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2015 TRB 94th Annual Meeting: Slides and Posters Available Online |
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Visit the TRB Annual Meeting Online (AMOnline) portal to view the slides and posters of more than 5,000 program presentations at the 2015 TRB 94th Annual Meeting. These visual aids from the 2015 meeting are in addition to more than 2700 technical papers from the 2015 meeting that have been available on the portal since before the meeting.
In...
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TRB Webinar: Effective Practices for the Protection of Transportation Infrastructure from Cyber Incidents |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on May 13, 2015, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm ET that will present material developed for an NCHRP project on Effective Practices for the Protection of Transportation Infrastructure from Cyber Incidents. This material is focused on the delivery of fundamental strategy, management and planning information associated with...
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TRB Webinar: Risk Management Applications for All Airports |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on May 21, 2015, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm ET that will feature research conducted by TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) on project risk management and safety risk management. Webinar presenters will discuss promising practices and practical applications to assist airport stakeholders in managing risk, as well ...
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TRB Webinar: Use and Implementation of the Federal Highway Administration Stochastic Empirical Loading and Dilution Model (SELDM): Oregon and Massachusetts |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on May 18, 2015, from 1:00pm to 2:30pm ET that will cover the application of the Stochastic Empirical Loading and Dilution Model (SELDM) in Oregon and Massachusetts. SELDM was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, help analyze the potential effects of runoff on...
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RFP: Primer on Patentability and Use of Ideas Developed by Contractors Performing Work for State and Federal Transportation and Local Planning Agencies |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a request for proposals to develop a primer for state and local transportation agency officials to apply when exploring the use of a patented product. Proposals are due May 9, 2015.
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RFP: Summary of Federal Law Restricting Use of Highway Safety Data in Tort Litigation |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a request for proposals to summarize a law that prohibits the use, in tort litigation, of highway safety data created for purposes related to safety improvements on roads qualifying for federal safety improvement funding. In addition, the research should also explore the...
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RFP: Preemption of Worker Retention and Labor Peace Agreements at Airports |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has released a request for proposals to produce an analysis of the scope of the preemption doctrine that airport authorities may use to control or regulate the labor relations practices of various companies that do business at the airport or with the airport authority. Proposals are due June 1,...
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RFI: TCRP FY 2016 Research Problem Statements Sought |
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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program has issued a request for problem statements identifying research needed for TCRP’s FY 2016 program. Research problem statements for the TCRP FY 2016 program are due June 15, 2015. These submittals form the basis for selection of the annual TCRP research program.
The TCRP undertakes applied...
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RFP: The Relationship between Transit Asset Condition and Service Quality |
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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has released a request for proposals to develop guidance to transit decision makers on how transit asset conditions affect transit service quality in order to help inform the decision makers’ investment priorities. Proposals are due July 14, 2015.
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2015 National Accelerated Bridge Construction Conference*: Abstracts Due April 30, 2015 |
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TRB is cosponsoring the 2015 National Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) Conference on December 7-8, 2015, in Miami, Florida. The conference focuses on pre-fabricated bridge elements, systems, and technologies that enable accelerating construction of bridges using various materials and techniques. ABC projects successfully completed in the...
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11th National Conference on Access Management*: Abstracts Due May 1, 2015 |
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TRB is cosponsoring the 11th National Conference on Access Management on September 21-25, 2015, in Seattle, Washington. The conference will draw together engineers, planners, consultants, land developers, and academics from across all fields of highway planning, design, operations, and engineering. Abstracts are due May 1, 2015.
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Road Safety on Five Continents (RS5C)*: Abstracts Due August 16, 2015 |
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TRB is co-sponsoring Road Safety on Five Continents (RS5C) May 17-19, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The conference provides an international platform to exchange knowledge on road safety and safe mobility. This conference will focus on safety and health associated with road transportation. Abstracts are due August 16, 2015.
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2015 Environmental Analysis in Transportation Summer Workshop |
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TRB is sponsoring the 2015 Environmental Analysis in Transportation Summer Workshop on September 20-23, 2015 in San Diego, California. The workshop theme is "Better Transportation and Environmental Outcomes through Effective Partnerships.”
The session topics are:
- Freight Mobility in the Urban Setting
- Developing Productive...
