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2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Register Now |
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You are encouraged to register and make your hotel reservation online now for the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2014, in Washington, D.C. The Annual Meeting registration and hotel reservation processes are combined. Hotel rooms are filling quickly. Only registered attendees are permitted to reserve a hotel room in the TRB hotel block.
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TRB Webinar: Highway Capacity Manual 2010: New Signalized Intersection Methodology Applications |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on October 16, 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 signalized intersection methodology applications. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. A certificate for 1.5 Professional ...
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TRB’s SHRP 2 Tuesdays Webinar: Incorporation of Travel Time Reliability into the Highway Capacity Manual (L08) |
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TRB Webinar: Airport Emission Inventories and Reduction Strategies |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on November 7, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. ET that will feature research conducted by TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) exploring ways airport managers can reduce the impact of their activities through proper assessment and implementation of greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategies. Participants...
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ACRP Now Accepting Applications for 2014-2015 Ambassadors |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) is now accepting applications for its 2014-2015 ACRP Ambassador program. Ambassadors fill a vital role in ACRP's efforts to disseminate research products to those who need them the most--industry practitioners. Ambassadors represent ACRP at industry conferences and events to further enhance the...
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RFP: Managing Risk Across the Enterprise: A Guidebook 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 guidebook for state departments of transportation that provides a comprehensive framework and identifies available or new tools to help manage risk. Proposals are due November 25, 2013.
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Research Pays Off: Extending the Service Life of Pavement Markings: Iowa Applies Innovation and Technology to Reduce Costs, Increase Safety |
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Pavement markings have a relatively short service life compared with that of many other roadway assets. In 2004, the Center for Transportation Research and Education (CTRE) at Iowa State University began working with the Iowa DOT to develop tools to manage the pavement markings and improve marking performance. Expectations were that the outcomes...
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Guidebook for Developing Subnational Commodity Flow Data |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 26: Guidebook for Developing Subnational Commodity Flow Data explores how state departments of transportation and other subnational agencies can obtain and compile commodity flow data.
The Guidebook contains descriptions of existing public and private commodity flow data;...
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Policy 2013: Finance, Economics, and Equity Considerations, Vol. 1 |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2345 consists of 15 papers that explore the federal role in state transportation finance; the 2012 transportation referendum in Atlanta, Georgia; ex post facto evaluation of Indiana’s highway investment program; emerging strategies in mileage-based user fees;...
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Transit 2013, Vol. 4 |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2353 consists of 10 papers that explore accelerated transit operations; trade-offs between straight time, overtime, and lost revenue; disruption recovery in passenger railways; observed customer seating and standing behavior and seat preferences on board subway ...
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Building a Sustainable Workforce in the Public Transportation Industry—A Systems Approach |
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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 162: Building a Sustainable Workforce in the Public Transportation Industry—A Systems Approach provides a guidebook that addresses contemporary issues in workforce development, retention, and attraction, and public transportation image management.
The guidebook provides practical tools...
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Incorporation of Travel Time Reliability into the HCM |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Reliability Project L08 has released a prepublication, non-edited version of a report titled Incorporation of Travel Time Reliability into the HCM that serves as a supplement to the Proposed Chapters for Incorporating Travel Time Reliability into the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) prepared...
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Proposed Chapters for Incorporating Travel Time Reliability into the Highway Capacity Manual |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Reliability Project L08 has released two proposed chapters, numbers 36 and 37, for the Transportation Research Board’s Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) that introduce the concept of travel time reliability and offer new analytic methods.
The prospective Chapter 36 for the HCM concerns...
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Integrating Spatial and Business Data for Improved Decisions |
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TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C176: Integrating Spatial and Business Data for Improved Decisions is the summary of peer exchange that took place in May 2013 in Boise, Idaho. Attendees at the exchange explore best practices for integrating spatial and business data, and discussed strategies to overcome barriers to implementing solutions....
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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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Innovator: September/October 2013 |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of its Innovator newsletter, which is designed to help advance widespread implementation of innovations and technologies in the highway community and help chronicle a nationwide movement to improve the way highways are built.
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Review of Transit Agencies' Use of Contracting to Provide Services |
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that reviews the extent that public transit agencies contract operations, methods used to oversee contracted services, and potential benefits of contracting out operations.
