The spotlight theme for the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2014, in Washington, D.C., is Celebrating Our Legacy, Anticipating Our Future. This theme reflects the last year of the Annual Meeting at the Connecticut Avenue hotels, where it has been for nearly 60 years, and the move to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in 2015. Numerous sessions and workshops will be included in the program in recognition of this historic milestone. The TRB 93rd Annual Meeting will cover all transporta...

TRB congratulates the recently announced White House Transportation Champions of Change, who were recognized for their leadership in developing or implementing transportation technology solutions to enhance performance, reduce congestion, improve safety, and facilitate communication across the transportation industry at the local, state or national level. Those recognized as Transportation Champions of Change, many of whom have been actively involved with TRB, are: • Jeralee Anderson, Executive Director,...

TRB will conduct a webinar on June 19, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. ET that will present basic concepts for implementing roundabouts to guide agencies in conducting community outreach during the implementation process. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. A certificate for 2 Professional Development Hours (PDH) will be provided to attendees who register and attend the webinar as an individual. This webinar is pending approval by the Ame...

TRB will conduct a webinar on May 23, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. ET that will explore the basics of an economic analysis tool called the Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) and how it can be used in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) legislation. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. A certificate for 2 Professional Development Hours (PDH) will be provided to attendees who register and attend the webinar as an indiv...

TRB will conduct a webinar on May 29, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. ET that will present the results of a recently completed pooled fund research project on subsurface drainage for slope stabilization. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. A certificate for 2 Professional Development Hours (PDH) will be provided to attendees who register and attend the webinar as an individual. This first webinar of a two-part series will introduce the re...

TRB will conduct a webinar on June 25, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. ET that will present the results of a recently completed pooled fund research project on subsurface drainage for slope stabilization. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. A certificate for 2 Professional Development Hours (PDH) will be provided to attendees who register and attend the webinar as an individual. This second webinar of a two-part series will introduce grou...

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Gulf of Mexico Program has recently released the first issue of its “e-updates” that will periodically—1-2 times per month—report on the activities of the program. You may  subscribe to e-updates online.  Additional information on the NAS Gulf Program is available through the program’s website. When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in April 2010, killing 11 workers, it resulted in the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. Impacts of the approximate...

Preliminary descriptions of projects expected to be undertaken as part of TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) fiscal year 2014 activities are available for review. These projects do not represent the entire NCHRP FY 2014 program, only those for which requests for proposals are expected to be issued during August and September of this year. Deadlines for proposals vary, but are generally in October and November. Announcements of the requests for proposals on these projects will be ...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) is soliciting nominees to serve on oversight panels for new projects being established under the NCHRP's FY 2014 program. Nominees should have expertise directly relevant to the proposed project topic. To help identify nominees who are members of historically underrepresented groups, TRB encourages the nomination of women and members of minority groups. Panels for the new projects are scheduled to meet beginning in late July through September. P...

TRB is sponsoring the 52nd Annual Workshop on Transportation Law on July 21-24, 2013, in Nashville, Tennessee. The workshop is designed to bring together lawyers from federal, state, and local agencies and the private sector who work in all areas of transportation law.  Attendees will have the opportunity to share ideas and learn from the experiences of their colleagues. Advance registration expires June 22, 2013.