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TRB Webinar: Ensuring Productive Regional Freight Operations and its Economic Benefits |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on February 26, 2014, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm ET that will explore the role of goods movement in our nation's economic well-being and the parts that traffic engineering, transportation operations, and planning play in ensuring safe, efficient freight operations. Participants must register in advance of the webinar,...
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TRB Webinar: DOT Climate Change Adaptation and Local Resilience Coordination – An Operations Perspective |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on March 6, 2014, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm ET that will explore the climate change adaptation challenges facing federal, state, and local governments as they coordinate and promote resilient transportation systems. Webinar presenters will describe how different transportation agencies are incorporating potential climate...
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TRB Webinar: Accommodating Large Trucks and Oversize Loads at Roundabouts: Concerns and Some Solutions |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on March 7, 2014, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm ET that will address challenges and possible solutions pertaining to large trucks and oversize/overweight trucks (OSOW) traversing roundabouts. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor or non-TRB Sustaining Affiliate employees. A...
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TRB Webinar: Emergency Medical Services Response to Motor Vehicle Crashes in Rural Areas |
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TRB’s SHRP 2 Tuesdays Webinar: Real-Time Smoothness Measurements on Portland Cement Concrete Pavements During Construction (R06E) |
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Innovations in Travel Demand Forecasting - 2014 - Early Bird Registration Deadline Extension |
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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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53rd Annual Workshop on Transportation Law |
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TRB is sponsoring the 53rd Annual Workshop on Transportation Law on July July 13-16, 2014, in San Francisco, California. The workshop is designed to bring together lawyers from federal, state, and local agencies and the private sector who work in all areas of transportation law. Attendees will have the opportunity to share...
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TRB Workshop on the Value of Transportation Infrastructure |
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TRB is sponsoring the Workshop on the Value of Transportation Infrastructure on July 23-24, 2014, in Washington, D.C. The goal of the workshop is to look at how different infrastructure valuation methods can be used to support transportation investment decision making. The Moving Ahead for Progress for the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) establishes a...
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Fourth International Symposium on Naturalistic Driving Research |
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TRB’s SHRP 2 program is co-sponsoring the Fourth International Symposium on Naturalistic Driving Research on August 25-28, 2014, in Blacksburg, Virginia. The symposium is designed to provide researchers and practitioners with an overview of international naturalistic driving studies (NDS) and insight into the next generation of NDS.
The...
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RFP: The Fourth Amendment and Airports |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to explore various legal issues related to the roles, relationships, and limitations of federal, airport, and local law enforcement in screening and security activities in the United States. Proposals are due April 8, 2014.
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RFP: FloodCast: A Framework for Enhanced Flood Event Decision Making for Transportation Resilience |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a strategic framework and a prototype tool for enhanced flood event decision making. Proposals are due by April 10, 2014.
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RFP Reissued: Guide for Optimal Replacement Cycles of Highway Operations Equipment |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program has reissued a request for proposal to produce a guide that includes processes and tools to assist state highway agencies with making decisions about the optimal replacement cycles of on- and off-road highway operations equipment. Proposals are due April 15, 2014.
A request for proposals for...
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RFP Reissued: Proposed Enhancements to Pavement ME Design: Improved Consideration of the Influence of Subgrade and Unbound Layers on Pavement Performance |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program has reissued a request for proposal to propose enhancements to the Pavement Mechanistic-Empirical Design procedures to better reflect the influence of subgrade and unbound layers (properties and thicknesses) on the performance of flexible and rigid pavements. Proposals are due by April 15, 2015. ...
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RFP: Mainstreaming Transportation Hazards and Security Risk Management: CAPTA Update and Implementation |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to update, enhance, and publicize the Costing Asset Protection: An All-Hazards Guide for Transportation Agencies (CAPTA) methodology and the computer-based tool that implements the methodology . The project will also develop an implementation plan to...
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Framing Surface Transportation Research for the Nation’s Future |
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TRB has released the final version of 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...
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Committee on Implementing the Research Results of the Second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Letter Report: February 20, 2014 |
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On February 20, 2014, TRB’s Committee on Implementing the Research Results of the Second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) sent its fifth letter report to Gregory Nadeau, acting administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and Bud Wright, executive director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation...
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A Guidebook for Integrating NIMS for Personnel and Resources at Airports |
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TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 103: A Guidebook for Integrating NIMS for Personnel and Resources at Airports provides guidance for the integration of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) into airport response plans for incidents, accidents, and events.
The guidebook address common NIMS and incident command...
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Assessing Aircraft Noise Conditions Affecting Student Learning, Volume 1: Final Report |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Web-Only Document 16: Assessing Aircraft Noise Conditions Affecting Student Learning, Volume 1: Final Report explores conditions under which aircraft noise affects student learning and evaluates alternative noise metrics that best define those conditions.
Appendices A through G for ACRP...
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Assessing Aircraft Noise Conditions Affecting Student Learning, Volume 2: Appendices |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Web-Only Document 16: Assessing Aircraft Noise Conditions Affecting Student Learning, Volume 2: Appendices includes appendices A through G for ACRP Web-Only Document 16, Vol. 1, which explores conditions under which aircraft noise affects student learning and evaluates alternative noise metrics...
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Non-Nuclear Methods for Compaction Control of Unbound Materials |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 456: Non-Nuclear Methods for Compaction Control of Unbound Materials documents information on national and international experience with non-nuclear devices and methods for measuring compaction of unbound materials.
