In recognition of his outstanding service to TRB, Neil J. Pedersen is the 2022 recipient of the W.N. Carey, Jr., Distinguished Service Award. Mr. Pedersen will be retiring this fall as Executive Director of the Transportation Research Board, a position he has held since February 1, 2015. Pedersen is recognized for his more than 40 years of leadership service to TRB—30 plus years as a TRB volunt...

Lillian Borrone is the 2023 recipient of the Frank Turner Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Transportation. Mrs. Borrone is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a former assistant Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), and past chair of the TRB Executive Committee. The Frank Turner Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Transportation is a biennial ...

Mr. Charles A. Fuhs III, Principal, Chuck Fuhs, LLC is the 2023 recipient of the Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship. Fuhs is recognized for his contributions to the advancement of congestion management applications on urban freeways, with particular focus on managed lanes. Chuck Fuhs has nearly 50 years of public and private sector experience during which time he engaged in the planning, ...

The November-December 2021 issue of TR News —with a cover feature on collaboration and innovation at the MnROAD Research Facility—is available in full online. Other feature articles in the issue include Airport Cooperative Research Program guidance on best design practices for service animal relief areas, worship spaces, lactation areas, and more; developing the transportation workforce; and in...

The International Bridge, Tunnel, and Turnpike Association is hosting the Road Use Charging and Finance Conference on May 15-17, 2022 in Denver, CO. TRB is pleased to cosponsor this event. States are moving to alternative methods of paying for road infrastructure, including tolling and road usage charging (also known as VMT or MBUF). The policies, technology, marketing, communications, public a...

The September-October 2021 issue of TR News —with a cover feature on what the transportation industry learned from 9/11—is available in full online.  Other feature articles in the issue focus on how, since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11), transportation has broadened its role to include response and operations—from traffic incident management as a multiagency function to...

The International Transport Forum (ITF), together with the European Commission (EC), the European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI), and the World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS) will host a Research Day on “Transport for Inclusive Societies ” before the International Transport Forum on May 17, 2022 in Leipzig, Germany. TRB is pleased to cosponsor this event. ...

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 transpo...

Sessions at TRB's 2022 Annual Meeting focused on transformational technology (as of December 1, 2021) Day Time Session: Number and Title Sunday 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM 1004 - Transforming Big Data to Answer Transportation Planning Questions for Statewide and National Applications 1017 - Airport Electrification and Automation for Emerging Aerial Mobility 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM 1021 - Facilitating Accessib...

Sessions at TRB's 2022 Annual Meeting focused on health and safety issues (as of December 8, 2021) Day Time Session: Number and Title Sunday 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM 1003 - Making Safe Systems a Reality: Planning to Implementation 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM 1021 - Facilitating Accessible, Continual Driver Training for Users of Automated Vehicles Monday 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM 1037 - Driver Support and Training Acro...