its support for transportation research and innovation by becoming a 2018 Annual Meeting Patron. Signing up now will ensure your company can take advantage of all 2018 TRB Annual Meeting Patron benefits. To become an Annual Meeting Patron visit the online patron sales site or contact Patrice Davenport at (202) 334-2516 or Bradley Eubank at ...

Act now to secure an advertisement in the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting Printed Program. Advertising space must be secured by Friday, October 20, 2017, and artwork must be submitted by Friday, November 3, 2017. Advertising in the Annual Meeting Printed Program--circulation more than 13,000 --allows your organization to showcase its products and services, and to show support for transportation researc...

TRB's inaugural Careers in Motion Networking Fair takes place on January 7, 2018 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center during the 2018 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 organizations. TR...

Act now to secure your exhibit space at the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, in Washington, D.C. All indications are that attendance at the meeting will be the largest ever. Don't miss this opportunity to demonstrate your organization's support for transportation research and innovation, and to showcase your products and services to more than 13,000 transportation professionals. Mor...

TRB will conduct a webinar on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 from 1:00PM to 2:00PM ET and Tuesday, December 19, 2017 from 1:00-2:00PM ET that will help both new and returning Annual Meeting attendees get the most out of their meeting experience. The webinar will review issues related to planning for the meeting, including hotel reservations, airline reservations, and other basics; help attendees pl...

Moving research into practice is the theme of feature articles in the July–August 2017 TR News magazine. Authors describe today’s successes, present a systematic approach that has proved effective at a state department of transportation, describe federal programs encouraging innovations at the state level, discuss initiatives by research programs to promote and document the implementation of re...

TRB is seeking new organizational partners to join our Global Affiliates Program. As a TRB Global Affiliate, your organization will be supporting thousands of transportation leaders and professionals at all levels of government, the private sector, and academia as they work together to promote progress in transportation through innovation and research. There are six different levels of affiliat...

Titles, dates, times, and brief descriptions are now available for the 100+ specialty workshops at the TRB 97th Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, 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 cale...

A featured article in the May-June 2017 issue of the TR News examines how to develop appropriate evaluation frameworks that account for the integration of new technologies into the infrastructure in order to accurately value the current highway system. The TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice in all modes of trans...

The May-June 2017 edition of the TR News explores the role of transportation in economic development. Articles feature information about benefit-cost analysis, freight production models, transportation satellite accounts, and right sizing strategies. The TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice in all modes of transpo...

TRB has released its requirements for submitting papers for presentation at the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting and/or publication in the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board . This guide covers the organization and formatting of manuscripts for peer review and for publication, as well as instructions for submission. Papers that do not follow the guidelines will ...

TRB is hosting a series of webinars for participants of the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting, which takes place January 7-11, 2018 in Washington, D.C. There is no fee to attend the webinars; however participants must register in advance. Webinar recordings will be posted for those who cannot attend the live session. The following webinar schedule is posted: TRB Paper Author Webinars: July 7, 2017 at 1:0...

A featured article in the March-April 2017 issue of the TR News highlights photos from the 96th TRB Annual Meeting, January 8-12, 2017. The article features photographs of sessions, workshops, committee meetings, and awards. Bruce M. Smith, Apperson Crump PLC, and General Counsel, Memphis Area Transit Authority, delivered the delivered the 2017 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lecture on “Ethical I...

A featured article in the March-April 2017 issue of the TR News highlights photos from the 96th TRB Annual Meeting, January 8-12, 2017. The article features photographs of sessions, workshops, committee meetings, and awards. Bruce M. Smith, Apperson Crump PLC, and General Counsel, Memphis Area Transit Authority, delivered the delivered the 2017 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lecture on “Ethical I...

Create or update your MyTRB profile now if you will be a credited author of a paper submitted for presentation at the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting or for inclusion in the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board . Having up-to-date profile information in the MyTRB system will ensure that you’ll have a smooth paper-submission process. If you are the designated corr...

TRB is seeking articles to feature in the TR News and TRB E-Newsletter as a part of its "Research Pays Off" series. “Research Pays Off” features research projects, studies, demonstrations, and improved methods or processes that provide innovative, cost-effective solutions to important transportation-related problems in all modes. Articles should describe cases in which the application of projec...

TRB standing committees have issued calls for papers for the 97th TRB Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, in Washington, D.C, and/or the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR) . The deadline to submit papers to be considered for the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting and TRR is August 1, 2017. Papers must be submitted in PDF format via the paper submission websi...

TRB has enhanced the way the public can register for upcoming webinars. You can now register using the same MyTRB account you use to get involved with TRB standing committees. With these new enhancements, TRB has simplified the registration process. By utilizing the information in your MyTRB account, the appropriate fields will now automatically populate. The system will also warn you if you ar...

If you follow TRB's twitter account, TRB will be changing its handle from @TRBofNA to @NASEMTRB. TRB is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Followers of @TRBofNA will automatically be following @NASEMTRB by the end of May 2017, and won't miss a message. For questions, contact Steve Andreadis at SAndreadis@nas.edu .

TRB has redesigned its homepage at www.TRB.org . The new homepage design is mobile responsive. Meeting and report announcements that are linked in the weekly TRB E-Newsletter have also been made responsive to mobile devices. Visit the homepage and provide your feedback and questions to MyTRB@nas.edu . 

Dr. James M. Tien, Distinguished Professor and Dean Emeritus, College of Engineering at the University of Miami, has been newly appointed to serve on the TRB Executive Committee. Dr. Tien was elected into the National Academy of Engineering in 2001. Prior to his work with the University of Miami, Dr. Tien served as the Yamada Corporation Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), wher...

Patrick McKenna, Director of the Missouri Department of Transportation, has been newly appointed to serve on the TRB Executive Committee. McKenna has been serving as Director of the Missouri DOT since December 2015. As Director, McKenna is responsible for all operations of the Department. Prior to his current positon, he served as Deputy Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Transport...

Visit the  transformational technologies webpage to view TRB's latest research results, ongoing research, publications, news, and events in the area of transformational technologies. Key technologies include connected and automated vehicles, shared use services; unmanned aerial systems (drones); NextGen, Internet-of-Things, smart cities; big data; and cybersecurity.

Visit the TRB Annual Meeting Online (AMOnline) portal to view papers, presentation slides, and posters of more than 5,000 program presentations at the TRB Annual Meeting, January 8-12, 2017, in Washington, D.C. In addition to the 2017 content, the portal also includes the papers, slides, and posters from the 2011-2016 TRB Annual Meetings. All employees of year-round TRB Sponsors have compliment...

TRB's National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Research Report 37: Using Commodity Flow Survey Microdata and Other Establishment Data to Estimate the Generation of Freight, Freight Trips, and Service Trips: Guidebook provides policy makers with improved establishment-level models that estimate the Freight Trip Generation (FTG), the number of vehicle trips produced and attracted at ...

A featured article in the November-December 2016 issue of the TR News highlights the challenges of freight transportation with regards to meeting new emissions standards. The 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 brief news items of interest to the transportation com...

Malcolm Dougherty, director of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), will assume the role of chair of the TRB Executive Committee, and Katherine Turnbull, executive associate director of Texas A&M Transportation Institute will become the Executive Committee’s vice chair. Dougherty and Turnbull will serve one-year terms in these offices beginning January 12, 2017. Nathaniel...