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Statistical Methods and Visualization 2013 |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2392 consists of 7 papers that explore logistic regression models of the safety of large trucks; a comparison of sichel and negative binomial models in estimating empirical bayes estimates; symbolic data reduction for analysis of naturalistic driving data; the...
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Trucks, Buses, Motorcycles, and Mopeds 2013 |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2388 consists of 10 papers that explore occupational drivers’ accident involvement; the accommodation of large trucks in roundabouts; driver gap acceptance behavior at modern roundabouts; potential safety benefits of stability control systems for motorcoach...
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TR News September-October 2013: Environmental Sustainability in Transportation |
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The full PDF version of the September-October 2013 issue of TR News is now available. TRB policy is to release the full PDF version of a TR News four months after its release in print format.
This issue of the TR News focuses on environmental sustainability in transportation and how it can help improve the quality of life for individuals and...
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A Guide to the Lessons Learned from the Clean Cities Community Electric Vehicle Readiness Projects |
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The U.S. Department of Energy has released a report that summarizes the activities, outputs, and lessons of projects intended to advance the deployment of plug-in electric vehicles.
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Occupant Restraint Use in 2012: Results From the National Occupant Protection Use Survey Controlled Intersection Study |
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a report that presents results from its 2012 National Occupant Protection Use Survey, which is the only nationwide probability-based occupant restraint use survey.
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Driver Electronic Device Use in 2012 |
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a fact sheet that summarizes trends in drivers’ use of electronic devices from 2004 to 2012, as collected by the National Occupant Protection Use Survey.
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Development of a Family of Ultra High-Performance Concrete Pi-Girders |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that discusses development of optimized sections of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) pi-girders as a way of utilizing the mechanical properties of UHPC over longer span lengths.
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Performance-Based Contractor Prequalification as an Alternative to Performance Bonds |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that analyzes the benefits and costs of performance bonds and performance-based contractor pre-qualifications in order to create a performance-based contractor prequalification model.
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Comprehensive Study to Reduce Pedestrian Crashes in Florida |
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The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that explores pedestrian safety on Florida’s state roads by identifying crash patterns and contributing factors, and then proposing potential countermeasures to reduce pedestrian crashes.
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Impact of Lane Closures on Roadway Capacity, Phase 2 |
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The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that discusses its two-lane roadway lane closure analysis procedure, which is based on calibrating the FlagSim simulation program to field data.
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Managing Risks in the Project Pipeline |
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The Wyoming Department of Transportation has released a report that focuses on managing the risks of project costs and revenue uncertainties, and identifying process improvements to ensure that the projects are delivered on time and as intended.
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Analysis of Transit Contracting Models and Proper Incentives for Long-Term Success |
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The National Center for Transit Research at the University of South Florida has released a report that reviews transit service contracting practices in five states by using the 2011 National Transit Database.
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Misinformation Contributing to Safety Issues in Vehicle Restraints for Children: A Rural/Urban Comparison |
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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 explores health care providers’ knowledge of child passenger safety issues.
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Effects of Various Asphalt Binder Additives/Modifiers on Moisture-Susceptible Asphaltic Mixtures |
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The University of Illinois Center for Transportation has released a report that investigates effects of additives and modifiers such as liquid anti-strip and hydrated lime, on the moisture susceptibility of asphalt concrete.
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Comparison of Setting Time Measured Using Ultrasonic Wave Propagation With Saw-Cutting Times on Pavements in Iowa |
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The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that explores measurement of concrete setting time using an ultrasonic pulse velocity approach, and assesses the extent of a relationship between initial set and sawing times.
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Finite Element Model Updating and Damage Detection for Bridges using Vibration Measurement |
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The Region 2 University Transportation Research Center at Columbia University has released a report that presents results of a study that develops a damage detection methodology for bridges based on Statistical Pattern Recognition.
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Field Methods for Determining Lead Content in Bridge Paint Removal Waste |
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The Region 2 University Transportation Research Center at Columbia University has released a report that considers an approach that provides in-situ characterization of waste classification for removal of paint from bridges and other structures.
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PACTS Newsletter: February 2014 |
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The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety has released its monthly newsletter that summarizes transportation safety-related news in the United Kingdom.
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Maritime Transports’ Socioeconomic Marginal Costs: Prestudy within SAMKOST |
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VTI, the Swedish National Road and Transport Institute, has released a report that analyzes marginal costs for marine transportation such as infrastructure wear and tear, air pollution, and water pollution. This report was written in Swedish and contains a summary in English.
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Improving Roadside Safety: Summary Report |
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Austroads has released a report that presents road safety engineering practitioners in Australia and New Zealand, including advice on hazard management, treatment selection and barrier placement in a Safe System context. This report is available for no fee after logging on to the site.
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Analysis of Injuries to Young and Old Victorian Public Transport Users: 2006 to 2010 |
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Monash University in Australia has released a report that identifies public transportation users’ injuries as a means to assist with a project that aims to improve transportation safety for older users.
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Traffic Simulation: Case for Guidelines |
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The Institute for Energy and Transport at the European Commission Joint Research Center has released a report that assesses guidelines for traffic simulation model calibration and
validation.
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AASHTO Transportation Systems Management and Operations Guidance Website Updated |
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has updated its Transportation Systems Management and Operations Guidance website. The site includes a set of strategies designed to help transportation system managers anticipate and manage traffic congestion, and minimize the other unpredictable causes of service...
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