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Braceras, Shaheen among those appointed to lead TRB's Executive Committee |
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Dr. Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences, has approved appointments for the TRB Executive Committee. Carlos Braceras, Executive Director of the Utah Department of Transportation, will become Chair of the Executive Committee at the completion of the TRB Annual Meeting on January 16, 2020. At the same time, Susan Shaheen, a...
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2020 TRB Annual Meeting: Register Today |
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Register and make hotel reservations today for the TRB 99th Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Registration is required for all Annual Meeting attendees, including session speakers, poster presenters, and those who attend the exhibit hall, career fair, or any workshops.
As part of TRB's Centennial Celebration, all full...
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Is Your Organization Sending Four or More People to the 2020 Annual Meeting? Consider Being a Patron. It Pays! |
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Consider leveraging your organization’s Annual Meeting registration investment to maximize its visibility by becoming an Annual Meeting Patron. Each patron package includes at least four complimentary registrations for your employees or almost a $4,000 value. Packages start at just $6,200 and all include the following promotional benefits:...
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2020 TRB Annual Meeting: Submit Your Associated Groups' Function Space Requests Now |
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TRB is taking requests from non-profit organizations and government agencies that would like function space to hold meetings in conjunction with TRB’s 99th Annual Meeting, which takes place January 12-16, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
Qualifying organizations wishing to hold meetings or food-and-beverage events at the Marriott Marquis or the Walter ...
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“Tell Us ‘Our’ Story” - How has TRB supported your professional development and career growth? |
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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...
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Featured Centennial Paper - Traffic Signal Systems Research: Past, Present, and Future Trends |
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Learn about the history of traffic signal systems, and of the shifting interests of the community of researchers interested in them in the Standing Technical Committee on Traffic Signal Systems' Centennial Paper. Over the years, the committee has served as one of the principal forums on signal control and has stimulated many currents in research...
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History Highlights - Landslides! |
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The Cucaracha Slide had first bedeviled the builders of the Panama Canal in 1907. It appeared along the Gaillard (Culebra) Cut that carried the canal through the mountains and over the Continental Divide. A huge break in January 1913 pushed back the canal’s opening to August 1914. Slides continued and dredging struggled to keep pace. A...
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TRB Webinar: Tunnel Operations Practices Featuring the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel |
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The transportation community is invited to a webinar on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM. This webinar is the first in a collaborative series between TRB, FHWA, and AASHTO. It will discuss recent developments in tunnel management practices and provide announcements from tunnel-related organizations. The webinar will discuss the...
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NASEM Report Release Webinar: Reducing the Fuel Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles |
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will conduct a webinar on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 from 1-2PM ET that will discuss the efficiency of medium and heavy duty vehicles (MHDVs). Participants must register in advance of the session.
MHDVs are a significant contributor to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions...
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TRB Webinar: Understanding and Using Census Data for Tribal Transportation Programs |
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Tribal transportation planners are invited to a TRB webinar on Thursday, October 17, 2019, from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM ET. This webinar will provide information about accurately counting tribal communities in the American Community Survey and the 2020 census. The American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) census has a significant role in several federal...
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TRB Webinar: Comprehensive Renewable Resources Strategy for Airports |
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Airport personnel are invited to a TRB webinar on Thursday, November 7, 2019, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET. The webinar features research from the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Report 197: Guidebook for Developing a Comprehensive Renewable Resources Strategy.
This webinar will discuss several renewable energy resources, offer...
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First International Conference on 3D Printing and Transportation |
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TRB is sponsoring the First International Conference on 3D Printing and Transportation on November 20-21, 2019 in Washington, DC. Additive Manufacturing (also known as 3D Printing) can profoundly change the dimensions of our future transportation system.
Right now, industrial sectors are using 3D printing technologies to fabricate products...
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7th Florida Automated Vehicles (FAV) Summit* |
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TRB is cosponsoring the 6th Florida Automated Vehicles (FAV) Summit on November 20-22, 2019 in Miami, Florida. The summit addresses technologies, operations, and policy issues surrounding autonomous vehicles, including public transportation issues. It explores activities undertaken by Florida and other state departments of transportation to create ...
