The Joint Transportation Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the International Transport Forum have released a preliminary report that explores strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport activity.  The final report is due out in the spring of 2009.

Five commissioned papers used by the committee to help develop TRB Special Report 290, The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Transportation * Design Standards for U.S. Transportation Infrastructure: The Implications of Climate Change * Operational Responses to Climate Change Impacts * Transportation Planning, Climate Change, and Decisionmaking Under Uncertainty * Case Study of the Transportation Sector’s Response to and Recovery from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita * Climate Variability and ...

Photographs commemorating the reception and signing-ceremony: Giannopoulos Signing Skinner Signing MOU Handshake Delegation Photo A Toast Displaying the MOU Giannopoulos & Meyer

The Frank Turner Medal was established in 1998 in honor of Francis C. Turner to commemorate his extraordinary accomplishments in the development and construction of America's transportation system. The award recognizes lifetime achievement in transportation, as demonstrated by a distinguished career in the field, professional prominence, and a distinctive, widely recognized contribution to transportation policy, administration, or research. The award may be conferred biennially. Future recipients will b...

The Highway Research Board Award was established in 1940 to honor the authors of the most outstanding papers presented at the Board's Annual Meeting. This award was discontinued with the establishment of the Pyke Johnson, K. B. Woods, and D. Grant Mickle awards. The names of the award recipients and the titles of their papers follow. 1970 PETER SMITH and ROBERT SCHONFELD, Pavement Wear Due to Studded Tires and the Economic Consequences in Ontario 1970 C. H. OGLESBY, A. BRUCE BISHOP, and GENE E. WILLEKE,...

In 1971 the Executive Committee established the Pyke Johnson Award, which may be given annually for the outstanding paper published in the field of transportation systems planning and administration. It honors the 23rd chairman of the Highway Research Board, who was highly influential and active in the affairs of the Board from its inception; he attended the organizational meeting in November 1920. The names of the award recipients and the titles of their papers follow. 2008 KHANDKER M. NURUL HABIB, JUA...

In June 1972, the Executive Committee created an award designed to recognize people who have given leadership and distinguished service to the Board but who have not necessarily been personally active in transportation research. This award was known as the Highway Research Board Distinguished Service Award until 1974 when it was renamed the Transportation Research Board Distinguished Service Award to correspond to the change in the Board's name. In January 1987, the Executive Committee renamed this awar...