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Nominations and Applications for the Next TRB Executive Director Now Being Accepted |
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To prepare for the January 2015 retirement of TRB Executive Director Robert E. Skinner, Jr. the National Research Council has retained Korn Ferry to assist with the search for his replacement. Interested individuals are encouraged to submit a current resume, and letter explaining interest and relevant experience to Jacki Thompson, Senior...
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2015 TRB 94th Annual Meeting: Workshop Information |
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Titles, dates, times, and brief descriptions of the 110+ specialty workshops being held on Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday during the TRB 94th Annual Meeting, January 11-15, 2015, in Washington, D.C., are now available. Annual Meeting registration, for at least the day of the workshop, is required. All workshops are included as part of the Annual...
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2015 TRB 94th Annual Meeting: Why Your Organization Should Become an Annual Meeting Patron |
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Your organization can become a TRB 94th Annual Meeting Patron for a lot less than you may think. That’s because the $5,000 price to be a Patron includes four full meeting registrations (a $2,680 value). So if you already are planning to send four employees to the meeting, you can get all of the other benefits of being a Patron, for just an...
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Fiscal Year 2014 Transit Cooperative Research Program Legal Studies Topics |
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The Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) is soliciting ideas on candidate topics for the FY 2014 Legal Studies Program. The TCRP Legal Studies Program reports on legal issues associated with transit and intermodal law. Each document is intended to provide transit attorneys with authoritative, well-researched, specific information that is...
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TRB Outstanding Young Member Award |
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TRB’s Young Members Council is accepting nominations for the Outstanding Young Member Award. This award recognizes exceptional young member service to TRB and achievements in transportation research, policy, or practice. Nomination packages are due by October 17, 2014.
The award is be given annually to a TRB volunteer who is 35 years of age or...
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TRB Webinar: Is North America Ready for the Turbo Roundabout: Development and Advantages With and Without Raised Curbs |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on August 20, 2014, from 12:00pm to 2:00pm ET that will explain the turbo roundabout concept, including its development, use, and safety benefits in the Netherlands, where there are several hundred turbos. Webinar presenters will also discuss the safety advantages of German turbos, which lack raised curbs, and explore a...
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TRB Webinar: Best Practices for Crack Treatments |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on August 25, 2014, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm ET that will present the findings of the forthcoming NCHRP Report 784: Best Practices for Crack Treatment. The webinar will summarize practices used for crack sealing and crack filling in asphalt pavements. The presenter will highlight situations when state-of-the-art practices...
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TRB Webinar: Ternary Mixtures: Past, Present, and Future |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on August 26, 2014, from 12:00pm to 1:30pm ET that will cover ternary mixtures, including a broad overview of past and current research results. Webinar presenters will also explain ternary specification and discuss current implementation efforts of ternary mixtures. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, ...
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TRB Webinar: Evaluating and Improving Airport Environmental Sustainability Practices |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on September 10, 2014, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm ET that will provide an understanding of airport environmental sustainability practices, the impacts they may have on day-to-day operations and maintenance, and how to drive performance improvements through contract language. Participants must register in advance of the...
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TRB’s SHRP 2 Tuesdays Webinar: Local Methods for Modeling, Economic Evaluation, Justification and Use of the Value of Travel Time Reliability in Transportation Decision Making (L35) |
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As part of the SHRP2 Tuesdays Webinar Series, TRB will conduct a webinar on September 9, 2014, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm ET that will highlight the process used to develop, justify, apply, and assess the use of travel time reliability in project evaluation and decision making.
The objective of SHRP 2 Reliability Project L35 is to build support for ...
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Pavement Evaluation 2014* |
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TRB is cosponsoring a conference on Pavement Evaluation on September 15-18, 2014, in Blacksburg, Virginia. The conference will address pavement evaluation topics such as texture and friction measurements, tire-pavement noise, ground penetrating radar, video distress rating, structural testing, performance requirements, and non-destructive...
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14th AASHTO/TRB Conference on Transportation Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations*: Abstracts Due September 15, 2014 |
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TRB is cosponsoring the 14th American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) / TRB Conference on Transportation Infrastructure in July 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. The conference will explore the state-of-the-art, state-of-the-practice, and practical innovations in infrastructure, maintenance operations, and management....
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Transportation for Sustainability– An International Conference |
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TRB is sponsoring the Transportation for Sustainability –International Conference conference on May 7-8, 2015 in Washington, D.C. The conference is designed to draw attention to the global and international aspects of transportation and sustainability, including problems of transportation and sustainability that are common to many nations.
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Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 6: The Effects of Socio-Demographics on Future Travel Demand |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 6: The Effects of Socio-Demographics on Future Travel Demand presents the results of research on how socio-demographic changes over the next 30 to 50 years may impact travel demand at the regional level. It is accompanied by a...
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Marine Transportation, Terminal Operations, and International Trade 2014 |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2409 consists of nine papers that examine maintenance project selection; port operations observatories; transportation rate analysis; and, lock and dam maintenance funding.
This issue also contains information about gate layout for marine container...
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Construction 2014 |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2408 consists of 12 papers that cover performance bonds; alternative technical concepts; indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contracting; geotechnical requirements in the design-build selection process; visualization technology; and air content stability in ...
