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Congratulate TRB's Minority Student Fellows
The 2025 class of Minority Student Fellows are studying in disciplines that include civil engineering, transportation systems engineering, electrical engineering, criminal justice, environmental science, and computer science. These scholars come from HBCUs and MSIs across the country.
Meet the 24 students who have been selected to take part in the program. Learn more about the program and students who have participated in the past.
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Host Your Meeting in D.C. This January
Non-profit organizations and government agencies that would like function space to hold meetings in conjunction with the TRB Annual Meeting taking place January 5-9, 2025 may submit a request.
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TRB Annual Meeting Email Lists
If you receive a solicitation to purchase a mailing list of volunteers or TRB Annual Meeting attendees, it is not coming from us. TRB does not sell the email addresses of its volunteers or Annual Meeting attendees.
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Analyzing Rural Traffic and the Highway Capacity Manual Get a Boost
Rural highways account for a significant portion of the national highway system and serve many vital mobility purposes. The Highway Capacity Manual, the standard reference for traffic analysis methodologies, contains analysis methodologies for all the individual segments or intersections that may constitute a rural highway.
Reliability and Quality of Service Evaluation Methods for Rural Highways: A Guide (NCHRP Research Report 1102), released this past week by TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, complements the Highway Capacity Manual by connecting the individual highway segments into a cohesive, facility-level analysis.
Developing a Guide for Rural Highways: Reliability and Quality of Service Evaluation Methods (NCHRP Web-Only Document 392) was also released in unison this week.
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Share Your Public Transit Passion
Become a TCRP Ambassador! Ambassadors are liaisons between TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program, the research community, and transportation professionals through industry events and visits to transportation providers. Volunteer to take part in this peer-to-peer collaboration to make a difference by sharing knowledge and expanding your network.
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TRB Volunteers Lead Climate Crossroads Conversation
Watch a session from July's National Academies Climate Crossroads Summit on transportation infrastructure that featured Josh DeFlorio of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Cris Liban of LA Metro, Shoshanna Saxe of the University of Toronto, and moderator Chris Hendrickson of Carnegie Mellon University discussing the planning, design, and standards of new infrastructure projects that need to be updated to improve resilience and minimize the risk of failure.
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Get Involved as an NCHRP Synthesis Project Principal Investigator
TRB's National Highway Cooperative Research Program needs potential principal investigators for 22 new synthesis topics. Lend your expertise to one of these impactful projects. There is an associated fixed-price award of $55,000. Submit your Letter of Interest for one of these topics by August 27.
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Share Your Expertise on a TCRP Synthesis Panel
Nominate yourself or other candidates to serve on the expert panels that oversee the content of individual studies on operator health and quality of life, serving individuals with disabilities, customer experience, the "state of good repair," and rural bus stops. Panelists are knowledgeable about the subject matter and represent a diversity of expertise. Submit your nomination by August 30.
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Volunteer for NCHRP Project Panels
Serve on a TRB National Highway Cooperative Research Program project oversight panel. The projects in need of panelists focus on evaluating FHWA's Highway Safety Information Systems and their program reducing rural roadway departures. Nominate yourself or others with expertise directly relevant to the research by September 11. Please help identify panelists representing a diversity of experience and expertise.
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Get Involved with ACRP
Share your expertise! Diverse volunteer panelists are welcomed for Airport Cooperative Research Program projects on administration, environmental sustainability, and innovative technology. Nominate yourself or a colleague no later than September 20.
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FTA is Hiring an RDI Associate Administrator
The Federal Transit Administration is seeking an Associate Administrator for Research, Demonstration, and Innovation - Recruitment. The position serves as principal staff advisor to, and acts on behalf of, the Administrator in the development of policy for FTA research, demonstration, and innovation programs. It also plans for and implements these programs under the Administrator's direction. The position is located in Washington, DC. Applicants must submit materials by September 9.
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Transit agency leaders must help support employee well-being with a clear commitment to addressing mental health, wellness and resiliency – and should provide resources, notes Safety + Health Magazine in an article about a recent report from TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program.
Black households in the U.S. spend more on transportation than white households, finds a study in TRB's Transportation Research Record journal that is detailed by UConn Today.
The Federal Aviation Administration should modernize safety practices to manage emerging hazards and support adopting new technologies, notes an article about a new TRB consensus report in the American Journal of Transportation.
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