TRB conducted a webinar on Thursday, August 18, 2016 from 1:00PM to 2:30PM ET that focuses on the rapid changes in the surface transportation maintenance and operations workforce. Factors such as increasing retirement rates, downsizing staff, recruiting and retaining qualified employees, shifting responsibilities, and expanding the use of advanced technologies are influencing these changes. This webinar examined two social factors and two groups of potential workers that have not been fully engaged in ma...

TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-R03-RW-1: Identifying and Reducing Workforce Fatigue in Rapid Renewal Projects documents worker fatigue impacts during rapid renewal operations in the highway construction industry; and describes development of an integrated fatigue management toolkit. SHRP 2 Report S2-R03-RW-1 is only available electronically. The same project that developed SHRP 2 Report S2-R03-RW-1 also produced a  Guide to Identifying and Reducing Workf...

Conduct of Research (ABG10) Technology Transfer (ABG30) DATE: June 6-7, 2011 LOCATION: The National Academies Keck Center 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 HOTEL INFORMATION: Courtyard Convention Center ($211 group rate) 900 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202-638-4600 CONTACT: Jason Bittner

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 13: Effective Practices for Preparing Airport Improvement Program Benefit-Cost Analysis explores assessment techniques that can be used by airports in performing benefit-cost analysis for hard-to-quantify benefits from projects needing more than $5 million in Airport Improvement Program discretionary funding.

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Results Digest 6: Guidance for Identifying and Mitigating Approach Lighting System Hazards is designed to assist with defining response procedures to mitigate or reduce the hazards associated with aircraft and approach lighting system incidents.  Additional information on the project that developed ACRP RRD 6 was published as ACRP Web-Only Document 4 : Contractor’s Final Report for ACRP RRD 6: Guidance for Identifying and Mitigating Approac...

View and listen to selected presentations given at the TRB 87th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. , on January 13-17, 2008 , as part of the TRB’s Conference Recording series. The TRB Conference Recording series is designed to bring information presented at TRB conferences and meetings to those who were not able to attend.   To request an archived recording, email Reggie Gillum .     There is no fee for employees of TRB sponsors to receive this recording. Others must pay $8...