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Call for Nominations: Sharon D. Banks Award for Humanitarian Leadership in Transportation |
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The Transportation Research Board is seeking nominations for the Sharon D. Banks Award for Humanitarian Leadership in Transportation. This TRB award, which recognizes excellence in people-oriented initiatives throughout transportation, was inaugurated in 2002 and is presented biennially. The next presentation of the award will be made during the...
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2018 TRB Annual Meeting: Calls for Papers Now Open |
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United Nations Global Road Safety Week - TRB Safety Products |
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The focus for the Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week (May 8-14, 2017) is on speed and what can be done to address this risk factor for road traffic deaths and injuries. In the spirit of the UN’s effort, TRB has amassed a select list of products it has produced on the topic of road safety within the last five years. The list is available as a...
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Use Your MyTRB Account to Register for TRB Webinars |
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TRB has enhanced the way the public can register for upcoming webinars. You can now register using the same MyTRB account you use to get involved with TRB standing committees. With these new enhancements, TRB has simplified the registration process. By utilizing the information in your MyTRB account, the appropriate fields will now...
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TRB Webinar: Incorporating Oversize/Overweight Data into Transportation Planning |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET that features research from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)’s Report 830: Multistate, Multi-modal, Oversize/Overweight Transportation.
This webinar features a procedural guide for identifying and accommodating the diverse permitting...
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TRB Webinar: Lessons Learned from the International Roughness Index Smoothness Specifications |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET about how state agencies use the International Roughness Index (IRI) as construction acceptance criteria on final paved surfaces. Presenters will explore why positive and/or negative pay adjustment schedules are applied. They will also discuss how some areas with...
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TRB Webinar: Environmentally Sensitive Stream Bank Protection |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on Thursday, May 18, 2017 from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET that features research from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)’s Report 822: Evaluation and Assessment of Environmentally Sensitive Stream Bank Protection Measures.
This webinar will address existing guidelines for the design, installation,...
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2017 Summer Conference of the TRB Resource Conservation and Recovery Committee |
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TRB is sponsoring the 2017 Summer Conference of the TRB Resource Conservation and Recovery Committee on July 18-21, 2017 in Duluth, Minnesota. This conference will include the latest knowledge, expertise, and experience in development and integration of proactive environmental management systems and sustainability concepts into transportation...
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Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis Programs Brochure |
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TRB’s Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) programs fund research into promising but unproven innovations for highways, transportation safety, and transit.
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NextGen for Airports, Volume 5: Airport Planning and Development |
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TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 150: NextGen for Airports, Volume 5: Airport Planning and Development provides guidance to help airports of all sizes plan for and incorporate NextGen capabilities. The document will help airports accomodate Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) requirements while also taking...
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Long-Term Field Performance of Warm Mix Asphalt Technologies |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 843: Long-Term Field Performance of Warm Mix Asphalt Technologies compares material properties and field performance of warm mix asphalt (WMA) and control hot mix asphalt (HMA) pavement sections constructed at 28 locations across the United States. It explores significant...
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Guide for Integrating Goods and Services Movement by Commercial Vehicles in Smart Growth Environments |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 844: Guide for Integrating Goods and Services Movement by Commercial Vehicles in Smart Growth Environments describes policy, planning, design, and operations practices considering the coexistence of moving goods and services in smart growth environments at both the design...
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Asphalt Materials and Mixtures Volume 1 |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2631, includes 16 papers that explore information related to asphalt materials and mixtures, including:
- New and Simpler Cracking Test Method for Asphalt Mix Designs
- Use of Nonlinear Acoustic Measurements for Estimation of Fracture Performance of Aged...
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Research and Education |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2614, includes 4 papers that explore information related to research and education in transportation, including:
- Trends Over Two Decades of Transportation Research: A Machine Learning Approach
- Use of the TRB Research Needs Statements Database in an...
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TRB Security, Emergency Management, and Infrastructure Protection Research Status Report |
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Since September 11, 2001, more than 200 security-, emergency management-, and infrastructure protection-related planning and implementation projects have been initiated through programs managed by TRB. This report, updated monthly, provides information on more than $30 million worth of completed and ongoing TRB security-related research.
The...
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TRB and Resilience: A Summary of Transportation Research Board Activities |
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A slideshow summary of the Transportation Research Board's pre- and post-September 11, 2001, transportation security and resilience activities is updated monthly.
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Review of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Arrival Process at U.S. International Airports |
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that examines the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CPB) Model Ports program and subsequent travel and tourism facilitation initiatives at the 17 busiest U.S. international airports. The report also investigates the extent to which CBP has mechanisms to monitor and to report wait ...
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Traffic Safety Facts 2015 |
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a report that details the statistics about traffic crashes of all severities, from those that result in property damage to those that result in the loss of human life. The report provides an overall measure of highway safety, helps identify traffic safety problems, suggests...
