Standing Committee Newsletters
In 1920 the Board established three technical committees to promote research and disseminate highway research findings. Today TRB maintains more than 200 standing committees and task forces that address all aspects and modes of transportation. More than 4,000 administrators, operators, engineers, attorneys, researchers, educators, and others concerned with transportation serve on these committees and task forces without compensation. Committee members identify research needs; provide information to the transportation community on research priorities and procedures; review papers for presentation at the TRB Annual Meeting and for publication; encourage the incorporation of appropriate research findings into practice; and develop special programs, conferences, and workshops.
Some standing committees in TRB’s Technical Activities Division produce periodic newsletters for the benefit of their committee members and friends. To find a newsletter of interest to you, you can search all newsletters , or by mode and topic through the links provided below. For more information about TRB’s standing committees and task forces, visit our main standing committee and task force search page.
The opinions expressed in committee newsletters are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Transportation Research Board or the National Academies.
Environmental Analysis in Transportation Standing Committee E-Newsletter: Winter 2017February 3, 2017 TRB’s Standing Committee on Environmental Analysis in Transportation has released the latest issues of its periodic newsletter. This issue includes highlights from the Annual Meeting and the committee's business meeting; information on webinars, summer workshop plans,and changes in committee leadership; a summary of the roles friends of a committee can play; and more. The opinions e...
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Committee on Ecology and Transportation Newsletter: January 2017January 30, 2017 TRB’s Standing Committee on Ecology and Transportation has released the latest edition of its periodic newsletter. This newsletter highlights the committee activities during the TRB 96th Annual Meeting; monitoring wildlife crossing structures along highways in Changbai Mountain, China; pollination conservation at 60 miles per hour; and more. The online newsletter is published interm...
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Committee on Ecology and Transportation Newsletter: July 2016July 21, 2016 TRB’s Standing Committee on Ecology and Transportation has released the latest edition of its periodic newsletter. This newsletter highlights the upcoming 7th biennial Northeastern Transportation and Wildlife Conference in Lake Placid, New York, September 11-14, 2016; the Maine Audubon’s Wildlife Road Watch citizen science project; and composting of roadkill in Virginia. The newsletter also exp...
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Intercity Rail Passenger Systems Update: Winter 2015-2016December 26, 2015 The TRB Standing Committee on Intercity Passenger Rail has released the latest issue of its Intercity Rail Passenger Systems Update. The online newsletter is published intermittently and is designed to disseminate information about current research and developments in intercity rail passenger systems. The opinions expressed in the Intercity Rail Passenger Systems Update are those of the authors...
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Committee on Ecology and Transportation Newsletter: September 2015September 9, 2015 TRB’s Standing Committee on Ecology and Transportation has released the latest edition of its periodic newsletter. The issue highlights sessions that will be sponsored or cosponsored by the committee at the upcoming TRB 95th Annual Meeting; summarizes recent investigations into the issue of roadkill in the Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa; and addresses a study of the importance of verge...
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Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics Newsletter: Spring 2015May 12, 2015 The TRB Standing Committee on Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics (AHB45) has released its latest issue. The online newsletter is published intermittently and is designed to disseminate information about current research and developments in traffic flow theory and characteristics. The opinions expressed in the Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics Newsletter are those of the authors ...
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Intercity Rail Passenger Systems Update: Spring 2015April 16, 2015 The TRB Standing Committee on Intercity Passenger Rail has released the latest issue of its Intercity Rail Passenger Systems Update. The online newsletter is published intermittently and is designed to disseminate information about current research and developments in intercity rail passenger systems. Articles in this issue review the Federal Railroad Administration's draft system safety regula...
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Intercity Rail Passenger Systems Update: May 2014May 19, 2014 The TRB Standing Committee on Intercity Passenger Rail has released the latest issue of its Intercity Rail Passenger Systems Update. The online newsletter is published intermittently and is designed to disseminate information about current research and developments in intercity rail passenger systems. Articles in this issue review the Federal Railroad Administration's draft system safety regula...
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Aviation Group News: May 2014May 7, 2014 The TRB Aviation Group has released the latest issue of its periodic newsletter. This issue includes a call for nominations for the Francis X. McKelvey Award; previews the new location for the TRB Annual Meeting; highlights the resources available thought TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program; and provides information on some of the committees within TRB's Aviation Group. The opinions expr...
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Committee on Ecology and Transportation Newsletter: January 2014January 11, 2014 TRB’s Standing Committee on Ecology and Transportation has released the latest edition of its periodic newsletter. The issue includes a summary of the Harvard Colloquium on the Confluences of Landscape, Road, and Urban Ecology; and discusses ways to help state departments of transportation and metropolitan transportation organizations create ecosystem services crediting programs. The newsletter... |