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2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Spotlight Sessions About Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) At TRB's 100th Annual Meeting in January 2021, more than 30 Spotlight Sessions will focus on this year's theme, "Launching a New Century of Mobility and Quality of Life." Specific sessions about COVID-19 will focus on: preparing for the next global pandemic, rapid repurposing of urban streets, supply chain disruptions, mobility...   MyTRB Users Must Create a New Password With a need to increase security, MyTRB users will be required to create a new password the next time they log in to the system. This is a one-time change designed to protect data and personal information even more than is already the case.   Improving Health Care through Transportation Most healthcare news in 2020 has been focused, rightfully, on coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Meanwhile, many routine or non-emergency health care procedures have been postponed, and as these procedures make their way back onto our personal schedules, it’s worth remembering that many people delay non-emergency but necessary medical procedures all...   Cristian Alvarez Tuta Helps "Tell Us 'Our' Story" in November's Responses Cristian Alvarez Tuta, Civil Engineer - Project Developer, New York City Department of Transportation let us know that says that presenting at the 2019 Annual Meeting "on alternate regulation on truck loading zones in one important Avenue of Queens, New York, gave me momentum and experience to apply for my first job as a recent grad civil...   Featured Centennial Paper - Freight Rail: On Track to the Future The genesis of the Standing Technical Committee on Freight Rail Transportation dates back at least to the 1970s, when the future of light density railroad branch and secondary lines concerned many state and local governments. The Committee is concerned with the spectrum of strategic, operational, technical and planning issues related to rail...   Seeking Project Panel Nominations for FY 2021 Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP): Nominations Due February 5, 2021 TCRP is seeking panel nominations for the approved FY 2021 research projects. Descriptions are available of FY 2021 projects for which RFPs are expected to be issued. Please nominate yourself or other candidates to serve on the expert panels of these research projects online at MyTRB. These panels will develop requests for proposals, select...   RFP: A Toolkit for Establishing Airport Catchment Areas TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a toolkit that will help an airport establish their unique catchment area. The toolkit should include a guide to utilizing resources, in addition to providing analytical methods and approaches that would best map a catchment area. Proposals are due...   Back To Top   Third Rail Insulator Failures: Current State of the Practice Third rail systems provide traction power to electrified rail systems in many parts of the world, including the United States, and encounter problems such as failures that need to be investigated and remediated. The TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program's TCRP Synthesis 150: Third Rail Insulator Failures: Current State of the...   Back To Top   Position Available: Chief Innovation Officer The U.S. Office of the Secretary of Transportation has an opening for a position that closes December 16, 2020.   Essential skills for the aviation workforce A report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office   Design processes for small airplanes A report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office   Back To Top   Selecting bicycle facilities Bicycle Facility Implementation: Quick Reference Guide, released by the Minnesota Department of Transportation   Effective rehabilitation techniques for older concrete pavements Design and Performance of Unbonded Concrete Overlays on Concrete Pavement - A Synthesis, released by the Minnesota Department of Transportation   Evaluating bridges Bridge Load and Resistance Factor Rating (LRFR) Assessment Statewide, released by the New York State Department of Transportation   Back To Top   Improving traffic volume data Using Municipal Vehicles as Sensor Platforms to Monitor the Health and Performance of the Traffic Control System, released by Carnegie Mellon University   How would drivers react to an AV-only lane? Impact of Regular and Narrow AV-Exclusive Lanes on Manual Driver Behavior, released by the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University   Constructing thin asphalt overlays Manual for Thin Asphalt Overlays, released by the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University   Vehicle interactions with mailboxes MASH TL-3 Evaluation of TXDOT Extra-Large Mailboxes, released by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute   Back To Top   How the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) can lead to transportation policy changes Leveraging Transport Disruption to Influence Change, released by the New Zealand Transport Agency   Testing aggregate mixtures Alkali-Silica Reactivity of Aggregate - Concrete Prism Test, released by Austroads   Mixtures in aggregates Alkali-Silica Reactivity of Aggregate – Accelerated Mortar Bar Test, released by Austroads   Public transport research partnerships in Sweden Most recent podcast episode from Monash University in Australia   Back To Top	Remember you can update your interests at any time to help us deliver only the most relevant information to you each week. 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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 Transportation Research Board or the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.