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2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Dorval R. Carter, Jr., 2021 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship Recipient |
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Mr. Dorval R. Carter, Jr., President, Chicago Transit Authority, is the 2021 recipient of the Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship. Mr. Carter is recognized for his leadership in the transit industry and legal community, and for spearheading significant advances to public transportation.
As the head of the nation’s second largest transit...
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Research helps connected and automated vehicles steer closer to reality |
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Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) are the wave of the future, but when will be ready for them?
As part of the process towards getting there, TRB will host a webinar on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 that will present findings from a national pooled fund study on planning level capacity impacts of CAVs. Presenters will evaluate CAVs’ impacts ...
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“Tell Us ‘Our’ Story”: "How has TRB helped enrich your professional life?" |
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The TRB “Tell Us ‘Our’ Story" centennial activity is designed to allow as many of you (TRB’s volunteers and friends) as possible to participate in the TRB Centennial Celebration through the submission of your stories, which are our stories. The “Tell Us ‘Our” Story” centennial activity consists of a series of monthly questions that will help...
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National Academy of Engineering virtual annual meeting set for October 4-7 |
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On October 4-7, the National Academy of Engineering will host its 56th annual meeting, on Engineering for Pandemics: Preparedness, Response, and Recovery. Plenary speakers and technical forum panelists will offer their perspectives on past pandemics, their impacts, and the role of engineering in preparing for and addressing them. The event will be ...
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Featured Centennial Paper - Strategic Evolution of Transportation Policy, Planning, and Practice at TRB |
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Growing interest in strategic planning in the late 1980s and early 1990s was one of the many drivers for the creation of the TRB Standing Committee on Strategic Management. Over the quarter century of committee activities, the issues facing CEOs and agency leaders have changed. However, what remains consistent is the importance that the Committee...
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Featured Centennial Paper - Transportation and Land Development |
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The Standing Technical Committee on Transportation and Land Development was established in 1972 to improve the understanding of the interrelationships between transportation and patterns of urbanization, along with the economic, social, and environmental consequences of transportation and land development choices. The committee's Centennial Paper...
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TRB Webinar: Capacity Impacts of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles |
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Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) are the wave of the future, but is the road infrastructure ready for them? TRB will host a webinar on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 from 2:00-3:30 PM Eastern that will present findings from a national pooled fund study on planning level capacity impacts of CAVs. Presenters will evaluate the impacts of CAVs...
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TRB Webinar: Where Are We Now with Performance-Based Pavement Warranties? |
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Pavement warranties have been common in the United States at various points in time, and while there is no national pavement warranty standard, agencies have developed their own specifications with varying criteria. TRB will host a webinar on Monday, October 19, 2020 from 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern that will discuss practices with the use of...
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TRB Webinar: Measuring Highway Assets through Non-Destructive Evaluation |
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Highway infrastructure assets are critical to the productive capacity of our nation’s economy and well-being of the traveling public. The need to manage, maintain, improve, upgrade, and preserve our enormous highway infrastructure assets in an efficient and cost-effective manner has become more apparent. TRB will host a webinar on Tuesday, October ...
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TRB Webinar: Benefitting from Weigh-in-Motion Data |
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How are state departments of transportation incorporating weigh-in-motion (WIM) data into their highway projects? TRB will host a webinar on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 from 12:00-1:30 PM Eastern that will discuss WIM data use in the United States and in Europe. Presenters will focus on the benefits of using WIM data for bridge and pavement design ...
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TRB Webinar: Balancing the Scales--Equity Analysis in Transportation Planning |
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Historically, certain individuals and communities, including those from minority, low-income, and limited English proficiency populations, have not benefited equitably from transportation investments and programs. Understanding the impacts of transportation investments on these individuals and communities and taking steps to address inequities are ...
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13th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management - Abstracts due October 9, 2020 |
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Save the date for How We Move Matters - July 14-15, 2021 |
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Technology-enabled transportation services – like ridehailing, delivery apps, automated vehicles, and e-scooters – have revolutionized the way we move. But changing how we get around also impacts our environment. How does ridehailing affect air pollution in our communities? What are the environmental impacts of having packages delivered to our...
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RFP: Proposed AASHTO Highway Safety Manual, Second Edition |
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The AASHTO Highway Safety Manual (HSM) has become a key safety management and evaluation resource for state and local roadway agencies; metropolitan planning organizations; and the safety, design, and traffic engineering professional community. The HSM was developed largely through NCHRP research and the first edition was published in 2010. TRB's...
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Strategies for Work Zone Transportation Management Plans |
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One of the ways a state department of transportation or other transportation agency can address work zone
safety and other impacts is to develop and implement a transportation management plan (TMP).
The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's
NCHRP Research Report 945:
Strategies for Work Zone Transportation Management Plans...
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Evaluating Strategies for Work Zone Transportation Management Plans |
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Transportation management plans (TMPs) are a set of coordinated
strategies designed to help agencies achieve work zone project goals related to traffic
mobility, efficient system operation, motorist and worker safety, and other operational
targets.
The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's
NCHRP Web-Only Document 276:
Evaluating...
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TR News July-August 2020 issue table of contents now online |
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The July-August 2020 issue of TR News—with a focus on stormwater—is available in
hard copy and digital copy for subscribers. For
those who are not subscribers, the table of contents is available.
Feature articles in
the issue include
"Integrating Stormwater
Infrastructure into State Department
of Transportation Processes," "Transportation...
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Stormwater Infiltration in the Highway Environment: Guidance Manual |
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This report from earlier in 2020 is relevant to the latest issue of TR News (#328, on stormwater management).
The infiltration approach to stormwater management involves the design, construction, and
operation of engineered systems that infiltrate stormwater runoff into soils. These systems, referred
to as “infiltration best management...
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Critical Issues in Transportation 2019 |
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The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and equity issues will be included soon in Critical Issues in Transportation 2019. In this report, which is updated periodically by the TRB Executive Committee, a series of challenging questions are posed to explore issues and opportunities that may arise 10 to 20 years into the future. These questions, 63...
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Standard Definitions for Common Types of Pavement Cracking |
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New definitions will help pavement cracking survey providers and pavement
engineers at state highway administrations conduct objective cracking measurements and encourage continuing
technological innovations by researchers and vendors.
The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's
NCHRP Web-Only Document 288:
Standard Definitions for ...
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Improved accessibility on passenger trains |
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Maintenance of channels and ports |
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Reducing cybersecurity risks to aviation |
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A report released by the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation
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Improved brakes on the railroad network |
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FHWA Innovator, September/October 2020 |
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The potential of composite pavement |
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Determining pavement structural condition |
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Analyzing stormwater runoff |
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Measuring safety on rural state highways |
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Behavioral choices with urban vehicle travel |
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Preventing serious crashes |
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Societal inequities in the transportation system |
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How roads contribute positively to local, national and international challenges |
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Assessing aircraft fuel burn |
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Predicting skid resistance of the road surface |
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The TRB Transportation Research E-Newsletter regularly covers transportation research developments in the United States and abroad.
This document is not a report of the National Research Council or of the National Academies of Sciences. The opinions expressed in reports
highlighted in TRB's Transportation Research E-Newsletter are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the
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