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2015 TRB 94th Annual Meeting and Transportation Research Record: Paper Submission Website Now Open |
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TRB is accepting papers for consideration as part of the program for the TRB 94th Annual Meeting, January 11-15, 2015, in Washington, D.C., and for publication in the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR).
The spotlight theme for the 2015 TRB Annual Meeting is Corridors to the Future: Transportation ...
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TRB Webinar: Improved Mix Design and Materials Management Practices of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) with High Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Contents |
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Alternative Intersections and Interchanges Symposium |
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TRB is sponsoring the Alternative Intersections and Interchanges Symposium on July 20-24, 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.
Conference attendees ...
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TRB Workshop on the Value of Transportation Infrastructure: Advance Registration Expires June 24, 2014 |
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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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European Transport Conference* |
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TRB is cosponsoring the European Transport Conference on September 29-October 1, 2014, in Frankfurt, Germany. The conference is designed to explore policy issues, research findings, and best practices across a broad spectrum of transportation modes.
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Second International Conference on Public-Private Partnerships* |
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TRB is cosponsoring the Second International Conference on Public-Private Partnerships May 26-29, 2015 in Austin, Texas. The conference will be designed to cover a wide range of topics related to public-private partnerships (PPPs), including how to use pavement management systems data to facilitate various analyses related to PPPs. In addition,...
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Light Rail Transit / Street Grade Crossing Safety System |
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TRB’s Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Final Report for Transit IDEA Project 68: Light Rail Transit / Street Grade Crossing Safety System summarizes the development and testing of an intelligent safety system that records crossing incidents for light rail transit systems.
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Backcountry Airstrip Preservation |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 55: Backcountry Airstrip Preservation catalogues the uses, benefits, and threats to backcountry airstrips and identifies practices and strategies to manage these threats.
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Tools for Assessing Wider Economic Benefits of Transportation |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a project brief that explores Capacity Project C11: Development of Tools for Assessing Wider Economic Benefits of Transportation. The project addresses the effects that transportation has on business productivity and its potential to enhance reliability, connectivity, and...
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Integrating Freight Considerations into Collaborative Decision Making for Additions to Highway Capacity |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Capacity Project C15 has released a prepublication, non-edited version of a report titled Integrating Freight Considerations into Collaborative Decision Making for Additions to Highway Capacity that summarizes the process and outcomes of a practitioners’ guide. Capacity Project C15 explores...
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An Examination of 14 Projects to Validate the Results of SHRP 2’s Transportation Project Impact Case Studies (T-PICS) |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Capacity Project C33A has released a prepublication, non-edited version of a report titled An Examination of 14 Projects to Validate the Results of SHRP 2’s Transportation Project Impact Case Studies (T-PICS) that evaluates the results of T-PICS.
T-PICS is a web-based, preliminary...
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Analytical Travel Forecasting Approaches for Project-Level Planning and Design |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 765: Analytical Travel Forecasting Approaches for Project-Level Planning and Design describes methods, data sources, and procedures for producing travel forecasts for highway project-level analyses. This report provides an update to NCHRP Report 255: Highway Traffic Data for...
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Bridge System Safety and Redundancy |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 776: Bridge System Safety and Redundancy provides proposed revisions to the design philosophy section of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Bridge Design Specifications.
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Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program: 2014 Report Continued Progress in Developing Walking and Bicycling Networks |
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Volpe, the National Transportation Systems Center at the U.S. Department of Transportation, has released a report that summarizes the progress and results of the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program, which provides cities with grants to build bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure.
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Review of Port Cybersecurity for Maritime Critical Infrastructure Protection |
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that identifies the extent to which the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other stakeholders have taken steps to address cybersecurity in the maritime port environment.
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U.S. Rail Transportation of Crude Oil: Background and Issues for Congress |
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This Congressional Research Service report considers the safety and environmental issues associated with the movement of crude oil by rail.
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Seat Belt Use in 2013: Use Rates in the States and Territories |
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a fact sheet that summarizes seat belt usage rates in all U.S. states and territories and provides trends from 2006 to 2013.
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Review of the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration’s Participation in the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) Program |
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General has released a report that assesses the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration’s policies and procedures for selecting Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) Program applications and identifies factors that affect applicants’ decisions to apply for the program.
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The Highway Trust Fund and the Treatment of Surface Transportation Programs in the Federal Budget |
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The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released a report that describes the status of the Highway Trust Fund and options that the Congress might consider to address the imbalance between revenues and spending from the fund.
