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2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Hotel Reservations will be Accepted Through December 18 or Until Room Block is Sold Out |
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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. Only registered attendees are permitted to reserve a hotel room in the TRB hotel block.
Hotel reservations will be...
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2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: Transportation Options from D.C. Airports and Union Station |
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To make the process as easy and as economical as possible to travel from any of the three D.C. area airports or from Washington D.C. Union Station to the Annual Meeting hotels, TRB has negotiated a special discounted rate with GO Airport Shuttle. Solo travel rates vary for each starting location; however, each additional person in your reservation ...
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2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting: TRB Minority Student Fellows Program 2013-2014 |
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The TRB Minority Student Fellows Program is a program intended to promote minority participation in transportation and in TRB. Now in its fifth year, the program provides financial assistance for minority students from a number of historically black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions to attend and present a research...
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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: Pavement Maintenance Guidelines for General Aviation Airport Management |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop guidance on efficient and effective maintenance options to optimize pavement life. Proposals are due on January 28, 2014.
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RFP: Enhancing Airport Wayfinding for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a guidebook on pedestrian wayfinding systems that allow the elderly and persons with disabilities to travel independently within airports. Proposals are due January 28, 2014.
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RFP: Runway Protection Zone (RPZ) Risk Assessment Tool |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a tool that will assess the risk, potential impacts, and mitigation strategies for aircraft accidents in a runway protection zone. Proposals are due on January 30, 2014.
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RFP: Assessing Aircraft Noise Conditions Affecting Student Achievement--Case Studies |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to measure those factors that influence the impact of aircraft noise on student achievement; identify appropriate metrics that define the level and characteristics of aircraft noise that impact student achievement; and develop practical guidance on potential ways...
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Framing Surface Transportation Research for the Nation’s Future |
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TRB Special Report 313: Framing Surface Transportation Research for the Nation’s Future explores opportunities for improving the productivity of U.S. expenditures on surface transportation research by building on lessons learned from the strategic approach to developing priorities and investing in transportation research in other countries and...
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Motor Vehicle Crashes and Injuries Involving Teenage Drivers |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C180: Motor Vehicle Crashes and Injuries Involving Teenage Drivers summarizes participants' discussions on teenage driving that took place at a workshop in 2008.
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Apron Planning and Design Guidebook |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 96: Apron Planning and Design Guidebook addresses best practices for planning, designing, and marking apron areas for all sizes and types of airports in the United States.
The apron planning and design considerations include facility geometrics, aircraft maneuvering, apron/airfield...
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Command-Level Decision Making for Transit Emergency Managers |
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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 60 and National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web -Only Document 200: Command-Level Decision Making for Transit Emergency Managers describes a Transit Emergency Response Application (TERA) that is designed to train transit command-level decision makers through...
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Eco-Logical in Practice: Implementing an Ecosystem-Based Approach, Streamlining Environmental Processes for Transportation Projects |
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A featured article in the September-October 2013 issue of the TR News explores the origins and evolution of the innovative Eco-Logical: An Ecosystem Approach to Developing Infrastructure Projects. The article also highlights examples of early successes and current initiatives applying the collaborative framework for integrating plans across...
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Asphalt Materials and Mixtures 2013, Vol. 2 |
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TRB Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2371 consists of 14 papers that explore pavement with high recycled asphalt content; viscoelastic properties of reclaimed asphalt mixtures; environmental susceptibility of bituminous mastic viscosity; reacted and activated rubber; warm-mix asphalt for heavy...
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Committee for Intelligent Construction Systems and Technology: Program Review Letter Report: November 26, 2013 |
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On November 26, 2013, TRB’s Committee for Intelligent Construction Systems and Technology: Program Review sent its second letter report to Victor Mendez, administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The committee provides advice and guidance to the U.S. Federal Highway Administration concerning the conduct of its Intelligent...
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Panama Canal Expansion Study: Phase I Report |
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Marine Administration has released a report that explains possible developments in world ocean trade routes and economies that may affect freight corridors relevant to the Panama Canal expansion.
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Transportation Planning Update: Fall 2013 |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released the latest issue of its quarterly newsletter designed to provide information to the transportation planning community. Articles are written and submitted by FHWA and U.S. Federal Transit Administration staff to promote the sharing of ideas, highlight good practices, and inform on current...
