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TRB Weekly covers the latest in transportation research.
TRB Annual Meeting

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Submit Your Paper to the TRB Annual Meeting

The submission site is now open! All submissions require a full-length paper. Follow the requirements for submission as shown in the instructions for authors. Don't let your paper be rejected due to a technicality at the last minute. Submit your paper by August 1 or sooner!


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Imad Al-Qadi receives the 2023 Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award

Nominate Candidates for TRB Awards

Nominate a candidate for any one of TRB's most prestigious awards: the W.N. Carey, Jr. Distinguished Service Award; the Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award; and the Robert E. Skinner, Jr. Distinguished Transportation Research Management Award. Find more information on the awards and the nomination process. Submit your nomination by July 31.


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Latest Issue of TRB's Magazine Revisits This Year's TRB Annual Meeting

The April–June 2024 issue of TR News (Issue 349) features highlights from the 103rd TRB Annual Meeting. Authors also look back at the first four years of transportation performance management, discuss how to set performance targets, and examine rehabilitating culverts. The full issue is available online.

New TRB/Academies Publications

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Providing the Tools for a Safer Moped and Scooter Ride

There were 5,932 motorcyclists (including moped and seated motor scooter riders) killed in 2021, accounting for 14% of all U.S. traffic fatalities, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Relative to passenger cars, two- and three-wheeled vehicles such as motorcycles, mopeds, and seated motor scooters (50cc or less) are associated with a higher risk for fatalities and serious injuries in the event of a traffic crash, as they do not offer the protection of an enclosed vehicle or include other safety enhancement features such as occupant restraints.

Improving Rider Safety for Mopeds and Seated Motor Scooters of 50cc or Less (BTSCRP Research Report 11), was released this past week by TRB's Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program. It provides state highway safety offices and other safety organizations with information and tools to help improve moped and seated motor scooter rider safety.

Mitigation Tools for Improving Rider Safety on Mopeds and Seated Motor Scooters (BTSCRP WebResource 2) is a related website that was also released this week.


Risks Related to Emerging and Disruptive Transportation Technologies: A Guide (NCHRP Research Report 1090)

PFAS Management at Airports: A Guide (ACRP Research Report 262)

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Voice Control Appears to be Growing in Popularity in Certain Use Cases

Drivers prefer voice control systems (VCS) over manual controls when driving alone, on highways, in complex traffic, or when in-vehicle tasks are more distracting, according to a new study of 168 driver responses in China published in TRB's Transportation Research Record journal. Additionally, those who drive less and are familiar with voice controls prefer them more, suggesting voice control design can be improved to better suit driver needs. Sage Perspectives has the details.

Events

June 6 - TRB Webinar: New Corporate Environmental Standards Impacts on Airports

June 10 - TRB Webinar: Balancing Act—Fine-Tuning Asphalt Mixtures for Balanced Mix Design

June 11 - TRB Webinar: Pavement Friction Management, Measurement, and Safety Analysis

June 11 - Attend the National Academies Human and Organizational Factors in AI Risk Management online. Join the conversation on identifying and engaging with diverse stakeholders, addressing work changes in light of Artificial Intelligence, the work that goes into developing AI, and building long-term relationships, trust, and accountability.

July 16-17 - Join the National Academies Climate Crossroads Summit online and in Washington, D.C. Community stakeholders, decisions makers, and other experts will discuss emerging pathways to address the climate crisis.

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September 9 - 11 - Register to attend TRB's International Conference on Women and Gender in Transportation. Rates increase next week!

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November 7 - 8 - Join us at TRB's Conference on Advancing Additive Manufacturing and Construction in Transportation in Irvine, CA. Registration is now open!

November 20 - 22 - Hosted by the Transport Research Centre and University of Technology Sydney, the 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics will be in Sydney, Australia. TRB is pleased to cosponsor this event. Register today to join conversations on sustainable and evolving technologies for urban infrastructure!

RFPs

Recruiting and Retaining Talent in the Transportation Industry proposals due July 15

Review and Update of ACRP Products Related to Airport Operations proposals due July 17

Manual for Planning and Constructing a Small, Rural, or Tribal Transit Facility proposals due August 1

News for You

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Submit Research Ideas for TCRP

What do public transportation agencies need to know so they can succeed? Your expertise can lead to even more refined research projects in the future. TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program offers applicable, achievable, implementable, and understandable research. Submit your problem statements by June 14.

Identify Experts for NCHRP Synthesis Project Panels

Nominate yourself or identify an expert to serve on a TRB National Highway Cooperative Research Program project oversight panel. The new projects will focus on health and safety, infrastructure, planning, administration, environmental sustainability, technology, regulatory compliance, and more. Nominate yourself or others with expertise directly relevant to the research by June 30.

Easy TRID and RIP Searching

Preconfigured searches in the TRID and Research in Progress databases are pre-defined or pre-populated combinations of search terms that you can access, share, or create for your own specific research needs. This four-minute video shows you how to leverage these powerful search tools!

Research Roundup

University of Utah, Salt Lake City – Transportation Benefits and Costs of Reducing Lane Widths on Urban and Rural Arterials

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Performance and Design of Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavements

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Effects of Nontraditional Messages in Dynamic Message Signs on Improving Safety, Compliance, and Avoiding Distraction

Texas Department of Transportation – Strategic Public Engagement Guidance Texas Department of Transportation’s Statewide Approach

U.S. Federal Highway Administration – Build a Better Mousetrap 2023

U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration – Older Drivers’ Use of Rearview Video Systems

TRB In the News

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Federal authorities raised the alarm about ship strikes in the 1980s. After the Key Bridge collapse, they’re taking a closer look, reports The Baltimore Sun, citing a 1983 report from TRB's Marine Board.

The future of cars is electric, not flying, according to an "Among the Academies" feature on TRB Volunteer Dan Sperling by UC Davis.

A pair of TRB concensus reports are referenced in the media: one on trains longer than 7,500 feet by Trains and another by Marcellus Drilling News on recommended updates to the U.S. Coast Guard’s compliance program for foreign-flag tanker ships known as liquefied gas carriers (LGCs).

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