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Leveraging digital tools is transforming transportation business, management, and operations activities. However, digitalization can introduce security and privacy risks, test standards and public-private collaboration, and challenge tight budgets. Closing research gaps in policy, coordination, culture, and more can expand the benefits of digitalization.

Get inspired by Transforming Transportation: Leveraging the Power of Artificial Intelligence, Digitalization, and Automation from TRB's Executive Committee. Then make sure your data is in good shape! Register to join TRB Webinar: Data Governance in State DOTs—Insights and Practitioner Perspectives on Friday, May 8. All registrants receive the recording.

Additional resources include:

NCHRP Research Report 1153: Digital Model–Based Project Development and Delivery: A Guide for Quality Management
NCHRP Research Report 1145: Practices for Transportation Agency Procurement and Management of Advanced Technologies
CRP Special Release 4: Lifecycle BIM for Infrastructure: A Business Case for Project Delivery and Asset Management
NCHRP Research Report 1170: Evaluating the Safety Effects of Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures
NCHRP Web-Only Document 436: Leveraging Existing Traffic Signal Assets to Obtain Quality Traffic Counts: A Guide
NCHRP Research Report 1169: Data Ontologies for Data-Driven Decision-Making: Development and Use

Events

May 18 - TRB Webinar: Leading Transportation Agencies and Advancing Projects Through Disruptions

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How do AI applications and challenges scale when it comes to airport hub size? Register to join Art Rempp of Reno-Tahoe International Airport, Eduardo Valencia of Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Marcus Session of Tampa International Airport, and Chuck Miwa of Ontario International Airport (pictured left to right above) at the ACRP Insight Event: Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Airport Industry in Washington, D.C. on May 19 - 20!

May 21 - Join the virtual open session of TRB's Airspace Design, Civil-Military Coordination, and Operational Safety in the National Capital Region committee meeting.

May 27 – TRB Webinar: Getting Ahead of Airport Parking Reservation Systems and Techniques

RFPs

Funding and Financing for Public Transportation at the Local, Regional, and State Levels proposals due June 18

News for You

ATRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program domestic scan report identifies effective, proven innovations with high potential for broader use. Employees of state DOTs, FHWA, and AASHTO can submit topics for study. Consider the federal administration’s priorities when proposing scan topics and submit your topic by June 15!

Find the research you need! Watch a brief tutorial on the basics of searching in TRID and sort through more than 1.5 million records of worldwide transportation research to find exactly what you're seeking.

Research Roundup

California State University, Chico – Development of a Framework for Identifying Asphalt Pavement Cracking Distresses Using Machine Learning

Center for Transportation Research and Education – Improving Work Zone Management and Safety through AI-Powered Connected Vehicle Data Analysis

Mineta Transportation Institute – Cycling Past 50: A Closer Look into the World of Older Cyclists, Year 5 Survey

Minnesota Department of Transportation – Wayside Detector System Study

Federal Aviation Administration – Pilot Performance, Workload, and Usability Considerations for the Use of a Monocular Head-Worn Display in Lieu of a Head-Up Display During SA CAT I Operations with an Enhanced Flight Vision System

Federal Railroad Administration – User-Centered Design for Railroad Automation: Phase I

U.S. Government Accountability Office – Navy and Coast Guard Shipbuilding: A Disciplined, Strategy-Driven Approach Is Needed to Achieve Ambitious Goals

Vehicle Research and Test Center – Evaluation of Motorcycle Helmet Test Procedures

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