Cooperative Research Programs Series
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TRB Weekly
TRB Weekly is a free weekly email newsletter designed to keep you up-to-date on TRB activities and to highlight select transportation research-related activities taking place at the federal and state levels, and within the academic and international transportation communities. Subscribe to have the latest version delivered to your inbox.
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TRB Weekly covers the latest in transportation research.
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Amy Stearns is the 2026 recipient of the Robert E. Skinner, Jr. Distinguished Transportation Research Management Award. Formerly with the U.S. Department of Transportation, she is recognized for more than three decades of effective leadership of the University Transportation Centers Program, advancing transportation research, education, technology transfer, and partnerships. The award will be presented on Wednesday, January 13 at the TRB Annual Meeting.
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Plan to attend the TRB Career Fair. Join Sunday, January 10, from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM and connect with thousands of transportation professionals—from seasoned executives to recent graduates. Employer registration is open: Reserve your table early—assignments are made on a rolling basis!
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Start planning your schedule! Find more than 60 workshops on the first and last days of the meeting. Lectern and poster sessions will be announced in November.
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Human performance contributes to aviation safety at multiple levels by creating resilience, not simply by avoiding error. Learn more about how individuals, teams, the broader aviation system and their organizations continually anticipate, coordinate, learn, and respond to changing conditions in TRB Special Report 361: Emerging Hazards in Commercial Aviation—Report 3: The Human Contribution to Safety focus on a workforce data foundation, transforming safety analysis, and strengthening safety culture and oversight.
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Craig Williams at Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO) prepared for major hangar development, but faced outdated lease templates and no in-house legal counsel. He turned to TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program's legal research for actionable guidance.
“It’s the small, little details that can get us in trouble,” Williams said. “These ACRP resources are critical to ensuring we are aligned with rules, laws, and best practices.”
Their updated lease agreement template better supports the airport’s new hangar. Read more about how the research also helped him identify and strengthen provisions including tenant insurance requirements, snow removal responsibilities, airport standards, and compliance with evolving FAA requirements, while informing AZO’s broader financial management strategy.
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Freight activity can cause traffic congestion as well as noise and emissions pollution. However, freight transportation planners can mitigate that external damage. In TR News, José Holguín-Veras of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute details research and examples that explore efficient methods to coordinate freight logistics and minimize external damage.
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Do you need to catch up on professional development? Get a weekly email of only the upcoming TRB webinars directly in your inbox.
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September 24 - TRB Webinar: AI in Construction—From Hype to Effective Use
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September 28 - TRB Webinar: Commingling Paratransit and General Public Trips in Microtransit Service
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September 30 - TRB Webinar: Validating and Using Non-Motorized Traffic Data
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September 30 - October 1 - Register to join TRB's Review of Methods and Data Needs for Calculating the Potential Impact Radius of a Natural Gas Pipeline Failure for Regulatory Compliance meeting held online.
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July 19 - 21 - Submit an abstract for TRB Conference on Rural and Tribal Transportation by October 9. Submit abstracts that present original research, demonstrate innovative methods, share implementation experience with transferable lessons, identify unresolved challenges or future research needs, or describe practical experience that other agencies and organizations can apply.
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Nominate yourself or others with directly relevant expertise to serve on a TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program project oversight panel by September 30. Upcoming ACRP projects will focus on AI and data, finance, planning, workforce support, PFAS, and more.
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Do you have an idea for research that could provide practical solutions to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce costs of road traffic crashes associated with unsafe behaviors? Submit your problem statements for TRB's Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program by September 30.
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is seeking volunteer experts to serve as reviewers for the 2027 National Research Council Research and Fellowship Programs. Reviewers support the evaluation of applications for three programs administered on behalf of federal research sponsors to support postdoctoral and/or senior researchers. The programs are for the NRC Research Associateship, the Air Force Science & Technology Fellowship, and the Army Research Laboratory Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship. Nominate yourself or other experts by October 5.
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Find more research from beyond TRB in TRID, a database that provides access to 1.5 million records of worldwide transportation research.
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