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2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Mobile App Now Available2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Mobile App Now Available
January 15, 2021
Download the TRB Annual Meeting mobile app before the 100th Annual Meeting. To download the app, search “TRB 2021” in the Apple Store or Google Play. When opening the app for the first time, enter the same email address used to register for the Annual Meeting to unlock the app. The app provides registered attendees with the ability to search the full schedule of events, program participants, ex...

2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Resource Pages are Available2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Resource Pages are Available
January 15, 2021
Resource pages for the 2021 TRB Annual Meeting are available. Visit this page for information about how to participate in the virtual meeting , the the online program , mobile app  (available in late December), and other information . The TRB 100th Annual Meeting will be conducted as a virtual event  throughout January 2021. Exact dates are January 5-8, 11-15, 21-22, and 25-29. Regis...

Second Episode of New Podcast, Transportation Explorers, is AvailableSecond Episode of New Podcast, Transportation Explorers, is Available
January 14, 2021
TRB is pleased to announce the second episode of our new podcast, Transportation Explorers. The series gives voice to the many volunteers of the Transportation Research Board and other leading transportation experts. The co-hosts explore the latest and most critical research and innovations in transportation. In this episode, Katie Turnbull of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute discusse...

2021 TRB Annual Meeting:  Thank You, Exhibitors2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Thank You, Exhibitors
January 14, 2021
TRB thanks its  2021 Annual Meeting exhibitors . Please make sure to schedule time to visit some of the more than 130 virtual exhibits to learn about the goods, services, and potential solutions that are available to help address changes you are facing. Exhibit Hours “Live” Hours : Exhibits will be listed as “live” from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM Eastern Time each day, during the dates of the TRB...

Seeking project panel nominations for FY 2021 Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP): Nominations due February 5, 2021
January 13, 2021
TCRP is seeking panel nominations for the approved FY 2021 research projects . Descriptions are available of FY 2021 projects for which RFPs are expected to be issued. Please nominate yourself or other candidates to serve on the expert panels of these research projects online at MyTRB . These panels will develop requests for proposals, select contractors, and review draft deliverables. Nominati...

TRB’s Transportation Explorers: Anthony Foxx Explores Equity
January 11, 2021
Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx discusses growing up in Charlotte, N.C., where freeways that were essentially walls cut his neighborhood off from the rest of the world. Neighborhoods like this – “on the other side of the tracks” – all over the country saw their economic values decrease without any real restitution. Foxx talks about how the lessons of the past can inform how we...

Insights, Inclusion, and Impact: Framing the Future for Women in TransportationInsights, Inclusion, and Impact: Framing the Future for Women in Transportation
January 11, 2021
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...

2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Thank You, Patrons2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Thank You, Patrons
January 11, 2021
The Transportation Research Board thanks its 2021 TRB 100th Annual Meeting Patrons who are showing their support for transportation research and innovation, and aiding TRB in its mission to provide leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange. TRB's 100th Annual Meeting program will cover all transportation modes, addressing topics of interest t...

TRB Announces First Episode of New Podcast, Transportation ExplorersTRB Announces First Episode of New Podcast, Transportation Explorers
January 10, 2021
TRB is pleased to announce our new podcast, Transportation Explorers. The series gives voice to the many volunteers of the Transportation Research Board and other leading transportation experts. The co-hosts explore the latest and most critical research and innovations in transportation. Listen to the first episode, with former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx discussing equity iss...

2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Watch What to Expect at a Virtual Meeting
January 8, 2021
Are you curious about what a virtual TRB Annual Meeting might look like? Hear from TRB Executive Director Neil Pedersen, TRB Technical Activities Division Director Ann Brach, and TRB volunteer Sandra Larson of Stanley Consultants. From sessions to keynotes and everything in between, they give you the highlights of what's coming throughout January 2021. The meeting's exact dates are January 5-8,...

