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Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board - Select Full Text Articles Now AvailableTransportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board - Select Full Text Articles Now Available
February 13, 2019
The Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board, through SAGE Publications, has released full text articles of the most read and cited papers of 2016 and 2017. This collection highlights the unparalleled depth and breadth of coverage the TRR provides to the transportation community. Submit comments and suggestions at trr@nas.edu. The TRR presents the lates...

New IDEAs for Rail Safety: Annual Report of the Rail Safety IDEA Program - January 2019New IDEAs for Rail Safety: Annual Report of the Rail Safety IDEA Program - January 2019
December 18, 2018
This annual report presents a summary of progress on investigations conducted as part of the Rail Safety Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (Rail Safety IDEA) program sponsored by the Federal Railroad Administration and overseen by the Transportation Safety IDEA Program Committee. The Rail Safety IDEA program provides funding for projects that promote innovative approaches to improving ...

Impacts on Practice: Mitigating Cattle Egret Strikes at Orlando International AirportImpacts on Practice: Mitigating Cattle Egret Strikes at Orlando International Airport
November 14, 2018
TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores the impact ACRP Synthesis 39 : Airport Wildlife Population Management has had on integrated wildlife management plans at airports. A wildlife biologist at Orlando International Airport utilized this report to develop a holistic approach to mitigating bird strikes with a specific species of heron that thrives i...

Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: GuidebookContracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: Guidebook
November 12, 2018
TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Research Report 200: Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: Guidebook is the first of a two-volume set that provides an evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of each potential approach for providing commuter rail service. The guidebook includes an overview of the primary functions for commuter rail delivery—train operations, disp...

Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 2: Commuter Rail System ProfilesContracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 2: Commuter Rail System Profiles
November 12, 2018
TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Research Report 200: Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 2: Commuter Rail System Profiles describes the 31 commuter rail services in North America and the various delivery approaches, and documents a broad range of strategies and approaches for managing the operation and maintenance issues associated with the contracting of commuter rail ...

Modeling and Validation of Standards for a Sleeping Compartment on Accessible Passenger Rail VehiclesModeling and Validation of Standards for a Sleeping Compartment on Accessible Passenger Rail Vehicles
September 29, 2018
TRB's Rail Safety Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Program has released its final report for Project 31: Modeling and Validation of Standards for a Sleeping Compartment on Accessible Passenger Rail Vehicles. This report explored designs for accessible sleeping compartments on single level and bi-level intercity trains that accommodate up to four passengers traveling together in...

Transit Research Analysis Committee Letter Report: August 24, 2018Transit Research Analysis Committee Letter Report: August 24, 2018
September 5, 2018
TRB's Transit Research Analysis Committee (TRAC) has delivered a letter report to Mr. Vincent Valdes, Associate Administrator for Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The August 24, 2018 report describes the committee’s understanding of the Strategic Transit Automation Research (STAR) Plan and provides advice to FTA regarding this plan. TRAC, an interdi...

TR News July-August 2018: Risk Sharing and Transfer Using Alternative Project Delivery Methods and ContractingTR News July-August 2018: Risk Sharing and Transfer Using Alternative Project Delivery Methods and Contracting
August 30, 2018
A featured article in the July-August 2018 issue of the TR News investigates how risk is addressed in both the traditional project delivery method and in alternative project delivery methods used by departments of transportation across the country.  The TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice in all modes of tra...

TR News July-August 2018: Transportation Project Delivery: Alternative Contracting Methods ResearchTR News July-August 2018: Transportation Project Delivery: Alternative Contracting Methods Research
August 27, 2018
A featured article in the July-August 2018 issue of the TR News examines the latest application and implementation of alternative contracting methods for faster project delivery of transportation infrastructure. The TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice in all modes of transportation. It also includes brief news it...

Railroad Bridge Inspections for Maintenance and Replacement Prioritization Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with Laser Scanning CapabilitiesRailroad Bridge Inspections for Maintenance and Replacement Prioritization Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with Laser Scanning Capabilities
August 14, 2018
TRB's Rail Safety Innovations Deserving Exporatory Analysis (IDEA) program has released Safety Report 32: Railroad Bridge Inspections for Maintenance and Replacement Prioritization Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with Laser Scanning Capabilities. Measuring bridge movement under trains in the field is difficult and expensive because a fixed reference point is not normally available, thus c...

