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2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Advance Registration Savings End November 30 |
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You are encouraged to register and make your hotel reservation online 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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2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Six Standing Committees Recognized with Blue Ribbon Awards |
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TRB congratulates the six standing committees that have been recognized by the Technical Activities Council as Blue Ribbon Award committees. Blue Ribbon Awards recognize exemplary practices and associated volunteer efforts in the activities of standing committees. Blue Ribbon Award committees serve as role models, and the committee chairs and...
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TRB’s SHRP 2 Tuesdays Webinar: SHRP 2 Economic Impact Tools (C03 and C11) |
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TRB Webinar: Highway Capacity Manual 2010: What’s New with Unsignalized Intersection Methodologies |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on November 20, 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) unsignalized intersection methodologies. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development ...
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TRB Webinar: Highway Noise Abatement Considering Noise Barriers and Quieter Pavement |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on November 26, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. ET that will present TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 738: Methodologies for Evaluating Pavement Strategies and Barriers for Noise Mitigation, which explores a methodology for equitably assessing quieter pavement, noise barriers, or...
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TRB Webinar: Management Considerations and Decision Making for Mobile LIDAR Use in Transportation |
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TransportationCamp DC 2014* |
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TRB is cosponsoring the TransportationCamp DC 2014 on January 11, 2014, in Arlington, Virginia. The “unconference” is designed to bring together transportation professionals, technologists, and others interested in the intersection of urban transportation and technology.
The conference will explore the opportunities to improve mobility...
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Workshop on Natural Gas as a Fuel for Freight Transport |
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TRB is sponsoring a Workshop on Natural Gas as a Fuel for Freight Transport on May 13, 2014 in Irvine, California. The workshop will examine policy implications, technology adoption issues, and the necessary infrastructure and delivery systems for using Liquefied Natural Gas to fuel the movement of freight via the nation's highways, waterways, and ...
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Workshop on Regional Transportation Systems Management and Freeway Operations |
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TRB is sponsoring a Workshop on Regional Transportation Systems Management and Freeway Operations in June 2014 in Irvine, California. The workshop will present the current state of the practice in freeway operations and the integration of regional managed lanes into the transportation system. For additional information, contact Rich Cunard.
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Geosynthetics in Roadway Design |
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TRB is sponsoring Geosynthetics in Roadway Design on July 7, 2014, in Laramie, Wyoming. The event will identify means and methods for improving roadway performance using geosynthetics in various applications, present current guidelines for design and material specifications, and identify ongoing improvements in design and materials to advance the...
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Symposium on Alternative Intersection and Interchange Design |
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TRB is sponsoring a Symposium on Alternative Intersection and Interchange Design on July 20-23, 2014 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The symposium will explore a wide variety of new intersection and interchange configurations that have shown promise in improving traffic operations for all users, reducing crashes, and saving money.
Abstracts are due...
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Workshop on the Future of Road Vehicle Automation 2014 |
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TRB is sponsoring the Workshop on the Future of Road Vehicle Automation in the summer of 2014. This workshop will focus on challenges and opportunities related to the increasing automation of motor vehicles as well as the environments in which they operate. The workshop will build on the 2012 and 2013 workshops on the state-of-the-art in road...
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Second International Conference on Access Management* |
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TRB is co-sponsoring the Second International Conference on Access Management on September 25-27, 2014 in Shanghai, China. The conference will share worldwide knowledge and experience, advance the state-of-the-practice, and facilitate leadership and partnerships to promote the integration of access management into planning, policy, and design...
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RFP: Guidelines for Selecting Travel Forecasting Methods and Techniques |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program has issued a request for proposals to develop guidelines to assist practitioners with evaluating travel forecasting methods with respect to specific policy and planning questions, scoping model development or improvements, and communicating limitations and improvements to decision makers....
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RFP: Guidance for Selection of Appropriate Countermeasures for Opposite Direction Crashes |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program has issued a request for proposals to develop a guidance document for the identification, prioritization, and selection of effective countermeasures to reduce or eliminate opposite directional crashes. Proposals are due December 30, 2013.
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RFP: Communications Guidelines for State Departments of Transportation |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program has issued a request for proposals to create guidelines to help state departments of transportation more effectively and efficiently communicate the challenges, opportunities, and day-to-day operations of their agencies. Proposals are due January 6, 2014.
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RFP: Cell Phone Location Data for Travel Behavior Analysis |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program has issued a request for proposals to evaluate the extent to which cell phone location data and associated products accurately depict travel and provide guidelines on the use of these data to understand and model travel patterns and behavior. Proposals are due January 7, 2014.
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RFP: Performance-Based Mix Design of Porous Friction Courses |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program has issued a request for proposals to develop a performance-based mix design method for porous friction courses. Proposals are due January 7, 2014.
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RFP: Effectiveness of Work Zone Transportation Management Plan (TMP) Strategies |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program has issued a request for proposals to produce a guidebook for work zone practitioners on selecting effective and cost-efficient transportation management plan (TMP) strategies, and to compile transportation agencies’ unpublished reports that evaluated various TMP strategies. Proposals are due...
