• HOME
  • MyTRB
  • CONTACT US
  • DIRECTORY
  • E-NEWSLETTER
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • RSS
  • HOME
    • MyTRB
    • CONTACT US
    • DIRECTORY
    • E-NEWSLETTER
    • SUBSCRIBE
    • RSS
  • About TRB
    • Get Involved with TRB
    • Mission & Services
    • Strategic Plan
    • Centennial Celebration
    • TRB Divisions
      • Executive Office
      • Administration & Finance
      • Cooperative Research Programs
      • Studies and Special Programs
      • Strategic Highway Research Program 2
      • Technical Activities
    • Sponsors & Affiliates
    • Awards
    • Facilities & Directions
    • Job Openings
  • Annual Meeting
    • Program
    • Registration
    • Resource Pages
    • Exhibits & Marketing Opportunities
    • Online Program
    • Announcements
  • Calendar
    • TRB Conferences
    • TRB Webinars
    • All TRB Events
    • Cosponsored Events
  • Committees & Panels
    • Executive Committee
    • Standing Committees
    • Policy Committees
    • Marine Board Members
    • Committee & Panel Homepages
    • Cooperative Research Panels
      • Highway (NCHRP)
      • Transit (TCRP)
      • Airport (ACRP)
      • Freight (NCFRP)
      • Hazardous Materials (HMCRP)
      • Rail (NCRRP)
    • Synthesis Panels
      • Highway
      • Transit
      • Airport
    • IDEA
      • Safety IDEA
  • MyTRB
  • Programs
    • Cooperative Research
      • Highway (NCHRP)
      • Transit (TCRP)
      • Airport (ACRP)
      • Behavioral Traffic Safety (BTSCRP)
      • Freight (NCFRP)
      • Hazardous Materials (HMCRP)
      • Rail (NCRRP)
    • Synthesis
      • Highway
      • Transit
      • Airport
      • Truck & Bus Safety
    • Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA)
    • Legal Research
    • Marine Board
    • Consensus and Advisory Studies
    • Strategic Highway Research Program 2 (SHRP 2)
      • SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study Data Access
      • SHRP 2 Archives
    • Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS)
  • Projects
    • Find a Project
    • Requests for Proposals
    • Requests for Information
    • Upcoming Projects
  • Publications
    • Bookstore
    • Subscription Services
    • by Series
    • by Subject
    • E-Newsletter
    • Transportation Research Record Online
    • Publications Index
    • Errata
  • Resources & Databases
    • Webinars
    • Conference Recordings
    • Research In Progress (RiP)
    • Research Needs Statements (RNS)
    • TRID (A Transportation Research Database)
    • Transportation Research Thesaurus (TRT)
    • SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study Data Access
    • Online Directory
    • Library
    • Research Funding
    • Careers in Motion Job Center
  • Provide Feedback
  • Connect with TRB
All
by Series
by Subject
Errata
Cooperative Research Programs Series
Highway (NCHRP)
Transit (TCRP)
Airport (ACRP)
Hazardous Materials (HMCRP)
Freight (NCFRP)
Rail (NCRRP)
Behavioral Traffic Safety (BTSCRP)
Other TRB Series
Consensus Studies
Strategic Highway Research (SHRP 2)
Exploratory Analysis (IDEA)
Highway Final Reports
High-Speed Rail Final Reports
Safety Final Reports
Transit Final Reports
Ignition Magazines
Commercial Truck and Bus Safety (CTBSSP)
Conferences and Workshops Proceedings
Transportation Research Circulars
Periodicals and Other Documents
TR News Magazine
Research Pays Off
State of the Art Reports
Millennium Papers
Miscellaneous
Annual Reports
Annual Reports
Access Management Manual, Second Edition
Text Size: Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size | Share:


Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Ignition Magazine

Ignition is a periodic news magazine that explores initiatives being investigated and products with promise that have received support from the IDEA program.

News from TRB's IDEA Programs – Summer/Fall 2013 News from TRB's IDEA Programs – Summer/Fall 2013
Ignition Magazine 20
June 20, 2013
The latest issue of Ignition, a periodic news magazine from TRB's Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) programs, examines how ghostly images can identify aggregates and improve quality control/quality assurance; a warning system to help improve transit track safety; improved crack filling and joint sealant in pavements; the path for more innovations; railroad safety; driver behavior i...

Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs – Fall/Winter 2012 Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs – Fall/Winter 2012
August 25, 2012
The latest issue of Ignition, a periodic news magazine from TRB's Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) programs, examines a smart phone application designed to help reduce expensive paratransit trips; a laser-based system that can measure the shape, position, and dimension of bridge members; a prototype sensing platform that can detect driver drowsiness without physical contact; audio...

Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs – Fall/Winter 2011 Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs – Fall/Winter 2011
December 27, 2011
The latest issue of Ignition, a periodic news magazine from TRB's Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) programs, examines the automated computer-controlled image analysis systems and the asphalt binder cracking device that took the IDEA path to becoming American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials specifications, an innovative signal head vibration absorber, the ...

Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs - Fall/Winter 2009 Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs - Fall/Winter 2009
October 07, 2009
The latest issue of Ignition, a periodic news magazine from TRB's Studies and Special Programs Division, examines new tools that monitor structural integrity and detect damage concealed by fiber-reinforced polymer wrapping; a quick, precise, and nondestructive technique for detecting chlorides; an improved diagnostic system for S-cam foundation air brakes used on trucks and buses; a mobile phone n...

Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs - Fall/Winter 2008 Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs - Fall/Winter 2008
January 12, 2009
The latest issue of Ignition, a periodic news magazine from TRB's Studies and Special Programs Division, examines the use of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) technology in the transit bus environment to kill bacteria and germs, explores the application of time domain reflectometry (TDR) to measure a variety of properties related to the performance of fresh and early-stage concrete, and h...

Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs - Spring/Fall 2008 Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs - Spring/Fall 2008
August 18, 2008
The latest issue of Ignition, a periodic news magazine from TRB's Studies and Special Programs Division, examines three projects designed to make rail waysides and grade crossings safer, as well as machine-vision technology to automate rail care inspection, predicting and preventing rockfall, train location information for emergency responders, and technology for rail/wheel adhesion, and more. In...

Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs - Fall/Winter 2007 Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs - Fall/Winter 2007
January 02, 2008
The latest issue of Ignition, a periodic news magazine from TRB's Studies and Special Programs Division, examines the comments of IDEA committee members on how the program contributes to the nation’s economic vitality, a driver alertness indication system, the Dynamic Timetable Generator for transit agencies, a system for controlling construction quality and evaluating the performance of pa...

Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs - Summer 2006 Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs - Summer 2006
August 28, 2006
The latest issue of Ignition, a quarterly news magazine from TRB's Special Programs Division, examines innovations sponsored by the IDEA program on keeping seniors independent after they stop driving, sensors for highway-rail grade crossings, a non-nuclear way to test soil compaction, the application of stereovision techniques to collecting and analyzing pavement data at driving speeds, and non-d...

Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs - Fall 2005 Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs - Fall 2005
February 09, 2006
The latest issue of Ignition, a quarterly news magazine from TRB's Special Programs Division, examines innovations sponsored by the IDEA program on electric motor technology for railroad locomotives, a formula for reinforcing steel, railroad at grade crossing safety, low-temperature limits of asphalt binders, and video and data recorders for vehicles.  In recognition of the 50th anniversary ...

Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs - Winter 2005 Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs - Winter 2005
March 28, 2005
The latest issue of Ignition, a quarterly news magazine from TRB's Special Programs Division, examines a bridge beam system that combines the benefits of composite materials with the strengths of conventional components, tests to identify subsurface deterioration of bridge decks, mobile geophysical equipment that can acquire subsurface data, and efforts to identify lateral instability in rail car...

Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs - Fall 2004 Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs - Fall 2004
October 27, 2004
The latest issue of Ignition, a quarterly news magazine from TRB's Special Programs Division, examines the role of research in transportation security; sensor systems to detect chemical, biological, and radioactive hazards; a High-Speed Rail IDEA project that has developed into an entire line of railroad safety warning products; and more.  

Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs - Winter 2004 Ignition Magazine: News from TRB's IDEA Programs - Winter 2004
March 16, 2004
The latest issue of Ignition, a quarterly news magazine from TRB's Special Programs Division, features insights into equipment that detects broken rail and occupied tracks ahead of a train, the relationship between vehicle seat design and driver fatigue, measuring the shear properties of asphalt concrete pavements in the field, keeping high-voltage third rail insulators clean, and more.

Ignition Magazine: News From TRB's IDEA Programs - Fall 2003 Ignition Magazine: News From TRB's IDEA Programs - Fall 2003
November 19, 2003
The latest issue of Ignition, a quarterly news magazine from TRB's Special Programs Division, features insights on an interactive transit ticketing system that utilizes spoken prompts and tactile guides, the Transportation Security Administration's new role in helping to guide Transit Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) security-related projects, techniques for improving the fatigue ...

Ignition Magazine: News From TRB's IDEA Programs - Winter 2003 Ignition Magazine: News From TRB's IDEA Programs - Winter 2003
May 01, 2003
The second edition of Ignition, a quarterly news magazine from TRB's Special Programs Division, features insights on video event data recording, horizontal wick drains, robotic highway safety barrels, relocatable traffic sensors, and more.

Ignition Magazine Ignition Magazine
October 31, 2002
The first edition of IGNITION, a quarterly news magazine from TRB, features insights on metal foam technology, tracking trains, accessible fare machines, pavement condition data, and more.

MORE...
Copyright © 2010 All rights reserved. | Legal Terms | Console Login
P: | F: |
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 500 Fifth Street, NW | Washington, DC 20001 | T: 202.334.2000 Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use and Privacy Statement

Loading... Loading...
Please click here to view our sponsor's message.