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TRB Weekly
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TRB Weekly covers the latest in transportation research.
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Mark Hutchins (pictured left) Katie Turnbull (pictured right)
National Academies committee chair Katie Turnbull of Texas A&M Transportation Institute joins TRB staffer Mark Hutchins in a TR News article based on the committee's TRB Special Report 350: Reforming the Coast Guards Certificate of Compliance Program for Liquefied Gas Carriers: Promoting Efficient Implementation and Safety Effectiveness. Liquefied gas exports from U.S. ports have grown rapidly and their TR News article elucidates the need for reforms to the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) program that examines liquefied gas carriers.
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NCHRP Synthesis 660: State DOT Training Programs Used to Comply with NPDES Stormwater Permit Requirements
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Congratulations to new National Academy of Engineering members from the transportation sector including John-Paul Clarke, Charles Edwin Freese, Yuriy Gmirya, Charles Harvey, Fred Mannering, Michael McCune, Howard McKenzie, Martine A. Rothblatt, Juan Gabriel Santiago, Tomy Sebastian, Amnon Shashua, and Joseph Emmett Shepherd.
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Nominate yourself or others to serve on a TRB National Highway Cooperative Research synthesis project oversight committee. Explore the projects to see if your practical experience or research expertise on planning, design, safety, operations and maintenance, or program delivery qualify you to serve.
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February 19 – TRB Webinar: Addressing Long-Term Effects of Aging Government Fleet Assets
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February 25 - TRB Webinar: Improving Mobility in Rural and Tribal Communities
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February 27 - TRB Webinar: Rethinking the Road Test to Identify High-Risk Drivers
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March 10 - 12 - Register to join the National Academies National Forum on Nature-Based Solutions in Mobile, AL. Sessions will focus on spatial and temporal scales of implemenation, financing and economic considerations, policy updates, and best practices for collaboration and co-production of projects.
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