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Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation Along Existing Roads—ActiveTrans Priority Tool Guidebook |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 803: Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation Along Existing Roads—ActiveTrans Priority Tool Guidebook presents a tool and guidance that may be used to help prioritize improvements to pedestrian and bicycle facilities, either separately or together as part of a “complete streets”...
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FEMA and FHWA Emergency Relief Funds Reimbursements to State Departments of Transportation |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 472: FEMA and FHWA Emergency Relief Funds Reimbursements to State Departments of Transportation documents the experiences of state departments of transportation (DOTs) with federal disaster reimbursement programs. The report summarizes efforts and enhancements made by DOTs to...
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Improving Safety Data Programs Through Data Governance and Data Business Planning |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C196: Improving Safety Data Programs Through Data Governance and Data Business Planning summarizes the major themes of a peer exchange held on March 3-4, 2015, in Washington, D.C., which explored effective data governance and data business planning solutions for safety applications. Specifically, the...
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Research Pays Off: Optimization of Tack Coat Applications in Asphalt Pavements: Louisiana Develops Evaluation Tools and Pilot-Tests Guidance |
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The latest edition of Research Pays Off included in the January–February 2015 edition of the TR News explores the need to develop procedures for selecting tack cost and methods to evaluate their quality in field applications. TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 712: Optimization of Tack Coat for HMA Placement...
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Integrating Aviation and Passenger Rail Planning |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 118: Integrating Aviation and Passenger Rail Planning explores planning options, funding challenges, and potential actions to improve integration of rail services with airports, particularly in congested corridors.
The report has an accompanying CD-ROM that includes an Air/Rail...
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Sovereign Immunity for Public Airport Operations |
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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Legal Research Digest 24: Sovereign Immunity for Public Airport Operations examines sovereign immunity as it applies to public airports that are owned and operated by units of local government or regional governmental authorities. This report summarizes the extent of sovereign immunity granted to...
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Wheel Profile Maintenance Guidelines |
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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 65: Wheel Profile Maintenance Guidelines examines current wheel profiles and maintenance practices, design and maintenance guidelines for rail transit operation, and the development of new wheel profiles for the Port Authority Trans-Hudson.
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Making Value for America: Embracing the Future of Manufacturing, Technology, and Work |
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The Committee on Foundational Best Practices for Making Value for America, part of the National Academy of Engineering, has released a report that presents a roadmap to enhance the nation's capacity to pursue opportunities and adapt to transforming value chains by widespread adoption of best practices, a well-prepared and innovative workforce,...
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Webinars to Implement SHRP2 Solutions |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is hosting webinars for all SHRP 2 Round 6 Implementation Assistance Program (IAP) products. The Implementation Assistance Program is available to help state departments of transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, and other interested organizations deploy SHRP2 Solutions.
These...
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Review of the FAA’s Approach to Address Cybersecurity During Transition to NextGen |
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that identifies cybersecurity challenges facing the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in its shift to the NextGen air traffic control system. In addition, the report considers how FAA has begun addressing those challenges, and how FAA has followed federal guidelines for...
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Occupant Fatalities in Crashes Involving Large Trucks, 2013 |
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The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released an analysis brief that summarizes statistics and trends related to vehicle fatalities that involve large trucks.
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Review of FAA’s Efforts to Address Safety Issues of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services |
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The U.S. Department of Transportation Administration’s Office of Inspector General has released a report that evaluates the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) progress in meeting requirements for helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) operations as cited in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, and efforts in implementing ...
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Review of Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication in Federal Government Programs |
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that identifies where executive branch agencies or Congress could reduce, eliminate, or better manage fragmentation, overlap, or duplication, and how they could achieve cost savings or enhance revenue. This report includes a section on possible fragmentation in the programs that...
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Long-Term Pavement Performance Ohio SPS-1 and SPS-2 Dynamic Load Response Data Processing |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that discusses dynamic load response traces for long-term pavement performance test sections in Ohio and describes data correction issues such as trace peak time lag shifts and sensor locations.
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Comparison of Conventional and Self-Consolidating Concrete for Drilled Shaft Construction |
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The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has released a report that investigates the use of self-consolidating concrete and various test methods to assess the suitability of the concrete in underwater placement conditions.
