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2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Advance Registration Savings End November 30 |
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Register by November 30 to take advantage of lower fees for the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2014, in Washington, D.C.
Annual Meeting registration is required to reserve a guest room in the TRB Hotel Block, with rates beginning at $184 (prevailing federal per diem), plus applicable taxes. Many hotels are already sold out;...
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2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Big Data |
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The TRB 93rd Annual Meeting will include more than 26 sessions and workshops that address the explosion in the types and amount of transportation data available. In addition to exploring the second Strategic Highway Research Program’s (SHRP 2’s) naturalistic driving study data, sessions and workshops will examine the application of big data to...
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2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Extreme Weather Events: Prepare, Respond, and Recover |
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To assist transportation agencies and their partners, the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting will include more than 16 sessions and workshops that examine the increased frequency and severity of weather events and explore how transportation agencies can prepare for, respond to, and recover from extreme weather events. Sessions and workshops will consider the ...
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2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Future Prospects and Potential Impacts of Automated Vehicles |
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The TRB 93rd Annual Meeting will include more than 16 sessions and workshops that examine the future prospects and potential impacts of automated vehicles on all modes of the transportation systems. Sessions and workshops will explore technical, operational, and policy challenges related to the implementation of autonomous vehicles. Areas that...
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2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Performance Management Learning Opportunities |
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To assist states and their partners develop outcome-based approaches to measure performance as required by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting will include 20 sessions and workshops dedicated to performance management. Attendees at these sessions and workshops will learn about federal rules and state...
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TRB’s SHRP 2 Tuesdays Webinar: SHRP 2 Composite Pavement Systems (R21) |
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As part of the SHRP2 Tuesdays Webinar Series, TRB will conduct a webinar on December 3, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. ET that explores the SHRP 2 project called Composite Pavement Systems (R21).
There is no fee to attend this webinar and other webinars in the SHRP 2 Series; however, participants must register in advance. A certificate for 1.5...
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TRB Webinar: Asphalt Healing for Extended Pavement Sustainability |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on December 4, 2013 from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. ET that will highlight research on the mechanism underlying asphalt healing and how it can be used in practice. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. A certificate for 2 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)...
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Innovations in Travel Demand Forecasting–2014 |
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TRB is sponsoring a conference on Innovations in Travel Demand Forecasting–2014 on April 27-30, 2014, in Baltimore, Maryland. The event will allow researchers and practitioners to share knowledge and experiences on the latest developments in travel modeling and identify research and implementation challenges and issues associated with deploying...
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RFP: Intersection Crash Prediction Methods for the Highway Safety Manual |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a set of crash predictive models that address a wide range of intersection configurations and traffic control modes in rural and urban areas. Proposals are due January 9, 2014.
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RFP: Defining the Boundary Conditions for Composite Behavior of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) Structures |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to determine the boundary conditions for composite behavior of geosynthetic reinforced soil abutments and incorporate results of this research into the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Load and Resistance Factor ...
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RFP: In-Service Performance Evaluation of W-beam End Terminals |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to evaluate the in-service crash performance of a select number of common W-beam guardrail end terminals currently installed throughout the United States. Proposals are due January 14, 2014.
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RFP: Improving Stakeholder Engagement in Aircraft Accident Planning |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop guidance for airports to use in identifying and engaging aircraft accident response stakeholders and educational materials to help stakeholders understand their responsibilities within the larger context of a response to an aircraft accident. Proposals...
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Sustaining the Metropolis: Light Rail Transit and Streetcars for Super Cities |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C177: Sustaining the Metropolis: Light Rail Transit and Streetcars for Super Cities summarizes the presentations made at a November 2012 conference that focused on introducing the concept of light rail transit (LRT) in North America.
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TCAPP and Integrated Ecological Framework Pilot Projects: Synthesis of Lessons Learned |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-C41-RW-1: TCAPP and Integrated Ecological Framework Pilot Projects: Synthesis of Lessons Learned presents an overview of pilot studies of the Transportation for Communities – Advancing Projects through Partnerships (TCAPP) and the Integrated Ecological Framework (IEF). The...
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Evaluating Alternative Operations Strategies to Improve Travel Time Reliability |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) S2-L11-RR-1: Evaluating Alternative Operations Strategies to Improve Travel Time Reliability identifies and evaluates strategies and tactics intended to satisfy users’ travel-time reliability requirements of roadways.
To that end, the report presents a set of options regarding...
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New IDEAs for Highway Systems: Annual Progress Report - January 2014 |
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TRB’s Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) program has released the 2014 issue of its New IDEAs for Highway Systems: Annual Progress Report, which summarizes projects active or completed during the 2013 program year. The report also includes descriptions of projects completed before the 2013 program year.
A project of the National...
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Practices for Unbound Aggregate Pavement Layers |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 445: Practices for Unbound Aggregate Pavement Layers consolidates information on the state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice of designing and constructing unbound aggregate pavement layers. The report summarizes effective practices related to material selection, design, and...
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Soil Mechanics 2013 |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2363 consists of 13 papers that evaluate the time rate of settlement for multilayered clays undergoing radial drainage; deflection behavior for 0° and 30° skewed abutments; pullout resistance factors for inextensible mechanically stabilized earth reinforcements ...
