Act now to secure your exhibit space at the 2020 TRB Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2020, 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. Some  200 organizations  have already secured space to be part of the 2020 exhibit, but prime locations ...

The Transportation Research Board thanks its 2020 TRB 99th 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 99th Annual Meeting will be held January 12-16, 2020, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, D.C. The information-packed program is expected to attract more than 13,000 transportation profe...

TRB officially turns 100 on November 11, 2020. To help celebrate the centennial TRB is asking you to “Tell Us ‘Our’ Story.” The TRB “Tell Us ‘Our’ Story" centennial activity is designed to allow as many of you (TRB’s volunteers and friends) as possible to participate in the TRB Centennial Celebration through the submission of your stories, which are our stories. The “Tell Us ‘Our” Story” centennial activity consists of a series of monthly questions that will help capture your stories. This month’s quest...

In a letter from the Editorial Board of TR News, the many changes and updates that TRB's official magazine is undergoing are detailed. The magazine is starting now to be available digitally to subscribers and members of TRB committees and panels. A free year-long subscription will also be available to people who submit articles that get published. So email us now to become a subscriber . And don't miss a single issue of TR News!

TRB's Cooperative Research Programs in partnership with the U.S. Federal Highway Administration has issued a request for proposals to evaluate the business case for building information modeling (BIM) in the United States. Proposals should quantify how adopting enterprise-wide BIM systems can provide increased agency efficiencies and foster advanced, comprehensive lifecycle management of enterprise assets. Proposals are due January 7, 2020.

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to prepare a guidebook with assessment tools to help airports develop, monitor, and evaluate programs and services that improve the airport experience for travelers with disabilities and older adults. Proposals are due January 30, 2020.

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop and disseminate a practitioner-ready guidebook for state departments of transportation that is focused on methods for the target-setting component of transportation performance management. Proposals are due January 29, 2020.

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a guidebook to help state departments of transportation and the transportation construction industry develop and maintain a training and certification program for construction inspectors (CI) that is responsive to the changes affecting the CI workforce. Proposals are due January 30, 2020.

TRB is sponsoring the 2020 Conference on Sustainability and New Transportation Technologies ( SETT ) from August 31-September 2, 2020 in Irvine, California. The conference themed Shaping the Future of Mobility will address questions around how policy-makers, the private sector, and others can work together to support transportation innovations in way that promotes sustainability and benefits all users of the transportation system. In many cases, transportation technologies and new approaches to mobi...

In 1863 the National Academy of Sciences, TRB's parent organization, took on two studies on ironclad ships.  The Academies' presence in the marine industry remains strong to this day as detailed in part by TRB's Marine Group Centennial Paper - Advancing Knowledge of the Marine Transportation System.  As part of TRB's Centennial Celebration, the Technical Activities Council invited all standing committees to submit a Centennial Paper. The Centennial Papers showcase TRB’s standing committees’ pas...