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2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Joseph Schofer, 2014 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lecture |
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“Moving the Goods: Performance Measures and the Value Proposition for Freight Projects” is the title of the lecture that Dr. Joseph Schofer will deliver as the recipient of the 2014 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship award. Dr. Schofer is a leading expert in the planning and management of transportation systems, particularly the provision...
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2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Workshop Information |
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Titles, times, hotel locations, and brief descriptions for each of the more than 130 specialty workshops being held on Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday as part of the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2014, in Washington, D.C., are now available. Annual Meeting registration, for at least the day of the workshop, is required. All workshops are...
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TRB Outstanding Young Member Award |
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TRB’s Young Members Council is accepting nominations for the Outstanding Young Member Award. This award recognizes exceptional young member service to TRB and achievements in transportation research, policy, or practice. Nomination packages are due by October 16, 2013.
The award is be given annually to a TRB volunteer who is 35 years of age or...
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Second Round of the SHRP 2 Implementation Assistance Program Announced |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) have announced that the second round of funding is now available through the Implementation Assistance Program for products of the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2).
Applications are due September...
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TRB Webinar: Low-Cost, Sustainable Shallow Slope Stabilization and Erosion Control Treatments |
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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: Lessons Learned from State DOT Activities Addressing Data for Decision Making and Performance Measures |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on September 23, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. ET that will explore the process of turning data into information to make sound decisions within state and metropolitan transportation agencies. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. A certificate for 1.5...
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Road Dust Best Management Practices Conference 2014* |
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TRB is cosponsoring the Road Dust Best Management Practices Conference February 4-5, 2014, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The conference will examine current practices and help identify potential future research needs for gravel roads, with specific focus on the loss of fine particles in the form of dust.
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7th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium: Visualization for Big Data |
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TRB is sponsoring the 7th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium: Visualization for Big Data on October 23-25, 2013, in Irvine, California. The goal of the 2013 Symposium is to advance innovation in visualization for transportation applications through the exchange of information, to create a collaborative environment that...
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Development of Freight Fluidity Performance Measurements |
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TRB is sponsoring the Development of Freight Fluidity Performance Measurements workshop May 21-22, 2014, in Washington, D.C. The workshop is designed to explore methodologies and datasets that would allow for the identification and widespread adoption of freight fluidity and performance measures in the United States.
For additional...
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9th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges (SMSB-IX)* |
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TRB is cosponsoring the Ninth International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges on July 15-18, 2014, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The conference will address the planning, design, construction, and management of short and medium span bridges—bridges with spans of less than 150 meters (500 feet).
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2015 TRB’s 5th International Conference on Transportation Systems Performance Measurement and Data |
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TRB is sponsoring the Fifth International Conference on Transportation Systems Performance Measurement and Data in either late April or early May 2015 in San Diego, California. The conference will explore international best practices in transportation systems performance measurement and data management.
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9th International Conference on Managing Pavement Assets (ICMPA9)* |
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TRB is cosponsoring the Ninth International Conference on Managing Pavement Assets on May 18-22, 2015, in Alexandria, Virginia. The conference is designed to focus on the problems and issues of managing and preserving pavement assets, as well as the trend toward integrated transportation asset management that incorporates private sector business...
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Hazardous Materials Transportation Risk Assessment: State of the Practice |
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TRB’s Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP) Report 12: Hazardous Materials Transportation Risk Assessment: State of the Practice documents the current practice for hazardous materials transportation risk assessment by government agencies and the private sector.
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Guidelines for Airport Sound Insulation Programs |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 89: Guidelines for Airport Sound Insulation Programs provides updated guidelines for sound insulation of residential and other noise-sensitive buildings. The report is designed to help airports and others develop and effectively manage aircraft noise insulation projects.
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Improving our Understanding of How Highway Congestion and Price Affect Travel Demand |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-C04-RW-1: Improving our Understanding of How Highway Congestion and Price Affect Travel Demand includes mathematical descriptions of the full
range of highway user behavioral responses to congestion, travel time reliability, and pricing.
The descriptions included in the report were ...
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A Context Aware Transit Navigator |
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TRB’s Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Final Report for Transit IDEA Project 65: A Context Aware Transit Navigator explores a real-time transit navigation system. The system integrates the route- planning and real-time tracking functionality with a real-time, context-aware application that can be accessed by an end-user’s...
