Airports are increasingly becoming places where people dine, shop, relax, work, and interact. What do travelers think about these experiences? TRB is hosting a webinar on Monday, October 18, 2021 from 1:00 to 2:30 PM Eastern that will help airports better understand the airport journey from the traveler’s perspective. Presenters will take a customer-centered approach to illuminate ways airports can better meet their customers’ evolving needs. They will also share findings from interviews with airports, ...

Natural hazards, from hurricanes to earthquakes, too often become disasters that wreak havoc on transportation systems. TRB will host a webinar on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 from 1:00 to 2:30 PM Eastern to discuss transportation systems resilience, which is the ability to prepare for and adapt to changing conditions and to withstand and recover rapidly from disruption. Resilience is vitally important, but increasingly challenging when resilience enhancement investments compete against projects that may pr...

The Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Executive Committee has established the Robert E. Skinner, Jr. Distinguished Transportation Research Management Award to recognize outstanding achievement in management, administration, promotion, fostering, and implementation of transportation research. The award is named for Robert E. Skinner, Jr. who served TRB for more than 30 years, including 21 years as its executive director from 1994 to 2015. Under Mr. Skinner’s oversight, TRB significantly strengthened t...

What do you know about national and international alkali silica reactivity (ASR) standards? TRB will host a webinar on Thursday, October 14, 2021 from 1:00-2:30 PM Eastern that will discuss how ASR standards are applied in practice. Presenters will provide case studies that focus on how U.S. standards compare to those around the world and identify prevention/mitigation programs. They will also discuss the aggregate approval process. This webinar is sponsored by the Technical Standing Committee on Durabi...

State departments of transportation (DOTs) have adapted their organizations, institutional arrangements, and management practices to improve transportation system performance and resilience capacity by adopting new technologies. TRB will host a webinar on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 from 1:00-2:30 PM Eastern that will highlight various successful examples of agencies adopting new technologies. Presenters will explore the institutional and management changes credited for the success. They will also discu...

How can airport leaders and managers cultivate talented employees? TRB is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 from 1:00 to 2:30 PM Eastern that will provide implementable ways to strengthen the workforce and enhance knowledge transfer within airports. Presenters will discuss a playbook, which includes tactical, strategic, and structural approaches for attracting new employees, from entry-level to leadership positions. They will identify methods that work for airports of different types and si...

Equity concerns have surrounded the implementation and operation of priced managed lanes. TRB will host a webinar on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 from 2:00-3:30 PM Eastern that will present case studies which have successfully implemented equity programs in their priced managed lane facilities. Public agencies implementing mobility projects must prove that these projects are not inequitable, yet often demographic and geographic data of priced managed lane users is not available. Presenters will identify w...

 Laboratory testing and field experience have shown that highway concrete should be properly air entrained to resist the action of freezing and thawing, particularly in wet climates. TRB will host a webinar on Tuesday, October 26, 2021 from 1:00-2:30 PM Eastern that will investigate requirements for the air-void system parameters of concrete used in highway pavements and structures. Presenters will discuss the proposed modifications to the current AASHTO test methods for evaluating concrete resistance to...

In recognition of his outstanding service to TRB and safety-critical systems research, Vincent Valdes is the 2021 recipient of the W.N. Carey, Jr., Distinguished Service Award . Mr. Valdes is the is the Executive Director of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) , the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization for a ten-county region including the City of Pittsburgh, where he leads a team of planners, program managers, transportation specialists and engineers working to create a common r...

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