http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/ Transportation Research Board Transportation publications http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/182646.aspx 453b4911-79af-4dac-ad5d-f2c307d427f1 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 20:00:37 GMT The 2021 Annual Report summarizes TRB’s accomplishments in each of its major program areas and how TRB has served the nation and the global transportation professional community throughout the year. TRB provides leadership in transportation improvements and innovation through trusted, timely, impartial, and evidence-based information exchange, research, and advice regarding all modes of transportation. TRB is a program division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). The... http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/182915.aspx c8751c70-2d62-4a19-b896-5dcb3337f819 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:00:46 GMT Beverly A. Scott, General Manager, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority; and Administrator, MA Department of Transportation, Rail and Transit Division, is the 2014 recipient of the Sharon D. Banks Award for Humanitarian Leadership in Transportation. The Sharon D. Banks Award recognizes innovative and successful leadership in people-oriented initiatives in transportation, sustained over an extended period of time, that exemplify Banks’ ideals of humanity and service. The award goes beyond general ma... http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/182547.aspx 307382f3-163b-4583-aafa-431faab1635a Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:00:46 GMT The Sharon D. Banks Award is a biennial award established in the memory of Sharon Banks. She was the former General Manager of AC Transit in Oakland, California, and chaired the TRB Executive Committee in 1998. She passed away in 1999. The award recognizes innovative and successful leadership in people-oriented initiatives in transportation, sustained over an extended period of time, that exemplify Banks’ ideals of humanity and service. The 2022 recipient of the Sharon D. Banks Award is Jacquelyne D. Gri... http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/182540.aspx 58d3b8aa-447f-483a-839c-e4ad0372fbce Wed, 22 Sep 2021 19:01:21 GMT Please find this information on our new website at https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/10-19-2021/trb-webinar-transportation-resilience-metrics . http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/182510.aspx 0c37a1bb-e77f-4331-9906-482821a0ece1 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:00:02 GMT There appear to be, in this preliminary assessment, no formidable issues that present design and engineering challenges for installing in-cabin wheelchair securement systems in airplanes. While equipping enough airplanes with securement systems to provide meaningful levels of airline service would require substantial effort, the types of cabin modifications required to provide the needed space and structural support would likely be of moderate technical complexity for many individual airplanes. TRB’s Spe... http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/182512.aspx a553c3f7-dfc2-4100-8914-17f106c85b91 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 05:48:05 GMT Shawn Wilson, Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, discusses how his state is handling the effects of climate change and building more resilience. Listen to the podcast here and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/182490.aspx 11c91e73-bf4b-4bc4-9184-d4e9c00282bd Mon, 16 Aug 2021 05:48:05 GMT Gloria Jeff, Director of Rethinking I-94 at the Minnesota Department of Transportation, discusses how transportation planners can learn from the past and  bake equity into their processes moving forward. Listen to the podcast here and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/182431.aspx 3dd58067-4215-4987-a895-1e1bff41287a Thu, 05 Aug 2021 15:02:47 GMT Significant progress has been made over the last decade in integrating resilience criteria into transportation decision-making. A compelling case remains for investing in making transportation projects more resilient in the face of increasing and intensifying storms, floods, droughts, and other natural hazards that are combining with sea-level rise, new temperature and precipitation norms, and other effects from climate change. TRB’s Special Report 340: Investing in Transportation Resilience: A Framework... http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/182403.aspx d9348207-a060-4ba0-b0f5-6e138faa694d Tue, 27 Jul 2021 12:00:18 GMT A five-year memorandum of understanding has been signed by Latinos In Transit (LIT) and TRB/the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The focus of the MOU will be upon the shared interests of the two non-profit organizations, including working to bring more Latinos into leadership and workforce positions in TRB and throughout the global transportation industry. http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/182412.aspx 1f47ad08-0152-4dfc-9d94-942e333e87a4 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 19:08:18 GMT The Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program is a full-time hands-on training and educational program that provides early career individuals with the opportunity to spend twelve weeks at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine  learning about science and technology policy and the role that scientists and engineers play in advising the nation. Erin Robartes is one of the fifteen Fellows and will be participating with Consensus and Advisory Stu...