Last Chance to Register Before Fees Increase

This Friday, December 3, is the early bird registration deadline, and your last chance to register before the fees increase. And hotels are already selling out, so don’t wait to register and book your hotel room. Visit the housing page to learn more about the hotels that are still available.

Browse our Spotlight Sessions

The theme for the 2022 Annual Meeting is "Innovating an Equitable, Resilient, Sustainable, and Safe Transportation System." The Spotlight Sessions cover all transportation modes and address topics of interest to policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Protocols

All attendees at the TRB Annual Meeting are required to be fully vaccinated for 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. TRB reserves the right to require proof of vaccination (original or photo) onsite.

Also, all attendees are required to wear protective masks throughout the meeting, except when actively eating or drinking or when speaking from a lectern that is six or more feet away from others.

For more details, visit the COVID-19 Health and Safety Procedures page. 

Submit Your Abstract to the Three-Minute Thesis Workshop

TRB’s Young Members' Subcommittees are sponsoring the Three-Minute Thesis Workshop. Young TRB participants are invited to present their research within three minutes in a way that workshop attendees from all modes of transportation can absorb key objectives and findings of the research. Abstracts are due December 17. 

NCHRP Web-Only Document 313: Selecting Ramp Design Speeds, Vol. 1: Guide. Selection of a design speed should be based upon the anticipated operating speed, topography, adjacent land use, modal mix, and functional classification of the roadway.

NCHRP Web-Only Document 313: Selecting Ramp Design Speeds, Volume 2: Conduct of Research Report

Transit Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Program: Connected and Automated Parking Feasibility – A Pilot Study

Research Keeps Traffic Moving

Did you spend time recently sitting in holiday traffic? Take a look at our blog for resources that can help those who work on the free flow of vehicles on the nation’s roadways and byways.

December 6 and 8 - The Committee to Advise the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is holding a series of pilot listening sessions. These final two sessions are on food and transportation/infrastructure. 

December 8 - Join the TRB Careers in Motion Networking Fair online and chat directly with hiring managers

• Forbes India: Carbon labeling could potentially encourage shoppers to opt for more sustainable shipping methods, finds an article in TRR.
• Mass Transit Magazine: Congratulations to all the TRB Volunteers named to this year's "40 Under 40" list, including Simon Mosbah, Raymond Chan, David P. Mach, and Mike Smith.
• San Francisco Public Press: Officials are demanding better reporting of complaints about drivers at companies like Uber and Lyft. The National Academies' work on violence to women is cited.

Issues in Science and Technology - The Ongoing Transformation (a new podcast series)