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Clean Cities Now: Fall 2013 |
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Cities program has released the latest version of its biannual newsletter. Clean Cities is an initiative designed to reduce petroleum consumption in the transportation sector by advancing the use of alternative fuel vehicles, idle reduction technologies, hybrid electric vehicles, fuel blends, and fuel economy.
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Reformulated Pavement Remaining Service Life Framework |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that presents the framework for replacing remaining service life terminology with one based on exact construction event terms.
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Pavement Remaining Service Interval Implementation Guidelines |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that provides guidelines for implementing the remaining service interval concept as a replacement to the current remaining life terminology for pavements.
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Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil – Integrated Bridge System (GRS-IBS) |
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The Montana Department of Transportation has released a report that evaluates a new bridge built with Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) Integrated Bridge System (IBS) technology—which is alternating layers of granular fill material and fabric sheets of geotextile for a composite reinforcement that provides support for bridge slabs.
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Investigation of the Safety Effects of Edge and Centerline Markings on Narrow, Low-Volume Roads |
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The Virginia Department of Transportation has released a report that offers guidance to traffic engineers when making decisions regarding the use of edgelines and centerlines on narrow, low-volume roads.
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Development of Speed Models for Improving Travel Forecasting and Highway Performance Evaluation |
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The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that explains the use of hourly volume and speed data from traffic count stations for determining free-flow speeds and capacities of highway facilities.
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Movable Bridge Maintenance Monitoring |
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The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that details development of statistical analyses and machine learning-based methods for tracking the mechanical components of movable bridges.
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ACCESS Magazine: Fall 2013 |
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The University of California Transportation Center has released the latest issue of its ACCESS magazine. The semi-annual publication highlights selected research projects funded by the Center and research findings judged likely to interest a diverse audience of transportation professionals and public officials.
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Cars as Roadside Units: A Self-Organizing Network Solution |
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The Technologies for Safe and Efficient Transportation Center at Carnegie Mellon University has released a report that proposes solutions to facilitating the deployment of roadside units designed to increase the connectivity of vehicular ad hoc networks.
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Deploying Road Side Units in Sparse Vehicular Networks: What Really Works and What Does Not |
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The Technologies for Safe and Efficient Transportation Center at Carnegie Mellon University has released a report that considers the benefits of deploying road side units—an infrastructure along roads that relays wireless communications between vehicles—as a means to improve communications in highway scenarios.
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Vehicle Sharing Among Human Service Providers in Minnesota: Steps to Address Barriers |
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The Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota has released a report that identifies five barriers to increased vehicle sharing among human services providers in Minnesota and discusses solutions to each of these barriers.
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Biking Tourism and Effects on Local, Regional and National Levels: A Literature Review and Case Study on Biking Tourists in Varberg and Gotland, Sweden |
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VTI, the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, has released a report that explores the benefits from bicycle tourism and the beneficiaries from a developed bicycle trail network. This report is written in Swedish and contains an English summary.
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Improving the Cost-Benefit Analysis of Integrated PT, Walking and Cycling |
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The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a report that explores an evaluation framework for estimating the cost-benefit analysis of integrating public transportation (PT) with walking and cycling.
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A Closer Look at Urban Transport |
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The European Environment Agency has released a report that summarizes current transport demand, the pressures from the transportation sector on the environment, and related impacts and responses.
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Urban Transport - Thematic Research Summary: 2013 |
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The Transportation Research Knowledge Center of the European Commission has released a report that explores the results of completed European research projects related to urban transport.
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Analytical Study of Performance Models for Unbound Granular Pavements |
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Austroads has released a report that presents an analytical and parametric study to assess the relevance of rutting performance models for unbound granular pavements.
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Distracted Driving and Perceptions of Hands-Free Technologies: Findings from the 2013 Traffic Safety Culture Index |
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The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has released a report that considers the public’s perceptions of cognitive distraction and the hands-free debate, and whether there have been any changes over the past year in these areas.
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NCSL Transport Report Newsletter: November 2013 |
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The National Conference of State Legislatures has released the latest version of its monthly newsletter that covers state and federal transportation news, trends, and analysis.
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Institute for Trade and Transportation Studies Newsletter: November 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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