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RFP: Finding and Using Data to Identify and Evaluate Corridors for Transporting Multi-state, Multi-modal Oversize/Overweight Freight |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program has issued a request for proposals to develop guidelines for use by states and other practitioners to improve the permitting process and to evaluate potential oversize/overweight freight movement solutions involving multi-state, multi-modal transportation corridors. Proposals are due January 8,...
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RFP: Combined Interface for Project Level Air Quality Analysis |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program has issued a request for proposals to develop a user-friendly interface for practitioners working on transportation air quality analyses at the project level. Proposals are due January 9, 2014.
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Operational and Business Continuity Planning for Prolonged Airport Disruptions |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 93: Operational and Business Continuity Planning for Prolonged Airport Disruptions provides a guidebook and software tool for airport operators to assist, plan, and prepare for disruptive and catastrophic events that have the potential for causing prolonged airport closure resulting in...
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Air Quality 2013, Volume 2 |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2341 contains 9 papers that study algorithmic development and preliminary testing of an ecodrive application; comparative analysis of car-following models for emissions estimations; comparisons of locomotive emissions during dynamometer versus rail yard engine...
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Geotech Tools |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a project brief that provides an overview of three products produced by SHRP 2 Renewal Project R02: Geotechnical Solutions for Soil Improvement, Rapid Embankment Construction, and Stabilization of the Pavement Working Platform. The three products include a web-based tool to...
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Urban Travel Reliability Analysis with Consumer GPS Data |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Final Report for SHRP 2 Reliability IDEA Project L-15D: Urban Travel Reliability Analysis with Consumer GPS Data explores the use of commercially available consumer GPS data in travel reliability studies.
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Highway Design 2013 |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2358 contains 10 papers that address daytime and nighttime passing maneuvers on a two-lane rural road in Spain; an algorithm for analyzing horizontal sight distance from lane centerline coordinates; roadside clearance limit on horizontal curves with transition...
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An Innovative Hybrid Sensor for Rapid Assessment of Sulfate-Induced Heaving in Stabilized Soils |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Final Report for NCHRP-IDEA Project 154: An Innovative Hybrid Sensor for Rapid Assessment of Sulfate-Induced Heaving in Stabilized Soils summarizes the development of a faster and more reliable device and test method to assess and evaluate ...
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Pavement Management 2013, Volume 1 |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2366 contains 14 papers that explore a tool for contractors and agencies for assessing greenhouse gas emissions of highway construction projects; the incorporation of environmental impacts of pavement treatments into a performance-based optimization; the...
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Paving the Way for Greener Highways - Extending Concrete’s Service Life Through Multiscale Crack Control |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a research summary that explores using waste materials, such as recycled concrete and fly ashes, to build longer lasting concrete structures that may be safer for the environment.
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Review of FHWA’s Coordination, Guidance, and Oversight of the Tribal Transportation Program |
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General has released a report that discusses the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) oversight of the Tribal Transportation Program—a program that provides safe and adequate transportation and public road access to and within tribal lands and Alaska Native Villages.
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Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control: Human Factors Analysis |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that examines a new technology that aims to increase traffic throughput by safely permitting shorter following distances between vehicles.
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Feasibility of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement as Aggregate in Portland Cement Concrete |
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The Montana Department of Transportation has released a report that evaluates the feasibility of using minimally processed reclaimed asphalt pavement as an aggregate replacement in concrete pavements.
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Michigan Department of Transportation Research Update: November 2013 |
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The Michigan Department of Transportation has released its monthly newsletter that provides updates on the state’s transportation-related research projects.
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Safety Project Development Capacity for Small Communities in Coordination with Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Center |
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The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that discusses the use of coordination with local technical assistance program centers as a possible solution to reducing serious and fatal crashes.
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Evaluation of Low Cost Traffic Calming for Rural Communities: Phase II |
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The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that describes countermeasures that agencies can use to potentially reduce speeds as drivers enter rural communities located on high-speed roadways.
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Friction Measurement System for Polk County |
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The Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota has released a report that explains a winter road maintenance friction measurement system that includes a special instrumented wheel and pneumatic pressure-controlled cylinders.
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Seat Belt Use on North Dakota Rural Roads: 2013 |
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The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University has released a report that explores the use of seat belts in various rural road environments, including highways and in towns.
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Evaluation of the PHEM Model: A Pilot Study |
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VTI, the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, has released a report that evaluates the passenger car and heavy duty emissions model (PHEM) in order to consider conditions, opportunities, and barriers for transportation planning. This report is written in Swedish and contains a summary in English.
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Stall Warnings in High Capacity Aircraft: The Australian Context 2008 to 2012 |
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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released a report that analyzes stall warnings, which alert pilots that an aircraft is operating at the margins of safe flight.
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Standardised Bridge Barrier Designs |
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Austroads has released a report that provides guidelines for consistency in the design of traffic barriers for bridges. This report is available for no fee after logging onto the site.
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Evaluating LATCH System Ease of Use and Key Features in New Vehicles |
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The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has released a report that examine the lower anchors and tethers for children (the LATCH system) in new vehicles so as to inform the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s regulations for the system.
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Hearing on Transportation Challenges for Seniors |
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On November 6, 2013, the U.S. Senate’s Special Committee on Aging held a hearing to explore challenges seniors face in finding transportation and the federal programs that address these challenges. A webcast, opening statement, and witness testimonies are available online.
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Eno Brief: November 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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