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Making Travel More Equitable for People with Disabilities

We've updated our blog series on equity with a focus on resources around transportation accessibility for people with disabilities. Read TRB's blog post.

Carol Schweiger and Connecting All U.S. Transportation Systems

Carol Schweiger, a transit consultant who has authored numerous TRB reports, discusses how “mobility as a service” can become a successful model. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Update Your Information in MyTRB

As approved by the Chief Diversity Officer of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the categories of demographic information for TRB volunteers, newsletter subscribers, Annual Meeting registrants, and others have changed. In particular, please update your status for the "race/ethnicity" and "sex" categories as soon as possible. These categories now better mirror the U.S. Census categories and help TRB expand our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives.

Robert E. Skinner Jr., is TRB Award Honoree and Recipient

TRB's Executive Committee has established the Robert E. Skinner, Jr. Distinguished Transportation Research Management Award to recognize outstanding achievement in management, administration, promotion, fostering, and implementation of transportation research. The award is named for Robert E. Skinner, Jr. who served TRB for more than 30 years, including 21 years as its executive director from 1994 to 2015. Read more.

Submit Your Associated Groups' Function Space Requests Now

TRB is taking requests from non-profit organizations and government agencies that would like function space to hold meetings in conjunction with TRB’s 101st Annual Meeting, which takes place January 9-13, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Read more.

TRB Special Report 341: Technical Feasibility of a Wheelchair Securement Concept for Airline Travel: A Preliminary Assessment. There appear to be, in this preliminary assessment, no formidable issues that present design and engineering challenges for installing in-cabin wheelchair securement systems in airplanes. Also, the U.S. Access Board hosts a webinar on the report Wednesday at 1 p.m. Eastern.