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Submit Applications for NCHRP Oversight Panels by June 15, 2018 for the FY 2019 Program |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) is soliciting nominees to serve on oversight panels for new projects being established under the FY 2019 NCHRP program. Nominees should have expertise directly relevant to the proposed project topic. TRB encourages the nomination of women and members of minority groups. Submit nominations ...
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Get Involved with "TCRP Day" on June 6, 2018 using Twitter and Facebook |
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Sharing the work of TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) on Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr. On June 6, 2018, TRB is joining other organizational partners for TCRP Day. Readers of TCRP's indispensable reports, tools, and resources can sign up prior to 2 PM ET on June 6 to schedule a tweet or update to help spread the word about...
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TRB "Snap Search" Series: Air Quality and Climate Change |
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TRB has released new Snap Searches exploring air quality and climate change. A Snap Search provides a summary of TRB research reports that are underway and published, upcoming events, and ongoing committees that cover these specific topics. Produced by TRB’s Library, Snap Searches are designed for the busy researcher or professional who would like ...
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Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics Committee Workshop and Midyear Meeting: Early Bird Registration Deadline Extended to June 15 |
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TRB is sponsoring the 3rd International Workshop on Traffic Flow Theory on August 7-9, 2018, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The conference will highlight the influence of the fundamental diagram on current practice and discuss future developments and real-time measurements of traffic performance. It will also address the expected contributions ...
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National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) Data for Transportation Applications Workshop: Early Bird Registration Due June 8, 2018 |
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TRB is sponsoring National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) Data for Transportation Applications Workshop August 8-9, 2018 in Washington, D.C. The 2017 NHTS data, now available, allows analysis of daily travel by all modes, including characteristics of the persons traveling and their households, their vehicles, and their trips. This...
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Traffic Signal Systems Committee Summer Meeting 2018: Early Bird Rate Ends June 12, 2018 |
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TRB is sponsoring the Traffic Signal Committee summer meeting on July 22-24, 2018, in Flagstaff, Arizona. The theme of this year's meeting is "Smart traffic signal system management: raising the floor." The meeting will explore the current state of the practice in multimodal traffic signal control in relation to connected and automated vehicles.
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TRB Webinar: Legally Defensible Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Disparity Studies |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET that will discuss how to commission Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program disparity studies to satisfy legal and constitutional imperatives. The DBE program is a U.S. Department of Transportation mandate which ensures that federally assisted contracts for...
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TRB Webinar: TFResource: The Information Tool for Transportation Planners and Modelers |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on Monday, July 2, 2018, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that discusses the Travel Forecasting Resource (TFResource). Travel demand forecasts are an integral part of the transportation planning process, used to study policy, planning, and investment decisions at several levels of government. Developed by TRB and the Federal...
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Admissibility and Public Availability of Transit Safety Planning Records |
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In 2012, Congress gave the U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) the authority to establish a new comprehensive framework to oversee the safety of the country’s public transit systems. As part of that framework, state and local transit agencies are required to engage in safety planning. In the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act of...
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Understanding Changes in Demographics, Preferences, and Markets for Public Transportation |
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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has released a pre-publication, non-edited version of Research Report 201: Understanding Changes in Demographics, Preferences, and Markets for Public Transportation. The report explores how changes in demographics, traveler preferences, and markets for public transportation affect transit ridership ...
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Applying Census Data for Transportation |
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Transportation Research Circular 233: Applying Census Data for Transportation explores a conference held on November 14-16, 2017, in Kansas City, Missouri that focused on the use of census data for transportation applications. The conference provided a forum for participants to share experiences with the use of Census data, including new...
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Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources |
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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has released a pre-publication, non-edited version of Research Report 199: Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources. This report documents the best models of technical training programs serving U.S. and international transportation agencies and...
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Transit Technical Training, Volume 2: Guide to Overcoming Barriers to Implementing Best and Innovative Training |
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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has released a pre-publication, non-edited version of Research Report 199: Transit Technical Training, Volume 2: Guide to Overcoming Barriers to Implementing Best and Innovative Training. This report provides public transportation agencies with best practices, strategies, and resources to assist...