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Probabilistic Use of LiDAR Data to Detect and Characterize Landslides |
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The Ohio Department of Transportation has released a report that investigates the potential of airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data for computer models that can detect landslides.
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Rochester Area Bike Sharing Program Study |
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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has released a report that explores the feasibility of implementing a bike share system throughout Rochester, New York and the surrounding area.
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Development of Quality Standards for Inclusion of High Recycled Asphalt Pavement Content in Asphalt Mixtures: Phase II |
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The Ohio Department of Transportation has released a report that develops quality standards for inclusion of high recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) content in asphalt mixtures through evaluating test sections with target amounts of RAP materials of 30, 35, and 40 percent by weight.
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Deployment Strategies of Managed Lanes on Arterials |
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The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that investigates issues related to planning, financing, deployment, and operation of managed lanes—high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, high-occupancy/toll (HOT) lanes, express-toll (ET) lanes, and bus-only lanes—on arterials.
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Behavior of the Splice Regions of Spliced I-Girder Bridges |
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The Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas at Austin has released a report that describes a research program developed to study cast-in-place (CIP) splice regions of spliced I-girders, practices that have been implemented in CIP splice regions, and design recommendations based on the structural performance of spliced...
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Status Review of California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard: April 2015 Issue |
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The Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis has released a report that provides updates on low carbon fuel standard compliance and markets and addresses selected special topics, which in this issue are fuel costs, carbon intensity, and litigation effects.
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Development of a Sensor Platform for Roadway Mapping: Part B – Mapping the Road Fog Lines |
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The University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies has released a report that describes the development and evaluation of a low-cost, vehicle-mounted sensor suite capable of generating map data with lane and road boundary information.
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Iowa’s Bridge and Highway Climate Change and Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessment Pilot |
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The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that develops a methodology to evaluate the vulnerability of bridges to climate change and extreme weather.
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An Integrated Real-Time Health Monitoring and Impact/Collision Detection System for Bridges in Cold Remote Regions |
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The Mountain-Plains Consortium at North Dakota State University has released a report that considers the feasibility of creating an integrated structural health monitoring and impact/collision detection system for bridges in remote cold regions.
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Routes/Roads Magazine: April 2015 |
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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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World Road Association Newsletter: April 2015 |
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The World Road Association has released its monthly newsletter that summarizes its news, events, conferences, and seminars.
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NRSPP Bulletin: April 2015 |
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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. This bulletin is available for no fee after logging on to the site.
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PBS Level 3 and 4 Standards Review |
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Austroads has released a report that identifies potential implementation issues of Performance Based Standards (PBS) for freight vehicles and considers recommendations for improving the standards to increase safety and productivity of the vehicles. This report is available for no fee after logging into the site.
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Cost Benefit Analysis for Sea Transport Projects |
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VTI, the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, has released a report that considers development of a cost benefit tool for analyzing marine freight transportation projects. This report is written in Swedish and contains a summary in English.
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American Driving Survey: Methodology and Year One Results, May 2013-May 2014 |
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The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has released a report that documents the methodology of the American Driving Survey and results of the first full year of data collection, which occurred between May 2013 and May 2014.
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Hearing on the U.S. Coast Guard’s Missions |
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On April 15, 2015, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held a hearing to consider how the U.S. Coast Guard allocates its assets and personnel to carry out its missions, as well as the challenges the Service faces in performing its missions and...
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Hearing on Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization |
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On April 14, 2015, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing to consider key aviation funding and programmatic issues within the broader Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization. A webcast of the hearing and witness statements are available online.
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Intercity Rail Passenger Systems Update: Spring 2015 |
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The TRB Standing Committee on Intercity Passenger Rail has released the latest issue of its Intercity Rail Passenger Systems Update. The online newsletter is published intermittently and is designed to disseminate information about current research and developments in intercity rail passenger systems.
Articles in this issue review the Federal...
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Hearing on the Oversight of the Ongoing Rail, Pipeline, and Hazmat Rulemakings |
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On April 14, 2015, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials held a hearing to explore current railroad, pipeline, and hazardous material rulemakings. A webcast of the hearing and witness statements are available online.
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