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TRB Centennial: What do you believe is TRB’s greatest strength? – Participate in “Tell Us ‘Our’ Story” |
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TRB officially turns 100 on November 11, 2020. To help celebrate, TRB is asking you to “Tell Us ‘Our’ Story.”
The TRB “Tell Us ‘Our’ Story centennial activity is designed to allow as many of you (TRB’s volunteers and friends) as possible to participate in the TRB Centennial Celebration through the submission of your stories. The “Tell Us ‘Our” ...
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Which of Your Colleagues Have Contributed to TRB's Centennial Activities? Join Them Today! |
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TRB turns 100 on November 11, 2020.
You are invited to join your colleagues listed below who have contributed to the TRB Century Club to support activities that will mark the anniversary; promote the value of transportation research; and celebrate the achievements of TRB’s volunteers, sponsors, affiliates, and staff.
Contributions made...
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TRB Webinar: Use of Life Cycle Assessment in Public Procurement: State of Practice |
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Pavement designers are invited to a TRB webinar on Tuesday, August 20, 2019, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET. The webinar will highlight current efforts across United States’ departments of transportation to integrate Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)-based instruments into the project procurement process, including Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)....
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TRB Webinar: Not Your Average Analysis – Introducing Travel Time Reliability in the HCM |
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Traffic operations and management practitioners are invited to a TRB webinar on Thursday, August 22, 2019, from 1:00-2:30 PM. This webinar will discuss the proposed chapters for incorporating travel time reliability into the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), Sixth Edition: A Guide for Multimodal Mobility Analysis. HCM is commonly used by...
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TRB Webinar: New Resources for Managing Small Airports |
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Airport personnel are invited to a TRB webinar on Tuesday, September 10, 2019, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET. The webinar features research from the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Report 16: Guidebook for Managing Small Airports.
This webinar will provide an overview of the responsibilities of financial management, oversight ...
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TRB Webinar: Lessons Learned in Transportation Scenario Planning |
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State and city transportation managers are invited to a TRB webinar on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET. The webinar will provide an overview of the Massachusetts’ Commission on the Future of Transportation Commonwealth findings and what these insights mean for other states and cities and how they plan around future forces ...
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TRB Webinar: Design Thinking Potential for State Departments of Transportation |
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Government transportation planners are invited to a TRB webinar on Thursday, September 12, 2019, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET. The webinar will provide an overview of Design Thinking, an approach based on creating human-centered products, services, and processes, and explain how this approach applies to government agencies. Design Thinking requires...
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Conference on Performance and Data in Transportation Decision Making: Advance Registration Deadline is August 15 |
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TRB is sponsoring the Conference on Data and Performance Driven Project Prioritization September 15-18, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. This conference will feature an engaging and interactive program on the use of performance measures and data to inform transportation decision making. Register by August 15, 2019 to receive the advance
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TRB Seeking Consultants for New 2019 NCHRP Synthesis Projects - Letters of Interest Due August 27, 2019 |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has issued an invitation for letters of interest from those wishing to be considered as a consultant for one or more of fiscal year 2019 NCHRP synthesis topics. Submit Letters of Interest online by August 27, 2019. For the list of new synthesis topics and for further information for...
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FY 2020 National Cooperative Highway Research Program Legal Studies Topics |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) is soliciting ideas on candidate topics for the FY 2020 Legal Studies Program. The NCHRP Legal Research Digest series reports on timely legal issues and problems significant to state departments of transportation. Ideas for study topics for the FY 2020 program will be accepted until...
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FY 2019 Transit Cooperative Research Program Legal Studies Topics |
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The Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) is soliciting ideas on candidate topics for the FY 2019 Legal Studies Program. The TCRP Legal Studies Program reports on legal issues associated with transit and intermodal law. Each document is intended to provide transit attorneys with authoritative, well-researched, specific information that is...
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ACRP FY 2020 Project Panel Nominations Due September 23, 2019 |
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TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) is soliciting nominations for members of panels who will provide technical guidance for individual ACRP research projects as part of its fiscal year 2020 activities. Descriptions of the projects that were selected are available online for review. Nominees should have expertise directly...
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RFP: Improving Access and Management of Transit ITS Data |
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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a common, practical approach to storing, accessing, and managing fixed-route transit intelligent transportation system data. Proposals are due September 26, 2019.