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Manager’s Guide to the Integrated Ecological Framework |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) S2-C06-RW-4: Manager’s Guide to the Integrated Ecological Framework is designed to provide a basic understanding of the Integrated Ecological Framework (IEF), a nine-step process for integrating ecological and transportation planning. It presents information about the relevant...
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WISE Software Users Guide |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) S2-R11-RW-2: WISE Software Users Guide explains how to use the work zone impact and strategy estimator (WISE)--a decision support software system designed to help evaluate the impact of work zones and determine strategies to reduce those impacts.
In addition, SHRP Renewal...
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Project Management Strategies for Complex Projects |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) S2-R10-RW-1: Project Management Strategies for Complex Projects describes a five-dimensional project management approach for complex projects.
The goal of the five-dimensional approach is to identify issues that should be planned and managed proactively, rather than retroactively. The...
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Guide for the Process of Managing Risk on Rapid Renewal Projects |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) S2-R09-RW-2: Guide for the Process of Managing Risk on Rapid Renewal Projects describes a formal and structured risk management approach specifically for rapid renewal design and construction projects that is designed to help adequately and efficiently anticipate, evaluate, and address...
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Developing Best-Practice Guidelines for Improving Bus Operator Health and Retention |
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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 169: Developing Best-Practice Guidelines for Improving Bus Operator Health and Retention addresses some of the health and safety issues common throughout the transit industry, and describes approaches that transit organizations in the United States and Canada have taken to address health...
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Making Progress: Transportation Planners and Programmers Turn Ideas into Reality |
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TRB’s Conference Proceedings on the Web 15: Making Progress: Transportation Planners and Programmers Turn Ideas into Reality summarizes a May 2012 conference in Denver, Colorado. The conference explored the use of tools and techniques to achieve transportation planning and programming goals.
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UTC Spotlight: August 2014 |
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration has released its monthly report that highlights recent accomplishments and products from university transportation centers. This month’s edition features the University of Iowa.
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Volpe News: Rail Integrity, Call for SBIR Proposals, Planning for Climate Change, and More |
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Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center, has released its eNews bulletin that features its news briefs, tools for practitioners, and reports.
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Review of PHMSA’s Special Permit and Approval Process |
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released a report that assesses whether the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) implemented standard operating procedures for safely transporting hazardous materials, and whether it has improved information technology for its special...
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Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads |
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The U.S. Federation Highway Administration has released a report that discusses the costs and benefits of safety treatments on high-risk, rural roads.
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Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities for the First Quarter of 2014 |
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a fact sheet that estimates the number of traffic fatalities for the first quarter of 2014 and lists trends in fatalities since 2005.
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Partnership for Sustainable Communities: Five Years of Learning from Communities and Coordinating Federal Investments |
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that summarizes its collaborative efforts with the U.S. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. These efforts have been aimed at improving the livability of communities, in part through improving access to public transportation and safe...
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Georgia Milepost: Spring/Summer 2014 |
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The Georgia Department of Transportation has released the latest version of its newsletter that details its activities, initiatives, resources, and research.
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Creation of a Customer Relations Development System: Final Report |
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The Ohio Department of Transportation has released a report that considers ways to develop a system that would gather, process, and quantify the needs and requirements of its customers.
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Development of Laboratory Test Methods to Replace the Simulated High-Temperature Grout Fluidity Test |
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The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that summarizes the research for replacing a high-temperature grout fluidity test that was used to qualify post-tensioning grouts in post-tensioned bridge construction.
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How Can We Maximize Efficiency and Increase Person Occupancy at Overcrowded Park and Rides |
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The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that considers strategies to increase the number of people served by the limited parking spaces at park and ride facilities.
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Field Evaluation of Hybrid-Composite Girder Bridges in Missouri |
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The Missouri Department of Transportation has released a report that investigates the in-service behavior of hybrid composite beam bridges through quality control/quality assurance measures.
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Transportation Research Today: Vol. 1, Issue 3 |
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The National Surface Transportation Safety Center for Excellence at Virginia Tech University has released its quarterly newsletter that summarizes its activities and research.
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HSRC Directions: Spring/Summer 2014 |
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The University of North Carolina's (UNC’s) Highway Safety Research Center (HSRC) has released the latest edition of its newsletter that highlights highway safety issues and the activities of the center. The UNC HSRC conducts interdisciplinary research aimed at reducing deaths, injuries, and related societal costs of roadway crashes.
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CTS Catalyst: August 2014 |
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The latest issue of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) Catalyst newsletter is now available. Catalyst provides current information on the latest in transportation-related research and activities from the CTS.
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NRSPP Bulletin: August 2014 |
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The National Road Safety Partnership Program (NRSPP), a collaborative forum of Australian organizations focused on workplace road safety strategies, has released its monthly bulletin that provides updates, information about events, and resources about road safety-related issues.
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Post-Ageing Characterisation of Sprayed Sealing Binders: A Laboratory Study |
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Austroads has released a report that presents the results of a laboratory study conducted as part of the development of a new long-term durability test for bituminous binders used in sprayed seals in Australia. This report is available for no fee after logging onto the site.
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Food Prices, Road Infrastructure, and Market Integration in Central and Eastern Africa |
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The World Bank Group has released a report that examines the extent to which different factors, including distance and amount of paved roads, affect market integration for three food staples in Central and Eastern Africa.
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ITTS Newsletter: August 2014 |
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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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