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Development of Electrical Maintenance Training Module for Bus Transit Technicians |
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TRB’s Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Final Report for Transit IDEA Project 62: Development of Electrical Maintenance Training Module for Bus Transit Technicians describes development of an internet-based electrical training module to help transit technicians better understand modern transit bus electrical systems.
The...
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Air Quality 2013, Volume 1 |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2340 consists of 10 papers that explore in-use construction equipment emissions; portable emissions measurement systems; transit bus exhaust emissions ; sidewalk-level particulate matter concentrations; vehicle emission and near-road air quality; school bus...
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Messaging for Engineering: From Research to Action |
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The National Academy of Engineering has released a report that supports efforts by the engineering community to communicate more effectively about the profession and those who practice it. The report builds on the 2008 NAE publication, Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering (CTC), which presented the...
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2012 Rural/Urban Comparison Traffic Safety Fact Sheet |
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a fact sheet that compares the numbers of fatal crashes in rural and urban areas.
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Evaluation of a New Equation for Calculating the Maximum Wait Time for Pilots That Have Used an Impairing Medication |
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has released a report that evaluates the extent to which pilots involved in fatal aviation accidents used an impairing medication to treat a medical condition before returning to duty.
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Reinforced Concrete Design Instructor’s Manual |
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The U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health at the Centers for Disease Control has released a report that provides an education module in reinforced concrete design for undergraduate engineering curricula.
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Review of DOT’s Compliance with Revised Federal Acquisition Regulations |
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The Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has released a report that discusses the extent to which six USDOT operating administrations complied with the revised Federal Acquisition Regulations on the use and management of cost-reimbursement awards.
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Transportation Statistics Annual Report: 2012 |
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The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the U.S. Research and Innovative Technology Administration, has released its annual transportation statistic report.
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Bridge Girder Drag Coefficients and Wind-Related Bracing Recommendations |
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The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that quantifies wind load coefficients (drag, torque, and lift) for common bridge girder shapes, as well as shielding effects arising from aerodynamic interference between adjacent girders.
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Skewed Highway Bridges |
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The Michigan Department of Transportation has released a report that explains physical-test-aided and detailed finite element analysis as a way to understand the behavior of typical skewed highway bridges and to develop design guidelines for assisting in routine design of these structures.
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A Tool for Assessing Economic Impacts of Public Transit Spending |
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The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that explains an Excel-based template tool developed for transit agencies, local governments, and other stakeholders of public transit to estimate the economic impacts of spending on public transit.
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Tools for Estimating VMT Reductions from Built Environment Changes |
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The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that reviews the built environment characteristics associated with walking, biking, and transit use, and the tools available for estimating travel and related outcomes.
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Integration of Weigh-in-Motion and Inductive Signature Technology for Advanced Truck Monitoring |
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The Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Irvine has released a report that explains an approach of integrating weight-in-motion and inductive signature data for building more advanced models for monitoring truck travel.
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Reasons for the Recent Decline in Young Driver Licensing in the U.S. |
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The Transportation Research Institute at the University of Michigan has released a report that examines reasons why younger adults choose to delay or forego obtaining a driver’s license, and their plans for obtaining a license in the future.
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Pretensioned Box Beams: Prestress Transfer and Shear Behavior |
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The Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas at Austin has released a report that quantifies demands placed on box beam end blocks upon prestress transfer and characterizes the demands placed on box beam end blocks upon application of superimposed loads.
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Rural Transit Fact Book 2013 |
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The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University has released a fact book that summarizes statistics and information about rural transit in the U.S., including rural demographic and travel behavior data.
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Briefing on the Government's Ambition for Cycling |
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The Department for Transport in the United Kingdom has released a report that details the government’s plan for investing in cycling as a way to reduce congestion and support sustainable development and growth.
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Reallocation of Road Space |
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The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a report that investigates the economic impact of transport choice and road space allocation on urban retail activity along major road corridors in New Zealand cities.
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Work-Related Road Safety in South Australia |
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The Centre for Automotive Safety Research at the University of Adelaide has released a report that presents a broad investigation of work-related road safety in South Australia by reviewing national and international literature on work-related road safety and analyzing work-related light vehicle crashes in South Australia from 2006-2010.
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