The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has released a report that measures typical coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) values of Portland cement concrete (PCC) pavements and investigates the relationship between CTE and other critical variables such as aggregate types, age of concrete, dimension of specimen, amount of course aggregate in mixture, relative humidity, and concrete mechanical properties.

TRB is co-sponsoring a web briefing or "webinar" on February 16, 2012, from 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. EST that will explore a project conducted by TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) that focuses on accelerated bridge construction (ABC). Part 1 of this webinar series took place in January 2012. There is no fee to register for the webinar, and one professional development hour will be provided. Please direct questions about this webinar to abc@fiu.edu .

The Mineta Transportation Institute has released a report that examines the factors underlying transit demand in the multi-destination, integrated bus and rail transit network for Atlanta, Georgia.

The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute has released a report that examines road-safety management in Brazil, Russia, India, and China.

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics, a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, has published a quick reference guide to transportation data.

The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that explores criteria to be used in defining the Washington state truck intermodal network.

The Center for Transportation Research and Education at Iowa State University has released the latest issue of Go! magazine. Go! is an online magazine for teens and young adults that explores the world of transportation and careers they can find there.

The University of California (UC), Berkeley, Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) has released the latest issue of its quarterly online magazine, formerly known as NewsBITS.

The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a report that examines performance data from New Zealand road pavements that utilized stabilized granular materials and compares actual stabilized pavement performance with the expectations in published design guidelines.

FAA's new mobile website provides on-the-go access to the most popular tasks on FAA.gov, including finding advisory circulars, reporting wildlife strikes, looking up N-Numbers, and checking airport status and delays.