The March-April 2012 issue of the TR News includes a photo essay that documents sessions, workshops, special events, poster presentations, awards, exhibits, committee meetings, and other highlights of TRB’s 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., January 22-26, 2012.

Roundabouts have seen unprecedented growth across the United States, from just a handful a decade ago to more than 2,000 and counting. National guidance had to keep pace with the needs of states and communities planning and implementing roundabouts, and NCHRP took a lead role.

In regions across the nation, bridge engineers know that the next major seismic event is coming—maybe tomorrow, maybe centuries from now. DOTs have the critical charge of designing for earthquakes and protecting the lives of travelers.

Each year, TRB’s Technical Activities Division staff visit state departments of transportation, as well as selected universities, transit and other modal agencies, and industry organizations, to determine the issues they are facing and how TRB can help in addressing those issues. In their annual state partnership visits in 2011, TRB senior program officers found that state departments of transp...

The 2011 Annual Report provides a summary of the Transportation Research Board's (TRB's) programs and activities over the last year and an overview of the individual divisions within TRB. The mission of TRB is to provide leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange, conducted within a setting that is objective, interdisciplinary, and multimodal.

Each year, TRB’s Technical Activities Division staff visit state departments of transportation, as well as selected universities, transit and other modal agencies, and industry organizations, to determine the issues they are facing and how TRB can help in addressing those issues. The 2010 field visits by TRB Technical Activities staff reveal that despite diminished resources, the efforts of ded...

The Transportation Research Board is celebrating its 90th Anniversary, and the November–December 2010 TR News inaugurates the occasion with a feature article by former Executive Director Thomas B. Deen, who reviews the organization’s history and characteristics while focusing on developments and trends in the past 15 years. Supplementary features and sidebars include selected major milestones i...

A featured article in the November-December 2010 issue of the TR News by Robert E. Skinner, Jr., TRB’s executive director, reflects on the organization’s resiliency and adaptability during its 90-year history and offers insights on what lies ahead in the next decade, identifying the fundamentals that have held true in the past and are likely to hold true in the future. The article is part of TR...

A featured article in the November-December 2010 issue of the TR News by Thomas B. Deen explores the “institutional mystery” of TRB. The author—active in the organization since 1956 and its executive director from 1980 to 1994—offers personal, professional, and historical perspectives on the Board’s achievements and prospects. As long as future transportation legislation sustains the collaborat...

The 2010 Annual Report provides a summary of the Transportation Research Board's (TRB's) programs and activities over the last year and an overview of the individual divisions within TRB. The mission of TRB is to provide leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange, conducted within a setting that is objective, interdisciplinary, and multimodal.

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 21: Airport Energy Efficiency and Cost Reduction explores energy efficiency improvements being implemented at airports across the country that are low cost and short payback.

A photo essay in the March-April issue of the TR News documents sessions, workshops, special events, poster presentations, awards, exhibits, committee meetings, and networking at TRB’s 89th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., January 10–14, 2010, including a speech by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and panel discussions with U.S. Department of Transportation leaders.

Each year, TRB’s Technical Activities Division staff visit state departments of transportation, as well as selected universities, transit and other modal agencies, and industry organizations, to determine the issues they are facing and how TRB can help in addressing those issues. The 2009 field visits by TRB Technical Activities staff reveal that leaders and staff in transportation agencies acr...

The 2009 Annual Report provides a summary of the Transportation Research Board's (TRB's) programs and activities over the last year and an overview of the individual divisions within TRB. The mission of TRB is to provide leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange, conducted within a setting that is objective, interdisciplinary, and multimodal.

A featured article in the November-December 2009 issue of the TR News explores the Utah Department of Transportation's (DOT’s) formal process to document the benefits of sending its personnel to the TRB Annual Meeting. With the help of Utah DOT’s research director, the article describes the process used to track and guide the implementation of the innovative and cost-saving ideas brought back f...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 643: Implementing Transportation Knowledge Networks explores a business plan for the development of Transportation Knowledge Networks (TKNs) in the United States. The business plan defines ten key products and services to be provided to transportation practitioners by the regional TKNs, with support from a national coordination ...