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Model Information Exchange System (MIXS) |
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The Florida State Department of Transportation has released a report that investigates network information exchanges and proposes a framework for the exchanges by using a statewide Geographic Information Systems (GIS) network approach.
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Summary Report on the Performance of Open Graded Friction Course Quieter Pavements |
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The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that summarizes the acoustic properties and pavement performance of three asphalt quieter pavement projects—all of which are open-graded friction course pavement built with sections of crumb rubber and polymer modified asphalt binders.
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Sustainable Design Guidelines to Support the Washington State Ferries Terminal Design Manual: Design Guideline Application and Refinement |
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The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that cites ferry terminal projects that could be used to assess its Sustainable Design Guidelines, and analyzes site and resource attributes influencing design needs.
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CTS Catalyst: September 2013 |
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The latest issue of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) Catalyst newsletter is now available. Catalyst provides current information on the latest in transportation-related research and activities from the CTS.
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Evaluating Local and Tribal Rural Road Design with the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model |
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The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University has released a report that explains guidance for calibrating interactive highway safety design models for local conditions.
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Future Mobility Demand in Megaregions: A National Study with a Focus on the Gulf Coast |
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The Southwest Region University Transportation Center has released a report that presents an approach for using aggregate data to estimate future passenger and freight mob ility demand in a megaregion.
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Investigation into Shrinkage of High-Performance Concrete Used for Iowa Bridge Decks and Overlays |
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The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that evaluates shrinkage components in the high-performance concrete mixes used for bridge decks and overlays.
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Synthesis of Work-Zone Performance Measures |
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The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University at Iowa State University has released a report that identifies and summarizes how agencies collect, analyze, and report different work-zone traffic-performance measures.
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Texas Highway Funding Options |
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The Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas at Austin has released a report that provides highway funding options in the areas of energy sector infrastructure financing, weight distance charges, electric vehicle fees, and toll road availability payments.
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World Transit Research Newsletter: September 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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Design and Performance of Foamed Bitumen Stabilised Pavements: Progress Report 1 |
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Austroads has released a report that discusses procedures for the mix and structural design of foamed bitumen stabilised materials. The report is available online without a fee after logging into the website.
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Experience With Value-for-Money Urban Public Transport System Enhancements |
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The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a report that reviews research literature about cost effectiveness of urban public transport enhancements—such as peak period fare increases, bus priority measures, and bus route simplification.
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Improved Design Procedures for Asphalt Pavements: Pavement Temperature and Load Frequency Estimation |
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Austroads has released a report that provides a state-of-the-art review of current traffic speed deflectometer practice based on a road traffic speed workshop held in the United Kingdom in June 2012. The report is available online without a fee after logging into the website.
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Improving Bus Service Reliability |
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The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a report that provides urban bus operators and New Zealand public transport authorities with guidance for measuring and improving reliability.
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Improving Low-Volume Road Construction and Performance |
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VTI, the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, has released a report that discusses the benefits of using the heavy vehicle simulator in verifying the validity of the proposed design of roads before construction.
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Thematic Research Summary: Innovative Technologies |
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The European Union's Transport Research and Innovation Portal has released a summary of innovative technologies, including research focusing on European Union-funded projects and analyses of research findings and recommendations.
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Eno Brief: October 2013 |
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The Eno Transportation Foundation has released the latest version of its monthly on-line newsletter. The newsletter is designed to provide information on transportation policy, executive leadership, news within the greater Eno community, and other items of interest.
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Institute for Trade and Transportation Studies Newsletter: September 2013 |
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The Institute for Trade and Transportation Studies has released the latest issue of its periodic newsletter that reports on the domestic and international infrastructure, transportation, and safety implications of commercial freight movements.
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A New Way to Go |
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The U.S.PIRG Education Fund has released a report that discusses how technology-enabled vehicle sharing services and Wi-Fi for buses and trains may facilitate car-free or car-light lifestyles for
Americans.
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The Top 50 Transportation Projects to Support Economic Growth and Quality of Life in New Mexico |
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TRIP, a national transportation research group, has released a report that examines recent transportation and economic trends in New Mexico and provides information on the transportation projects that are needed to support economic growth.
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