TR News Magazine

TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine, which features timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice in all modes of transportation. It also includes brief news items of interest to the transportation community, "research pays off" articles, profiles of transportation professionals, workshop and conference announcements, new book notices, news of TRB activities, and the TRB Annual Report.

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A compilation of titles in TR News since January 2002, when TRB began posting complete issues of the magazine on the Web, is accessible by the link below. Full issues of TR News are posted to the Web four months after their publication. Each title includes a short description of articles included in the publication, a link to the full text of the issue (as it becomes available), and a link to TRB's electronic bookstore.

TR News: Integrating Stormwater Infrastructure into State Department of Transportation Processes September 24, 2020 The Alabama Department of Transportation (DOT) incorporated post-construction stormwater management design into the overall roadway design process. The Texas DOT developed the approval process for products used in the construction of a roadway to promote vegetation. And the Virginia DOT improved the management of data associated with stormwater infrastructure best management practices to effective...

TR News July-August 2020 issue table of contents now online September 17, 2020 The July-August 2020 issue of TR News —with a focus on stormwater—is available in hard copy and digital copy for subscribers. For those who are not subscribers, the table of contents is available. Feature articles in the issue include "Integrating Stormwater Infrastructure into State Department of Transportation Processes," "Transportation Perspective on Virginia’s Nonpoint Source Nutrient Credit ...

TR News May-June 2020 issue table of contents now online August 13, 2020 The May–June 2020 issue of TR News is a special edition illuminating the many hidden aspects of tunnels as well as the benefits of tunnel technology to modern transportation systems. Articles highlight the contribution of tunnels to the economy and how transportation operators use the best technology to keep tunnels efficient and safe.

TR News March-April 2020: A Century of Progress ... Foundation for the Future September 10, 2020 Issue 326 of TRB's magazine dives into details from the TRB 99th Annual Meeting, which had a record crowd of nearly 14,000 attendees gathered January 12–16, 2020, in Washington, D.C. The March–April 2020 TR News features photo highlights from the Annual Meeting along with more coverage of the conference. TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-a...

TR News 326: MaaS Ready: International Study Mission for Mobility-as-a-Service June 11, 2020 In Europe, public transportation plays a greater role in serving the public than it does in the U.S. and Canada. It generally is widely acknowledged in Europe that transit agencies should lead the integration of urban and regional transportation options. In North America, there is more work to be done in convincing local decision makers that the transit agency should be at the center of a Mobility...

TR News 326: Implications of the California Wildfires for Health, Communities, and Preparedness May 28, 2020 The increasing incidence of wildfires, especially in the western half of the United States, poses many challenges to communities. Along with needs related to aspects of the environment, rebuilding communities, public health, and emergency preparedness, addressing transportation and infrastructure-related issues is key to helping to prevent future wildfires, fighting them while they are happening, ...

TR News 326: Driver Training for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems May 21, 2020 Issue Number 326 of TR News magazine is available in full to subscribers. Here is a sample from the issue: a feature article on the trap that drivers could fall into by believing that autonomous vehicles are more capable than they really are. As with traditional driving instruction, a solid understanding of the concepts of automation is important—not just knowing which buttons to press.

TR News 326: A Century of Progress ... Foundation for the Future May 15, 2020 Issue Number 326 of TR News magazine is available in full to subscribers. Here is a sample from the issue: a 14-page photo collage of the 99th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting from January 12–16, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Do you see yourself in any of the photos?

TR News 326: March-April 2020 table of contents now online May 07, 2020 The March-April 2020 issue of TR News (#326) - including a cover feature on TRB's "century of progress and foundation for the future" of transportation research - is available in hard copy and digital copy for subscribers. For those who are not subscribers, the table of contents is available. Other feature articles in the issue include ones on whether research processes can keep up, accessible rai...

TR News: Meeting the Transportation Needs of Rural Communities June 04, 2020 It was advocacy by people—often riders of rural transit who brought issues of equity before Congress in the early 1970s—that resulted in dedicated federal funding. Today, researchers, policymakers, and politicians explore rural and urban equity issues, and the need for transit funding of all types remains paramount. This is the subject of a feature in TR News magazine, Number 325, January-February...

TR News: Data's Critical Role in Transportation Decisions April 02, 2020 One of the most time-honored of the technical activities that TRB performs, state visits revealed lots of interesting issues in 2019, including a lot around the important role state Departments of Transportation increasingly have around data needs. The TRB staff summary of the visits, each of which last one or two days and typically consist of meetings with various levels of DOT management; discus...

TR News: Radical logistics in the heavy traffic of the Burning Man Festival March 26, 2020 Each summer, tens of thousands of people journey to the Nevada desert by land and by air to participate in a unique event. For one week, the volume of traffic on nearby desert roads and at an otherwise sleepy airport rivals the operational volume at some of the largest highways and commercial airports in the country. A modern-day Brigadoon—the mythical Scottish town that magically appears and disa...

TR News: January-February 2020 issue table of contents now online March 12, 2020 The January-February 2020 issue of TR News - including a cover feature on the "radical" transportation logistics of the Burning Man festival - is available in hard copy and digital copy for subscribers. For those who are not subscribers, the table of contents is available. Other feature articles in the issue include ones on data's critical role in transportation decisions, the transportation needs...

TR News November-December 2019: Climate Change Resilience April 30, 2020 Topics in the November–December 2019 issue of TR News include an analysis of the #TRBAM Annual Meeting Twitter hashtag to understand communication dynamics; climate change, a critical transportation issue; assessing, marking, and coding highway structures in emergencies; and more. This issue also kicks off the magazine’s yearlong celebration of the 100th anniversary of TRB, which will include them...

Everyone interested is invited: A short history of TRB December 26, 2019 This article is adapted from The Transportation Research Board, 1920–2020: Everyone Interested Is Invited , to be published by the National Academies Press in January 2020. TRB can be best understood as an infrastructure—one that people purposely designed, carefully constructed, and devotedly maintained to share and strengthen knowledge about transportation. The core missions and structures that u...