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RFQ: Topical White Papers for the TRB Forum on Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Board (NCHRP) has issued a request for qualifications to develop white papers on each of the ten issues for the TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility. Proposals are due October 22, 2019.
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TRB Straight to Recording for All: Road Tunnel Operations and Updates from PIARC |
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TRB released a series of recordings in September 2019 that provide an update about activities of Technical Committee D.5
(TC-D.5), Road Tunnel Operations of the Permanent
International Association of Road Congress (PIARC) in the
2016-2019 cycle. The goal of the Committee is to maintain and disseminate the state of practice information regarding...
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Reducing the Fuel Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Phase Two |
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Medium and heavy duty vehicles (MHDVs) are a significant contributor to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., accounting for approximately 22 percent of U.S. transportation energy consumption. The fuel consumption of MHDVs has only recently begun to be regulated at the federal level.
To provide scientific and technical...
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Identification of Factors Contributing to the Decline of Traffic Fatalities in the United States from 2008 to 2012 |
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Between 2005 and
2011, the number of traffic fatalities in the U.S. declined by 11,031, from 43,510 in 2005
to 32,479 in 2011. This decline amounted to a reduction in traffic-related deaths of 25.4 percent, by far the
greatest decline over a comparable period in the last 30 years.
Historically, significant drops in traffic fatalities over a...
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Update of Selected Studies in Transportation Law, Volume 8, Section 1: Civil Rights and Transportation Agencies |
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Federal laws and regulations
affect transportation agencies in their business practices,
construction of facilities, hiring, and services provided
to the public.
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Legal Research Digest 77: Update of Selected Studies in Transportation Law, Volume 8,
Section 1: Civil Rights and...
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TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility: Mini-Workshop on the Transition Toward Shared Automated Vehicles |
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How do we bring governance into the era of digitization so it can manage demand and supply digitally?
At the same time, it is necessary to correct for the
existing inequities in our system, working closer with public- and private-sector partners and
developing the infrastructure needed to ensure that the transition to shared and autonomous...
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Relationship Between Laboratory Cracking Tests and Field Performance of Asphalt Mixtures |
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Information exchanged during the 97th Annual Meeting of the
Transportation Research Board in a session titled "Relationship Between Laboratory
Cracking Tests and Field Performance of Asphalt Mixtures" is captured in Transportation Research Circular E-C251: Relationship Between Laboratory Cracking Tests and Field Performance of Asphalt Mixtures.
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Workshop on the Use of Traffic Speed Deflection Device Data in Network- and Project-Level Pavement Decisions |
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Traditionally, pavement management decision-making has relied on surface cracking as an
indicator of structural condition. However, with early-intervention preservation activities to extend the
life of pavements, surface cracks no longer are a reliable indicator of structural
condition.
In the past 15 years, traffic speed deflection devices...
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U.S. Department of Transportation Overhauls Century-Old Rule |
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration has published an updated federal rule to give states more flexibility and choice in which products or services they can use on federally funded highway projects. The goal of this change is to improve safety and increase efficiency while saving taxpayer dollars.
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FMCSA Addresses Safety Intervention Priorities |
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The ways the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) identifies carriers that are not fit to operate commercial motor vehicles are evaluated in a report from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of the Inspector General. This report also identifies challenges the FMCSA may face when implementing the suggested corrective...
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Telematics and Data Science: Informing Energy-Efficient Mobility |
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Transitioning fleets to electric vehicles (EVs) is explored in a report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory at the U.S. Department of Energy. Fleets exploring the possibility of adding EVs seek an efficient, data-driven means to estimate both expenditures for vehicle and charging infrastructure and the appropriate placement of them to...
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Durability and Inspection of Hybrid Composite Beams |
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The general durability of hybrid composite beams (HCBs) is determined in a report from the Virginia Department of Transportation. The ability to inspect and ensure the durability of HCBs is important for transportation construction projects.
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Evaluating Long Term Capacity & Ductility and the Design of Highway Bridges |
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Design criteria of bridge beams prestressed with carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) strands are established in a report from the Michigan Department of Transportation. This report evaluates CFRP design parameters such as maximum tensile strength, guaranteed strength, environmental reduction factors, relaxation, creep rupture strength, short...
