TRB will conduct a webinar on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET that features research from the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP)’s Research Report 197 : Tools for a Sustainable Transit Agency. This research explores the development of two tools for improving sustainability at transit agencies, the Sustainability Routemap and the S+ROI Calculator, which address transit sustainability through simplifying, translating, and implementing existing knowledge in new ways. These tools, av...

TRB will conduct a webinar on Thursday, June 7, 2018 from 2:00 PM to 4:00P M ET that that will discuss the concept of fracture critical members (FCMs) in steel bridges. Over the past decade, there have been various notions about what constitutes an FCM, but it was not clearly defined. This webinar will present recent research and specifications on methods to establish if a member should be classified as an FCM or not.  Presenters will provide background to the development of the proposed guide and p...

TRB is cosponsoring a webinar on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 from 2:00-3:30 PM ET that features the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 136 : Contracting Fixed-Route Bus Transit Service. Participants should  register in advance . The National Transit Institute (NTI) is sponsoring this webinar, and there is no fee to register for this event. This webinar will provide an overview of information that can assist transit agencies in their decision-making processes as they consider con...

TRB is cosponsoring the Ninth International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (SHMII-9) on August 4-7, 2019, in St. Louis, Missouri. Submit abstracts online  within one of the conference tracks and topics by June 1, 2018.  If you are interested in proposing a special session with five or six abstracts, please submit your session proposal (one page with a list of abstract titles and authors) to shmii-9@mst.edu with a subject “Special Session: Title.” We wil...

The Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) is pleased to announce the launch of its newly redesigned primary home page: http://www.trb.org/TCRP/TCRP.aspx . The new landing page has been designed to ensure visitors are provided with a user-friendly experience across all digital platforms, including desktops, tablets, and phones. The TCRP website provides information on the active and completed projects of TCRP and sections devoted to TCRP subprograms for Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (ID...

The TRB community extends condolences to the family and friends of Dr. Anthony "Tony" Kane, who passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Dr. Kane served as an ex officio member of the TRB Executive Committee and was an active volunteer with TRB since 1977. “Tony Kane is someone whose professionalism, friendship, and passion, especially for safety, we all admired and benefited from." states Neil Pedersen, TRB's Executive Director. "He was a great leader of both of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) an...

Carlos M. Braceras, P.E., has been newly appointed to serve on the TRB Executive Committee. Braceras began his tenure as executive director of the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) in May 2013. In this capacity, he is responsible for UDOT's more than 1,600 employees and the design, construction, and maintenance of Utah's 6,000-mile system of roads and highways. Braceras joined UDOT in 1986. Prior to his appointment as executive director, he served as deputy director for 12 years. Braceras has also...

TRB standing committees have issued calls for papers for the 98th TRB Annual Meeting, January 13-17, 2019, in Washington, D.C, and/or the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR) . Please create or update your MyTRB profile now if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, submit a paper for presentation, and/or submit a paper for publication. Calls for papers are beginning to be posted now so that you will have the maximum amount of time to respond to them. Also, pl...

TRB’s Transportation Research Record journal is implementing a new paper peer review system, Editorial Manager, to provide enhanced flexibility, security, and system performance. TRB’s Technical Activities Division has elected to integrate its peer-review paper process with Editorial Manager, a commercial peer review software product developed and supported by Aries Systems. Editorial Manager will provide enhanced flexibility, security, and system performance as well as automatic annual upgrades that wil...

TRB is seeking potential synthesis study topics as part of the upcoming activities of the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP). Topics may be submitted at any time; however, the deadline for the upcoming submission cycle is September 21, 2018. This year, submit topics through ACRP’s IdeaHub . Sign into IdeaHub using a previously created MyACRP information, or register with MyACRP. Upon entering IdeaHub: Click on IDEAS. Click on CREATE NEW IDEA (upper right of the screen). Choose a Research To...