Established in 1976, the Award recognizes outstanding papers published in the field of operations. The D. Grant Mickle Award honors the fifth executive director of the Transportation Research Board, who was later appointed a member of the Board's Executive Committee and its 33rd Chair. The award was originally called the Highway Research Board Award in 1971–1973 and the Transportation Research Board Award in 1975–1976 for papers on operation and maintenance of transportation facilities. The Executive Committee of TRB has authorized annual presentation of a limited number of awards for outstanding papers published by the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board and selected through peer-review under the Technical Activities Council.
Past Recipients
2024
WISSAM KONTAR, XINZHI ZHONG, AND SOYOUNG AHN; Learning Driver Models for Automated Vehicles Via Knowledge Sharing and Personalization
2023
MAJID ROSTAMI-SHAHRBABAK, TANJA NIELS, KALAUS BOGENBERGER, AND SIMONE WEIKL; Modelling Vehicle Flocking in Lane-Free Automated Traffic
2022
YEN-LIN HUANG, YI-TING LIN, and GANG-LEN CHANG, Extending the I-95 Rule-based Incident Duration System with an Automated Knowledge Transferability Model
2019
MICHAEL HUNTER, ANGSHUMAN GUIN, JAMES ANDERSON, and SUNG JUN PARK; Operating Performance of Diverging Diamond Interchanges
2018
YU JULIE QIAO, JON D. FRICKER, SAMUEL LABI, and TREVOR MILLS; Bundling Bridge and Other Highway Projects: Patterns and Policies
2017
ANTHONY J. DEPRATOR, OWEN HITCHCOCK, and VIKASH V. GAYAH; Improving Street Network Efficiency by Dynamically Prohibiting Left Turns at Signalized Intersections
2016
LUDOVIC LECLERCQ, FLORIAN MARCZAK, VICTOR L. KNOOP, AND SERGE P. HOOGENDOORN; Capacity Drops at Merges: Analytical Expressions for Multilane Freeways
2015
FELIPE LADRÓN DE GUEVARA, MARK HICKMAN, and LARRY HEAD; Resonant Cycles Under Various Intersection Spacing, Speeds, and Traffic Signal Operation Treatments
2014
KAY FITZPATRICK, MARCUS A. BREWER, and RAUL AVELAR; Driver Yielding at Traffic Control Signals, Pedestrian Hybrid
Beacons, and Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons in Texas
2013
DAVID K. GILMORE, KARIN M. BAUER, DARREN J. TORBIC, CHRISTOPHER S. KINZEL and ROBERT J. FRAZIER; Treatment Effects and Design Guidance for High- to Low-Speed Transition Zones for Rural Highways
2012
ANTHONY A. GALLO, LANCE E DOGALD, AND MICHAEL J. DEMETSKY, Effectiveness of a Control Strategy for Forced-Detour Traffic in Continuous Lane Closure Within a Rural Work Zone
2011
KAY FITZPATRICK, SUSAN T. CHRYSLER, VICHIKA IRAGAVARAPU, and EUN SUG PARK, Detection Distances to Crosswalk Markings: Transverse, Continental, and Bar Pairs
2010
NAGUI M. ROUPHAIL and BASTIAN J. SCHROEDER, Mixed-Priority Pedestrian Delay Models at Single-Lane Roundabouts
2009
RICHARD W. DENNEY, JR., EDDIE J. CURTIS, JR., and K. LARRY HEAD, Long Green Times and Cycles at Congested Traffic Signals
2008
RAGHAVAN SRINIVASAN, FORREST M. COUNCIL, FRANK GROSS, NANCY X. LEFLER, CRAIG LYON, and BHAGWANT PERSAUD, Safety-Effectiveness of Selected Treatments at Urban Signalized Intersections
2007
CONRAD L. DUDEK, STEVEN D. SCHROCK, and BROOKE R. ULLMAN, License Plate and Telephone Numbers in Changeable Message Sign AMBER Alert Messages
2006
MOSTAFA A. ELSEIFI, SAMER H. DESSOUKY, SHIH-HSIN YANG, and IMAD L. AL-QADI, Viscoelastic Model to Describe Mechanical Response of Bituminous Sealants at Low Temperature
2005
AVERY RHODES, DARCY M. BULLOCK, ZACHARY CLARK, JAMES STURDEVANT, AND DAVID G. CANDEY, Evaluation of Stop Bar Video Vehicle Detection Accuracy at Signalized Intersections
2004
KARIN M. BAUER, DOUGLAS W. HARWOOD, KAREN R. RICHARD, and WARREN E. HUGHES, Safety Effects of Narrow Lanes and Shoulder-Use Lanes to Increase Capacity of Urban Freeways
