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TRB Weekly
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Registration is now open! Don’t miss the world’s largest transportation research conference. The 106th TRB Annual Meeting will be held January 10 - 14, 2027 in Washington, D.C. Register now to save and to get the best selection of hotels before they start filling up.
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Volunteer paper reviewers are hard at work! All paper reviews must be submitted by September 15. Reviewers with incomplete reviews will be automatically unassigned from those papers on September 16.
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Technology, operational practices, regulation, and the professionalism of the aviation workforce have helped commercial aviation achieve an extraordinary level of safety. Pilots, air traffic controllers, mechanics, dispatchers, inspectors, certifiers, and others in the workforce are an integral, measurable part of the aviation safety system. These human contributions can be a more visible, measurable, and actionable part of aviation system management. Recommendations in TRB Special Report 361: Emerging Hazards in Commercial Aviation—Report 3: The Human Contribution to Safety focus on a workforce data foundation, transforming safety analysis, and strengthening safety culture and oversight.
This report, requested by Congress in order to help identify, monitor, understand, and address emerging aviation safety risks, marks the third in a series of reports to be issued within a span of 10 years by the National Academies' Committee on Emerging Trends in Aviation Safety. Read the report and learn more.
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When managing bridges, risks like scour, flooding, seismic activity, and other condition-related risks are more quantifiable. Identifying and predicting concerns like cybersecurity, vehicle impacts, and accelerated bridge deterioration rates can be tougher to include in asset management plans. State departments of transprotation are developing new frameworks, tools, and processes to address these hazards. NCHRP Synthesis 667: Identifying Risks and Incorporating Them into Bridge Asset Management Planning presents the state of practice of state DOTs use to identify and incorporate risk into bridge asset management planning. Find case examples from Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Texas focused on risks like coastal flooding, hurricane damage, freeze-thaw, overweight vehicles, and more.
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NCHRP Synthesis 665: Occupational Safety Training and Knowledge Sharing for State DOT Employees
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Do you need to catch up on professional development? Get a weekly email of only the upcoming TRB webinars directly in your inbox.
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July 22 - Join a committee meeting of the National Academies Overall Aircraft Cabin Air Quality study. Representatives from flight crew unions will speak with the committee on the impact of smoke or fume events on passenger aircraft cabins. Public comments may also be submitted in writing during the session.
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September 10 - TRB Webinar: Research in Progress—Sharing and Finding Transportation Research
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September 15 - TRB Webinar: Strengthening Decision Support Through Data Governance
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September 17 - TRB Webinar: What’s New in the Transit Capacity & Quality of Service Manual, 4th Edition
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Transportation Research Record (TRR) consistently publishes research that regional and local government agencies can readily put into practice. Submit your research for publication! Tip from the editors: show how findings extend beyond a single local material or setting. Ground your work in a sufficiently broad review of relevant prior research.
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Express your interest in working with TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program! Submit your Letter of Interest by September 21 to be considered for a paid role as a principal investigator on synthesis projects with topics including system reliability, implementation of alternative propulsion vehicles, vehicle cleanliness, inter-jurisdictional cost sharing, procurement, and automating data reporting.
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Find more research from beyond TRB in TRID, a database that provides access to 1.5 million records of worldwide transportation research.
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