TR News May-June 2018: Transportation Economic Regulation in PracticeTR News May-June 2018: Transportation Economic Regulation in Practice
July 12, 2018
A featured article in the May-June 2018 issue of the TR News examines how deregulation has played out over the intervening 40 years and what this experience means for the future of transportation. The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 deregulated the railroad, trucking, and intercity bus industries. The TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-...

TR News May-June 2018: Impacts of Airline DeregulationTR News May-June 2018: Impacts of Airline Deregulation
July 5, 2018
A featured article in the May-June 2018 issue of the TR News examines how deregulation has affected the airline industry. The author discusses the changes to the airline industry as a result of the Airline Deregulation Act, including business practices, service realignments, and safety features. The TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art...

Practices for Preventing Roadway DeparturesPractices for Preventing Roadway Departures
June 12, 2018
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 515: Practices for Preventing Roadway Departures identifies and summarizes practices being used by state departments of transportation (DOTs) to prevent roadway departure crashes and to identify the data-driven advantages and disadvantages of these practices. More than half of all traffic fatalities result from roadway depart...

First 2018 Transportation Research Record Papers Now AvailableFirst 2018 Transportation Research Record Papers Now Available
March 19, 2018
To keep pace with accelerating rate of research distribution, the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board is now publishing articles as soon as they are finalized. The latest papers to be published are as follows: Use of a Laser Diffractometer to Obtain the Particle Size Distribution of Fine-Grained Soils Interstate Speed Profiles Conditioning and Testing Pr...

Transit Research Analysis Committee Letter Report: February 27, 2018Transit Research Analysis Committee Letter Report: February 27, 2018
March 1, 2018
TRB's Transit Research Analysis Committee (TRAC) has delivered a letter report to Mr. Vincent Valdes, Associate Administrator for Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The February 27, 2018, letter report provides feedback to FTA on its innovation initiatives that are a focus of the administration’s research plan. TRAC, an interdisciplinary committee of ...

Safely Transporting Hazardous Liquids and Gases in a Changing U.S. Energy LandscapeSafely Transporting Hazardous Liquids and Gases in a Changing U.S. Energy Landscape
February 15, 2018
TRB's Special Report 325: Safely Transporting Hazardous Liquids and Gases in a Changing U.S. Energy Landscape reviews how the pipeline, rail, and barge industries have fared in safely transporting the increased volumes of domestically produced energy liquids and gases. The report, sponsored by TRB, reviews the safety record of the three transportation modes in moving these hazardous shipments a...

Track Circuit Monitoring Tool: Standardization and Deployment at Chicago Transit AuthorityTrack Circuit Monitoring Tool: Standardization and Deployment at Chicago Transit Authority
January 2, 2018
TRB's Transit Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Program Final Report 83: Track Circuit Monitoring Tool Standardization and Deployment at Chicago Transit Authority explores the transformation of a tool used by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority into an independent stand-alone track circuit integrity monitoring system to help identify safety critical failure condit...

TR News July-August 2017: Moving Research into PracticeTR News July-August 2017: Moving Research into Practice
December 20, 2017
The full edition of the July–August 2017  TR News  magazine is now available.  Moving research into practice is the theme of feature articles in this edition. Authors describe today’s successes, present a systematic approach that has proved effective at a state department of transportation, describe federal programs encouraging innovations at the state level, discuss initiatives ...

New IDEAs for Rail Safety: Annual Report of the Rail Safety IDEA Program - January 2018New IDEAs for Rail Safety: Annual Report of the Rail Safety IDEA Program - January 2018
December 17, 2017
This annual report presents a summary of progress on investigations conducted as part of the Rail Safety Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (Rail Safety IDEA) program sponsored by the Federal Railroad Administration and overseen by the Transportation Safety IDEA Program Committee. The Rail Safety IDEA program provides funding for projects that promote innovative approaches to improving ...

TR News May-June 2017: Transportation and the Economy: Interconnections, Interventions, and InterdependenciesTR News May-June 2017: Transportation and the Economy: Interconnections, Interventions, and Interdependencies
November 18, 2017
The full edition of the May-June 2017 TR News is now available. This edition explores the role of transportation in economic development. Articles feature information about benefit-cost analysis, freight production models, transportation satellite accounts, and right sizing strategies. The TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research ...

