The goal of the Truck and Bus Safety Committee, created in 2003, is to focus on motor carrier safety in all its aspects, including research and evaluation in human, roadway, vehicle, operational, and organizational arenas. Topic areas include problem assessment and data, laws and regulations, enforcement and compliance, driver health and wellness, human factors, carrier safety management, vehicle design and technology, and roadway factors in safety. Precursors to the committee included a Truck and Bus Sa...

Nikola Ivanov "learned that just as I am gaining valuable knowledge from thousands of TRB volunteers, I am also bringing value to this powerful community by being myself and contributing to the best of my abilities." Kohinoor Kar learned "..that I don't know several things in this universe of research, but I do know a few things in transportation. Hopefully, my contributions for the last several years helped TRB achieve its goals." According to Ann McKinnon, my committee work "has made me realize how muc...

TRB's “Tell Us ‘Our’ Story" challenge is now looking into the future. What drew you to transportation community, and what keeps you here? What impact do you hope to have on the world and how is the Transportation Research Board helping you make that impact? What is your vision for the Transportation Research Board 100 years from now? TRB welcomes all stories: small or large, profound or light-hearted, sobering or humorous. In addition to posting responses to these questions on its website and publicizing...

Dear Colleague, As a valued member of the TRB community, I wanted to update you on: the National Academies’ and TRB’s actions in response to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic TRB resources that are available to the transportation community TRB’s plans going forward, and impacts of the pandemic on TRB’s finances and staff. COVID-19 has had a profound impact on both the transportation system and the transportation professional community. TRB’s first priority is, and always will be, the safety and...

For more than 40 years, the TRB Standing Technical Committee on User Information Systems has been involved with every challenge, technology, and evolution of user information systems and has been engaged and involved in some of the world’s most pressing transportation challenges. Despite the many changes in roadway design, technological innovations, research methodologies, and even road users themselves, AND20 has remained focused on understanding the needs and requirements of the road user and supportin...

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) paused in 1983 to honor reaching the 100th National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis of Highway Practice in less than 15 years. To celebrate, TRB shared an insider view in TR News of how synthesis reports came to be and reviewed the impacts of numbers 1 through 100. To learn the whole story, check out the latest release in the TRB History Highlights series. As part of the Centennial Celebration, TRB has initiated the History Highlights series ...

"Every day more problems are identified than resources are available to solve, but some effort must address the future. This visionary aspect is important if we are to advance as a society. The trade-offs that must be made in the allocation of resources pose a serious problem for research management. How to achieve an effective balance is certainly a great challenge for budget decision makers." This is a reprint of an article that appeared in the Profiles section of the February 1977 issue of the TR News...

TRB, through our partnership with Sage Publishing, has created a free online collection of articles from the Transportation Research Record about transportation and pandemics . In addition to existing TRB publications, library resources, and this recently published collection , TRB’s Technical Activities Division and Sage have created the TRB Practical Pipeline: Impacts of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) web platform , a searchable collection of research results, best practices, lessons learned, in...

In 2000 Joyce H. Johnson was Director of The Transportation Institute, School of Business and Economics, North Carolina A&T State University.  At that time she was a 27-year veteran of NCA&TSU whose expertise as a teacher, researcher, and provider of public information was focused on preparing a core of well­ rounded, diverse professionals for the future of transportation. Johnson states, "I firmly believe that university research has a special place in the world of transportation research. ...

TRB has been closely monitoring the evolving situation related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. The health and safety of our volunteers, sponsors, meeting guests, staff, and the greater community are of utmost importance to us. In light of the current situation, we have decided that the event cannot be held as scheduled. Any decision regarding whether to reschedule the event or to hold it in some other format, will be made at a later date. Please visit the conference website for more detai...