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2015 TRB 94th Annual Meeting: Plan Now to Exhibit at Our New Venue |
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On July 24, 2014, all businesses and organizations will have the opportunity to register for exhibit space to showcase their products and services to nearly 12,000 transportation professionals in attendance at the TRB 94th Annual Meeting, January 11-15, 2015, in Washington, D.C.
The meeting, to be held at a new venue, the Walter E. Washington...
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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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Fiscal Year 2014 Transit Cooperative Research Program Legal Studies Topics: Deadline Extended October 3, 2014 |
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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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ACRP Now Accepting Applications for 2015-2016 Ambassadors |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) is now accepting applications for its 2015-2016 ACRP Ambassador program. Ambassadors fill a vital role in ACRP's efforts to disseminate research products to those who need them the most--industry practitioners. Ambassadors represent ACRP at industry conferences and events to further enhance the...
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RFP: Impact of Firearms Laws on Airports |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to compile a compendium of the federal and state laws affecting the carriage of guns at airports. Proposals are due November 12, 2014.
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RFP: Acceptance Criteria of Complete Joint Penetration Steel Bridge Welds Evaluated Using Enhanced Ultrasonic Methods |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop guidelines to evaluate complete joint penetration welds in steel bridges based on updated acceptance criteria. Proposals are due November 18, 2014.
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TRB Webinar: Maintenance and Operations Resilience: Improving System Management and Performance During Adverse and Extreme Weather Events |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on October 2, 2014, from 12:00pm to 2:00pm ET that will examine transportation agencies’ performance metrics, data, and sources, as well as the systems and tools for performance evaluation in maintenance and operations for resilience in adverse weather events. Webinar presenters will discuss rationales for selecting...
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2015 TRB’s 5th International Conference on Transportation Systems Performance Measurement and Data: Abstracts Due October 7, 2014 |
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TRB is sponsoring the Fifth International Conference on Transportation Systems Performance Measurement and Data on May 31-June 2, 2015 in Denver, CO. The conference will explore international best practices in transportation systems performance measurement and data management. A pre-conference workshop will take place on May 31, 2015.
To...
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Transportation for Sustainability–An International Conference: Call for Presentations and Posters Due October 15, 2014 |
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TRB is sponsoring the Transportation for Sustainability–An 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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Moving Active Transportation to Higher Ground: Opportunities for Accelerating the Assessment of Health Impacts – Abstracts due October 15, 2014 |
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TRB Webinar: Panel Fabrication and Installation Considerations for Precast Concrete Pavement Implementation |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on October 20, 2014, from 1:00pm to 2:30pm ET that will focus on precast concrete pavement (PCP) panel fabrication and installation. Webinar presenters will cover SHRP 2 Report S2-R05-RR-1: Precast Concrete Pavement Technology, which provides comprehensive guidance on project selection, PCP system acceptance, and panel...
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TRB Webinar: Practical Structural Health Monitoring for Bridge Owners |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on October 22, 2014, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm ET that will present how to organize a meaningful structural health monitoring (SHM) program. Webinar presenters will discuss the perspective of a state department of transportation (DOT) and highlight case studies. This webinar is the first of a two-part series...
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TRB Webinar: Applying Scenario Methods to Transportation Planning and Policy |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on October 23, 2014, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm ET that will present three scenario methodologies and discuss how each can be utilized for transportation planning and policy. The webinar is designed to be highly interactive so that attendees may learn how to use the methods.
Participants must register in advance of the...
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Enhancing the Durability of Asphalt Pavements: Papers from a Workshop |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C186 contains papers based on a workshop held at the 92nd Annual Meeting, which took place January 13-17, 2013 in Washington, D.C. The workshop focused on enhancing the durability of asphalt pavements, specifically on new design and construction approaches for extending pavement life while also improving...
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Transit 2014, Volume 1 |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2415 consists of 16 papers that explore effects of the economic crisis on users’ perceptions of public transportation quality; bus drivers’ occupational stress under changing working conditions; New York City subways’ key performance indicators to improve...
