TRB is sponsoring the Innovations in Freight Data Workshop on April 9-10, 2019 in Irvine, California. The 2019 workshop will build from the 2017 workshop and bring together freight data users and decision makers to learn and share the latest applications of emerging freight data sources, development of value-added features, integration of data sets, and other innovations. For questions, contact...

TRB is sponsoring the 16th National Tools of the Trade Transportation Planning Conference on August 22-24, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. The conference will share research and best professional practices in the planning, development, and implementation of multimodal transportation for small- and medium-sized communities. The conference will also discuss future research and implementation needs...

TRB turns 100 on November 11, 2020. To commemorate this milestone, TRB has a yearlong celebration planned that will begin in January 2020 to recognize and honor the extraordinary record of achievements accomplished by TRB’s volunteers, sponsors, affiliates, friends, and staff. Please support to the celebration by contributing to the Century Club (individuals) or Century Patron (organizations) f...

Sharing the work of TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) on Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr. On June 6, 2018, TRB is joining other organizational partners for TCRP Day. Readers of TCRP's indispensable reports, tools, and resources can sign up prior to 2 PM ET on June 6 to schedule a tweet or update to help spread the word about TCRP. 

TRB is sponsoring the 17th TRB Conference on Planning Applications on June 2-5, 2019, in Portland, Oregon. The conference focuses on providing opportunities to showcase new transportation planning techniques and methods emphasizing practical, innovative, and timely technical and policy approaches to transportation planning.

TRB is sponsoring National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) Data for Transportation Applications Workshop August 8-9, 2018 in Washington, D.C. The 2017  NHTS  data, now available, allows analysis of daily travel by all modes, including characteristics of the persons traveling and their households, their vehicles, and their trips. This workshop, held every 5-6 years, explores how NHTS da...

TRB is sponsoring the Traffic Signal Committee summer meeting on July 22-24, 2018, in Flagstaff, Arizona. The theme of this year's meeting is "Smart traffic signal system management: raising the floor." The meeting will explore the current state of the practice in multimodal traffic signal control in relation to connected and automated vehicles. Register  with the Early Bird Rate through J...

TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board has released more than 200 papers from the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting. Enhancements to the journal include:  Articles published much closer to final acceptance A new user interface for the journal Article-level metrics  Full-text HTML to enhance discovery of the research Interactive proof markup for author...

Bud Wright, Executive Director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has announced that he will retire at the end of 2018. “The entire TRB community is grateful to Bud Wright for the tremendous support that he has given to TRB over the years, and particularly during his time as Executive Director of AASHTO," states TRB Executive Director, Neil Peders...

The TRB community extends condolences to the family and friends of Dr. Anthony "Tony" Kane, who passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Dr. Kane served as an ex officio member of the TRB Executive Committee and was an active volunteer with TRB since 1977. “Tony Kane is someone whose professionalism, friendship, and passion, especially for safety, we all admired and benefited from." states Neil Pe...