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RFP: Transit Sponsor and Contractor Delay Damages and Remedies Due to Third Parties - Transit Facility Improvements-Common Legal Issues and Solutions |
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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has released a request for proposals to produce a legal research digest that provides potential remedies available to the sponsor and contractors who experience increased costs due to delays and illustrate how those damages are measured. Proposals are due October 2, 2019.
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RFP: Legal Aspects of Best-Value Procurement for Highway Construction |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) is seeking proposals to analyze fairness issues in the best-value procurement process that may have resulted in formal bid protests or questions regarding reduced competition. The proposal should include an analysis of the existing federal, state, and local legislation focused on...
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RFP: Laws Governing Homeless Encampments in Transportation Rights-of-Way |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) is seeking proposals that document the laws, statutes, cases, procedures, policies, and other resources governing a transportation agency’s prevention and removal of homeless encampments from transportation rights-of-way. Proposals are due October 10, 2019.
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RFP: Review of Statutory and Case Law on Planning and Environmental Linkages |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) is seeking proposals to summarize the litigation history behind judicial review of purpose and need statements of planning and environmental linkages (PEL). In addition, the proposals should determine how approaches to PEL differs from each other and what deference courts provide for...
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RFP: The Legal Issues Associated with Consequential Damages Provisions in Construction Contracts |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) is seeking a request for proposals to provide trends among major transportation construction contracts as they relate to consequential damages, and create an elemental framework for inclusion in construction contracts. Proposals are due October 16, 2019.
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Landscape Development and Management Practices for Urban Freeway Roadsides |
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Current practices used by state departments of transporttion to design and manage the
urban freeway roadsides (UFRs) environment is the focus of National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 539: Landscape Development and Management Practices for Urban Freeway Roadsides.
The urban freeway roadsides (UFRs) for this synthesis...
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Emerging Technologies for Construction Delivery |
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The uses and levels of maturity of five advanced technology areas visualization and modeling, interconnected technologies, safety technologies, instrumentation and sensors, and unmanned aircraft systems in transportation highway construction projects are documented in TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 534:...
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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 August 5 through the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board OnlineFirst portal include the following:
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Pedestrian safety around commercial vehicles |
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The current state of pedestrian protection in the U.S. vehicle fleet is determined in Pedestrian Protection: Assessment of the U.S. Vehicle Fleet, a report from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This report identifies the impacts of injury when a pedestrian hits the hood or windshield of specific types of vehicles.
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Additional compaction for pavement durability |
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Red or amber turn signals? |
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Position Available: Associate Administrator for Research, Development, and Technology |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is seeking to fill a position that is responsible for executive direction and leadership over a comprehensive national research, development, and technology program. This program is designed to meet the needs and goals of the highway community and the nation’s highway transportation system. In...
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Using sonar and unmanned surface vessels to monitor bridge scour |
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Various techniques to monitor bridge scour – the removal of sediment from around bridge supports or piers – during high-flow events are investigated in Unmanned Surface Vessels for Bridge Scour Monitoring, a report from the Michigan Department of Transportation. This report explores the usability of sonar devices and unmanned surface vessels.
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Workshop on automated vehicle technologies |
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A workshop on connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) is summarized in Development of a Workshop on Automated Vehicle Technologies, a report from the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota. The workshop was designed to provide context when encountering CAV technologies.
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Biking accessibility |
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Accessibility to jobs by biking is addressed in Access Across America: Biking 2017, a report from the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota. This report presents detailed accessibility values for each metropolitan area, as well as block-level maps that illustrate the spatial patterns of accessibility within each area.
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Training communities on pedestrian and bicycle safety |
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Aging effects on asphalt |
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Infrastructure funding options |
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Public-private partnerships and regulatory asset base are compared as methods of securing the funding of infrastructure projects in Infrastructure Funding: Does it Matter Where the Money Comes From?, a report from the International Transport Forum. This report considers whether the ability of the infrastructure operator to levy user charges is a...
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Benchmarking and project delivery |
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Modelling electric vehicle uptake |
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Electric vehicle uptake is described in Electric Vehicle Uptake: Modelling a Global Phenomenon, a report from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics in Australia. This report estimates the costs of electric vehicles and compares them to those of conventional vehicles.
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Biofuel policies in Brazil |
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Potential impacts of Brazil’s biofuel policies on the environment and vehicle fleet are explored in Opportunities and Risks or Continued Biofuel Expansion in Brazil, a report from the International Council on Clean Transportation. The continued growth of Brazil’s biofuel industry over the next decade may have profound impacts on the climate.
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Automated vehicles’ effects on state highway safety office and law enforcement |
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Sustainable asphalt pavements |
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