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2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting and Transportation Research Record: Paper Submission Website Now Open |
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TRB is accepting papers for consideration as part of the program for the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2014, in Washington, D.C, and for publication in the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR). The spotlight theme for the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting is Celebrating Our Legacy, Anticipating Our ... |
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TRB Webinar: Performance Specifications for Rapid Renewal (R07) |
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As part of the SHRP2 Tuesdays Webinar Series, TRB will conduct a webinar on June 11, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. ET that will explore the project Performance Specifications for Rapid Renewal, which addresses the obstacles of defining fair and meaningful specification requirements when implementing rapid renewal performance specifications .... |
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TRB Webinar: Managing Small Airports |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on June 12, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. ET that will feature research conducted by TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) on providing small airport administrators with resources to support effective business and management decisions. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is no fee ... |
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Waste Management and Resource Efficiency in Transportation Summer Conference |
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TRB is sponsoring the Waste Management and Resource Efficiency in Transportation Summer Conference on July 14-17, 2013, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The conference will address toxic and hazardous materials tracking, pollution prevention, product substitution and green designs, recycling and reuse of materials, environmental site assessment... |
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LOI: A Review of Methods to Forecast Major Revenue Sources for Surface Transportation Programs / Survey of State and Local Government Implementation of Non-Gas Tax Revenue Sources for Surface Transportation Infrastructure |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis Program has issued a request for letters of interest to synthesize information on methods used to forecast state and local governments’ gas and non-gas revenue sources for transportation programs; and on the methods used to forecast the governments’ use of non-gas revenue... |
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LOI: Practices for Developing Transparent Best Value Selection Procedures |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis Program has issued a request for letters of interest to synthesize information related to the transparency of best value selection procedures to deliver transportation projects. Information on consultants letters of interest, qualifications, and the submission process are... |
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LOI: Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (Job Order) Contracting Effective Practices |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis Program has issued a request for letters of interest to explore the use of indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts by state transportation agencies for highway design, construction, and maintenance projects. The project will examine advertising; procurement... |
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LOI: Current practices to set a DBE Goal on Design Build Projects |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis Program has issued a request for letters of interest to synthesize problems that state departments of transportation face with design-build projects with setting disadvantaged business enterprise contract goals and monitoring compliance on those goals. Information on... |
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LOI: Design and Load Testing of Large Diameter Driven Pipe Piles |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis Program has issued a request for letters of interest to synthesize current practices used by state departments of transportation for the design, testing, and use of large diameter-driven pipe piles in highway applications. Information on consultants letters of interest,... |
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LOI: Service Life of Drainage Structures |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis Program has issued a request for letters of interest to synthesize methodologies for establishing drainage structures design service life and material service life; developing definitions of the end-of-useful service life for culvert materials; and developing a catalog of models ... |
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LOI: The Impacts of Energy Developments on U.S. Roads and Bridges |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis Program has issued a request for letters of interest to document the impacts of the energy sector on state roads and bridges and the strategies in use by transportation system managers to minimize these impacts. Information on consultants letters of interest, qualifications,... |
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LOI: Active and Passive Methods for Slowing Traffic in Work Zones: Technology and Procedures |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis Program has issued a request for letters of interest to synthesize information on the effectiveness of various combinations of active (law enforcement) and passive (technology) methods of speed and queue control in work zones. Information on consultants letters of interest,... |
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A Chronicle of Research and TRB Turns 50: Highlighting the Fifth Decade of TR News |
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The 50th anniversary of TRB’s magazine provides an occasion to look back at recent highlights and emerging themes, including climate change, the environment, security, technology applications, international research collaboration, lessons from transportation history, and more. TRB history buffs might also like to look back at article that... |
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Assessment of Continuous Pavement Deflection Measuring Technologies |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-R06F-RW-1: Assessment of Continuous Pavement Deflection Measuring Technologies catalogues existing continuous deflection measuring technologies and assesses the capabilities of select devices. It also includes case studies that illustrate the application of the... |
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Precast Concrete Pavement Technology |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-R05-RR-1: Precast Concrete Pavement Technology reviews the available precast concrete pavement (PCP) systems; summarizes PCP applications; and offers suggested guidelines for the design, fabrication, installation, and selection of PCP systems. |
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Incorporating Greenhouse Gas Emissions into Transportation Planning and Decision Making |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a project brief that summarizes the results of SHRP 2 Capacity Project C09, Incorporating Greenhouse Gas Emissions into the Collaborative Decision-Making Process. The products of this research project include Incorporating Greenhouse Gas Emissions into the... |