2003
BHAGWANT PERSAUD, HUGH MCGEE, CRAIG LYON, and DOMINIQUE LORD, Development of a Procedure for Estimating Expected Safety Effects of a Contemplated Traffic Signal Installation
2002
DAVID A. NOYCE and KENT C. KACIR, Drivers' Understanding of Simultaneous Traffic Signal Indications in Protected Left Turns
2001
BHAGWANT PERSAUD, RICHARD A. RETTING, PER GÅRDER, and DOMINIQUE LORD, Safety Effect of Roundabout Conversions in the United States: Empirical Bayes Obervational Before-After Study
2000
FRANCIS E. LOETTERLE, RICHARD A. BECK, and JIM CARLSON, Public Perception of Pavement-Marking Brightness
1999
CAROLYN MacGREGOR, ALISON SMILEY, and WENDY DUNK, Identifying Gaps in Child Pedestrian Safety: Comparing What Children Do with What Parents Teach
1998
BENJAMIN McKEEVER, CARL HAAS, JOSE WEISSMAN, and RICHARD GREER, Life Cycle Cost-Benefit Model for Road Weather Information Systems
1997
JAMES A. BONNESON and PATRICK T. McCOY, Effect of Median Treatment on Urban Arterial Safety: An Accident Prediction Model
1996
JOSEPH E. PONNIAH and GERHARD J. KENNEPOHL, Crack Sealing in Flexible Pavements: A Life-Cycle Cost Analysis
1995
NICHOLAS J. GARBER and SURBHI PATEL ASHTON, Control of Vehicle Speeds in Temporary Traffic Control Zones (Work Zones) Using Changeable Message Signs with Radar
1994
CHARLES V. ZEGEER, FORREST M. COUNCIL, J. RICHARD STEWART, and TIMOTHY R. NEUMAN, Accident Relationships of Roadway Width on Low-Volume Roads
1993
MATTHEW W. KNUIMAN, FORREST M. COUNCIL, and DONALD W. REINFURT, Association of Median Width and Highway Accident Rate
1992
YORGOS J. STEPHANEDES, ATHANASIOS P. CHASSIAKOS, and PANOS G. MICHALOPOULOS, Comparative Performance Evaluation of Incident Detection Algorithms
1991
S. TEPLY and A. M. JONES, Saturation Flow: Do We Speak the Same Language?
1990
JAMES E. BRYDEN, Crash Tests of Work Zone Traffic Control Devices
1989
DOUGLAS W. HARWOOD and JOHN C. GLENNON, Passing Sight Distance Design for Passenger Cars and Trucks
1988
MICHAEL J. REITER, MICHAEL I. DARTER, and SAMUEL H. CARPENTER, Restoration of Joint Load Transfer
1987
CARL E. LOCKE, KEVIN J. KENNELLEY, MARK D. BOREN, and VIRGINIA LUSTER, A Study of Corrosion Properties of a New Deicer, Calcium Magnesium Acetate
1986
JOHN DUFFY, JAMES F. FOERSTER, and SANTIAGO G. PUENTE, Management of Transit Bus Prerun Inspections
1985
KARL W. KAMPE, MARTIN L. WOY, and JOHN CARR, Calculating a Zero-Based Maintenance Budget and Allocating Budgeted Resources by Using Objective Levels of Service and Performance Measures
1984
JOHN ALEXANDER APOSTOLOS, Cathodic Protection of Reinforced Concrete by Using Metallized Coatings and Conductive Paints
1983
WILLIAM A. HYMAN and DENNIS J. HUGHES, A Computer Model for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis of Statewide Bridge Repair and Replacement Needs
1981
WERNER BRöG, ERHARD ERL, and GÜNTER MOTSCH, Use of Urban Public Transportation for Multiperson Trips and the Market Chances of a Family Tariff
1980
WOUTER GULDEN and J. B. THORNTON, Pavement Restoration Measures to Precede Joint Resealing
1979
ROGER P. ROESS, WILLIAM R. McSHANE, and LOUIS J. PIGNATARO, Freeway Level of Service
1978
RONALD D. TABLER, Visibility in Blowing Snow and Application in Traffic Operations
1976
DOUGLAS W. HARWOOD and JOHN C. GLENNON, Framework for Design and Operation of Passing Zones on Two-Lane Highways
1975
KYNRIC M. PELL, JOHN E. NYDAHL, VIC A. CUNDY, GEORGE TWITCHELL, and MARK WEBER, Thermal Response of Bridges
1973
NED E. WALTON and NEILON J. ROWAN, A Total Design Process for Roadway Lighting
1972
HOWARD H. BISSELL and KENNETH G. COURAGE, Recording and Analysis of Traffic Engineering Measures
1971
RICHARD N. SCHWAB and ROGER H. HEMION, Improvement of Visibility for Night Driving