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Closed Flume Inlet Efficiency |
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The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that discusses the efficiency of a culvert geometry used to redirect storm water from roadside curbs—Closed Fume Inlet—and determines if geometric changes could affect the current design.
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Comparison of Pelletized Lime with Other Anti-Stripping Additives |
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The Oregon Department of Transportation has released a report that evaluates the moisture susceptibility of five anti-stripping additives, used to help prevent cracking in pavement, with three separate aggregates.
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Underwater Acoustic Noise Generation and Propagation Resulting from Pile Driving for Oregon Bridge Construction |
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The Oregon Department of Transportation has released a report that addresses hydro-acoustic impacts of pile driving on bridges so that highway projects remain in compliance with established noise level criteria.
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The Impact of Modifying the Jones Act on US Coastal Shipping |
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The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has released a report that assesses the impacts of granting a waiver from the U.S.-built stipulation of the Jones Act along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. The Jones Act relates to goods and passengers transported by water between U.S. ports, and mandates that all...
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Simulation of Prepackaged Grout Bleed Under Field Conditions |
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The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that summarizes research on reproducing and determining the cause of soft grout, which can be found in post-tensioned ducts in bridges.
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Implementation of High Accuracy Radar Detectors for Traffic Safety Countermeasure Evaluation |
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The Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota has released a report that assesses the impact of using chevron signs as a means to lower speeds of cars approaching vertical curves.
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Field and Laboratory Study of Trinidad Lake Asphalt Mixtures at the NCAT Test Track |
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The National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) at Auburn University has released a report that evaluates the performance of Trinidad Lake asphalt (TLA) mixtures by comparing the performance of a full-scale experimental TLA section with that of a control section.
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Evaluation of a Rubber-Modified Mixture in Alabama |
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The National Center for Asphalt Technology at Auburn University has released a report that analyzes the field performance of ground tire rubber and asphalt mixtures.
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A Real-time Transit Signal Priority Control System that Considers Stochastic Bus Arrival Times |
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The Texas A&M Transportation Institute has released a report that proposes a stochastic mixed-integer nonlinear model that can be used as the core component of a real-time transit signal priority control system.
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ACCESS Magazine: Spring 2014 |
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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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TRIP Newsletter: May 2014 |
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The European Commission’s Transport Research and Innovation Portal has released its monthly newsletter that summarizes updates on transportation research and innovation.
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Ranking EU Progress on Road Safety: 8th Road Safety Performance Index Report |
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The European Transport Safety Council has released a report that details its road safety performance index that compares road user behavior, infrastructure and vehicles, and road safety policymaking in European countries.
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Rethinking Infrastructure Delivery: Case Study of a Green, Inclusive, and Cost-Effective Road Program in Nicaragua |
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The World Bank has released a report that presents a case study on developing rural infrastructure in a way that is cost-effectives, environmentally sounds, and socially responsible.
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The Impacts of Concessionary Travel Passes for Older and Disabled People: A Review of Evidence |
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The Institute of Logistics and Transport in the United Kingdom has released a report that examines the effects of providing discounted or free bus passes to those who are older or disabled.
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Potential Risks to Road and Rail Transport Associated with Asymmetric Loading of Containers |
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The Transport Research Laboratory in the United Kingdom has released a report that considers risks associated with transporting containers that are designed for transportation by sea, rail, and road.
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Young Researchers Seminar 2015 |
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The European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI) is being held on June 17-19, 2015 in Rome, Italy. This seminar provides an opportunity to extend the network of young transportation researchers and to improve their presentation skills in written and oral scientific communication to help put science into practice.
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Transportation and Public Health Newsletter: June 2014 |
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The American Public Health Association has released the latest edition of its monthly newsletter that explores news and research related to health topics in transportation.
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Reconnecting Small-Town America by Bus: New Federal Transit Rules Spur Investment |
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The AARP Public Policy Institute has released a report that illustrates how the state of Washington has used a public-private partnership—involving the U.S. Federal Transit Administration, the Washington State Department of Transportation, and the private sector—to restore bus service to rural communities.
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Surface Transportation Innovations: June 2014 |
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The Reason Foundation has released the most recent issue of its monthly newsletter that examines and analyzes the latest news on traffic congestion solutions, road funding and infrastructure investment, toll lanes, transit, and more.
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Hearing on Maintaining Coast Guard Readiness |
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On June 18, 2014, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held a hearing to examine the status and sustainability of the Coast Guard’s current acquisition program.
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Hearing on Airport Financing and Development |
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On June 18, 2014, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing to explore issues related to sources of airport financing and development—all in the context of anticipated aviation growth in the long term.
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