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Estimating Lives Saved by Electronic Stability Control, 2011–2015 |
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a report that details the numbers of lives saved by electronic stability control (ESC) among passenger vehicle occupants. The report quantifies the benefits of ESC, which must be equipped in all passenger cars, light-trucks, and vans.
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Innovator: May/June 2017 |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of its bi-monthly Innovator newsletter, which is designed to help advance widespread implementation of innovations and technologies in the highway community and help chronicle a nationwide movement to improve the way highways are built. Articles in this issue feature:
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Leveraging the Second Strategic Highway Research Program Naturalistic Driving Study: Examining Driver Behavior When Entering Rural High-Speed Intersections |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that aims to explore and quantify the stopping and scanning behaviors of drivers as they approached and entered rural high-speed intersections. The research provides insight into transportation safety by leveraging the Strategic Highway Research Program Naturalistic Driving Study...
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Measurements of Pile Driving Noise from Control Piles and Noise-Reduced Piles at the Vashon Island Ferry Dock |
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The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that examines underwater sound measurements at the Vashon Island ferry dock as part of the pile attenuation test program. The research measures the underwater sound field over nearly the entire water column and away from interfering structures, and makes robust estimates of...
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Factors Influencing Seatbelt Utilization in Louisiana and Strategies to Improve Usage Rate |
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The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has released a report that determines the factors influencing seat belt use in Louisiana. Louisiana has a belt-use rate that is below the national average. The report may assist the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, and other...
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Development of Optimal Ramp Metering Control Strategy for I-12 |
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The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has released a report that evaluates of various adaptive ramp metering strategies in order to identify the optimum algorithm that may improve traffic conditions on an interstate highway. The research compares the strategies to a fixed-time ramp metering strategy.
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Cracking and Debonding of Thin Fiber Reinforced Concrete Overlay |
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The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at the North Dakota State University that investigates whether macro-fibers incorporated in thin overlay pavements will result in reduced crack opening widths, vertical deflections, and debonding rates compared to that of unreinforced overlays as suggested by previous field studies. The report...
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Development of Predictive Model for Bridge Deck Cracking: Final Report |
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The Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas at Austin has released a report that investigates early-age bridge deck cracking that may lead to costly serviceability issues and the loss of some structural integrity. The research tests the various factors affecting bridge deck cracking, such as mixture proportions, aggregate...
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Evaluation of Adaptive Signal Control Technology—Volume 1: Before-Conditions Data Collection and Analysis |
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The Illinois Center for Transportation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has released a report that examines a field evaluation of adaptive signal control technology (ASCT) along a corridor. The research evaluates the ASCT’s effectiveness by measuring the corridor’s performance.
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Improving Estimates of Real-Time Traffic Speeds During Weather Events for Winter Maintenance Performance Measurement |
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The Institute for Transportation at the Iowa State University has released a report that estimates the expected traffic speed reductions based on winter weather variables and normal maintenance schedules. The report also uses traffic data and limited weather information to develop models for detecting abnormal traffic patterns and predicting...
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Three Revolutions in Urban Transportation |
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The University of California, Davis has released a report that examines the potential changes to urban transportation from electric vehicles, automation, and widespread shared mobility. The research quantifies how these changes may evolve and interact on a global and regional basis through 2050 by considering three possible end states.
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Bicycle Safety at Roundabouts |
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Austroads has released a report that investigates how the geometric design components of a roundabout may contribute to bicycle crashes. The research identifies design options that may reduce the incidence or severity of these crashes. This report is available for no fee after logging on to the site.
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World Transit Research Newsletter: April 2017 |
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The Institute of Transport Studies at Monash University has released the latest issue of its bimonthly newsletter that is designed to highlight recently added items to the World Transit Research database. This edition features research on planning, land use, ridership, and more.
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Beyond Speculation: Automated Vehicles and Public Policy: An Action Plan for Federal, State, and Local Policymakers |
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The Eno Center for Transportation has released a report that provides a set of recommendations that address issues for automated vehicle (AV) technology. The report examines areas, such as licensing, liability, cybersecurity, infrastructure needs, changes in the workforce, and more, in order to guide AV technology towards safe, efficient, and...
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Hearing on Questions, Answers, and Perspectives on the Current State of Airline Travel |
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On May 4, 2017, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security held a hearing that explores consumer protections and the state of airline travel. Witness statements and a webcast of the hearing are available online.
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Hearing on Maritime Transportation Regulatory Issues |
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On May 3, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held a hearing to receive testimony from Federal agencies and industry representatives concerning maritime transportation regulatory programs. Witness statements and a webcast of the hearing are...
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Hearing on Oversight of U.S. Airline Customer Service |
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On May 2, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a hearing to receive testimony form representatives of airlines and consumers concerning airline customer service issues. Witness statements and a webcast of the hearing are available online.
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