Dr. John M. Mason, Jr. is the Recipient of the 2023 W.N. Carey, Jr. Distinguished Service Award

In recognition of his outstanding service to TRB, John M. Mason, Jr. is the 2023 recipient of the W.N. Carey, Jr., Distinguished Service Award. Mason, Special Advisor to the Interim Chancellor of the Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, is recognized for his more than 40 years of service to TRB and for his unwavering desire to create knowledge through research.

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Minority Student Fellow Scholarship Recipients

Four competitive and exemplary fellows of the previous Minority Student Fellows cohort have been awarded scholarships to attend the 2024 TRB Annual Meeting as they complete their studies and start their careers as transportation professionals. Learn more about these fellows from the 2023 cohort.

Planning for a Decrease in Bike and Pedestrian Fatalities

Each year, national crash studies have estimated that while overall traffic fatalities are decreasing, the percentages of those fatalities among pedestrians and cyclists are increasing. The Federal Highway Administration estimates pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities comprise about 19% of all traffic fatalities, with approximately 6,000 pedestrian deaths and 850 bicyclist deaths annually. 

Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Performance Functions (NCHRP Research Report 1064), from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, was released this past week. The report helps develop pedestrian and bicycle safety performance functions (SPFs) for transportation practitioners at all levels to better inform planning, design, and operations decisions.

For further related research, see the TRB blogs Paths to Biking, Walking Improvements Supported by Wealth of Research and Pedestrian Resources to Help Talk the Walk.

Most people are willing to assist others when there are visual cues of a disability, such as a wheelchair or guide dog. However, many individuals have disabilities that are not visible and can pose significant transportation accessibility challenges for them. "Invisible Disabilities: Seeing the Unseen," by Steven Jones, Roger Mackett, and Julia Castillo, is a feature article that is now available from the July-August 2023 edition (Issue 346) of TR News, TRB's magazine.

A journal article in TRB's Transportation Research Record is cited in Oklahoma State University Headlines about critical spots (such as bridge approaches and grade crossings) where the railroad track geometry degradation rate is significantly higher compared to other locations.

A TRB/National Academies report scheduled for release in mid-2024 that will examine the impacts of trains longer than 7,500 feet is cited in an article by Trains that covers the ongoing debate following the February 2023 derailment of a long train in East Palestine, Ohio.

A session at the upcoming TRB Annual Meeting in January on how AI could transform transportation - and not just automated vehicles - is previewed by Streetsblog USA.