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Pollutant Load Reductions for Total Maximum Daily Loads for Highways |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 444, Pollutant Load Reductions for Total Maximum Daily Loads for Highways presents information on the types of structural and non-structural best management practices currently being used by state departments of transportation, including performance and cost data. |
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Freight Data Sharing Guidebook |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 25: Freight Data Sharing Guidebook provides a series of guidelines for sharing freight data, primarily between public and private freight stakeholders. The report identifies barriers and motivators to successful data sharing, offers guidelines for freight data sharing, and... |
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Use of Electronic Passenger Information Signage in Transit |
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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 104: Use of Electronic Passenger Information Signage in Transit documents U.S. and international use of electronic passenger information signage in terms of the underlying technology, sign technology, characteristics of the information, resources required, and decision processes used to... |
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Issues with Airport Organization and Reorganization |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 40: Issues with Airport Organization and Reorganization examines organizational design, and current trends and practices in airport management. |
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Transportation Security: A Summary of Transportation Research Board Activities |
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A slideshow summary of the Transportation Research Board's pre- and post-September 11, 2001, transportation security activities is updated monthly. |
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TRB Security, Emergency Management, and Infrastructure Protection Research Status Report |
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Since September 11, 2001, 145 security-, emergency management-, and infrastructure protection-related planning and implementation projects have been initiated through programs managed by the Transportation Research Board (TRB). One hundred eleven of these projects have been completed; 24 projects are in progress; and 10 projects have contracts... |
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Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities in 2012 |
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a fact sheet that summarizes statistical projections of traffic fatalities in 2012. |
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Motorcycle Helmet Use in 2012 – Overall Results |
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a fact sheet that details the use of compliant motorcycle helmets between the years of 2011 and 2012. |
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Public Roads: May/June 2013 |
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The latest issue of the Federal Highway Administration's Public Roads magazine has been released. The magazine highlights developments in federal highway policies, programs, and research and technology. |
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Evaluation of Free Flow Speeds on Interrupted Flow Facilities |
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The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that compares a model for predicting segment free flow speed by adding five miles per hour to the posted speed limit to another procedure of using the posted speed limit. |
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Design and Evaluation of Foamed Asphalt Base Materials |
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The Maryland State Highway Administration has released a report that discusses foamed asphalt base materials mix design procedures, engineering and structural design properties, guidelines for production and placement, and best practices for quality assurance. |
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Detection of Sinkholes or Anomalies Using Full Seismic Wave Fields |
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The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that presents an application of two-dimensional time-domain waveform tomography for detection of embedded sinkholes and anomalies. |
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Go! – May 2013 |
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The Center for Transportation Research and Education at Iowa State University has released the latest issue of Go! magazine. Go! is an online magazine for teens and young adults that explores the world of transportation and careers they can find there. |
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Project Evaluation Toolkit for Abstracted Networks: Final Implementation Report |
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The Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas at Austin has released a report that summarizes its project evaluation toolkit for abstracted networks and the implications and future applications of the work. |
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A Web-Based Pavement Performance and Maintenance Management and GIS Mapping System for Easy Access to Pavement Condition Information: Final Report |
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The Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas at Austin has released a report that explains an interactive, web-based system for pavement maintenance management, including a GIS module for displaying the project management information system. |
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Motion Magazine: May 2013 |
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The International Transport Forum has released the latest issue of its magazine, which in this edition, tracks funding dilemmas in transportation. |
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Void Content of Asphalt Cores: Evaluation of Test Methods for the Determination of Bulk Density |
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VTI, the Swedish National Road and Research Institute, has released a report that compares the water method with the paraffin method to clarify their applicability in evaluating the quality of asphalt pavement. The report is written in Swedish and contains a summary in English. |
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Development of a Public Transport Investment Model |
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The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a report that develops an economic modeling tool for making public transport investment decisions, including one for estimating optimal public transport subsidies. |
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A Review of the Effectiveness of Emergency Locator Transmitters in Aviation Accidents |
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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released a report that identifies safety concerns regarding the operation of emergency locator transmitters and presents data on the effectiveness of activating them after an accident. |
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Drink Driving Monitor: May 2013 |
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The European Transport Safety Council has released the latest issue of its bi-monthly newsletter that provides updates on transport safety matters in the European Union and on policy developments in individual Member States. |
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Guide to the Selection and Use of Polymer Modified Binders and Multigrade Bitumens |
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Austroads has released a report that provides guidance in the selection of modified binders— including multigrade bitumens—for different treatments and service conditions. |
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