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Call for Nominations: Sharon D. Banks Award for Humanitarian Leadership in Transportation |
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The Transportation Research Board is seeking nominations for the Sharon D. Banks Award for Humanitarian Leadership in Transportation. This TRB award, which recognizes excellence in people-oriented initiatives throughout transportation, was inaugurated in 2002 and is presented biennially. The next presentation of the award will be made during the...
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TRB's SHRP 2 Tuesdays Webinar: DOT and Railroad Collaborations: Best Practices for Expediting Agreements and Successfully Delivering Projects (R16) |
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As part of the SHRP2 Tuesdays Webinar Series, TRB will conduct a webinar on July 9, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. ET that will explore how streamlining the coordination of public agency and railroad procedures may avoid delays, find solutions to conflict, and improve outcomes for both parties.
There is no fee to attend this webinar and other...
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TRB Webinar: Airport Planning with Uncertainty in Traffic and Fuel Price Forecasting |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on July 10, 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 airport operators and planners with tools and methodologies designed for incorporating uncertainty into air traffic and fuel price forecasting methods. Participants must...
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TRB Webinar: 2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting -- How to Survive and Thrive |
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On September 24, 2013, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET, TRB will hold a webinar designed to help both new and returning Annual Meeting attendees get the most out of their meeting experience.
The webinar will review issues related to personal planning for the meeting, including hotel reservations, airline reservations, and other basics; help...
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14th National Conference on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium–Sized Communities: Tools of the Trade |
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TRB is sponsoring the 14th National Conference on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium–Sized Communities: Tools of the Trade on July 21-23, 2014, in Burlington, Vermont.
The conference will focus on economical, ready-to-use, and practical tools and techniques designed to help transportation professionals in planning...
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Global Sustainability, Local Transportation Solutions |
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TRB is sponsoring the Global Sustainability, Local Transportation Solutions conference in the Spring of 2015. The event will be held in either Washington, D.C. or Irvine, California. The conference is designed to draw attention to the global and international aspects of transportation and sustainability, including: problems of transportation and ...
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RFP: Tools and Strategies for Eliminating Assaults against Transit Operators |
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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a various techniques transit agencies might use to prevent or mitigate assaults against transit operators. Proposals are due by August 20, 2013.
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RFP: Bus Operator Workstation Design for Improving Occupational Health and Safety |
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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop ways to help reduce bus operator injury and illness, and public liability and property damage, attributable to bus operator workstation design. This project will also develop an update to TCRP Report 25: Bus Operator Workstation Evaluation and Design...
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RFP: Manual to Improve Rail Transit Safety at Platform/Train and Platform/Guideway Interfaces |
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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a manual for practitioners to improve safety at rail public transportation platform and train, and platform and guideway interfaces. Proposals are due by August 28, 2013.
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Effects of Diluted Bitumen on Crude Oil Transmission Pipelines |
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TRB Special Report 311: Effects of Diluted Bitumen on Crude Oil Transmission Pipelines analyzes whether shipments of diluted bitumen have a greater likelihood of release from pipelines than shipments of other crude oils. The oil sands region of Canada is the source of diluted bitumen shipped by pipeline to the United States.
The committee...
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Worker Health and Safety on Offshore Wind Farms |
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TRB has released the final version of Special Report 310: Worker Health and Safety on Offshore Wind Farms that examines the hazards and risks to workers on offshore wind farms on the outer continental shelf as compared to offshore oil and gas operations; explores gaps and overlaps in jurisdictional authority for worker health and safety on...
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Nondestructive Testing to Identify Delaminations Between HMA Layers, Volume 3 - Controlled Evaluation Reports |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-R06D-RW-3: Nondestructive Testing to Identify Delaminations Between HMA Layers, Volume 3 describes the controlled evaluations used in the development of nondestructive testing (NDT) techniques capable of detecting and quantifying delaminations in HMA pavements.
SHRP 2...
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Nondestructive Testing to Identify Delaminations Between HMA Layers, Volume 4 - Uncontrolled Evaluation Reports |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-R06D-RW-4: Nondestructive Testing to Identify Delaminations Between HMA Layers, Volume 4 describes the uncontrolled evaluations used in the development of nondestructive testing (NDT) techniques capable of detecting and quantifying delaminations in HMA pavements.
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Nondestructive Testing to Identify Delaminations Between HMA Layers, Volume 5 - Field Core Verification |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-R06D-RW-5: Nondestructive Testing to Identify Delaminations Between HMA Layers, Volume 5 describes the field core verifications used in the development of nondestructive testing (NDT) techniques capable of detecting and quantifying delaminations in HMA pavements.
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Public-Sector Aviation: Graduate Research Award Papers, 2011-2012 |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2325 consists of 10 papers selected for awards in a nationwide competition under the 2011 to 2012 Graduate Research Award Program on Public-Sector Aviation Issues.
Topics explored by the papers include the effect of market entry by Southwest Airlines on...