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Freight Systems 2014, Volume 1: Planning, Modeling, and Logistics |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2410 consists of 17 papers that examine truck traffic related to petroleum well development and production in unconventional shale plays; a critical rural freight corridors designation; generation of reliable freight performance measures with truck GPS data;...
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Traffic Law Enforcement; Occupant Protection; Alcohol 2014 |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2425 consists of 9 papers that evaluate spatiotemporal optimization of rural freeway enforcement in Florida; saturation and corridor enforcement patrols; threshold effects of speed-monitoring devices on the speeding behavior of drivers; driver perceptions of...
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Air Quality 2014: Volume 2 |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2428 consists of 9 papers that summarize diesel and hybrid bus models; evaluations of energy and emissions performance for electric rail transit options; predictions from the CAL3QHCR and AERMOD models for highway applications; life-cycle greenhouse gases and...
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Integrating Airport Geographic Information System (GIS) Data with Public Agency GIS |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 59: Integrating Airport Geographic Information System (GIS) Data with Public Agency GIS identifies effective and emerging data exchange practices that airports and public agencies can use to increase the data they have access to, while reducing the cost of identifying, collecting, and...
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Incorporating Travel Time Reliability into the Highway Capacity Manual |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-L08-RW-1: Incorporation of Travel Time Reliability into the Highway Capacity Manual presents a summary of the work conducted during the development of two proposed new chapters for the Highway Capacity Manual 2010 (HCM2010). These chapters demonstrated how to apply travel time ...
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Integrating Freight Considerations into the Highway Capacity Planning Process: Practitioner’s Guide |
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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Capacity Project S2-C15-RW-2: Integrating Freight Considerations into the Highway Capacity Planning Process: Practitioner’s Guide provides examples of how state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations might improve the quality of their interactions with the...
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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) Report S2-C15-RW-1: Integrating Freight Considerations into Collaborative Decision Making for Additions to Highway Capacity summarizes the process and outcomes of a practitioners’ guide that explores ways for transportation agencies to collaborate with private-sector freight stakeholders in...
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Factors Contributing to Median Encroachments and Cross-Median Crashes |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 790: Factors Contributing to Median Encroachments and Cross-Median Crashes investigates the factors that contribute to median-related crashes and identifies design treatments and countermeasures that can be applied to improve median safety on divided highways.
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Research Pays Off: Sharing Knowledge, Improving Decisions, and Establishing Accountability - Comparative Performance Measurement Demonstrates Benefits |
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This Research Pays Off explores the efforts made by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ (AASHTO’s) Standing Committee on Performance Management to develop projects through TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) that established comparable performance measures relevant to transportation....
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Gulf Research Program: A Strategic Vision |
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The National Research Council has released Gulf Research Program: A Strategic Vision that establishes the program's foundation and introduces its mission, goals, and objectives. It describes some initial activities and sets out the program's vision for contributing lasting benefit to the Gulf region and the nation.
The Gulf Research Program...
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The Bridge: Fall 2014 |
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The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has released the latest edition of The Bridge. The Bridge is a quarterly publication that explores opinion and analysis on engineering research, education, and practice; science and technology policy; and the roles of engineering and technology in society. NAE, like TRB, is a division of the National...
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MAP-21 Research Quarterly Newsletter: Summer 2014 |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Human Environment has released the latest version of its quarterly online newsletter, which is designed to provide information about the office’s research products and resources.
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Use of FTA’s National Transit Database for Allocating Transit Grants |
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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 Transit Administration’s oversight of the National Transit Database (NTD) to determine whether recipients of the Urbanized Area Formula grants submit complete, accurate, and timely data to the NTD.
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UTC Spotlight: September 2014 |
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The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology at the U.S. Department of Transportation has released its monthly report that highlights recent accomplishments and products from university transportation centers. This month’s edition features the University of Minnesota.
