Helping Airports Become More Accessible to All Travelers

The travel experience can vary greatly for people embarking on the same journey. In particular, travelers with disabilities and older adults usually experience more challenges journeying through the airport. The TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program's new report, ACRP Research Report 239: Assessing Airport Programs for Travelers with Disabilities and Older Adults includes an online assessment tool.

Find a compilation of TRB resources on issues related to travelers with disabilities in a recent blog article.

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The cover and table of contents of the March-April 2023 issue of TR News are now available to all. The full issue is available to subscribers. The issue features:

• an account of how the COVID-19 pandemic affected research about the connections between roadside mowing and insect pollination
• an examination on how the move toward cashless fare collection impacts transit agencies
• a look back at the 102nd TRB Annual Meeting, and
• much more.

May 2 - TRB Webinar: Truck Parking Strategies, Technologies, and Partnerships

May 10 - TRB Webinar: Toward a Touchless Airport Journey

May 15 - TRB Webinar: Aggregate Sustainability—Production

May 17 - TRB Webinar: Risk-targeted Ground Motions for Bridge Design

High-priority bus corridor projects were the focus of a recent TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program report that is featured in American City&County Magazine and Smart Cities Dive.

The Minnesota DOT used TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program data to determine that crash rates would go up 45 percent if proposed on- and off-ramps are installed on one roadway that is being considered for redesign, notes NBC Minneapolis.

A recent TRB consensus study on offshore oil exploration safety in the Gulf of Mexico continues to get media coverage, in The Maritime Executive and Safety + Health Magazine.