Field Evaluation of Ballast Fouling Conditions Using Machine VisionField Evaluation of Ballast Fouling Conditions Using Machine Vision
November 11, 2017
TRB's Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Program Safety 27: Field Evaluation of Ballast Fouling Conditions Using Machine Vision introduces a machine vision-based inspection system to assess ballast degradation levels for an in-service rail track. This system incorporates an approach to ballast sampling, procedures for image acquisition of horizontal and vertical ballast cross sec...

Development of Small Specimen Geometry for Asphalt Mixture Performance TestingDevelopment of Small Specimen Geometry for Asphalt Mixture Performance Testing
October 21, 2017
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) has released Final Report 181: Development of Small Specimen Geometry for Asphalt Mixture Performance Testing. The use of small specimen geometries in Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester (AMPT) offer a means to measure as-built pavement layers. Small specimen geometries may improve the e...

A Review of the Department of Transportation's Plan for Analyzing and Testing Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brakes Letter Report (Phase 2)A Review of the Department of Transportation's Plan for Analyzing and Testing Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brakes Letter Report (Phase 2)
October 5, 2017
TRB's Committee on the Review of the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Testing of Electronically Controlled Pneumatic (ECP) Brakes has issued its final letter report. In response to a Congressional request, the committee reviews the conduct of DOT's tests, reports of test results, and analysis comparing the performance of ECP brakes relative to other braking technologies in reducing the inci...

TR News March–April 2017: Freight Planning: Innovations, Scenarios, and Environmental JusticeTR News March–April 2017: Freight Planning: Innovations, Scenarios, and Environmental Justice
September 20, 2017
The full edition of the March–April 2017 TR News is now available. Photographic highlights from TRB’s 96th Annual Meeting are featured. This edition explores innovations in freight planning as well as insights into transportation safety culture from a recent policy study that focused on offshore oil and gas drilling, while another feature covers the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, ...

TR News May-June 2017: Valuing a Mature Highway System: In Search of the Holy GrailTR News May-June 2017: Valuing a Mature Highway System: In Search of the Holy Grail
August 15, 2017
A featured article in the May-June 2017 issue of the TR News examines how to develop appropriate evaluation frameworks that account for the integration of new technologies into the infrastructure in order to accurately value the current highway system. The TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice in all modes of trans...

TR News January-February 2017: The Promises and Risks of InnovationTR News January-February 2017: The Promises and Risks of Innovation
July 19, 2017
The full edition of the January-February 2017 TR News is now available. This edition explores information about laws affecting driverless vehicles, the freight project selection process, environmental performance measures, and sharing operations data. The TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice in all modes of transp...

Railroads: Volume 1Railroads: Volume 1
July 14, 2017
TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2607, explores 11 papers related to railroads: Repeatable Procedure for Determining a Representative Average Rail Profile Iterative Method for Predicting Uneven Settlement Caused by High-Speed Train Loads in Transition-Zone Subgrade Comparative Evaluation of Particle Movement in a Ballast Track Structure Sta...

2018 TRB Annual Meeting: Requirements for Submitting Papers2018 TRB Annual Meeting: Requirements for Submitting Papers
June 28, 2017
TRB has released its requirements for submitting papers for presentation at the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting and/or publication in the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board . This guide covers the organization and formatting of manuscripts for peer review and for publication, as well as instructions for submission. Papers that do not follow the guidelines will ...

Transit Research Analysis Committee Letter Report: June 5, 2017Transit Research Analysis Committee Letter Report: June 5, 2017
June 12, 2017
TRB's Transit Research Analysis Committee (TRAC) has delivered a letter report to Mr. Vincent Valdes, Associate Administrator for Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The June 5, 2017 report explores efforts by the FTA's Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation with mapping its programs to the priorities outlined by its latest strategic plan, a...

TR News March-April 2017: Highlights from the TRB Annual Meeting 2017: Transportation Innovation: Leading the Way in an Era of Rapid ChangeTR News March-April 2017: Highlights from the TRB Annual Meeting 2017: Transportation Innovation: Leading the Way in an Era of Rapid Change
May 31, 2017
A featured article in the March-April 2017 issue of the TR News highlights photos from the 96th TRB Annual Meeting, January 8-12, 2017. The article features photographs of sessions, workshops, committee meetings, and awards. Bruce M. Smith, Apperson Crump PLC, and General Counsel, Memphis Area Transit Authority, delivered the delivered the 2017 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lecture on “Ethical I...
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