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Position Available: TRB Director Communications/Media |
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The Transportation Research Board is hiring a Director of Communications. This strategic leader is the senior communications advisor to TRB leadership and manages all communications activities for TRB. The Director of Communications will lead a team responsible for creating, designing and implementing strategic communications programs and...
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Request for Interest: Production of TRB Centennial Video |
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The Transportation Research Board turns 100 on November 11, 2020. As part of the celebration, TRB has released a Request for Interest soliciting interest in organizations partnering with TRB to produce a five-minute video that would focus on the future of transportation and the role of research.
The audience for the short video is college and...
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Airport Cooperative Research Program 2019-2020 Applied Research Graduate Research Award Program |
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TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has announced a competition awarding up to 10 one-year awards of $12,000 each for graduate students studying applied research that addresses airport and related air transportation system needs. . Applications are due May 15, 2019. Applicants must be enrolled in full-time graduate degree programs...
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RFP: Creative Marketing Techniques to Improve Revenue Generation Partnerships |
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TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has released a request for proposals to develop a guidebook to help airport industry practitioners use innovative marketing techniques to maximize revenues. Proposals are due April 16, 2019.
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TRB Volunteer Profile: Barbara Harsha |
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Barbara Harsha, a principal at BLH Consulting LLC, is a featured volunteer in the TR News. Prior to her work at BLH, Ms. Harsha was the Executive Director at the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) for twenty-five years. While there, the GHSA developed and updated its Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC), as well as highway safety...
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TRB Webinar: Getting Served: Legalities and Risks of Airport Contractual Agreements |
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TRB Webinar: Waterborne Traffic Paint Application, Materials Selection, and Testing |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that will discuss practices for applying pavement markings. While pavement markings are a safety measure with a long history and broad use, there is a wide variety of practices, resulting in significant differences in paint quality from location to location. This...
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TRB Webinar: Geotechnical Risk Management Tools for Design-Build Projects |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on Monday, April 1, 2019, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that features research from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)’s Research Report 884: Guidelines for Managing Geotechnical Risks in Design–Build Projects.
This webinar will discuss risk management tools for addressing geotechnical risks in...
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TRB Webinar: Programs to Support the Deployment of the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that discusses the development of the electric vehicle network. Electrification of the vehicle fleet will be a major change to the transportation sector. This may have a significant effect on the environment with a reduction in vehicle emissions.
The presenters ...
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14th National Light Rail and Streetcar Conference* |
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TRB and the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) are jointly sponsoring the 14th National Light Rail & Streetcar Conference on April 7-9, 2019 in Jersey City, New Jersey. The theme of this conference is "Resurgence and Renewal." The conference features at least two primary tracks, one dedicated to planning and the other dedicated...
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17th National Transportation Planning Applications Conference: Early Bird Registration Ends April 1 |
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TRB is sponsoring the 17th National Transportation Planning Applications Conference on June 2-5, 2019, in Portland, Oregon. The conference focuses on providing opportunities to showcase new transportation planning techniques and methods emphasizing practical, innovative, and timely technical and policy approaches to transportation planning.
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Automated Vehicles Symposium 2019: Submit Abstracts by March 8* |
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TRB is cosponsoring the Automated Vehicles Symposium on July 8-11, 2019 in Orlando, Florida. This symposium convenes industry, government, and academia from around the world to address complex technology, operations, and policy issues. The symposium, which is cosponsored with the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), is...
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2nd International Conference on Nanotechnology of Cement and Concrete (2NCC20) |
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TRB is sponsoring the 2nd International Conference in North America on Nanotechnology in Cement and Concrete on May 23-25, 2020, in Irvine, California. The conference is designed to explore the science and engineering of nanotechnology in modifying and monitoring the behavior and performance of cement and concrete at the nanoscale....
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Dialysis Transportation: Intersection of Transportation and Healthcare |
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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has released a pre-publication, non-edited version of Research Report 203: Dialysis Transportation: Intersection of Transportation and Healthcare. The report responds to major concerns of public transportation agencies about the rising demand and costs to provide kidney dialysis trips and about...
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Transportation Research OnlineFirst: This Week’s Update of Recently Released Transportation Research Record Papers |
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Papers released the week of February 25 through the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board OnlineFirst portal include the following:
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Benchmarking and Comparative Measurement for Effective Performance Management by Transportation Agencies |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 902: Benchmarking and Comparative Measurement for Effective Performance Management by Transportation Agencies presents guidance and examples for selection of peer groups to ensure that benchmarking is effectively applied to enhance transportation system performance....
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A Guide to Developing Financial Plans and Performance Measures for Transportation Asset Management |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 898: A Guide to Developing Financial Plans and Performance Measures for Transportation Asset Management presents guidance for state departments of transportation (DOTs) and other agencies conducting financial analyses and developing financial plans to support efficient and ...
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Frontiers of Materials Research: A Decadal Survey |
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The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has released a report that documents the status and promising future directions of materials research in the United States in the context of similar efforts worldwide.
