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2018 TRB Annual Meeting: Save Money and Register Before November 30, 2017 |
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Register by November 30 to take advantage of lower fees and to obtain a hotel guest room for TRB’s 97th Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Registration is required for all Annual Meeting attendees, including session speakers, poster presenters, and those who attend any workshop or visit the career fair or the exhibits....
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2018 TRB Annual Meeting: Curated Session Charts Available |
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TRB is offering a variety of curated charts of sample Annual Meeting sessions, as guides for attendees who have specific interests. Newcomers to the TRB Annual Meeting, or those just looking for suggestions for navigating nearly 800 sessions and workshops on virtually every aspect of transportation, may find these charts helpful in deciding how to ...
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Warning: Annual Meeting Mailing List Solicitations |
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During the past week, TRB volunteers, associates, and staff have received solicitations to purchase the TRB Annual Meeting attendee mailing list. Don’t be fooled! TRB does not share the email addresses of Annual Meeting attendees. Anyone other than TRB who claims to have such a list is acting without TRB participation or approval; TRB has no...
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ACRP Introduces IdeaHub Collaboration Tool |
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TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) introduces IdeaHub – a new online collaboration tool used to collect research ideas and develop them into quality problem statements. Use this interface to quickly create a new idea and collaborate with like-minded people to refine and develop it into an ACRP problem statement. ACRP will use...
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2018 Planning for Shifting Trade Workshop* |
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TRB is cosponsoring the Planning for Shifting Trade Workshop on January 30-31, 2018, in Tampa, Florida. The program will address how private and public sector transportation and supply chain stakeholders are adjusting planning and operations to meet the new trends and demands of shifting international trade routes and trade policies.
Speakers...
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12th TRB International Conference on Low-Volume Roads |
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TRB is sponsoring the 12th TRB International Conference on Low Volume Roads on September 15-18, 2019 in Kalispell, Montana. This conference examines new technologies and new techniques in the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and administration of low-volume roads. Panelists will explore case studies and practical solutions...
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Transportation System Resilience: Preparation, Recovery, and Adaptation |
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TRB's E-Circular 226: Transportation System Resilience: Preparation, Recovery, and Adaptation explores research issues related to implementing transportation systems resilience, and explores themes of a whole system approach to resilience, weather and advances in forecasting, an integrated approach to cyber-physical security for transportation, a...
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TR News May-June 2017: Transportation and the Economy: Interconnections, Interventions, and Interdependencies |
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The full edition of the May-June 2017 TR News is now available. This edition explores the role of transportation in economic development. Articles feature information about benefit-cost analysis, freight production models, transportation satellite accounts, and right sizing strategies.
The TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely...
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Socioeconomics, Sustainability, Health, and Human Factors |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2605 consists of 13 papers that explore socioeconomics, sustainability, health, and human factors in transportation, including:
- Understanding Livable Streets in the Context of the Arterials That Surround Them
- Equity of Bikeway Distribution in...
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Assessing Community Annoyance of Helicopter Noise |
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TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Report 181: Assessing Community Annoyance of Helicopter Noise describes a protocol for conducting a large-scale community survey to quantify annoyance due to civil helicopter noise and presents the results of a test of the protocol which also helped improve understanding of the roles of...
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Revenue, Finance, Pricing, and Economics |
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TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2606 consists of 15 papers that explore financing in transportation, including:
- Matching Funding, Mobility, and Spatial Equity Objectives in a Networkwide Road Pricing Model: Case of Catalonia, Spain
- Seeking Factors to Increase the Public’s...
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Performance-Related Specifications for Pavement Preservation Treatments |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 857: Performance-Related Specifications for Pavement Preservation Treatments presents guidelines for use in preparing performance-related specifications (PRS) for pavement preservation treatments and, if desired, determining pay adjustment factors. Although PRS have been...
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Sustainable Rest Area Design and Operations |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that incorporates sustainable practices at highway rest areas by highlighting case studies from various state departments of transportation. Highway rest areas provide drivers with a safe place along the highway to stop and take a break, though many were constructed in the 1950s and...
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Innovator: November/December 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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Sign Life-Cycle Policies and Practices |
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation has released a report that identifies current practices for determining traffic sign life expectancy and replacement. This report focuses on the state of the practice regarding traffic sign colors, life cycles, and management.
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Field Usage of Alternative Deicers for Snow and Ice Control |
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation has released a report that summarizes non-chloride based deicers available on the market, including acetate, formate, glycol, and succinate-based deicing products. This report explores their use as alternatives to chloride based deicers, and identifies next steps to determine if a non-chloride based...
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Impact of Transit Stop Location on Pedestrian Safety |
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The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that explores how to improve pedestrian safety around bus stops. This report seeks to identify transit stops with locations that encourage uncontrolled pedestrian crossing; identify the common traits of these bus stop locations; and develop viable implementation strategies for...
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Modal Investment Comparison: The Impact of Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Shutdowns on State Highway Infrastructure |
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The Mid-America Freight Coalition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has released a report that examines the potential costs of failure in the systems that support freight shipments along the Upper Mississippi River. The report outlines the effects of route diversions, which include congestion on parallel highways, highway maintenance costs,...
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Development and Application of an Integrated Health Impacts Assessment Tool for the Sacramento Region |
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The National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California at Davis has released a report that investigates the public health impacts resulting from a regional transportation plan in the Sacramento area. This report looks at how to craft transportation plans that create the best public health outcomes, as research shows...
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Development of National Mass Assessment Procedures for Oversize Overmass Vehicles |
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Austroads has released a report that develops a nationally-consistent procedure for assessing the mass of Oversize Overmass (OSOM) vehicles in a manner that withstands engineering and legal scrutiny. Existing Austroads guidelines for weighing heavy vehicles are based on conventional heavy vehicle units and do not address the weighing of OSOM...
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Assuring the Safety of Automated Vehicles |
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The National Transport Commission in Australia has released a report that outlines a high-level design for a safety assurance system for automated vehicles in Australia. This report identifies key steps to implement the safety assurance system by 2020, including legislative and registration changes.
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Global Baseline Assessment of Compliance and Enforcement Programs for Vehicle Emissions and Energy Efficiency |
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The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that reviews existing compliance and enforcement programs regarding emission control in major vehicle markets. This report analyzes several key elements, including legislative framework and resources; vehicle testing campaigns; and the use of corrective actions, such as...
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Hearing: Coast Guard Readiness: How Far Can We Stretch Our Nation’s Only Multi-Mission, Military Force? |
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On November 16, 2017, the U.S. Senate Committee on Science, Commerce, and Transportation subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard held a hearing that examined the Coast Guard’s role in preparation and response to recent natural disasters that have affected the U.S. mainland and territories. The hearing also examined other...
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