TRB thanks those of you headed to the 101st TRB Annual Meeting. Many of you work in public transit, airlines, airports, ports, railroads, ridehailing, and more, and you need TRBAM to help deliver answers for how to deal with a fast-shifting environment. We want to assure you that the DC Convention Center is taking impressive steps, including proof of vaccination for all attendees, to make you all as safe as possible. Read more.

Use CLEAR Health Pass to Save Time Onsite at TRBAM 

Upload your proof of COVID-19 vaccination prior to the Annual Meeting using the CLEAR Health Pass app. This will enable you to pass through the onsite checkpoint much more quickly. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required for all meeting events, including committee meetings. For details, see the Proof of Vaccination page.

Mobile App Now Available

To download the TRB Annual Meeting mobile app, search “TRB 2022” in the App Store or Google Play. When opening the app for the first time, enter the same email address you used to register for the Annual Meeting. You can also enter your MyTRB login and password to sync the app across all your devices and the TRBAM Online Program (where you can also browse the Spotlight Sessions). Support for the mobile app was generously provided by Aimsun, Inc.

Visit TRB’s Minority Student Fellows' Poster Session

As you plan your Annual Meeting schedule, make sure you attend the Minority Fellows' poster presentation (Session 1268), where the 25 Fellows will all be presenting on Tuesday, January 11 from 10:30 AM to noon in Hall A.

TRB 2021 Annual Report: This summarizes TRB’s accomplishments in each of its major program areas and how TRB has served the nation and the global transportation professional community throughout the year. 

TRB Special Report 343: Strengthening U.S. Coast Guard Oversight and Support of Recognized Organizations: The Case of the Alternative Compliance Program. Partly in response to a 2015 cargo ship sinking, the U.S. Coast Guard has put in place and proceeded to implement a well-conceived organizational and procedural framework for supporting and overseeing “recognized organizations,” particularly those in the Coast Guard’s Alternative Compliance Program.

2021 Annual Report of the Transit Cooperative Research Program

2021 Annual Report for the Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program

TCRP Synthesis 156: Uses of Social Media in Public Transportation

TCRP Synthesis 157: Transit Safety Risk Assessment Methodologies

NCHRP Research Report 985: Integrating Effective Transportation Performance, Risk, and Asset Management Practices

TR News Issue 336: The November-December 2021 issue—with a cover feature on collaboration and innovation at the MnROAD Research Facility—is available in hard copy and digital copy for subscribers. For those who are not subscribers, the table of contents is available.

Jacky Grimshaw and Pinpointing Community Needs for Policymakers

Jacky Grimshaw, Vice President of Government Affairs at the Center for Neighborhood Technology, discusses how to get engineers and policymakers to understand equity. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Trottenberg, Jundt, Ceva Join TRB Executive Committee

Three new members will be welcomed to the TRB Executive Committee during the January TRB Annual Meeting.

• USDOT Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg (pictured, left) will join as an ex officio member representing the Office of the Secretary. She served from 2014 to 2020 as New York City’s Transportation Commissioner.
• Joel Jundt (pictured, center) has been with the South Dakota DOT for his entire career, starting as a road design engineer and working his way up to his current position as Secretary.
• Doug Ceva (pictured, right) is Vice President, Customer Lead Solutions, for Prologis. With over 40 years of experience, he has spent the bulk of his career developing his expertise in the worldwide logistics and transportation industry.

Get Involved with TRB

Know someone who doesn't know how to get started with TRB? It can be overwhelming. Our new video will get you started. 

TTI's Thinking Transportation Podcast Brainstorms TRBAM

Texas A&M Transportation Institute Executive Associate Director Katie Turnbull (who is also a very active TRB Volunteer) and TRB Executive Director Neil Pedersen discuss how universities help TRB to advance the evidence-based, scientific solutions necessary to sustain a safe, efficient, and reliable transportation system. Listen here.

Other recent media coverage previewing the TRB Annual Meeting include Transport Topics and Land Line Magazine, which both focus on Secretary Pete Buttigieg's upcoming keynote.