Paper Submission Deadline August 1

Have you submitted your PDF for the TRB Annual Meeting yet? Don't wait until the last minute! TRB's Help Desk will not be open the weekend preceding the submission deadline, July 30-31. Find the answers to your questions about submitting online today.

Secure Your Visa Today

If you will require a visa to enter the United States to attend TRB’s 102nd Annual Meeting, January 8-12, 2023, in Washington, D.C., begin planning for the application process now. Even if you didn't need a visa for a previous Annual Meeting, please re-check the current requirements.

Warning: Mailing List Solicitations

If you receive a solicitation to purchase a mailing list of TRB Professionals or Annual Meeting attendees, it is not coming from us. TRB does not sell the email addresses of its volunteers or Annual Meeting attendees.

Join Even More Experts on All Things AV

TRB's Automated Road Transportation Symposium program is filling up fast with expert speakers. Representatives from General Motors, Ford, Volkswagon Group, Cavnue, C.H. Robinson, Waabi, TuSimple, along with federal, state, and regional transportation agencies, and academia will speak next week. Register to hear the latest tech, the behavior of people interacting with automation, coalitions, and policy. We're ready to see you there!

Resilience Research Goes Prime Time

AASHTO's Transportation TV has produced a video that digs into the National Academies/TRB report titled Investing in Transportation Resilience: A Framework for Informed Choices. Also see our resilience research blog to learn more.

SEAHIVE - Sustainable Estuarine and Marine Revetment (NCHRP IDEA Final Report for Project 213). The SEAHIVE engineered marine and estuarine protection system, which is located in Florida, dissipates wave energy, and creates habitat. This report lays out how it works.

The May-June 2022 issue of TR News - TRB's bimonthly magazine - features pavement preservation, maintenance, and rehabilitation and is available in hard copy and digital copy for subscribers. If you are not a subscriber, the cover and table of contents are available.

TRB's Top Downloaded Publication (in June): Bus Rapid Transit: Current State of Practice (TCRP Synthesis 164) (released May 27, 2022)

July 13 - TRB Webinar: Geotechnical Asset Performance in a Changing Climate

July 14 - TRB Webinar: New Facilities and Systems Methods in HCM7

July 15 - TRB Webinar: Next Generation Information Systems for Transportation Projects

August 3 - TRB Webinar: Incorporating a Complex Transportation System in the New HCM7

August 16 - TRB Webinar: Temporary Pavement Markings and Removal in Work Zones

U.S. DOE Job Opening: Director of Vehicle Technologies Office

The Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office is seeking a Director of its Vehicle Technologies Office, which is a $400 million research, development, demonstration & deployment (RDD&D) organization. Please apply by August 22.

• Bridge failures are a reality for states with aging infrastructure, and a recent Transportation Research Record journal article outlines how data can track structural deficiencies, notes TRB Volunteer Ilgin Guler (pictured) of Penn State University.
• TRB has airplane wheelchair and airport accessibiity research that can be valuable in practice, notes Transportation Today.
• The National Academies "declares that the period from 2025-2035 could bring the most fundamental transformation in the 100-plus year history of the automobile," notes CleanTechnica in an article focused on electric vehicles.