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2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Ralph Haas, 2013 Roy W. Crum Award Recipient |
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The 2013 Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award will be presented to Dr. Ralph Haas, Norman W. McLeod Engineering Professor and Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo. Haas is recognized for making important, wide-ranging research contributions in the areas of pavement engineering and management ...
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Former TRB Executive Committee Chair Debra Miller Nominated for the Surface Transportation Board |
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On September 25, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated former TRB Executive Committee Chair Debra Miller to serve a member of the Surface Transportation Board for a term expiring December 31, 2017. The nomination requires Senate approval.
Miller was the 2008 chair of TRB’s Executive Committee, and she also chaired its Subcommittee on Planning...
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TRB Webinar: TRID: Leveraging Search Results with Reference Management Tools |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on October 8, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. ET that will demonstrate the use of desktop and online reference management tools. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, there are no professional credits associated with this webinar, and there is no fee to register.
The licensed and free management tools...
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TRB Webinar: Capital Planning Considerations for Airport Improvements |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on October 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) about decision-making processes and tools for evaluating options for airport improvement projects, as well as assessment techniques for conducting benefit-costs analyses. Participants ...
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TRB Webinar: Slag Cement for Sustainable Concrete |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on October 30, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. ET that will summarize slag cement material characteristics, specifications, and its effect on fresh and hardened concrete properties. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. A certificate for 2 Professional...
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TRB Webinar: Highway Capacity Manual 2010: New Urban Streets Methodology - Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Transit Modes |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on October 31, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. ET that will provide an overview of the Highway Capacity Manual 2010’s (HCM 2010’s) new Urban Streets methodology, focusing on the new multimodal level-of-service methods for pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit riders. Participants must register in advance of the webinar,...
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4th International Conference on Roundabouts |
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TRB is sponsoring the 4th International Conference on Roundabouts on April 16-18, 2014, in Seattle, Washington. The event, which will draw upon more than 20 years of roundabout design, planning, and operational knowledge, will explore innovative and effective uses of roundabouts to help enhance the safety and efficiency of intersections. The...
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RFP: A Guide to Agency-Wide Knowledge Management for State Departments of Transportation |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a guide to the fundamentals of agency-wide knowledge management for state departments of transportation. Proposals are due November 18, 2013.
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RFP: Recommended Guidelines for Prefabricated Bridge Elements and Systems Tolerances and Dynamic Effects of Bridge Moves |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop recommended guidelines for prefabricate bridge elements and systems, and to identify the dynamic forces resulting from bridge moves . Proposals are due November 21, 2013.
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RFP: Guidance for Traffic Signals at Diverging Diamond Interchanges and Adjacent Intersections |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposal to develop guidance on the operational analysis and traffic signal design and operation of diverging diamond interchanges and adjacent traffic signals. Proposals are due November 26, 2014.
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Improving Postdisaster Humanitarian Logistics: Three Key Lessons from Catastrophic Events |
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A featured article in the May-June 2013 TR News present three practical lessons gleaned from fieldwork after the Port-au-Prince, Haiti, earthquake and the Tohoku, Japan, tsunami: the strategic differences between disasters and catastrophes, the need to control the spontaneous flow of supplies, and the benefits of integrating the civic society into ...
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Millennials and Mobility: Understanding the Millennial Mindset and New Opportunities for Transit Providers |
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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 61: Millennials and Mobility: Understanding the Millennial Mindset and New Opportunities for Transit Providers is designed to help public transit providers increase ridership by better understanding Millennials lifestyle and mobility decision-making processes.
A large-scale...
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Evaluating Pavement Strategies and Barriers for Noise Mitigation |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 738: Evaluating Pavement Strategies and Barriers for Noise Mitigation presents a methodology for evaluating feasibility, reasonableness, effectiveness, acoustic longevity, and economic features of pavement strategies and barriers for noise mitigation.
The methodology uses ...
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Comprehensive Costs of Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Crashes |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 755: Comprehensive Costs of Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Crashes describes a process for estimating the costs of highway-rail grade crossing crashes. A spreadsheet-based tool to facilitate use of the cost estimation process is available online.
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Compilation of DOT and FAA Airport Legal Determinations and Opinion Letters Through December 2012 |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Legal Research Digest 21 is a compilation of U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airport legal determinations and opinion letters through December 31, 2011. The compilation, available in a CD format, includes indexes designed to facilitate the...
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Intelligent Transportation Systems 2013, Volume 1 |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2380 consists of 12 papers that explore the relationship between application scale and maximum time latency; arterial traffic flow; U.S.-Mexican land border crossings; work zone information systems; real-time detection and tracking of traffic shock waves; and a ...
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Development of Tools for Assessing Wider Economic Benefits of Transportation |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Capacity Project C11 has released a prepublication, non-edited version of a report titled Development of Tools for Assessing Wider Economic Benefits of Transportation that describes spreadsheet-based tools designed to help calculate a transportation projects impact on travel time...
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California Pilot Test of the Ecological Approaches to Environmental Protection Developed in Capacity Research Projects C06A and C06B |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a report that describe the result of a pilot test of the Integrated Ecological Framework (IEF) on the corridor planning study for Highway 37 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The IEF was developed in SHRP 2 projects C06A (Integration of Conservation, Highway Planning, and...
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Pilot Test of the Ecological Approaches to Environmental Protection Developed in Capacity Research Projects C06A and C06B |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a report that describes the result of a test of steps 2-6 of the Integrated Ecological Framework (IEF) within the western portion of Colorado Department of Transportation Region 1.
The IEF was developed in SHRP 2 projects C06A (Integration of Conservation, Highway Planning,...
