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TRB Weekly covers the latest in transportation research. TRB Annual Meeting Save time onsite and register before you arrive! Online registration is open through the entire meeting. Registering online lets you beat the Sunday-morning rush to pick up your badge early. Find them Saturday from 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM, in the Convention Center, West Salon. New TRB Publications Photo credit: (Charles Edward Miller, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0) An article in TR News' new issue explores why other nations have fewer traffic fatalities and safer roads compared with the United States. Authors Joseph Schofer (chair of a National Academies consensus study committee) and David Willauer (TRB staff) examine the reasons behind these differences, as well as the lessons they may offer as outlined in TRB Special Report 354: Tackling the Road Safety Crisis: Saving Lives Through Research and Action. RFPs Guide to Analyzing Economic Impact of Changes in Air Service Connectivity proposals due February 9 A Guide for Airport All-Hazard Recovery Planning proposals due February 10 Human Factors and Acceptance Framework for Airport Autonomous Systems proposals due February 17 Insight Event: Enhancing Operational Efficiency Through Extended Reality Technologies proposals due February 17 Get requests for proposals issued for TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program as soon as they're issued! News for You Nominate yourself or others to serve on a TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program panel. Volunteer experts are needed for projects in funding and revenue strategies, legal compliance, transit-oriented development, safety, enforcement, rail automation, fare incentives, and accessibility. Complete your nomination via MyTRB by January 30. Research Roundup American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials - AASHTO Guidelines for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Applications for Bridge Inspections: Element-Level Data Collection, 1st Edition Pipeline Research Council International - Design Guideline for Retrofittable Inline Flow Measurement Congressional Research Service - Surface Transportation Reauthorization: Commercial Trucking Issues Government Accountability Office - Air Traffic Control Workforce: FAA Should Establish Goals and Better Assess Its Hiring Processes Victoria Transport Policy Institute - Evaluating Transportation Economic Development Impacts: Understanding How Transport Policy and Planning Decisions Affect Employment, Incomes, Productivity, Competitiveness, Property Values and Tax Revenues About TRB  TRB Programs TRB Resources  Get Involved Did someone forward you this newsletter? Subscribe today and get it directly in your inbox every week with news tailored for you. Support TRB Copyright © National Academy of Sciences, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in to emails from TRB Weekly. Our mailing address is: 500 Fifth Street NW Washington, DC 20001 Not getting the news you were hoping for?  update your profile in MyTRB.org. The opinions expressed in reports highlighted in TRB Weekly 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.