This is the third part of a series of blogs about funding transportation. The first discussed emergency funding while the disease was still in its earliest stages, the second discussed the planning required to prepare for an eventual economic recovery. The American Jobs Plan was proposed in March 2021 as a way to create millions of jobs and enhance the country’s infrastructure. Often referred to as the “infrastructure bill,” the proposal includes more than $110 billion for modernizing roads, highways, a...

To improve your transportation research, TRIS is currently testing a new media-type for datasets in TRID . This new feature will allow TRIS to index datasets as unique outputs from projects with links to both ROSA P and the site where the dataset is published, while also referencing the final report supported by the dataset if appropriate. This new feature supports the U.S. Department of Transportation's Public Access Plan which requires, “…digitally formatted scientific data resulting from unclassified ...

For sponsors and those who registered for the 2021 TRB Annual Meeting, held in January, content from the conference is available online. To access it, please make sure you are logged into MyTRB, then click on the Online Program .  Multimedia content can be located by clicking on "More Details" under individual events. Content includes recordings for nearly all the sessions and workshops, and, when available, presentations, abstracts, papers, and posters. Presenters may also upload their presentation...

Join the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a conversation about the social cost of carbon in the United States. Register for Climate Conversations: The Cost of Carbon , which will be April 15 from 3-4 p.m. EST. The social cost of carbon is a metric used for incorporating the economic impacts of carbon emissions into federal decision-making. Justin Worland (TIME) will moderate a conversation with Richard Newell (Resources for the Future) and Rachel Cleetus (Union of Concerned S...

Amy Benedick, a senior study director at Westat, discusses current legislation about distracted driving, ways it can be enforced, and measures to educate the public. Listen to the podcast here and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

The next episode of a webinar series on equity and the Black experience in transportation will be held on April 7. TRB Director of Technical Activities Ann Brach will moderate the event, which is hosted by the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC). Speakers Bradley Mims, Federal Aviation Administration Deputy Administrator and Warren Whitlock Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Civil Rights under the Obama Administration will focus on defining the lived-in experiences in society and ...

On March 25, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a hearing with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg about transportation priorities.

NCHRP is announcing eighteen new supplemental projects for FY 2021 and soliciting panel nominations for these supplemental projects. Submit nominations online through MyTRB. You will be asked to login to MyTRB. If you do not already have an account, you will be asked to create one using your email and a password.   The nomination of members of historically underrepresented groups, including women, young professionals (age 35 and younger), and members of minority groups is encouraged. Please nominate...

Transportation Research Record (TRR) is celebrating Women’s History Month by launching a special collection on Gender Issues in Transportation. The collection will include influential papers previously published in TRR and feature an introduction and analysis by TRR Associate Editor and inaugural Editor Board member Sandi Rosenbloom. You can preview the collection now. The full collection will be announced in a later issue of this newsletter.

In the latest episode of TRB's Transportation Explorers podcast, Norm Augustine, chair of TRB’s 2019 Future of the Interstate report, provides updates on how those recommendations could fit into President Biden’s infrastructure plans. Listen to the podcast here and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It is now available on all major podcast providers.