TR News September-October 2020: Embracing the FutureTR News September-October 2020: Embracing the Future
January 7, 2021
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 a...

COVID-19 Addendum to Critical Issues in TransportationCOVID-19 Addendum to Critical Issues in Transportation
January 6, 2021
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 ...

Transportation Research Board 2020 Annual ReportTransportation Research Board 2020 Annual Report
January 6, 2021
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 transportat...

2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Many Opportunities to Hear from Minority Student Fellows2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Many Opportunities to Hear from Minority Student Fellows
January 2, 2021
The TRB Minority Student Fellows Program, now in its twelfth year, promotes minority participation in transportation and in TRB. The program welcomes 25 students from 17 minority-serving institutions. Students in this cohort represent a range of engineering, planning, and social science majors and will present their research on a similar range of topics. Please stop by their presentations to of...

Placeholder for NCHRP Research Report 915
January 1, 2021
Hello Russell,   Please assign a placeholder URL for NCHRP Research Report 915: Relationship Between Erodibility and Properties of Soils.   We need this so that an Excel spreadsheet that will accompany the report can direct readers to the Inquiry Operation Manual for the spreadsheet, which is included in the report.   Thanks,   Janet   Janet McNaughton Senior Editor Co...

A Message for the New Year from TRB LeadershipA Message for the New Year from TRB Leadership
December 31, 2020
On behalf of the TRB Executive Committee, the thousands of volunteers involved in TRB committees and research panels, and the TRB staff, we are pleased to report on the work done in 2020, the 100th year of the Transportation Research Board. The past year has been one of unprecedented challenges, but also one of major accomplishments as evidenced in our 2020 Annual Report . This year has demons...

Christopher Blasie Helps "Tell Us 'Our' Story" in December's ResponsesChristopher Blasie Helps "Tell Us 'Our' Story" in December's Responses
December 31, 2020
Christopher Blasie, Emerging Technology Leader, Collins Aerospace let us know that "TRB has really opened my mind to explore new horizons in the transportation industry." Thank you Christopher for participating in TRB's Centennial Celebration and to everyone else that has made submissions to the "Tell Us 'Our' Story" centennial activity. To read all the responses to December's question visit th...

Featured Centennial Paper - Construction Quality Assurance Accomplishments and Outlook for the Next CenturyFeatured Centennial Paper - Construction Quality Assurance Accomplishments and Outlook for the Next Century
December 21, 2020
The body of academic, agency, and industry experts now known as TRB’s Standing Technical Committee on Quality Assurance Management was originally formed in 1968 as the Quality Assurance and Acceptance committee. It was constituted to help focus increased awareness of the need for a more scientific approach to developing construction and material specifications. This awareness was in large part ...

A Special "Thank You" to ITS AmericaA Special "Thank You" to ITS America
December 17, 2020
In a normal year, ITS America hosts a member cocktail reception one evening during the TRB Annual Meeting. Since the in-person meeting has gone virtual next month, the organization used part of what it budgets for the TRBAM event instead as a contribution to the TRB Minority Student Fellows Program . The TRB program seeks to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in the transportati...

Which of Your Colleagues Have Contributed to TRB's Centennial Activities? Join Them Today!Which of Your Colleagues Have Contributed to TRB's Centennial Activities? Join Them Today!
December 17, 2020
TRB turns 100 on November 11, 2020. You are invited to join your colleagues listed below who have contributed to the TRB Century Club to support activities that will mark the anniversary; promote the value of transportation research; and celebrate the achievements of TRB’s volunteers, sponsors, affiliates, and staff. Details on the Century Club and a link to contribute is available at https://...

2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Spotlight Sessions About Equity in Transportation2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Spotlight Sessions About Equity in Transportation
December 12, 2020
At TRB's 100th Annual Meeting in January 2021, more than 20 Spotlight Sessions will focus on this year's theme, "Launching a New Century of Mobility and Quality of Life." Specific sessions about equity in transportation will focus on: women and gender in transportation, mobility for older adults and people with disabilities, exploring the impacts of overpolicing BIPOC mobility in the U.S., Nati...