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Review of Program Effectiveness of TSA’s Secure Flight Program |
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that examines changes to the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA’s) Secure Flight Program and TSA’s efforts to ensure that the program’s screening determinations are implemented at airport checkpoints. In addition, the report assesses the extent to which program performance...
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Case Study: Propane School Bus Fleets |
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The U.S. Department of Energy has released a report that highlights five school districts that used propane-fueled school buses and examines the districts’ motivations for using propane.
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Model Long-Range Transportation Plans: A Guide for Incorporating Performance-Based Planning |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that informs different types of transportation agencies about effective practices for incorporating performance-based planning for development of a long-range transportation plan.
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New York City Green Loading Zones Study |
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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has released a report that examines the impact and potential benefits of Green Loading Zones—a policy solution used to incentivize electric truck adoption through the creation of curbside loading zones for zero-emission commercial vehicles.
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Sustainable Roadway Lighting Seminar |
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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has released a report that summarizes educational material from a seminar about energy-efficient roadway lighting, including the topics of roadway lighting technologies, new approaches to roadway lighting, and safety.
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Evaluation of Current Centerline Rumble Strip Design(s) to Reduce Roadside Noise and Promote Safety |
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The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that evaluates wayside noise levels from vehicles passing over various centerline rumble strips to determine overall sound levels and 1/3-octave band frequencies.
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Regulations of E-Bikes in North America: A Policy Review |
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The Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium has released a report that outlines the different classifications of electric bicycles (e-bikes) and explores how federal and state regulations may affect adoption of e-bikes. The publication is available without a fee after logging into the website.
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Truck-Rail Intermodal Toolkit: User Manual |
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The Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas at Austin has released a report that explains a truck-rail intermodal toolkit developed to help planners compare truck and rail freight movements for specific corridors and discusses variables associated with each mode.
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ITRE Directions: September 2014 |
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The Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) at North Carolina State University’s Centennial Campus, Raleigh, North Carolina, has released the latest version of its quarterly newsletter that highlights ITRE’s recent activities, events, programs, and research.
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Northern Ireland Pedestrian Fatality Report 2014 |
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Right to Ride has released a report that analyzes conditions under which pedestrian fatalities took place Northern Ireland, including weather conditions, road type, time of day, pedestrian clothing, vehicle type, and driver speed.
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Using MOT Test Data to Analyze Travel Behaviour Change: Scoping Report |
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The Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) in the United Kingdom has released a report that explores the use of vehicle information collected during the British Ministry of Transport’s annual vehicle inspections.
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Predictions of the Share That Walk or Bicycle to Work: Travel Surveys Combined with Register Based Data with High Geographic Resolution |
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VTI, the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, has released a report that explains how Sweden’s national travel survey, register-based (administrative) data, and high geographic resolution can be combined to generate predictions of the number of people walking or cycling to work in a small geographic area. This report is written...
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Routes/Roads Magazine: Number 363 |
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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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ETSC Safety Monitor: September 2014 |
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The European Transport Safety Council has released the latest issue of its bi-monthly safety newsletter that provides updates on European Union transportation safety issues.
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Catching Up: Achieving a More Competitive Infrastructure |
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The National Association of Manufacturers has released a report that provides a historical accounting of infrastructure investment and the status of private-sector and public infrastructure.
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Tolling Newsletter: Summer 2014 |
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The International Bridge, Tunnel, and Turnpike Associations has released the latest version of its newsletter that highlights the latest in toll road development from around the world.
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A Global High Shift Scenario: Impacts and Potential for More Public Transport, Walking, and Cycling with Lower Car Use |
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The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy has released a report that examines how major changes in urban transportation investments worldwide would affect urban passenger transportation emissions as well as mobility by different income groups.
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Intergovernmental Challenges in Surface Transportation Funding |
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The Pew Charitable Trusts has released a report that examines contributions from the states, federal government, and localities to the funding of highway and transit programs.
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