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  • Nominate a colleague or mentor for the 2026 W. N. Carey, Jr., Distinguished Service Award who has provided exemplary leadership and distinguished service to the Transportation Research Board. The recipient should be someone whose sustained contributions and commitment have had a significant and lasting impact on the mission and activities of TRB over the course of their service. Submit your nomination today!
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  • Start preparing your submission!. New this year, authors will be asked to identify the nature of their research paper to support reviewer assignment and TRB Annual Meeting session planning. Check out the instructions for authors to be ready when the system opens on July 1. 
TRB Publications

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Calculate fixed route bus capacity and speed, no matter what type of facility you have. Get bus speed and capacity fundamentals and methodology, transit-supportive roadway strategies, a reliability improvement program, and more. Read TRB's TCRP Research Report 262: Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual, 4th edition for concepts, strategies, and evaluations to guide bus operations improvements in capacity, speed, and reliability.


TCRP Research Results Digest 116: Recent Research on Bus Dwell Time Factors

NCHRP Research Report 1181: Toolkit for Institutionalizing the Safe System Approach


NCHRP Web-Only Document 451: Developing a Toolkit to Institutionalize the Safe System Approach

ACRP Synthesis 143: Ramp Safety Practices: Update

Events

June 24 - Register for the public session of the National Academies Study on Data, Metrics, and Analytic Tools for Transportation Investments that Support Family Quality of Life and Communities online. Invited speakers include Ipek Sener of Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Jeff Larrimore of the Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, Federal Reserve, Elliot Huang of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, San Francisco, and Rhonda Fair of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation among others.

June 25 - TRB Webinar: Experiences in the Use of Mini and Modular Roundabouts by Highway Agencies

June 30 – TRB Webinar: Are You Using Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures (ATSPMs) Effectively?

July 9 - TRB Webinar: Revenue-Related Tools for New Mobility

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June 29 - Register to hear from the committee members who studied Assessing Radiation Exposure, Health Outcomes, and Mitigation Strategies for Flight Crewmembers at an online briefing.

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Register to join Sue Lawless of Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary, P.C., Mike Fleming of Washington Department of Transportation (WDOT), Alan Steinberg of California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS), and John Mason of Kittelson and Associates, Inc. discuss legal hot topics in trucking. They'll cover the government’s role in designing or maintaining infrastructure suitable for both passenger and commercial motor vehicles, related civil litigation, and the potential liability for special HOV lanes for commercial drivers license holders, parking facilities, and compliance with engineering guidance. Join TRB's 65th annual Workshop on Transportation Law in Irvine, CA on July 12 - 15.


 

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Nominate yourself or others with directly relevant expertise to serve on one of 40 TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program project oversight panels by June 30. The FY2027 projects will focus on safety, infrastructure, planning and policy, operations, workforce, project delivery, and more!

Refine your transportation research. Watch to learn how to move from broad keyword searching to more targeted, relevant results. Make it easier to identify the studies, reports and records that best support your work. 

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Share your transportation-related research by writing an article for TR News! Take a look at the five types of articles and submit a proposal.

Find a summary of all the changes to the TRB Annual Meeting paper submission requirements.

Research Roundup

City College of New York of the City University of New York – Investigation of Emerging Sensing and AI/ML Technologies to Enhance the Safety of Vulnerable Roadway Users at Signalized Intersection

Montana State University, Bozeman – Traffic Safety Culture Transportation Pooled Fund Outreach Materials

Kansas State University Transportation Center – Initial Analytical Investigation of Cantilever and Butterfly Steel Overhead Sign Trusses With Respect to Remaining Fatigue Life

Georgia Department of Transportation – A Decision-Making Guide to Consider the Implementation of Progressive Public–Private Partnership

Massachusetts Department of Transportation – Field Study to Determine Salt Usage Efficiency and Transport to the Surrounding Environment on Two Pavement Types

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration – Considerations for Building a Community-Led Initiative: Engaging Communities with Lower Child Restraint Use

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