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Presentation Guide: Operations in the 21st Century DOT: Meeting Customer Expectations |
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TRB’s Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a guide to a PowerPoint presentation that highlights the potential benefits of mainstreaming operations as a core mission and business practice of state departments of transportation (DOTs). The intended audiences for the presentation are chief executive officers (CEO) and senior...
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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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Review of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Determination of the Number of Flight Standards Safety Inspectors |
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General has released a report that evaluates how the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration assigns safety inspectors to commercial air carriers.
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Ultra-High Performance Concrete: A State-of-the-Art Report for the Bridge Community |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that documents the research, development, and deployment of ultra-high performance concrete components within the U.S. highway transportation infrastructure.
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Volpe News: New App Puts Vehicle Safety in Consumers' Hands, Volpe’s Unique Simulator Revolutionizes Breathalyzer Evaluation, and more |
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Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center, has released the latest edition of its newsletter designed to feature events and research produced by the Center. Part of the U.S. DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Volpe staff partner with public and private organizations to assess the needs of the transportation community, ...
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Assessing the Extent and Determinates of Induced Growth |
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The Montana Department of Transportation has released a report that discusses a legally defensible process for assessing the indirect land use and environmental effects of transportation projects.
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Use of High Intensity Reflective Sheeting in Lieu of External Lighting of Overhead Roadway Signs |
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The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that investigates whether high intensity reflective sheeting may be used to replace overhead sign lighting as a way to improve visibility.
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Evaluating Roadway Subsurface Drainage Practices |
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The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that discusses the performance of primary interstate pavement subdrains in Iowa and determines causes and effects of non-functioning drains.
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Evaluation of Mitigation for Safety Concerns on Low-Volume, Unpaved Rural Roads |
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The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that examines unpaved, local road segments with higher-than-average crash frequencies.
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Evaluation of Traffic-Flow Monitoring Technologies: Cicero-Midway SMART Corridor Case Study |
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The Illinois Center for Transportation at the University of Illinois has released a report that discusses probe-vehicle and sensor data evaluate the accuracy of multiple traffic-flow monitoring technologies.
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Forecasting Paratransit Services Demand: Review and Recommendations |
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The National Center for Transit Research at the University of South Florida has released a report that examines the current demand forecasting procedure, samples of other forecasting methods, and factors that may be considered when developing paratransit demand forecasting models.
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Has Motorization in the U.S. Peaked? |
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The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute has released a report that examines trends in the numbers of light-duty vehicles in the U.S. fleet.
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Risks and Recoveries from Extreme Disruptions in Freight Transportation Systems in a Megacity: Case Study for the Greater Los Angeles Area |
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The METRANS Transportation Center at the University of Southern California and California State University-Long Beach has released a report that discusses the risks, recovery strategies, and economic impacts for transportation systems in megacities when faced with extreme events such as earthquakes.
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WorkZoneQ User Guide for Two-Lane Freeway Work Zones |
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The Illinois Center for Transportation at the University of Illinois has released a report that contains a guide—called WorkZoneQ— for computing queue length, delays, costs, and congestion duration in freeway work zones.
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Creating Universal Access to Safe, Clean and Affordable Transport: Status Report |
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The Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport has released a report that reviews the role of transport as a building block for sustainable development and poverty reduction.
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Improvement of Visual Road Condition Data |
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The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a report that investigates the effectiveness of the country’s road condition rating system as a way to improve the accuracy and confidence in the data collected.
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Measurement of Fuel Consumption on Asphalt and Concrete Pavements North of Uppsala: Measurements with Light and Heavy Goods Vehicle |
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VTI—the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute has released a report that considers differences in fuel consumption on asphalt and concrete pavements to inform life cycle cost calculations and choice of pavement material. This report is written in Swedish and contains a summary in English.
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Practices on Involvement of Local Community in Rural Roads |
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The World Road Association has released a report that that discusses factors that can affect community participation in rural road development projects in developing countries.
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Reported Road Casualties in Great Britain: Main Results 2012 |
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The Department for Transport in the United Kingdom has released a report that presents statistics on personal-injury accidents in 2012 on public roads and sidewalks in the United Kingdom.
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Risk on the Roads: A Male Problem? The Role of Gender in Road Safety |
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The European Transport Safety Council has released its Road Safety Performance Index that compares male and female death rates in road collisions in the European Union during 2011.
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Safe Accessibility: Summarised Results |
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VTI—the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, has released a report that evaluates two-lane roads with median-milled rumble strips, divided roads, motorways with shoulder rumble strips, and roads with oncoming traffic separation. This report is written in Swedish and contains a summary in English.
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Alcohol Interlock Programs: Data Management System Implementation |
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The Traffic Injury Research Foundation has released a report that discusses an automated alcohol ignition interlock reporting system that automates routine tasks relating to the management of those caught drinking and driving.
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Hearing on Airline Mergers |
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On June 19, 2013, the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security held a hearing that focused on the merger of two major U.S. airline companies. A webcast, opening statement, and witness testimonies are available online.
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Speeding-Related Fatal Crashes Among Teen Drivers and Opportunities for Reducing the Risks |
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The Governors Highway Safety Association has released a report that proposes actions that parents of teens can take to reduce speeding-related fatal crashes.
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