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TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a guidebook for general aviation airport managers and policy makers to help them create a business plan to assist their airport in maximizing its self-sufficiency. Proposals are due January 7, 2010.

The University of North Carolina's (UNC’s) Highway Safety Research Center (HSRC) has released the latest edition of its newsletter that highlights highway safety issues and the activities of the center. The UNC HSRC conducts interdisciplinary research aimed at reducing deaths, injuries, and related societal costs of roadway crashes.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a report that explores crashes that have been precipitated by medical emergencies or other medical conditions while driving.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a report that examines factors associated with fatal single-vehicle run-off-road crashes.

The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that explores community transportation design policy to improve collaboration when state highways serve as local main streets.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has released a report that explores the service life of longitudinal pavement markings using pavement marking retroreflectivity data provided by PennDOT’s Bureau of Highway Safety and Traffic Engineering.

The Federal Transit Administration has released a report that examines a Remote Infrared Audible Signage (RIAS) Pilot Program conducted in the Puget Sound Region of Washington State. RIAS is an orientation and mobility technology designed to eliminate barriers to accessibility for people who are visually impaired or are cognitively or developmentally disabled.

Michael S. Townes, President and CEO of Hampton Roads Transit, Hampton, Virginia, has been selected as the recipient of the Transportation Research Board’s 2010 Sharon D. Banks Award for Innovative Leadership in Transportation. A long-time public transportation leader, he was cited for “his service-oriented approach to addressing the mobility needs of people throughout the community, no matter what their economic or social background”; his strong commitment to internal and external customer service; his ...

More than 65 sessions and workshops will be in the spotlight at the TRB 89th Annual Meeting, January 10-14, 2010—contributing to the meeting’s spotlight theme, Investing in Our Transportation Future—Bold Ideas to Meet Big Challenges. The spotlight theme will focus attention on what transportation policy makers, practitioners, and researchers are doing and can do to address the major challenges currently facing transportation. Opportunities and obstacles for providing high-speed rail, lessons learned from...

The University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Institute has released its annual report that highlights the Institute's research, education, and outreach activities from July 2008 through June 2009.