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Maintenance and Preservation 2013, Volume 1: Including 2013 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lecture |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2360 contains 10 papers that study holistic approaches to maintenance and preservation of transportation infrastructure; guidelines for thermographic inspection of concrete bridge components in shaded conditions; bridge preservation by action type; fatigue...
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FHWA and AASHTO Announce Product Webinars for SHRP2 Round 3 Implementation |
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) will host a series of webinars in December 2013 that will explain Round 3 implementation activities for five research projects developed by TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2). There is no registration...
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Review of TSA’s Behavior Detection Activities |
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that discusses whether evidence supports the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) use of behavioral indicators to identify aviation security threats and data can assess the indicators’ effectiveness.
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Field Study Evaluation of Cepstrum Coefficient Speech Analysis for Fatigue in Aviation Cabin Crew |
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The Federal Aviation Administration has released a report that evaluates cabin crews’ neurobehavioral performance induced by fatigue.
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Federal Highway Administration Design Manual: Deep Mixing for Embankment and Foundation Support |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that provides user-oriented deep mixing method design and construction guidelines for the support of embankments and typical transportation-oriented foundations.
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Designing a New National Household Travel Survey Innovations in Collecting and Analyzing Long-Distance Travel Information |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a research summary that explains the design of the next national long distance travel study that will include advanced methods of capturing and analyzing travel data to support transportation decision making.
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Volpe News: Rail Research Helps Improve Safety, Model Assesses Environmental Costs of Truck Crashes, and more |
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Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center, has released the latest edition of its newsletter designed to feature events and research produced by the Center. Part of the U.S. DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Volpe staff partner with public and private organizations to assess the needs of the transportation community, ...
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Automated Low-Cost and Real-Time Truck Parking Information System |
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The Maryland State Highway Administration has released a report that explains an automated real-time parking information system developed to improve truck-parking safety through gathering and disseminating existing parking capacity information.
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Heavy Vehicle Effects on Florida Freeways and Multilane Highways |
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The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that develops passenger car equivalency values appropriate for commercial truck conditions on freeways and multilane highways in order to determine effects of heavy vehicles.
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Opportunities on the State Highway System to Generate Revenue or Offset Expenditures for the State of Florida |
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The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that establishes the state-of-the-practice and provides implementation guidance for value extraction projects and initiatives in highway rights-of-way.
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Technology Today: Fall 2013 |
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The Louisiana Transportation Research Center has released its quarterly newsletter that summarizes its recent events, reports, and accomplishments.
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Has Motorization in the U.S. Peaked? Part 3: Fuel Consumed by Light-Duty Vehicles |
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The Transportation Research Institute at the University of Michigan has released a report that examines trends in fuel consumption by light-duty vehicles in the U.S. from 1984 to 2011.
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Off-Grid MEMS Sensors Configurations for Transportation Applications |
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The Mountain Plains Consortium, a program of the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University, has released a report that proposes a new micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) sensor for monitoring and maintaining civil infrastructure.
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Kentucky’s PRISM-Based Automated Ramp Screening System Evaluation |
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The Kentucky Transportation Center has released a report that evaluates the performance registration information systems and management (PRISM) ramp screening system, the value of the system in identifying vehicles for inspection, and its potential for widespread deployment.
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Toolbox of Countermeasures for Rural Two-Lane Curves |
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The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that presents a toolkit for improving the effectiveness of rural curve countermeasures.
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The NTC Today: Fall 2013 |
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The Center for Transportation Management, Research, and Development at Morgan State University has released the latest issue of its biannual newsletter that highlights the center’s activities and projects.
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Warm Wetted Sand for Skid Control of Walkways and Bike Paths: Benefits and Drawbacks of the Method Evaluated in Umeå |
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VTI, the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, has released a report that discusses the benefits and drawbacks of using warm, wetted sand on walkways and bike paths by considering factors such as measurements of friction and road conditions. This report is written in Swedish and contains a summary in English.
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Routes/Roads Magazine: Number 360 |
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The World Road Association has released the latest edition of its magazine that present analyses and summaries related to roads and road transport. The magazine is available without a fee after logging on to the site.
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Alcohol Ignition Interlock Schemes: Best Practice Review |
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The Centre for Automotive Safety Research has released a report that examines characteristics of alcohol ignition interlock devices and their effectiveness in reducing drunk driving.
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A New Vehicle Loading Standard for Road Bridges in New Zealand |
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The New Zealand Transportation Agency has released a report that proposes a new vehicle loading standard for the design and evaluation of road bridges and other highway infrastructure in New Zealand.
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Development of the VTI Model for Estimating the Amount of Traffic on Swedish Roads |
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VTI, the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, has released a report that explains revisions in its annual vehicle mileage forecast model, used for annual calculations of traffic emissions. This report is written in Swedish and contains a summary in English.
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Hearing on the TSA's Behavioral Screening Program and Lessons From the LAX Shooting |
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On November 14, 2103, the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security held a hearing to explore the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) behavioral screening program and to review initial lessons from the recent shooting at Los Angeles International Airport. A video of the hearing ...
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