What's New in Planning and Forecasting

TRB will conduct a webinar on Wednesday, July 18, 2018, from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET that features research from the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)’s Research Report 163 : Guidebook for Preparing and Using Airport Design Day Flight Schedules. Airports use design day flight schedules (DDFS) for a number of different purposes, including planning for airport operations and facilities, air...

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's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 515: Practices for Preventing Roadway Departures identifies and summarizes practices being used by state departments of transportation (DOTs) to prevent roadway departure crashes and to identify the data-driven advantages and disadvantages of these practices. More than half of all traffic fatalities result from roadway depart...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a pre-publication, non-edited version of Synthesis 527: Resilience in Transportation Planning, Engineering, Management, Policy, and Administration. The report documents resilience efforts and how they are organized, understood, and implemented within transportation agencies’ core functions and services. Core functions and ...

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...

TRB has released new Snap Searches exploring communities and cultural concerns. A Snap Search provides a summary of TRB research reports that are underway and published, upcoming events, and ongoing committees that cover these specific topics. Produced by TRB’s Library , Snap Searches are designed for the busy researcher or professional who would like to quickly get up to speed on complex resea...

Transportation Research Circular 233: Applying Census Data for Transportation explores a conference held on November 14-16, 2017, in Kansas City, Missouri that focused on the use of census data for transportation applications. The conference provided a forum for participants to share experiences with the use of Census data, including new techniques for integrating different data sets for use in...

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has released a pre-publication, non-edited version of Research Report 201: Understanding Changes in Demographics, Preferences, and Markets for Public Transportation. The report explores how changes in demographics, traveler preferences, and markets for public transportation affect transit ridership now and in the future. The report explores how ...

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 will conduct a webinar on Thursday, July 26, 2018, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that describes the inaugural Strategic War Game session at the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting. War games are fast-paced simulations involving teams that represent a market or customer, a set of competitors, and a series of other uncontrollable factors or entities. At this year’s TRB Annual Meeting, eight teams worked in ...

TRB will conduct a webinar on Thursday, August 2, 2018, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET that features research from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)’s 08-95 : Cell Phone Location Data for Travel Behavior Analysis. The research evaluates the extent to which cell phone location data and associated products accurately depict travel. The presenters will provide guidelines on the...

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...

Carlos M. Braceras, P.E., has been newly appointed to serve on the TRB Executive Committee. Braceras began his tenure as executive director of the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) in May 2013. In this capacity, he is responsible for UDOT's more than 1,600 employees and the design, construction, and maintenance of Utah's 6,000-mile system of roads and highways. Braceras joined UDOT in 19...

TRB’s Transportation Research Record journal is implementing a new paper peer review system, Editorial Manager, to provide enhanced flexibility, security, and system performance. TRB’s Technical Activities Division has elected to integrate its peer-review paper process with Editorial Manager, a commercial peer review software product developed and supported by Aries Systems. Editorial Manager w...

TRB standing committees have issued calls for papers for the 98th TRB Annual Meeting, January 13-17, 2019, in Washington, D.C, and/or the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR) . Please create or update your MyTRB profile now if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, submit a paper for presentation, and/or submit a paper for publication. Calls for pap...

TRB is cosponsoring the Disrupting Mobility Summit on September 16-18, 2018 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Disruptive technologies include global connectivity, artificial intelligence, and renewable energy. This conference will focus on how these technologies are impacting mobility. 

TRB is sponsoring the 7th International Conference on Innovations in Travel Modeling (ITM) on June 24-27, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference explores current models and modeling research. Participants will explore the integration of social, land-use, transportation supply and technology into the model process. The conference addresses how the industry can respond to the rapidly changing t...

The Institute of Transport Studies at Monash University has released the latest issue of its bimonthly newsletter, which is designed to highlight recently added items to the World Transit Research database. This edition features research on planning, ridership, land use, operations, and more.

TRB is sponsoring I-TED 2018: International Transportation and Economic Development Conference on June 6-8, 2018 in Washington, D.C. The conference will focus on economic development and its social impacts; transit-oriented development; linkages of international trade, economic development, and transportation corridors; and transportation improvements and market competitiveness.

The University of California at Berkeley has released a report that presents an evaluation framework for assessing technological impacts within transportation-related city projects. This report focuses on how data can improve safety, equity, environment, energy, and congestion.

The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) had released a report that identifies the current trends in transit ridership and presents possible adaptations to address declining ridership. This report contextualizes current ridership trends by addressing public transit trends under a broader macroeconomic framework.

TRB conducted a webinar on Thursday, May 3, 2018, from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET that features research from the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)’s Report 143 : Guidebook for Air Cargo Facility Planning and Development and Synthesis 80 : Estimating Truck Trip Generation for Airport Air Cargo Activity. This webinar explored the tools and techniques for sizing air cargo facilities, which inc...

Resources for the Future has released a report that assesses the implications of a full rollback for gasoline consumption, oil imports, and carbon emissions. In April 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that planned fuel economy increases are too stringent and should be revised . This report addresses the potential repercussions of this revision.

Brian W. Ness, Director of the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD), has been newly appointed to serve on the TRB Executive Committee. Since 2010, Ness has served as the ITD Director. Ness is an active member of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), chairing the AASHTO Special Committee on Transportation Security and Emergency Management (SCOTSEM) unt...