The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Gulf of Mexico Program has recently released the first issue of its “e-updates” that will periodically—1-2 times per month—report on the activities of the program. You may  subscribe to e-updates online.  Additional information on the NAS Gulf Program is available through the program’s website. When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in April 2010, killing 11 workers, it resulted in the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. Impacts of the approximate...

Preliminary descriptions of projects expected to be undertaken as part of TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) fiscal year 2014 activities are available for review. These projects do not represent the entire NCHRP FY 2014 program, only those for which requests for proposals are expected to be issued during August and September of this year. Deadlines for proposals vary, but are generally in October and November. Announcements of the requests for proposals on these projects will be ...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) is soliciting nominees to serve on oversight panels for new projects being established under the NCHRP's FY 2014 program. Nominees should have expertise directly relevant to the proposed project topic. To help identify nominees who are members of historically underrepresented groups, TRB encourages the nomination of women and members of minority groups. Panels for the new projects are scheduled to meet beginning in late July through September. P...

TRB is sponsoring the 52nd Annual Workshop on Transportation Law on July 21-24, 2013, in Nashville, Tennessee. The workshop is designed to bring together lawyers from federal, state, and local agencies and the private sector who work in all areas of transportation law.  Attendees will have the opportunity to share ideas and learn from the experiences of their colleagues. Advance registration expires June 22, 2013.

TRB standing committees have issued  calls for papers for the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2014, in Washington, D.C, and the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR). While papers addressing any relevant aspect of transportation research will be considered, some committees are soliciting papers in specific subject areas to help potential authors identify topics for their papers. Committees will be producing calls for papers through June, so author...

TRB has released the latest version of its information for authors guide . The guide is designed to help both new and veteran TRB paper authors navigate the paper submission process for TRB’s upcoming Annual Meeting and for TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. All authors should review all information in this guide before submitting papers for consideration for presentation or publication. The guide covers the organization and formatting of manuscripts for p...

The 2013 series marks the 50th year of TRB’s peer-reviewed journal, which debuted as the Highway Research Record in 1963; became the Transportation Research Record in 1974, with Number 480; and added the subtitle, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, in 2000, with Number 1653. In all, TRB has published more than 25,000 papers in volumes of the TRR Journal and continues to build on its tradition of disseminating research findings to advance transportation. The first Record addressed the topic of ...

TRB’s Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) annual program announcement solicits funding proposals for the upcoming review cycles.  The announcement explains the IDEA programs, describes the types of eligible projects and their funding structures, suggests general areas for which IDEA proposals can be submitted, and provides guidelines and forms for submitting proposals. NCHRP IDEA proposals are due September 1st and March 1st, depending on which of the two funding cycles is targeted. Th...

TRB’s National Cooperative Rail Research Program (NCRRP) has issued a request for problem statements identifying research needed for NCRRP’s FY 2014 program. Research problem statements for the NCRRP FY 2014 program are due June 15, 2013. These submittals form the basis for selection of the annual NCRRP research program. As an applied research program, NCRRP examines problems important to intercity and commuter rail, and freight rail practitioners. Desired research proposals should be formulate...

TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program has issued a request for problem statements identifying research needed for TCRP’s FY 2014 program. Research problem statements for the TCRP FY 2014 program are due June 15, 2013. These submittals form the basis for selection of the annual TCRP research program. The TCRP undertakes applied research and technical activities focusing on the needs of transit operating agencies. Research is conducted in all areas of public transportation, including operations, polic...