TRB standing committees have issued  calls for papers for the TRB 92nd Annual Meeting, January 13-17, 2013, 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...

TRB's National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) is soliciting nominations of individuals to serve on oversight panels for new projects being established under NCFRP's fiscal year 2012 program. Nominees should have expertise directly relevant to the proposed project topic. The nomination of women and members of minority groups is encouraged. Panels for the new research projects are s...

On April 11, 2012, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a field hearing in West Virginia that explored shale gas development, and the transportation, pipeline, and rail needs to assist the American manufacturing sector. Witness statements are available online. 

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that explores the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration risk-based regulatory approach to manage requirements of low-stress gas transmission pipelines, and the impact that this approach may have on the safety of these pipelines.

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), part of the U.S. Research and Innovative Technology Administration, has released a report that explores transportation satellite accounts (TSAs). TSAs provide a means for measuring the contribution of transportation services to the national economy. According to the BTS, prior to the TSAs, the magnitude of transportation services had long been unde...

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the U.S. Research and Innovative Technology Administration, has released its annual transportation statistic report. The report presents and analyzes data on safety, the state of good repair of the U.S. transportation system, economic competitiveness, livable communities, passenger expenditures, and environmental sustainability, and explo...

New benefits for TRB Sustaining Affiliates now include early eligibility for selection of prime exhibit space at the TRB Annual Meeting and advance notice to contract for advertising space in the printed Annual Meeting Final Program. These new benefits are in addition to existing Sustaining Affiliate benefits such as complimentary Annual Meeting registrations and an exhibit booth, Chairman’s Lu...

Academic and nonacademic, public or private institutions may now purchase access to the 2011 TRB 90th Annual Meeting (AMOnline) portal, which includes slides and posters of the more than 3,500 program presentations, videos of more than 40 high-profile sessions, and the 2,200 papers that make up the meeting’s Compendium of Papers.  Institutional subscription packages all...

The slides and posters of the more than 3,500 program presentations, and videos of more than 40 high-profile sessions at the 2011 TRB 90th Annual Meeting are now available through the TRB Annual Meeting Online (AMOnline) portal . This content is in addition to the 2,200 papers that make up the meeting’s Compendium of Papers, which is already accessible on the portal. In one search, the AMOnline...

The TRB 90th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD is now available for purchase through TRB’s Annual Meeting Online portal . The Compendium DVD contains nearly 2,200 technical papers that were presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting. The papers are fully indexed and searchable by keywords, author, title, number, and more. The cost of the DVD is $125. Annual Meeting attendees and employees of TR...