This third decadal survey in materials research reviews the progress and achievements in materials research and...
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Advancing Organizational Capabilities for Transportation Systems Management and Operations |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that summarizes the findings of a peer exchange that brought together transportation agencies to discuss challenges, current practices, and lessons learned related to advancing organizational capabilities for transportation systems management and operations (TSMO). Discussions addressed ...
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Alternative Fuel Life-Cycle Environmental and Economic Transportation (AFLEET) Tool |
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The U.S. Department of Energy has released a tool to help estimate petroleum use, emissions, and cost of ownership of light- and heavy-duty vehicles. The tool includes a spreadsheet that provides detailed data for vehicles, a website that analyzes metrics including emissions and petroleum use, and an online calculator that compares various...
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Hydraulic Considerations for Shallow Abutment Foundations |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a technical brief that describes how scour may impact shallow abutment foundations at bridged waterways. It also provides design recommendations to protect at-risk shallow abutment foundations from scour.
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Cyclic Plate Testing of Reinforced Airport Pavements— Phase I: Geogrid |
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has released a report that examines the effects of using geosynthetics as a reinforcement agent in airfield pavement design. Using geosynthetics in pavement design may improve pavement performance in terms of reducing material thickness or increasing pavement life.
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Cyclic Plate Testing of Reinforced Airport Pavements – Phase II: Geosynthetics |
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has released a report that evaluates the effects of incorporating geosynthetics in pavement structures subjected to heavy aircraft loadings. Geosynthetics have been used in highway pavement applications for years, though there is limited knowledge regarding the use of geosynthetics in airfield pavements.
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A Guide to Transportation Funding Options Available to Virginia Jurisdictions |
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The Virginia Department of Transportation has released a report that summarizes practices in Virginia jurisdictions for raising local revenue for transportation purposes. Virginia jurisdictions currently have de jure permission under the Code of Virginia to enact several means of local revenue generation for transportation, but they must meet...
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Stormwater Infiltration in Highway Embankments – Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Estimation for Natural Low Plasticity Silts |
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The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that analyzes the results of hydraulic connectivity testing conducted on undisturbed samples of natural soils. Estimating hydraulic conductivity is important in assessing the rate of infiltration, whether that estimate is for an infiltration pond or trench, a highway...
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Development of Safety Performance Functions for Network Screening of Roadway Departure Crashes in Virginia |
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The Virginia Department of Transportation has released a report that develops safety performance functions for statewide network screening for roadway departure (RD) safety improvements in Virginia. Reducing RDs is considered a priority in the Virginia Strategic Highway Safety Plan.
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Roller Compacted Concrete for Rapid Pavement Construction |
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The Missouri Department of Transportation has released a report that develops high-performance roller compacted concrete (RCC) with enhanced mixture proportions. Specifically, this report identifies which solid skeleton works best to secure greater workability, mechanical properties, and frost durability. RCC may be used for rapid pavement...
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Smart Transport for Cities & Nations: The Rise of Self-Driving & Connected Vehicles |
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The University of Texas at Austin has released a report that discusses impacts that connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) may have on the transportation community. This report includes legal and policy issues, current public opinions of CAVs, models for estimating safety and traffic operations benefits, discussions of current technology options, ...
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Bicycle Helmets: Systematic Reviews on Legislation, Effects of Legislation on Cycling Exposure, and Risk Compensation |
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The University of New South Wales in Australia has released a report that describes bicycle helmet laws worldwide in order to determine whether bicycle helmet legislation is associated with reductions in cycling. This report also examines whether wearing a bicycle helmet has the potential to increase a cyclist’s risky behavior.
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Assessing Ride-hailing Company Commitments to Electrification |
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The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that summarizes electric vehicle adoption among five of the world’s largest ride-hailing companies. It discusses company-specific electric vehicle adoption, plans for future growth, and the actions that companies are exploring to promote electric ride-hailing on their...
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Road Tunnels: Vehicle Emissions and Air Demand for Ventilation |
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The World Road Association (PIARC) has released a report that updates emissions fresh-air demand in road tunnel ventilation design. The design of a road tunnel ventilation system must consider fresh-air demand for maintaining in-tunnel air quality during normal and congested traffic operations and the control of smoke and hot gases in case of...
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Influence of ICT on Public Transport Use and Behaviour in Seoul |
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The International Transport Forum has released a report that examines how information and communication technology (ICT) has changed mass transit in Seoul, Korea. Specifically, this report identifies how Wi-Fi availability on buses and metros affects people’s choices of modes of transportation.
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World Transit Research Newsletter: February 2019 |
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The Institute of Transport Studies at Monash University has released the latest issue of its bimonthly newsletter, which is designed to highlight recently added items to the World Transit Research database. This edition features research on planning, ridership, land use, and more.
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COMTO National Meeting and Training Conference |
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The Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) is sponsoring its 48th annual conference on July 12-16, 2019 in Tampa, Florida. COMTO's annual conference brings together industry leaders across all modes of transportation for 4 days of learning, training, and networking. The conference is open to transportation professionals at all...
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