Important Information for Speakers at TRB 2021 Annual Meeting
December 10, 2020
TRB is requesting that presentations for the virtual Annual Meeting, to be held in January 2021, be pre-recorded. Information on how to pre-record can be found here . The deadline for making an appointment to record with our Virtual Platform vendor is December 28. Presenters can also pre-record themselves and upload their videos to the MyTRB website. All recordings must be provided by January 2...

TRB ACRP Graduate Research Award Special Collection in Transportation Research Record
December 10, 2020
TRB is proud to release a special collection of papers published in Transportation Research Record (TRR) by awardees of the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Graduate Research Awards Program. This compendium showcases 90 students whose have papers have been accepted for publication in TRR. Learn more about the students’ research by clicking on “ Student Biographies ” on the webpage. T...

2021 Annual Meeting: Careers in Motion Networking Fair is Going Virtual!2021 Annual Meeting: Careers in Motion Networking Fair is Going Virtual!
December 9, 2020
The TRB Careers in Motion Networking Fair is going virtual during the 2021 TRB Annual Meeting! TRB encourages your participation at the event, to be held Friday, January 22, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) . Attendees will have the opportunity to: live chat directly with hiring managers, get instant feedback on your qualifications, learn about job opportunities first hand, and have your ...

Featured Centennial Paper - Strategic Research Needs in the Area of UtilitiesFeatured Centennial Paper - Strategic Research Needs in the Area of Utilities
December 7, 2020
In 1977, TRB established a committee with the mission to focus on the interrelationships between transportation systems and utilities, including the accommodation of utilities in transportation corridors and rights of way. The Standing Technical Committee on Utilities is stepping up its efforts to identify current, emerging, and cross-cutting issues that affect the interaction between transport...

MyTRB Users Must Create a New PasswordMyTRB Users Must Create a New Password
December 1, 2020
With a need to increase security, MyTRB users will be required to create a new password the next time they log in to the system. This is a one-time change designed to protect data and personal information even more than is already the case.

Featured Centennial Paper - Freight Rail: On Track to the FutureFeatured Centennial Paper - Freight Rail: On Track to the Future
November 30, 2020
The genesis of the Standing Technical Committee on Freight Rail Transportation dates back at least to the 1970s, when the future of light density railroad branch and secondary lines concerned many state and local governments. The Committee is concerned with the spectrum of strategic, operational, technical and planning issues related to rail freight transportation. The committee's areas of emph...

2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Spotlight Sessions About Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Spotlight Sessions About Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
November 30, 2020
At TRB's 100th Annual Meeting in January 2021, more than 30 Spotlight Sessions will focus on this year's theme, "Launching a New Century of Mobility and Quality of Life." Specific sessions about COVID-19 will focus on: preparing for the next global pandemic, rapid repurpsing of urban streets, supply chain disruptions, mobility changes and community impacts, and measuring transportation needs. O...

Cristian Alvarez Tuta Helps "Tell Us 'Our' Story" in November's ResponsesCristian Alvarez Tuta Helps "Tell Us 'Our' Story" in November's Responses
November 25, 2020
Cristian Alvarez Tuta, Civil Engineer - Project Developer, New York City Department of Transportation let us know that says that presenting at the 2019 Annual Meeting "on alternate regulation on truck loading zones in one important Avenue of Queens, New York, gave me momentum and experience to apply for my first job as a recent grad civil engineer. I was hired by the New York City Department of...

What Will a Virtual TRBAM Be Like?What Will a Virtual TRBAM Be Like?
November 24, 2020
Planning firm Kittelson & Associates decided to seek the answers and wrote an article and created a video interviewing Ann Brach and James Bryant of TRB. As Brach says, the TRB Annual Meeting in January 2021 will be a month-long "transportation geekapalooza."
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