Transportation Research Board > Blurbs > Content Types > Announcements/News

TRB will be conducting a web briefing or “webinar” on Thursday, March 4, 2010, from 2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. EDT that will explore research on international and domestic tunnel scans, and provide information to practitioners about practices that can be used to design and maintain safe tunnels.  Participants must register at least 24 hours prior to the start of the webinar, space is limited, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees.

Two new TRB services—full recordings of selected Annual Meeting sessions, as well as program presenter visual aids and posters from most of the meeting’s sessions—are now available to be viewed online. The session recordings are part of TRB’s Video on Demand series, and access to the visual aids and posters is part of TRB’s Online Library. These services are available at no charge to employees of TRB year-round sponsoring organizations . Annual Meeting registrants who access these ser...

TRB will be conducting a web briefing or “webinar” on Wednesday, March 17, 2010, from 2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. EST that will explore TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program Project 9-23A: a master catalog of soil properties from which soil-water characteristic curves can be calculated for use as a key input parameter to the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG).  Participants must register at least 24 hours prior to the start of the webinar, space is limited, and there is a fee ...

Research problem statements are now being accepted for the FY 2011 Airport Cooperative Research Program. The ACRP is an applied, contract research program with the objective of developing near-term solutions to issues facing airport-operating agencies. The ACRP undertakes research and other technical activities in a variety of airport-related areas, including operations, design, construction, engineering, maintenance, human resources, administration, policy, planning, environment, safety, and security. P...

The latest issue of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) quarterly Transport Newsletter is now available. UNCTAD promotes the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy.

The Nevada Department of Transportation’s (NDOT’s) Research Division has released the latest issue of its quarterly newsletter designed to provide information on NDOT research activities and transportation research-related items.

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to design and implement a measurement campaign of particulate matter (PM) emissions from a representative set of in-service aircraft auxiliary power units as well as PM emissions associated with aircraft brake and tire wear that occurs during landing. Proposals are due March 25, 2010.

The U.S. Coast Guard has released the latest issue of this quarterly journal, which is described as the voice of the Coast Guard’s Marine Safety and Security Council. This issue has a focus on using mutual trust and communications to gain the cooperation of facilities and tenants.

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to identify and evaluate conditions under which aircraft noise affects student learning, and to identify and evaluate one or more alternative noise metrics that best define those conditions. Proposals are due March 23, 2010.

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to estimate the fine particulate matter (PM2.5) contribution of airports, evaluate the impact alternative fuels may have in reducing PM2.5 emissions from major contributors, and identify the opportunities and challenges that alternative fuels present in reducing airport-related PM2.5 emissions. Proposals are due March 22, 2010.