Thank You!
TRB 2022
Annual Meeting
Patrons
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COVID Health and Safety Procedures
What You Need to Do:
To ensure the safety of all attendees, please note the following policies and recommendations for the 2022 meeting:
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Mask Requirement: All attendees are required to wear protective masks throughout the meeting, except when actively eating or drinking, or when speaking from a lectern that’s 6+ feet away from others. Masks should cover the nose and mouth, fit snugly against the sides of the face, and ideally should be 2-3 layers of tightly woven fabric. To be effective, masks must be worn correctly.
- Vaccination: We ask that you attend the meeting only if you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, meaning that at least two weeks have passed since you received either a one-dose vaccine or the second dose of a two-dose vaccine. Any vaccine on the World Health Organization’s approved list is acceptable.
- Advance Registration Requirement: There will be no onsite registration this year. You must register before you arrive onsite.
- Register Early: We strongly urge that you register by December 3, to have your badge mailed to you and avoid the Badge Pickup line onsite (U.S. registrants only).
What TRB and the Venues are Doing:
TRB is working with the Washington Convention Center and the Marriott Marquis to provide a safer environment for the meeting:
- TRB has combined rooms to make session rooms larger, to allow for better social distancing. The exhibit hall has a wider main aisle, and more cross aisles to improve traffic flow.
- The Convention Center has added new cleaning protocols, including treating all surfaces with antimicrobial biostatic surface protection, placing Nano-septic self-cleaning surface products on high-traffic touch points, and using electrostatic sprayers to sanitize function spaces overnight and during the day.
- The Convention Center has installed a Synexis BioDefense system in the air handlers that supply all meeting rooms, which breaks down pathogens such as bacteria, mold, and viruses, including COVID, in circulating air.
- The Marriott has increased the frequency of cleaning and disinfection, particularly in areas with high traffic. They also are utilizing enhanced technologies, including electrostatic sprayers with hospital-grade disinfectants, to support their already rigorous cleanliness protocols.
- Hand sanitation stations will be available throughout both buildings.
Where You Can Get More Information:
For more information about current regulations and recommendations regarding COVID, visit these websites:
Government:
Centers for Disease Control
District of Columbia Government
Meeting Venues:
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Marriott Marquis Washington DC
Travel:
U.S. State Department – International Travel Restrictions
Reagan National Airport
Dulles International Airport
Baltimore Washington International Airport
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro)
Amtrak
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