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 610: Communicating the Value of Transportation Research explores integrating communications throughout the research process and introduces new ways to think about communicating the value of research.  The report examines the signs of good communications practices, the communication process, planning and evaluating communica...

TRB’s NationalCooperative  Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 131: Communicating the Value of Transportation Research is the contractor’s final report on the research associated with NCHRP Report 610: Communicating the Value of Transportation Research .

TRB’s Executive Committee periodically identifies a set of critical issues in transportation to focus attention on their likely impact on the nation’s economy and quality of life. The discussion of the critical issues identified in this document is intended to facilitate debate and to encourage research leading to their resolution. Previous editions of Critical Issues in Transportation have hi...

A photo feature in the March-April 2009 issue of TR News highlights the five days in January when Washington, D.C., becomes the capital of transportation research—or at least the connecting hub—with more than 10,000 researchers, practitioners, and administrators representing government, industry, and academia gathering from the United States and abroad to network with peers, share information,...

The November-December 2008 issue of TR News includes the following articles: Two Billion Cars: Transforming a Culture Context-Sensitive and Sustainable Solutions for Transportation: Oregon’s Bridge Delivery Program Model Creating a Culture of Traffic Safety: Learning from Four States with Improved Safety Records The Role of Transit in Emergency Evacuation Research Pays Off--Fighting Fatigue in ...

The 2008 Annual Report provides a summary of the Transportation Research Board's (TRB's) programs and activities over the last year and an overview of the individual divisions within TRB.  The mission of TRB is to provide leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange, conducted within a setting that is objective, interdisciplinary, and multi...

The July-August 2008 issue of TR News includes the following articles: Building the 21st Century Workforce: Creating a National Strategy The Louisiana Model for Transportation Workforce Development: Integrating Technical Assistance, Structured Training, Continuing Education, and Technology Transfer The Kentucky Engineering Exposure Network: State Program KEEN to Inspire and Guide Students Buil...

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 127: Performance Measurement Tool Box and Reporting System for Research Programs and Projects explores the integration of standard performance measures and tools to assist users in implementing performance measures into the Research Performance Measurement (RPM) System.

Photos in the March-April 2008 issue of the TR News highlight the five days in January when Washington, D.C., becomes the capital of transportation research—or at least the connecting hub—with more than 10,500 researchers, practitioners, and administrators representing government, industry, and academia gathering from the United States and abroad to network with peers, share information, and i...

The National Academies have released an informational booklet that explores the issue of energy in terms of sources and uses, supply and demand, efficiency, and emerging technologies.  The publication is one in a series of informational booklets designed to engage readers in current topics in science, engineering, and medicine.  TRB is a division of the National Academies, which incl...

The TRB Publications Catalog: All 2007 Titles lists all publications produced by TRB for calendar year 2007.  Titles of publications are listed in this catalog in alphabetical order under subject area. Many titles are listed under several subject areas.  The catalog also includes information on the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board TRR Onlin...

Each year, TRB’s Technical Activities Division staff visit state departments of transportation, as well as selected universities, transit and other modal agencies, and industry organizations, to determine the issues they are facing and how TRB can help in addressing those issues.  In field visits to states in 2007, senior program officers in TRB’s Technical Activities Division...

The 2007 Annual Report provides a summary of the Transportation Research Board's (TRB's) programs and activities over the last year and an overview of the individual divisions within TRB.  The mission of TRB is to provide leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange, conducted within a setting that is objective, interdisciplinary, and multi...

A pictorial section in the TR News March-April 2007 issue highlights some of the many activities that took place at TRB’s 86th Annual Meeting, which attracted approximately 10,400 transportation researchers, practitioners, and administrators representing government, industry, and academia from the United States and abroad to Washington, D.C., January 21–25, 2007.  The 5-day pr...