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The Rogue Valley Ecological Framework: Mapping Open Space, Ecologically Important Areas, and Ecological Corridors for Transportation Planners, Agencies, Municipalities, Developers, Conservation NGOs, and Citizens |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a report that describes the result of a pilot test of the first three steps of the nine-step Integrated Ecological Framework (IEF) in the Rogue Valley, Jackson County, Oregon. The first three steps of the process result in a regional ecosystem framework (REF), which was defined ...
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West Virginia Division of Highways’ Roadmap to a Watershed Approach for Maximizing Ecological Lift through Compensatory Mitigation Activities |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a report that describe the result of a pilot test of the the Integrated Ecological Framework (IEF) as part of the planning process related to the Coalfields Expressway and King Coal Highway, two highways currently planned and under construction in southern West Virginia.
The...
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Assessment of Pikes Peak Area Council of Government’s Use of TCAPP in Developing a Long-Range Transportation Plan: Technical Evaluation |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a report that describes the results of a pilot test of the Transportation for Communities – Advancing Projects through Partnerships (TCAPP) collaborative decision-making tool as part of the development of the Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments long-range transportation
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Long Range Transportation Planning Process: Puget Sound TCAPP Pilot Test |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a report that describes the results of a pilot test of the Transportation for Communities – Advancing Projects through Partnerships (TCAPP) collaborative decision-making tool as part of the development of a new process for updating how projects are evaluated and prioritized in...
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A New Route to Complete Streets? Using the TCAPP Model in Grand Rapids, Minnesota |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a report that describes the results of a pilot test of the Transportation for Communities – Advancing Projects through Partnerships (TCAPP) collaborative decision-making tool as part of the Complete Streets plan in the city of Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
TCAPP is designed to...
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Pilot Test of the TCAPP Collaborative Decision-Making Framework Including a Self-Assessment Methodology: Washington State’s SR 509 Project |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a report that describes the results of a pilot test of the Transportation for Communities – Advancing Projects through Partnerships (TCAPP) collaborative decision-making tool as part of the Washington State Department of Transportation’s (WSDOT) I-5/SR 509 Corridor Completion...
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Analysis of Passenger Vehicle Driver Restraint Use in Fatal Crashes |
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Foundation has released a report that examines the relationship between passenger vehicle driver seat belt use and factors that include blood alcohol concentration, age, and driver license status.
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DOT’s Compliance with Requirements of the Reducing Over-Classification Act |
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Inspector General has released a report that determined whether DOT has implemented effective policies and procedures for classifying information that complies with federal policies and regulations.
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Harnessing Pavement Power - Developing Renewable Energy Technology in the Public Right-Of-Way |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a fact sheet that describes the development of piezoelectric technology so as to use pavement as a renewable energy source.
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Review of FAA Budgeting of its Future Operations and Maintenance Priorities |
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that discusses FAA’s progress in transitioning to the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), the condition of its current air traffic control systems, and efforts to address maintenance requirements of its systems and facilities.
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Review of Positive Train Control Implementation |
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that examines the status of positive train control implementation and challenges to meeting the 2015 implementation deadline.
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Understanding Long-Distance Traveler Behavior |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a fact sheet that explores long-distance traveler behavior through different modeling techniques so as to design a tool for trip planning.
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2013 Driver Attitudes and Awareness Survey |
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The Kentucky Transportation Center at the University of Kentucky has released a report that discusses views and behaviors of drivers in the areas of impaired driving, seat belt use, and speeding.
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Analysis of Traffic Crash Data in Kentucky (2008-2012) |
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The Kentucky Transportation Center at the University of Kentucky has released a report that documents average traffic crash statistics in Kentucky from 2008-2012 for various types of highways in rural and urban areas.
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Effects of a Nonuniform Subgrade Support on the Responses of Concrete Pavement |
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Illinois Center for Transportation has released a report that considers multiple nonuniform support conditions on the stresses and deflections in a rigid pavement.
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North Dakota Statewide Traffic Safety Survey, 2013: Traffic Safety Performance Measures for State and Federal Agencies |
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The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University has released a report that explores the results of a statewide driver traffic safety survey to help understand driver perceptions and behaviors.
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Seismic Vulnerability Analysis of Bridges in Mountainous States |
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The Mountain-Plains Consortium, part of the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has released a report that discusses general dynamic simulation methodology used to study the combined realistic service and extreme loads on short- and medium-span bridges.
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Use of Manufactured Sands for Concrete Pavement |
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The Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas at Austin has released a report that investigates how manufactured fine aggregates could be used in concrete pavements without causing workability or skid-related issues.
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Experience with the Development of Off-Peak Bus Services |
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The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a report that appraises evidence from three New Zealand cities and four Australian cities on the market impacts of improvements in urban bus services during off-peak periods.
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Mica in Rock Material for Road Construction: A Knowledge Overview |
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VTI, the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, has released a report that compiles current research about mica in unbound layers in road construction so as to identify knowledge gaps and research needs. The report is written in Swedish and contains a summary in English.
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National Long-Term Land Transport Demand Model |
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The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a report that describes a national long-term land transport demand model for forecasting transport demand in a way that accounts for trends such as population growth dynamics and industrial composition.
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More Development for Your Transit Dollar: An Analysis of 21 North American Transit Corridors |
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The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy has released a report that analyzes 21 transit corridors to determine cost-effective, transit-oriented development options.
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Winter Maintenance E-Newsletter: August 2013 |
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Clear Roads has released its quarterly newsletter that compiles technical news and practices from the United States and around the world. The newsletter highlights the application of winter maintenance research and technology, spotlights upcoming events, and summarizes research.
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