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Life-Cycle Civil Integrated Management (CIM) Advancements in Preliminary Design BIM for Infrastructure |
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New electronic project design and delivery methods are explored in a report from the Minnesota Department of Transportation. This report discusses the complete transformation of transportation projects in Minnesota to smart, paperless, 3D electronic delivery and identifies the potential challenges of this transformation.
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Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and Transit Agency Planning Coordination in Florida |
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The current level of coordination and cooperation between Florida Metropolitan Planning Organizations and transit agencies is evaluated in a report from the Florida Department of Transportation. The goal of this report is to identify strategic issues for long-range transportation plans and transit development plans in Florida.
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Why Don’t Women Cycle? A Case Study of Women’s Perceptions of Cycling in San Francisco |
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Women’s perceptions about bicycling in San Francisco are explored in a report from SafeTREC at the University of California at Berkeley. Actual safety and women’s perceptions of it may play significant roles in whether or not they choose to bicycle in urban areas.
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Pressure-Based Dispatch for Shared Autonomous Vehicles |
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A policy for shared autonomous vehicle (SAV) systems is developed in a report from the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota. With a properly planned scheduling system, SAVs have the potential to offer low-cost, convenient mobility-on-demand to travelers.
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California Speeding and Aggressive Driving Study 2019: Data Analysis and Comparison with 2015 Survey Data Results |
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Drivers’ perceptions on speeding and aggressive driving on California roadways are described in a report from SafeTREC at the University of California at Berkeley. This report surveys a cross-sectional representative sample of California drivers and their perceptions and behaviors related to speeding and aggressive driving.
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Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of Wyoming’s CMAQ Unpaved Road Dust Suppression Program, Year 1 |
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The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement program (CMAQ) in Wyoming is evaluated in a report from the Upper Great Plains Institute at North Dakota State University. The CMAQ program provides funding to transportation projects that contribute to air quality improvements.
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Factors Affecting Cycling Levels of Service |
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New Zealand cyclists’ perception of levels of service is explored in a report from the New Zealand Transport Agency. The goal of this report is to provide a user-centered approach to assess existing and proposed facilities that would enable better-informed decisions about cycling levels of service to plan and design bicycle facilities in New...
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Rollover Crashes: Road Design Risk Factors and Infrastructure Solutions |
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Road design factors associated with rollover events are identified in a report from Austroads. This report focuses on run-off-road crashes on high-speed rural roads and those events with high-severity outcomes. It is available for no fee after logging onto the site.
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Sustainable Multimodality in Urban Regions |
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Ways to organize existing transportation systems to enable sustainable multimodality is explored in a report from the World Road Association (PIARC). This report identifies the complexities faced by road administrations in various countries. It is available for no fee after logging onto the site.
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Urban Transport Modeling in New Zealand – Data, Practice and Resourcing |
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The current status of transportation modeling systems employed by the New Zealand government is examined in a report from the New Zealand Transport Agency. This report also summarizes the results of the Household Travel Survey.
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Performance Requirements for Bitumen Sprayers |
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The performance requirements of bitumen sprayers in Australia and New Zealand are outlined in a report from Austroads. This report updates information from the 2014 report. It is available for no fee after logging onto the site.
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Understanding How Women Travel |
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Mobility barriers and challenges that women face are identifies in a report from LA Metro. The goal of this report is to make informed decisions about transit planning and ensure that applicable departments at Metro are utilizing gender specific data to implement service changes and improvements.
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How the US Interstate System Works |
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The history and complexity of the US Interstate System is discussed in a recent issue of the podcast “Stuff You Should Know.” The hosts explore issues related to safety and accessibility, and identify administrative aspects of highways, including naming and funding.
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Asphalt Pavement Industry Survey on Recycled Materials and Warm-Mix Asphalt Usage, 2018 |
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The amount of recycled materials and warm-mix asphalt (WMA) used by the asphalt pavement industry is quantified in a report from the National Asphalt Pavement Association. The use of recycled materials in asphalt pavements conserves raw materials and reduces overall asphalt mixture costs, in addition to reducing material going into landfills. WMA...
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