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2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting and Transportation Research Record: Paper Submissions Due August 1, 2013 |
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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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2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting and Transportation Research Record: Exhibits and Additional Marketing Opportunities |
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TRB is offering four opportunities—commercial exhibits, printed Final Program 4-color advertising, (NEW) Mobile App support, and the Annual Meeting Patron program with enhanced benefits—for businesses and other organizations to showcase their products and services, and to show their support for transportation research and innovation at the TRB...
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TRB Webinar: High to Low Speed Transition Zone Design and Mitigation |
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TRB Webinar: Fill Types for Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls with Galvanized Steel: North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Use of NCHRP Report 675 |
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TRB Webinar: Impacts of Wide Base Tires on Pavement Performance |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on September 10, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. ET that will explore a methodology to compare the effect of the new generation wide-base tires and dual tire assembly on flexible pavement damage. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. A certificate ...
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RFP: Applying an SMS Approach to Wildlife Hazard Management |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a document to introduce and guide the application of a risk-based approach to wildlife hazard management programs and outline additional steps for integrating such programs into an airport’s safety management system (SMS). Proposals are due September...
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SHRP 2 Project Brief: Innovations in Freight Demand Modeling and Data |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a project brief that summarizes SHRP 2 Capacity project C20: Freight Demand Modeling and Data Improvement Strategic Plan, which documented the current state of the practice for freight demand modeling and the data required for effective freight modeling, data collection, and...
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SHRP 2 Project Brief: A National Traffic Incident Management Training Course for Incident Responders and Managers |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a project brief that describes a series of SHRP 2 projects that developed and are helping to refine a National Traffic Incident Management Training Course for first-responders and managers. The course is designed to help to strengthen interdisciplinary traffic incident...
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Winter Maintenance and Preservation 2013 |
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TRB Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2329 consists of eight papers that explore highway anti-icer performance, remote sensing of weather and road surface conditions, statewide benefits of winter maintenance operations, measurement of salt on winter pavements, rural variable speed limits, extreme...
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Crash Energy Management: An Overview of Federal Railroad Administration Research |
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A featured article in the May-June 2013 TR News explores the results of a series of six impact tests to assess the crashworthiness of rail passenger equipment, both conventional and with crash energy management features.
The TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice...
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Engineering Aviation Security Environments--Reduction of False Alarms in Computed Tomography-Based Screening of Checked Baggage |
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The National Materials and Manufacturing Board, part of the National Academies’ Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (DEPS) has released a report that examines the technology of current aviation-security explosive detection systems (EDSs) and false positives produced by this equipment. The committee that produced the report examined and...
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Identification of Nondestructive Evaluation Needs for the United States Highway Infrastructure |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a program fact sheet that lists nondestructive evaluation needs for highway infrastructure, as identified by nationally-recognized nondestructive evaluation experts.
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Review of the National Transportation Safety Board’s Management and Operations |
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that examined the extent to which the National Transportation Safety Board achieved desired outcomes in the areas of workforce, financial, and data management.
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Seat Belt Use in 2012—Use Rates in the States and Territories |
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a facts sheet that summarizes state-by-state trends in seatbelt usage.
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State Traffic Data |
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a facts sheet that summarizes state-by-state trends in traffic fatalities using 2011 data.
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Investigation into Effective Traffic Noise Abatement Design Solutions for Mountain Corridors |
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The Colorado Department of Transportation has released a report that examines best practices from around the world for mitigating traffic noise in mountain corridors.
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Long-Term Monitoring of Mechanical Properties of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Repair Materials |
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The Colorado Department of Transportation has released a report that evaluated the condition of fiber-reinforced polymer repair materials by using onsite inspection and pull-off tests, as well as laboratory tests of tensile strength.
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Michigan Department of Transportation State Planning and Research Part II Program: Research and Implementation Manual |
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The Michigan Department of Transportation has released a report that describes the administrative processes—including program development, project administration, and federal funding requirements—used to implement its research program.
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Seagrass Mitigation Site Modeling and Assessment |
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The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that describes the spatial and temporal changes occurring at a spoil island—an island created by dredging along a waterway—in Florida.
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Structural Design Parameters of Current WSDOT Department of Transportation Mixtures |
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The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has released a report that evaluates the performance properties of approved WSDOT concrete mixtures and compares them to relevant provisions within the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ (AASHTO) Load and Resistance Factor Design specifications.
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Synthesis of the Advance in and Application of Fractal Characteristics of Traffic Flow |
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The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that provides a synthesis of existing applications of fractal theory and its applications in traffic management for predicting traffic flow and improving overall safety of the road network.
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Bridge Decks: Mitigation of Cracking and Increased Durability |
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The Illinois Center for Transportation at the University of Illinois has released a report that discusses the application of expansive cements and shrinkage-reducing admixtures in reducing cracking due to drying shrinkage.
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Has Motorization in the U.S. Peaked? Part 2: Use of Light-Duty Vehicles |
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The Transportation Research Institute at the University of Michigan has released a report that explores recent trends in distances driven by light-duty vehicles in the U.S. from 1984-2011.
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Measuring the Performance of Livability Programs |
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The Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University has released a report that analyzes the performance measurement processes adopted by five large livability programs in the United States.
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Modeling Vehicle-to-Vehicle Line of Sight Channels and its Impact on Application-Level Performance Metrics |
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Carnegie Mellon University has released a report that analyzes line of sight channels in vehicle-to-vehicle communication by using measurements from open space, highway, suburban, and urban environments.
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A Qualitative Analysis of Bus Simulator Training on Transit Incidents: A Case Study in Florida |
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The National Center for Transit Research at the University of South Florida has released a report that discusses how three Florida public transit agencies incorporated and integrated computer-based transit bus simulators into their existing bus operator training programs.
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World Transit Research Newsletter: July 2013 |
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Monash University’s Institute of Transport Studies has released the latest issue of its bimonthly newsletter that is designed to highlight recently added items to the World Transit Research database.
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Data Availability for Measuring and Reporting Transport related Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Chinese Cities |
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The People’s Republic of China’s Institute of Comprehensive Transportation has released a report that provides an overview of data quality and availability with regards to modeling carbon emissions in China’s urban transport sector.
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Hearing on Causes of Delays to the Federal Aviation Administration’s NextGen Program |
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On July 17, 2013, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing to outline issues that the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General identified with NextGen implementation. A video of the hearing is available online.
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Hearing on Oversight of MAP-21’s Program Enhancements |
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On July 24, 2013, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing to examine program enhancements to MAP-21’s Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act. Witness statements are available online.
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