The transportation industry faces a wide range of plausible future scenarios that may affect standard practices over the next 30 to 50 years. Because the range of possibilities over such a long-term period is quite broad, making a focused prediction of the implications for highway infrastructure preservation, maintenance, and renewal (PMR) is quite challenging. TRB is hosting a webinar on Thursday, July 23, 2020 from 2:00 to 3:00 PM Eastern that will examine some of the long-term strategic issues affecti...

The use of performance measures and data informs transportation decision making. TRB will conduct a webinar on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM Eastern that will provide an overview of Transportation Research Circular E-C263: Conference on Performance and Data in Transportation Decision Making . The e-Circular summarizes a conference from September 2019 that brought together practitioners involved in all aspects of transportation planning, programming, and the decision making process. ...

Convened by Transportation Research Board, the Geospatial Acquisition Technologies in Design and Construction Summer Committee Meeting will be held online August 4-6, 2020. Topics include photogrammetric technology, importance of accurate geospatial mapping — especially considering autonomous vehicles — new methods in survey techniques and computations, LiDAR and other existing and emerging technologies, the roll of mobile imaging in 3D digital project delivery, case histories, and on-going projects rela...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals (1) to develop a functional characterization of the interests of AASHTO’s committees, with specific attention to the interrelationships among committees that may warrant particular efforts to encourage collaboration; and (2) to use this characterization as a basis for suggesting practices for enhancing productivity of member engagement, collaboration, and sharing of information. Proposals are due August 20, 202...

Urban Heat Islands (UHI) are a common phenomenon in which urban areas are warmer than adjacent rural areas. As the climate continues to change and more people move into urban areas, the UHI effect becomes more pronounced, especially with regards to energy consumption and public health. TRB will host a webinar on Thursday, August 13, 2020 from 1:00-2:30 PM Eastern that will synthesize knowledge of pavement technologies that have the potential to mitigate the UHI effect. Presenters will discuss permeable p...

Does your organization practice effective Performance Management (PM)? TRB will host a webinar on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 from 2:00-3:30 PM Eastern that will explore the Transportation Performance Management Portal, which is a product of the Transportation Pooled Fund Program. The Portal illustrates PM best practices and fosters collaboration between state departments of transportation and the Federal Highway Administration. Presenters will describe the Portal’s repository for PM resources that may he...

How can the quality of pavement markings be improved in a cost-effective and efficient manner? TRB will conduct a webinar on Monday, August 10, 2020 from 2:00-3:30 PM Eastern that will discuss how organizations can use field trials as tools for improving pavement markings. Presenters will describe transverse test decks that may be used to evaluate pavement markings, explaining how to choose the design parameters. The webinar will explore how to mine existing data and compare products, and presenters will...

TRB standing committees will be reviewing submissions for the 2021 TRB Annual Meeting and potential publication in the Transportation Research Record (TRR). We welcome submissions on all modes of transportation and relevant transportation-related research. Because of committee restructuring, individual committees will not be issuing Calls for Paper this year. However, in addition to the general call for transportation-related papers, TRB and TRR invite research papers addressing the subjects of Racial In...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to complete the development and implementation of the Intercity Bus Atlas (ICBA) as an ongoing, comprehensive and publicly available inventory of intercity bus services. In particular, research is needed to populate the ICBA with General Transit Feed Specification data. Proposals are due August 20, 2020 by 5:00 PM Eastern.

The TRB Technical Activities Division’s Standing Committee on Public Involvement in Transportation is holding its 14th annual John and Jane Q. Public Communications Contest. TRB seeks best practices in successfully communicating with John and Jane Q. Public during disruptive, crisis situations that affect the transportation industry. The John and Jane Q. Public Communications contest recognizes excellence in communications on technical transportation topics or issues to lay persons. The deadline to ...