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Sustainability's Role in Enhancing Airport Capacity |
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TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has released a pre-publication, non-edited version of Synthesis 93: Sustainability's Role in Enhancing Airport Capacity. This report compiles information and examples that successfully demonstrate the value of building sustainability concepts into capacity-enhancing projects and describes...
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Position Available: New York Division Administrator |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is seeking to fill the position of New York Division Administrator. The incumbent provides executive leadership and direction to a staff of 41 transportation professionals in delivering a complex annual $1.7 billion Federal-aid Highway Program, which is the fourth largest in the nation. The incumbent...
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The Asphalt Binder Oxidative Aging Chemo-Mechanical Model |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a technical brief that summarizes several technologies used to mitigate the effects of asphalt binder oxidation, which can stiffen the binder. Understanding oxidation is beneficial for designing cost-effective monitoring protocols for pavement to assess what maintenance measures can be applied...
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Validation of Pavement Performance Measures Using LTPP Data: Final Report |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released a report that validates proposed pavement performance measures and demonstrates their use within asset management. The FHWA had previously established highway performance measures to assess the condition of pavement in good and poor condition.
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Evaluation of Repair Techniques for Impact-Damaged Prestressed Beams |
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The Virginia Department of Transportation has released a report that analyzes various repair techniques for bridge beams. This report evaluates strand splices, fiber-reinforced polymer, fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM), and a combination of FRCM and strand splices.
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Design of Artificially Cracked Concrete Specimens for Virginia Department of Transportation Material Evaluation |
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The Virginia Department of Transportation has released a report that assesses certain materials used to reduce the detrimental effects of cracks in reinforced concrete bridge decks. This report tested two materials: crack sealant and corrosion-resistant reinforcement.
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Nontraditional Fog Seals for Asphalt Pavement: Performance on Shoulder Sections in Minnesota |
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation has released a report that evaluates several nontraditional “bio-based” fog sealants applied to bituminous shoulder sections in Minnesota. The pavement engineering community has recently been introduced to nontraditional products to use as surface sealers for bituminous pavements, and many of these...
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Missouri’s Bond Strength Investigation |
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The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has released a report that identifies the effects of MoDOT’s tack coat specification change. MoDOT recently increased their minimum tack coat application rates to more closely follow national guidelines in order to mitigate the issues with delaminated asphalt layers in Missouri. Delaminated asphalt ...
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MnPAVE-Rigid 2.0 |
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation has released a report that implements additional features into MnPAVE-Rigid, leading to a new version of MnDOT’s rigid pavement design software. This report documents the entire final project, including a software user’s guide, the database of all mechanistic-empirical design projects, and the full Java...
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Sources of Funding Transit in Texas |
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The Transportation Policy Research Center at Texas A&M University has released a report that provides information on the sources of revenue to fund transit in urban and rural areas in Texas through federal, state, and local sources. This report identifies the revenues applied for operating and capital expenses in fiscal year 2016.
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Continual Improvement Processes for Asset Management: Guidelines |
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Austroads has released a report that aims to provide asset management practitioners with an understanding of the factors that contribute to enabling and sustaining continual improvement. This guideline was prepared in response to the need for a more structured approach to continual improvement in asset management. The report is available for no...
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Continual Improvement Processes for Asset Management: Background Research |
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Austroads has released a report that aims to provide asset management practitioners with an understanding of the methodology utilized in creating a framework for successful continual improvement implementation. The report is available for no fee after logging onto the site.
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Changes to the Motor Vehicle Type-Approval System in the European Union |
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The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that summarizes the key elements of new regulations for vehicles in the European Union (EU). In spring 2018, the EU adopted new measures for determining emissions standards of new road vehicles in order to reach emissions goals.
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(Un)certain Skies? Drones in the World of Tomorrow |
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The International Transport Forum has released a report that investigates the role of drones as part of the future transportation mixture. This report specifically addresses the issues policy makers face in engaging with the emerging private drone sector.
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